AAMGA News

NAPSLO, AAMGA Members OK Merger; New Wholesale & Specialty Association Is Born

Members of the American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) and the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO) have approved a merger of the two associations, creating the new Wholesale & Specialty Insurance Association (WSIA). According to the …

California Wholesalers Conference Tackled Everything from Marijuana to Trump

How legalized marijuana and President-elect Donald Trump will affect the insurance industry, a possible merger of the nation’s two major excess and surplus lines organizations, renewing the National Flood Insurance Protection Program, California laws expected for 2017, incremental insurance. There …

Insurance Groups AAMGA, NAPSLO in Merger Talks

The American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) and the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO) are considering combining both organizations into one association and have formed a joint committee to explore the idea. Brady Kelley, executive director, …

Mulligan, Marshall Receive AAMGA Recognitions

Two long-time members of American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) were recognized with service-based awards at the association’s Annual Meeting in Maryland in May. Thomas Mulligan, a board member of Western World Insurance and the company’s former president from …

Anderson & Murison’s Lechler ‘Student of the Business’

Horst Leonard Lechler, former president of Anderson & Murison in Pasadena, Calif. and past president of the American Association of Managing General Agents, was a “student of the business” and a “remarkable insurance person” his friends and colleagues say. Lechler, …

AAMGA Expands Membership to Include All Wholesale Professionals

The American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) has decided to expand its membership to include all wholesale insurance professionals, while keeping its original name. Membership will now be open not only to MGAs, but also to managing general underwriters, …

AAMGA Looks to Expand Membership

After a two year process in which the board of directors of the American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) has examined the changing demographics within the wholesale insurance space, the board has voted to expand its membership to bring …