Appalachian Underwriters News

Acrisure Acquires Wholesaler Appalachian Underwriters

Financial services distribution firm Acrisure has acquired Appalachian Underwriters, a national managing general agency and third-party administrator, along with its affiliated entities. Oak Ridge, Tennessee-headquartered Appalachian places more than $400 million gross written premium into the insurance market through its …

People Moves: New Hires at Appalachian Underwriters, Jimcor Agency

Appalachian Underwriters Hires Tobin as Northeast Marketing Representative Appalachian Underwriters Inc. (AUI) hired a new marketing representative to cover the Northeast region of the U.S. Bob Tobin comes to AUI with years of experience in the insurance industry, specifically from …

Monahan Returns to Appalachian Underwriters in Florida as P&C Senior Broker

Appalachian Underwriters, Inc. (AUI) has appointed Kimberly Monahan to its Brokerage Department as a property and casualty broker. Monahan is located in Daytona Beach, Fla., and will be working to cover the Northeast Coast of Florida over to the Panhandle. …

Appalachian Underwriters Taps Florida-Based Kidd to Lead Commercial Auto

Appalachian Underwriters, Inc. has hired transportation broker Mary Kidd to focus on large commercial transportation accounts in its Sarasota, Fla., office. Kidd will work with accounts with more than $25,000 in premium, across all states. Kidd comes to AUI with …

Appalachian Underwriters Adds Wixom to Tennessee Office

Appalachian Underwriters, Inc. has added Siran Wixom as a Commercial Specialty Underwriter in its office in Oak Ridge, Tenn. She will be handling small to medium size Commercial Specialty accounts. Wixom brings close to 20 years’ experience in the insurance …

RRS to Address Auto Coverage Gap Through Xpress Autoguard Program

Reliance Risk Solutions (RRS), the high net worth personal insurance division of Appalachian Underwriters, has developed a new program to address the coverage gap for many personal and commercial automobile policies with regard to physical damage loss settlement. RRS’s Xpress …

Appalachian Underwriters Adds Reilly as Property Broker in Florida Office

Appalachian Underwriters, Inc. has added a new property broker, Aaron Reilly, to the Sarasota, Fla., office. Reilly will be developing new business opportunities throughout the country in various property and casualty placements, including catastrophic wind, within the following classes: habitational, …

Tennessee’s Appalachian Underwriters Adds Three Brokers

Appalachian Underwriters has added three brokers to its property and professional practice group. Shane Holden has 20 years of insurance and risk management experience at the retail level. Most recently, he worked for wholesale broker Colemont (now part of AmWINS) …

Lowery Joins Appalachian Underwriters for Carolinas

Wholesaler Appalachian Underwriters Inc. (AUI) has hired veteran Robert Lowery as a broker for the Carolina region. Lowery brings 30 years of experience as an excess and surplus lines broker to AUI. He began his career in Atlanta as an …

Appalachian Underwriters Buys Reliance Administrators of South Carolina

Tennessee-based wholesale insurance broker Appalachian Underwriters Inc. has obtained the assets of Reliance Administrators, Inc., a Rock Hill, South Carolina wholesaler that specializes in workers’ compensation, commercial lines and niche programs. Robert Arowood, president, Appalachian Underwriters Inc., said that Reliance …