MGA News

LevelFirst Announces New Staff, Houston Operation

LevelFirst, a diversified wholesale broker and managing general agency headquartered in Dallas, announced that Wade Wrobel, Jason Victor, Joanne Dodd and Lori Conway have joined the company in senior production roles. Each will be involved with both MGA and brokered …

King Introduces New Mobile Home and RV Park and Resort Program

San Juan Capistrano, CA, 03/04/13 – King Insurance is now the exclusive MGA for the AmTrust RV & Mobile Home Park program. The program is designed for the average to above average risk and is competitively priced. King Insurance will …

Everest National Forms MGA Focused on the Sports & Leisure Industry

Everest National Insurance Co., the U.S.-based insurance division of Everest Re Group, has formed a new managing general agency, Specialty Insurance Group (SIG), which will focus on the sports and leisure industry. SIG will underwrite risks on behalf of Everest …

O’Neill Appointed as Marketform’s CEO

Lloyd’s insurer Marketform Managing Agency Ltd announced that Interim CEO John O’Neill has been appointed CEO with immediate effect. Marketform’s Chairman John Mumford noted that the “board, together with its majority shareholders Great American, were greatly encouraged by O’Neill’s leadership …

K2 Acquires Majority Stake in Midwestern

San Diego, Calif.-based managing general agent K2 Insurance Services LLC has acquired a majority stake in Midwestern Insurance Alliance Inc., an MGA based in Louisville, Ky. that underwrites workers’ compensation coverage with a focus on transportation. Terms of the deal …

Yates Taps Louie for Northern California Office

Dotson Louie has joined Tustin, Calif -based managing general agent Yates in its Walnut Creek, Calif. office. Louie spent the past 11 years at a national wholesale MGA. Louie, who has a broad background in commercial property/casualty as well as …

AmWINS Transportation Underwriters Receives MGA Appointment for ‘A’ XV Rated Carrier to Underwrite Long Haul Truckers

Burlington, NC, 02/24/12 – AmWINS Transportation Underwriters is proud to be one of just five MGAs appointed with this ‘A’ XV rated carrier to underwrite this program, which targets above average for-hire truckers. Coverages available include Truckers Liability, Physical Damage, …

Zambrana Named Assistance Vice President of Atlas in Southern California

Stephanie Zambrana has been named assistant vice president and controller of Atlas General Insurance Services, a workers’ compensation specialty general agency in San Diego, Calif. Zambrana has more than 13 years insurance experience in various financial positions within wholesalers and …

North Carolina’s Strickland Acquires Carolina Insurance Services

Strickland Insurance Brokers said it has acquired Carolina Insurance Service Inc. Carolina Insurance is a managing general agent that serves agents in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. The company is based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The Goldsboro, North Carolina-based …

California MGA Yates Opens Northern California Office

Tustin, Calif.-based managing general agent Yates has opened a northern California office in Walnut Creek . Jon Uyeyama has joined the office, bringing with him 10 years of underwriting experience. Uyeyama will oversee the expansion of the office over the …