E&S Insurer Ategrity Raises $75M, Plans Further Expansion September 16, 2021 Ategrity Specialty Insurance Co. sad it has completed a $75 million capital raise led by Sequentis Financial LLC to support...
Cannabis Broker Spotlight: Schutz with NIF Group is a ‘Cannabis Ninja’ January 21, 2021 By Don Jergler Editor’s note: This part of a series of profiles on cannabis brokers, in which Insurance Journal explores why and how...
Digital E&S Broker Pathpoint Offers Multiple Cyber Quotes to Retail Agents January 12, 2021 Pathpoint, a digital excess and surplus lines insurance broker, said it is offering a new capability to independent retail agents:...
Obsidian Specialty Insurance Company Receives A- Rating from AM Best November 16, 2020 AM Best has assigned the recently-formed excess and surplus (E&S) lines insurer, Obsidian Specialty Insurance Company, a financial strength rating...
UK Probe of Wholesale Brokers Finds No Evidence of Anti-Competitive Behavior February 20, 2019 By Huw Jones Britain’s wholesale insurance brokers got a clean bill of health from the markets watchdog on Wednesday, providing some relief for...
Penniall’s Integrity and Creativity Highlighted in Monarch’s Knightly Ads October 17, 2018 Don Penniall beat “dilly-dilly” to the punch a long time ago. Penniall was a creative, well-liked insurance professional who had...
How New Business Is Creating a New Wholesaler-Retailer Relationship October 2, 2018 By Andrea Wells An influx of new business is presenting surplus lines wholesalers and their retail partners with new opportunities to work together...
Texas Insurance Wholesalers Find Strength in Independence, Relationships June 15, 2018 By Stephanie K. Jones There’s no denying the robust mergers and acquisition trend among wholesale brokers in the property/casualty insurance industry nationwide, and Texas...
Why Wholesale Insurance Brokers Are Under Continuing Pressure to Sell February 13, 2018 By Andrea Wells Wholesale insurance brokers have been selling off their businesses and it’s not because they are all ready to retire. As...
UK Regulator’s Broker Probe May Make London Market More Competitive: Fitch November 16, 2017 The UK Financial Conduct Authority’s review of the wholesale insurance broker market could help counter the trend of rising expenses...