Insurance brokerage Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Woodruff Sawyer for $1.2 billion. Andy Barrengos, chairman and CEO of San Francisco-based Woodruff Sawyer, will operate under the direction of Peter Doyle, head of Gallagher’s …
It looks like the market for directors and officers insurance is shifting, according to Woodruff Sawyer, with the number of renewals seeing flat or price increases for the first time in 18 months. Though 83% of its clients continued to …
California-based independent insurance broker Woodruff Sawyer announced it is expanding its East Coast footprint with the addition of six executives formerly with insurer Acrisure. According to the announcement, Matthew Kelly, Robert Trager, Bob Kempner, Chris Iovino, Eric Wagner, and Michael …
While concerns about a “tsunami of pandemic-related litigation” never quite materialized, according to Woodruff Sawyer in its latest D&O Looking Ahead Guide for 2023, those fears have been replaced with a number of others among D&O insurers. Economic challenges such …
Woodruff Sawyer promoted Roger Topp to chief growth officer. Topp led Woodruff Sawyer’s business development division for nearly four years after first joining the brokerage in 2018. Before Woodruff Sawyer, he spent more than 15 years in enterprise sales leadership …
Woodruff Sawyer named Andrew Holloway as a vice president, surety. Holloway was previously regional manager at Hartford Bond for 17 years, working in both Southern and Northern California. He will be based in Woodruff Sawyer’s Walnut Creek, California, offices. Woodruff …
Woodruff Sawyer named John Neuhalfen director of operations in commercial lines. Neuhalfen will be based in the San Francisco, California office. He spent 15 years at Chubb, where he was most recently a regional vice president. Woodruff Sawyer also named …
Pathpoint Inc. named Ralph Blust chief revenue officer and president. Blust oversees Pathpoint’s sales and underwriting operations teams. Blust has more than 35 years of insurance industry leadership. He was most recently chief executive officer of National Flood Services. Blust …
LP Insurance Services LLC named Adam Heuer and the Heuer Insurance Agency to the LP Insurance Services team. Heuer joins LP Insurance as a member/owner and will continue serving clients throughout the Sparks, Nev. community and beyond. Heuer has nearly …
Walnut Creek, Calif.-based CSAA Insurance Group has named Julie Brown executive vice president of commercial insurance. Brown will be responsible for the distribution of commercial insurance under the Mobilitas brand, launched in 2020 to provide commercial insurance solutions for the …
