World Insurance Associates News

New Jersey’s World Insurance Associates Acquires Wm. G. Palermo Inc.

World Insurance Associates LLC, an independent insurance agency headquartered in Tinton Falls, N.J., acquired Wm. G. Palermo Inc. of Linden, N.J., on April 1, 2017. Wm. G. Palermo Inc. is a third-generation, family-owned insurance agency that was established on March …

New Jersey’s World Insurance Associates Merges with Mark Lauria Associates

World Insurance Associates LLC, an independent insurance agency headquartered in Tinton Falls, N.J., has merged with Mark Lauria Associates Inc., an independent insurance agency with offices in Staten Island, N.Y. and Red Bank, N.J. The transaction went into effect April …

New Jersey’s World Insurance Associates Appoints Margolies to Benefits Division

World Insurance Associates LLC, an independent insurance agency headquartered in Tinton Falls, N.J., has appointed Howard Margolies as principal, senior vice president and head of the benefits division. This comes after World Insurance Associates recently entered the employee benefits business …

World Insurance Associates Acquires New Jersey’s AIV Group

World Insurance Associates, an independent insurance agency headquartered in Tinton Falls, New Jersey, said it recently acquired AIV Group, an insurance agency serving the Asian community. AIV Group, in Avenel, New Jersey, was founded in 2010 by Sonali Shah, who …

World Insurance Associates Acquires Alamo Insurance in New Jersey

World Insurance Associates LLC, an independent agency based in Tinton Falls, New Jersey, announced that it has acquired Alamo Insurance Services Inc. of Toms River, New Jersey. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Alamo Insurance Services acquisition is …

World Insurance Appoints Heads of Personal, Commercial Lines in N.J.

World Insurance Associates LLC, an independent agency based in Tinton Falls, New Jersey, has hired Cathy Saporito as senior vice president, head of Personal Lines. Saporito joins World Insurance Associates from AIG, where she was senior business development manager for …