The Woodlands, Texas-based TWFG has acquired Ward Business Insurance, located in the Kingwood/Humble, Texas area. TWFG’s proprietary agency systems will be installed into Ward Business and the company will merge into The Woodlands Financial Group. Ward’s owner, Bob Garlington, and …
IBTX Risk Services, Insphere Global Partners and HR Benefits (formerly member companies of Independent Insurance Group), all based in Texas, have agreed to merge. The merger will create a combined organization poised to deliver risk management services including commercial and …
Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), a subsidiary of insurance broker Marsh Inc., announced the acquisition of Cambridge Property & Casualty, based in based in Livonia, Mich., Founded in 1974, Cambridge provides property/casualty insurance and risk management products and services …
The Texas Department of Insurance has posted information and brief summaries of selected bills enacted during the 83rd Legislative regular session that relate to property/casualty insurance. The bills listed may require action by regulated individuals and entities. The department advised …
AmWINS Group Inc. has reached a definitive agreement with Fortegra Financial Corp. to acquire Bliss & Glennon, an excess and surplus lines wholesale insurance broker and managing general agency in California, and eReinsure, an online platform for managing the placement …
ECC Insurance Brokers Inc. named Debbie Elliott senior vice president of financial services. Elliott will be in charge of opening and developing the ECC office in Denver, Colo. Before ECC Elliot was the assistant vice president of underwriting, management and …
North Carolina-based insurance wholesaler AmWINS Group Inc. has agreed to a deal with Fortegra Financial Corp. to acquire both Bliss & Glennon, an excess and surplus lines wholesale insurance broker and managing general agency, and eReinsure, an online platform for …
Aspen US Insurance has named Douglas Menelly as senior vice president of marketing. He will report to Bob Rheel, executive vice president and U.S. head of property/casualty for Aspen Insurance. Menelly joins Aspen with 14 years’ experience in communications, market …
New Jersey’s Compensation Rating And Inspection Bureau recently announced the state insurance commissioner’s approval for the workers’ compensation average rate increase for next year. New Jersey Banking and Insurance Commissioner Kenneth Kobylowski has approved a 3.6 percent increase in rates …
Two years after being singled out for international honors, Metro-North Railroad finds itself facing a wave of retirements, under three federal safety investigations, and explaining to officials and riders why a locomotive engineer drove a speeding train into a deadly …
