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Update: Insurance Wholesaler AmWINS Is Recapitalizing: CEO DeCarlo
Mar 13 2012 // The owners of AmWINS Group Inc., the largest wholesale insurance broker in the United States by premiums placed, have put the company up for sale, expecting a valuation of about $1.5 billion, three people familiar with the...
AmWINS Transportation Underwriters Receives MGA Appointment for ‘A’ XV Rated Carrier to Underwrite Long Haul Truckers
Feb 27 2012 // 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...
Moody’s Changes Debt Ratings of Insurance Brokers & Service Cos.
Feb 8 2012 // Moody’s Investors Service has changed various debt ratings of insurance brokers and service companies based on the application of its loss given default (LGD) framework to guide notching decisions for...
Newton Joins AmWINS Brokerage of Texas in Houston
Feb 6 2012 // Daniel Newton has joined AmWINS Brokerage of Texas as an assistant vice president and a marketing manager in the company’s Houston office. Newton formerly was territory manager – commercial lines with America First...
U.S. Wholesale Broker AmWINS Completes Acquisition of London’s THB
Jan 26 2012 // U.S. insurance wholesaler AmWINS Group, Inc. has completed its previously announced acquisition of THB Group plc of London. THB, an independent insurance and reinsurance broker and risk management business, serves clients...
E&S Insurance Execs Have Heads Shaved for Good Cause
Jan 18 2012 // Eight surplus lines insurance industry executives had their heads shaved bald this past Monday night in front of a cheering crowd in Las Vegas, Nev. It was not some bizarre industry hazing ritual or ancient form of...
AmWINS Confirms Intention to Acquire London-based THB Group plc
Nov 14 2011 // Charlotte-based AmWINS Group, Inc. has confirmed that it intends to acquire THB Group plc of London. AmWINS said the directors of THB have unanimously agreed to recommend that its shareholders approve AmWINS’ cash...
People
Aug 1 2011 // Wholesale insurance broker AmWINS Group Inc. is expanding its operations with a new office location in Morehead City, North Carolina. Karen G. Toler, formerly of Burns & Wilcox, has joined AmWINS to lead this new...
AmWINS Expands in North Carolina; Toler Joins Firm
Jul 20 2011 // Wholesale insurance broker AmWINS Group, Inc. is expanding its operations with a new office location in Morehead City, North Carolina. Karen G. Toler, formerly of Burns & Wilcox, has joined AmWINS to lead this new...
Henderson Joins AmWINS in Florida
Jul 13 2011 // Wholesale broker AmWINS Group Inc. said that Brian Henderson has joined the company as executive vice president. Henderson joins AmWINS from Peachtree Special Risk Brokers, a division of Brown and Brown Insurance, where he...
AmWins Launches New Automobile Repossession Program
Jun 28 2011 // AmWINS Group, Inc. has developed an exclusive program with an A.M. Best rated A+XV carrier to provide coverage for the auto repossession industry. This insurance program is designed specifically for the repossession...
AmWINS Group Benefits Enhances International Travel Insurance
Jun 1 2011 // AmWINS Group Benefits has launched a newly enhanced No Borders, a suite of international benefit products providing coverage for international assignees and for those living and traveling abroad for work or leisure. AmWINS...
AmWINS Names Hegarty as Assistant VP
Apr 11 2011 // AmWINS Brokerage of New York has named Robert Hegarty assistant vice president and casualty broker. Hegarty 15 years of insurance industry experience, both as an underwriter and a wholesale broker, particularly in the...
AmWINS Expands Non-Standard Auto Capabilities Through Acquisitions
Feb 10 2011 // AmWINS Group, Inc. has acquired American Southwest Insurance Managers, Inc., Excel General Agency, Inc. and Oakwood Software Insurance Solutions, LLC. ASIM is a managing general agents for non-standard automobile insurance...
Business Moves
Jan 10 2011 // AmWINS Brokerage of Texas The Texas operations of Colemont Insurance Brokers was officially renamed AmWINS Brokerage of Texas effective Dec. 1, 2010. AmWINS and Colemont announced a planned merger in April 2010. Combined,...
Colemont Texas Now Operating as AmWINS Brokerage of Texas
Dec 1 2010 // AmWINS Group announced that effective Dec. 1, the Texas operations of Colemont Insurance Brokers has been officially renamed AmWINS Brokerage of Texas. AmWINS and Colemont announced in April 2010 that they planned to...
Zurich Partners with AmWins to Expand Accident, Health Products
Nov 9 2010 // Zurich in North America has formed a new relationship with wholesale broker AmWINS Group Benefits (AmWINS). This is the second relationship Zurich has formalized to further its growth plan in the program accident and...
AmWins Names Exec Appointments to Colemont Global Group
Oct 26 2010 // Skip Cooper, president of AmWINS, has been appointed as CEO of Colemont Global Group Limited (CGGL) and Colemont Insurance Brokers Limited (CIBL), announced the AmWins Group Inc. Jeremy Underwood, currently non-executive...
AmWINS Launches Motorsports Insurance Program
Oct 7 2010 // AmWINS Transportation Underwriters, Inc. has expanded their underwriting entity into the motorsports insurance niche. Concentrating solely on motorsports business, their new motorsports group includes Mark Maucere, senior...
Ryan Group Denies Wrongdoing by Former Employee
Sep 20 2010 // North Carolina-based wholesale insurance broker AmWINS has won a court order against a former employee it believes is using confidential client information to target AmWINS business accounts and win them over to his new...
