Latest CRC Group Headlines

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R-T Specialty Hires CRC Exec Sparling in New York

May 23 2016 // R-T Specialty LLC, the wholesale brokerage unit of Ryan Specialty Group LLC, has hired J.C. Sparling as executive vice president. He is based in New York City. Sparling is a seasoned property wholesale broker who has been...

CRC Insurance Services to Acquire Connecticut Underwriters

Oct 6 2015 // CRC Insurance Services Inc., a wholesale insurance unit of BB&T Corporation’s principal subsidiary Branch Banking and Trust Company, announced an agreement to acquire Connecticut Underwriters Inc. in Middletown,...

Business Moves

Apr 20 2015 // Confie Seguros, Your Insurance Spot, Wise Insurance Agency, Bronkie Agency Confie Seguros, a national provider of personal lines insurance based in Huntington Beach, Calif., has acquired three East Coast insurance...

CRC Insurance Services to Acquire Strategic Assets of NAPCO in New Jersey

Apr 2 2015 // CRC Insurance Services Inc., a wholesale insurance subsidiary of BB&T Corporation’s principal subsidiary Branch Banking and Trust Company, announced an agreement to acquire strategic assets of NAPCO, LLC. Terms...

Business Moves – East

Sep 24 2012 // Cook, Hall & Hyde, Maran Corp. Risk Two brokerages in the Metro New York region — Cook, Hall & Hyde and Maran Corporate Risk Associates — announced their intention to enter into a merger agreement. Cook, Hall...

Business Moves – Southeast

Sep 24 2012 // CRC|Crump, Preferred Brokerage CRC|Crump has signed an agreement with Preferred Concepts in New York to acquire select assets of the company’s Preferred Brokerage business unit. Terms were not disclosed. J.C....

Business Moves – South Central

Sep 24 2012 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., Sunday and Associates Illinois-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Sunday and Associates Inc. of Sugarland, Texas. Established in 1982, Sunday and Associates...

CRC/Crump Acquires Preferred Brokerage Unit of Preferred Concepts

Sep 11 2012 // CRC|Crump has signed an agreement with Preferred Concepts in New York to acquire select assets of the company’s Preferred Brokerage business unit. Terms were not disclosed. J.C. Sparling, who led Preferred Brokerage,...

CRC|Crump Adds Wright in Dallas as Associate Broker

Aug 8 2012 // CRC|Crump announced that Delia Wright has joined its Dallas office as a property/casualty associate broker. Wright’s responsibilities will include underwriting MGA business and brokering for general commercial...

CRC, Crump, R-T Specialty Reach Confidential Settlement Agreement

May 7 2012 // On May 4, 2012, CRC Insurance Services Inc., Crump Insurance Services Inc., and R-T Specialty LLC jointly announced that the three parties resolved all existing disputes between them. All three organizations said the...

Best Affirms Fairfax Financial and Most Subs Ratings

May 4 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “bbb” and the unsecured debt and preferred equity ratings of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited. Best also affirmed the financial strength rating...

CRC’s CEO Hopes to Create ‘Best of the Best’ With Crump Merger

Apr 9 2012 // The recent acquisition of Roseland, N.J.-based insurance wholesaler Crump Group by BB&T Corp., a major regional bank and insurance broker based in Winston-Salem, N.C., created one of the largest providers of wholesale...

CRC Names Brooks Broker in Southern California Office

Nov 29 2011 // CRC Insurance Services named Robert Brooks as a property and casualty broker in the company’s Santa Ana, Calif. office. Brooks was previously a broker at RPS/Lemac. Before that worked in various underwriting...

CRC Insurance Services Appoints Casualty Broker in New Jersey

Nov 9 2011 // CRC Insurance Services, a wholesale broker headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., hired Kenneth Echols as a casualty broker for the Parsippany, N.J., office. In his new role, Kenneth will focus on helping retail insurance...

Best Affirms Fairfax, Caribbean Re Subs Ratings

Feb 10 2011 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “bbb” and the unsecured debt and preferred equity ratings of Toronto-based Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited, and has assigned indicative ratings of...

Broker Wins Appeal Against CRC Insurance Services

Jan 10 2011 // The California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, has reversed a lower court’s $4.2 million judgment against former CRC Insurance Services broker Constance Callan. According to court documents in Constance...

Broker Wins Appeal Against CRC Insurance Services

Nov 15 2010 // The California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, has reversed a lower court’s $4.2 million judgment against former CRC Insurance Services broker Constance Callan. According to court documents in Constance...

CRC Insurance Services Adds Peterson as Senior VP

Oct 4 2010 // CRC Insurance Services announced that Angela Petersen has joined the company’s management team as a senior vice president. Based in Dallas, Texas, Petersen is a licensed attorney with experience in the wholesale...

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...

Ryan Group Denies Any Wrongdoing by Former AmWINS Employee

Sep 7 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...