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Insurer Fortegra Launches Subsidiary in UK
Dec 4 2024 // The Fortegra Group Inc., the Jacksonville, Florida-based specialty insurer and subsidiary of Tiptree Inc., announced it has received regulatory approval to launch a UK subsidiary, called Fortegra Insurance Company UK. The...
Fortegra Granted License to Operate in Belgium and European Union
Jun 11 2024 // The Fortegra Group Inc., the Jacksonville, Florida-based specialty insurer and subsidiary of Tiptree Inc., announced it has received approval to operate in Belgium and the European Union. Fortegra Belgium Insurance Co. NV...
People Moves: Blenheim Syndicate 5886 Taps Barber From Fortegra as Sr. Liability Treaty U/W; Pen’s Vessel Protect Names Lockton’s Kent as Biz Development U/W
May 28 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Blenheim Underwriting’s Syndicate 5886 and the MGA Pen Underwriting. A summary of these new hires follows here. Blenheim Syndicate 5886 Taps Barber...
Florida Specialty Insurer Fortegra Shelves IPO Plans at the Last Hour
Feb 7 2024 // Jacksonville-based specialty insurer Fortegra Group has withdrawn its plans for an initial public offering in the United States, just hours before the IPO and nearly three years after the company scrapped its earlier...
Fortegra Receives UK Branch Authorization
Sep 22 2022 // The Fortegra Group Inc., a global specialty insurer and subsidiary of Tiptree Inc., announced that its European insurer, Fortegra Europe Insurance Co. Ltd. (FEICL), received UK Branch approval from the UK’s...
Fortegra Europe Opens Branch in Czech Republic
Sep 23 2021 // Fortegra Europe Insurance Co., a leading international specialty insurer and subsidiary of Tiptree Inc., announced the registration of a branch office in Prague, Czech Republic. Aiming to further strengthen...
Specialty Insurer Fortegra Financial Corp. Launches EU Subsidiary in Malta
Mar 29 2018 // Fortegra Financial Corp., a Jacksonville-based international specialty insurer and subsidiary of Tiptree Financial, announced the creation of a wholly owned European subsidiary in Malta. The unit, called Fortegra Europe...
Prospect General, Fortegra Launch Tenant Legal Liability Program
Sep 21 2017 // Prospect General Insurance Agency has partnered with Fortegra Financial Corporation, a Tiptree Financial, Inc. company to offer an admitted tenant legal liability program that allows landlords to protect properties from...
Fortegra Forms Admitted Market Partnership with CHART Exchange
Aug 3 2017 // Fortegra, a Tiptree Inc. company has partnered with the CHART (Coverholders And Risk Takers) Exchange, an organization of coverholders, London-based syndicates, admitted markets and other vendor partners who provide...
People – Southeast
Dec 19 2016 // Columbia, S.C.-native Mark Askins, has joined Iroquois South as a regional manager for South Carolina and western North Carolina. Askins spent more than 20 years with The Hartford, most recently as their Richmond, Va.,...
Florida-Based Fortegra Taps Rattner as EVP, Chief Underwriter
Oct 28 2016 // Fortegra, a specialty insurer based in Jacksonville, Fla., and a subsidiary of Tiptree Financial Inc., has appointed Mark Rattner as executive vice president, chief underwriter, and head of product management. In this...
Tiptree Financial to Acquire Insurance Services Firm Fortegra for $218M
Aug 12 2014 // Holding company Tiptree Financial Inc. said it will acquire Fortegra Financial Corp., a Florida-based insurance services firm, in an all cash transaction valued at approximately $218 million. In the transaction,...
AmWINS to Acquire Bliss & Glennon in California from Fortegra
Dec 3 2013 // 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...
AmWINS to Acquire Bliss & Glennon and eReinsure from Fortegra
Dec 3 2013 // 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...
Fortegra Financial Acquires California Motor Club
Jan 4 2011 // Insurance services company Fortegra Financial Corp. has acquired Auto Knight Motor Club Inc., a Palm Springs, Calif., company that provides motor club membership, vehicle service plans and tire and wheel...
Business Moves
May 4 2009 // Farmers, American International Group (AIG), 21st Century Insurance Co. Los Angeles-based the Farmers Insurance Group of Companies announced it will acquire American International Group’s (AIG’s) Personal Auto...
Fortegra Completes Acquisition of Bliss & Glennon from Willis HRH
Apr 16 2009 // Jacksonville, Fla.-based Fortegra Financial Corp., an insurance services company specializing in affinity marketing, payment protection, mass marketing and administration, has completed the acquisition of Bliss &...
