Latest Insurance Wholesale Headlines
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J.M. Wilson Announces Staff Changes in Illinois
Mar 26 2015 // Jenna Caschetta Insurance wholesaler J.M. Wilson has promoted Jenna Caschetta to property/casualty underwriter in its Arlington Heights, Ill., office and added Gerry McCabe as P/C underwriter. Caschetta is responsible for...
M&A Calendar: P/C Agent, Broker Mergers & Acquisition Headlines in 2014
Mar 23 2015 // Insurance Journal reported on more than 200 deals involving agencies’ or brokerages’ mergers and acquisitions in 2014. Activity was busiest in the first and fourth quarters, with more than 60 announcements...
UK’s MGAA Launches Initiative to Support MGA Talent Development
Mar 20 2015 // The UK’s Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA), has announced a much needed initiative to find and promote “young talent” in the insurance industry. It’s specifically aimed at...
What’s Driving Nonstandard Auto – Technology, Consolidation, Population Changes, Fuel Specialty, Opportunity
Mar 9 2015 // The nonstandard auto market is characterized by substandard operating performance. Since 2007, carriers writing nonstandard auto policies have reported deteriorating operating performance and many are struggling to...
Sullivan Brokers Wholesale Insurance Solutions Announces Bridget Livingston Joins Firm as Broker in Healthcare Practice Group
Mar 2 2015 // Los Angeles, CA, March 2, 2015- Sullivan Brokers Wholesale Insurance Solutions is pleased to announce that effective February 17, 2015, Bridget Livingston has joined the firm as a Broker in the Healthcare Practice Group....
MacNeill Group Selected to Grow Commercial Property and Casualty Business
Feb 27 2015 // Sunrise, FL, February 27, 2015 – MacNeill Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Team Focus Insurance Group (Team Focus), and a licensed managing general agent (MGA) specializing in commercial, personal, transportation and...
MGAA Unveils Plans for First UK MGA Conference
Feb 23 2015 // The UK’s Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) announced plans at its 3rd Annual General Meeting to hold its first UK MGA conference at the One America Square in London on 1 July 2015. The organization...
Texas Insurance Wholesalers Wary of Retail Agent Association MGA
Feb 23 2015 // In mid-November 2014, Texas’ largest association of independent retail insurance agents took the unprecedented step of acquiring a managing general agency as a way of providing its members greater access to...
Texas Insurance Wholesalers Wary of Retail Agent Association MGA
Feb 9 2015 // In mid-November 2014, Texas’ largest association of independent retail insurance agents took the unprecedented step of acquiring a managing general agency as a way of providing its members greater access to...
Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford Launch MGA for Lumber, Building Materials Market
Jan 27 2015 // Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford (CGSC) Group North America has launched The Insurance Center for Building Materials (ICBM), a new managing general agency addressing the risks associated with lumber and secondary forest...
Kaufman Financial Acquires Canadian MGA Avec Insurance Managers
Jan 13 2015 // Burns & Wilcox Canada, a subsidiary of Kaufman Financial Group, announced it has acquired Avec Insurance Managers, a Toronto-based managing general agent with expertise in marine, inland marine and other specialty...
Insurance Wholesaler Russell Bond Adds Finkelstein in Chicago
Jan 9 2015 // David R. Finkelstein has joined insurance wholesaler, Russell Bond & Co., as vice president of distribution and programs. Based in the Chicago area, Finkelstein will be responsible for management and expansion the...
Education a Priority for Outgoing IIAT Executive Director
Dec 16 2014 // Texas’ and the nation’s largest state level independent insurance agents’ association is about to lose its long-time executive director, but David VanDelinder plans to continue working with agents and...
Education a Priority for Outgoing IIAT Executive Director
Dec 15 2014 // Texas’ and the nation’s largest state level independent insurance agents’ association is about to lose its long-time executive director, but David VanDelinder plans to continue working with agents and...
Hub International Acquires Canada-Based MGA Partners
Dec 4 2014 // Hub International Limited, a global insurance brokerage, announced that its subsidiary Hub Financial Inc. has acquired the shares of MGA Partners Inc., an Ontario Canada-based managing general agency. Terms of the...
UK-Based MGAA Exceeds 100 Members With Century Underwriting
Dec 2 2014 // The Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA), the UK-based organization dedicated to representing true MGAs, has exceeded the 100 member mark following the addition of commercial lines specialist Century...
World’s Top 15 Commercial Lines Brokers Write 43% of Business: Finaccord
Dec 1 2014 // The world’s top 15 insurance brokers write more than 43 percent of the commercial lines property/casualty business globally, according to a new ranking by London research firm Finaccord. The same report says that the...
Texas Agent Group Acquires LevelFirst, Forms IIAT Services MGA
Dec 1 2014 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) announced it is continuing its tradition of providing insurance markets for small independent agencies with the acquisition of Dallas-based managing general agency...
Texas Agent Group Acquires LevelFirst, Forms IIAT Services MGA
Nov 13 2014 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) announced it is continuing its tradition of providing insurance markets for small independent agencies with the acquisition of Dallas-based managing general agency...
RSG Hires Peeters to Head New London MGA
Nov 13 2014 // Ryan Specialty Group (RSG), the global specialty insurance services business based in Chicago, has announced the appointment of Mark Peeters as CEO of a new London-based managing general agent (MGA) specializing in...
