Latest Insurance Wholesale Headlines
All the headlines from our Insurance Wholesale Topic Page, ordered by recency.
London-Based MGA Nexus Forms New Specialist Product Line
Apr 15 2014 // The London-based Nexus Group, a Managing General Agency (MGA) announced the formation of a new specialist product line covering a wide range of accident, sickness and travel insurance, written on a direct and facultative...
Marketform Secures Baltic Region Coverholder – a First for Lloyd’s MGA’s
Mar 6 2014 // Specialist Lloyd’s underwriter Marketform announced that it is the first Lloyd’s Managing Agency to secure a coverholder in Lithuania, one of the fast-emerging countries in the Baltic region. “Initially...
Salzwedel Named CEO of Michigan-Based Insurance Wholesaler, Grand General
Feb 27 2014 // Great Lakes regional insurance wholesaler, Grand General Agency in Grandville, Mich., has promoted John Salzwedel to the position of chief executive officer. Salzwedel has been with Grand General since 1997 and has...
MGAA Elects 3 New Members to Board; Brown Awarded Honorary Life Membership
Feb 25 2014 // The Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) announced the election of Darren Doherty of Pioneer, Jeff Turner of Miramar and Catherine Bell of inet3 to its board at its annual general meeting. They join existing...
MGAA Members Back Lloyd’s Delegated Authority Plans
Feb 11 2014 // Representatives of over 75 percent of the UK’s Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) member organizations gathered yesterday to hear Peter Montanaro, Head of Delegated Authorities at Lloyd’s, set...
Bobbs, Hoefle Join Insurance Wholesaler All Risks Ltd. in Dallas
Feb 5 2014 // Jonathan Bobbs and Aaron Hoefle have joined independent insurance wholesaler, All Risks Ltd., in Dallas. Bobbs, a brokerage underwriter at All Risks, has expertise in property business. Bobbs previously was a national...
Fisher Joins Michigan Insurance Wholesaler, Grand General Agency
Feb 3 2014 // Grandville, Mich.-based Grand General Agency, a Great Lakes regional wholesaler, has welcomed Jamie Fisher to its team. Fisher will be serving the independent agents of Wisconsin and Minnesota as Grand General’s...
Texas Insurance, Vietnam Veteran Lyle Ashley Passes Away
Jan 30 2014 // Lyle Ashley, decorated Navy veteran, insurance agency founder, and well-known professional in Texas insurance circles, passed away Jan. 24, 2014. Ashley, 69, received The Vietnam Service Medal with two bronze stars for his...
Altitude Risk Partners Launches 1st Underwriting Cell on Castel’s MGA Platform
Jan 23 2014 // Castel Underwriting Agencies Limited, a member of the Barbican Insurance Group, announced that Altitude Risk Partners has become the first underwriting cell to utilize its “club-style” MGA platform to create a...
Insurance Programs of America Adds Lynn Vogel to Hotel Underwriting Division
Jan 14 2014 // Orlando, Fla. (Jan. 14, 2014) – Insurance Programs of America, a nationwide MGA and wholesale brokerage firm, announced a new addition to their hotel underwriting division. Lynn Vogel will be joining IPOA as an...
Bloss & Dillard Acquires Agents Insurance Markets in Virginia
Jan 13 2014 // Huntington, West Virginia-based managing general agent Bloss & Dillard Inc. announced it has acquired and now operates Agents Insurance Markets Inc., a managing general agent in Richmond, Virginia. The new acquisition...
MGAA Sets February 24 as Date for Board Elections
Jan 8 2014 // The Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) announced from its London headquarters that it has begun its board election process and has called for nominations from members. The results of the election will be...
Dovetail Insurance Expands Distribution of BOP Product in Midwest
Nov 7 2013 // Dovetail Insurance, a supplier of cloud-based insurance product delivery services, is expanding its distribution of NetBOP in seven states, including Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin....
Hyperion Insurance Head David Howden on U.S. Expansion by MGA DUAL
Oct 31 2013 // David Howden, the chief executive of the London-based Hyperion Insurance Group, founded the company in 1994, “as a business to take on wholesale products in the international market,” he explained in a...
UK’s Castel Underwriting Launches New ‘Club Style’ MGA Formation
Oct 28 2013 // UK-based Castel Underwriting announced the launch of a “new club style MGA formation platform that provides experienced and entrepreneurial underwriters with stable capacity and a fast-track route to creating their...
MGAA Appoints Staddon as First Managing Director
Oct 11 2013 // The London-based Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) announced the appointment of Peter Staddon as its first managing director, effective from the 1st of November 2013. “Staddon will drive the...
Wholesale: More Special Than Ever
Sep 23 2013 // Savvy wholesalers are meeting the demand for specialized knowledge Everyone loves the wholesale insurance business these days, or so it seems. “We’ve seen the entrance of a lot of other people coming into the...
Changing Realities of the Wholesale Market
Sep 23 2013 // Throughout our history, the American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) has retained its mission and identity while adapting to changes in the insurance industry. We began in 1926 as the Association of Fire...
UK MGA’s Welcome Increased Insurer Support for Capacity Exchange
Sep 18 2013 // “A nearly 40 percent increase in the number of insurers, market participants and suppliers attending this year’s Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) capacity exchange, demonstrates the increasing...
UK MGA Pioneer Names Carson to Head New ‘Pioneer Cat’ Division
Sep 4 2013 // Specialist Managing General Agency (MGA) Pioneer Underwriting Limited announced the appointment of David Carson to spearhead its new division ‘Pioneer Cat,’ incorporating property catastrophe reinsurance...
