Latest Insurance Wholesale Headlines
All the headlines from our Insurance Wholesale Topic Page, ordered by recency.
AAMGA Expands Membership to Include All Wholesale Professionals
Aug 28 2013 // The American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) has decided to expand its membership to include all wholesale insurance professionals, while keeping its original name. Membership will now be open not only to...
USG Expands Workers’ Comp Division in Little Rock, Arkansas
Aug 22 2013 // USG Insurance Services Inc., a national wholesaler and MGA, announced the expansion of Allied American Underwriters (AAU) operations with the addition of Nathan Jackson as a new associate producer/broker specializing in...
Former PIA Mgmt. CEO Bessette Joins Managing General Underwriter CED 1976
Aug 20 2013 // CED 1976 LLC, a N.J.-based managing general underwriter for the Jewelers unBLOCKed brand that focuses on providing coverage to the jewelry industry, announced that Ken Bessette has joined its management team as strategic...
Across the Pond: Managing General Agents in the UK
Jul 1 2013 // The past two years have seen interesting developments unfold on both sides of the Atlantic with regard to managing general agents and their representation, albeit electing to move in slightly different directions. In May,...
Survey: Specialty Carriers Look to Grow Through Program Business in 2013
Jun 20 2013 // Guy Carpenter & Co., LLC, a global risk and reinsurance specialist and member of Marsh & McLennan Cos., has released the findings of its eighth annual Specialty Insurance Program Issuing Carrier Survey. The survey,...
UK MGA Nexus Group Concludes Financial Lines Coverage Pact with PartnerRe
Jun 12 2013 // Nexus Group, a London-based Specialty MGA, has announced a transaction with reinsurer PartnerRe, which covers the current core financial lines underwritten by Nexus for a term of up to five years. Colin Thompson, CEO of...
USG Insurance Services Adds Dixon in Louisiana
Jun 6 2013 // USG Insurance Services Inc., a national wholesaler and managing general agent (MGA) has expanded its Louisiana operations with the addition of Jessica Dixon as a producer/broker. She will focus on developing retailers in...
Epic-Premier Appoints Leslie Curtis as National Sales Manager
May 20 2013 // Lakeland, FL, 05/20/13 – Epic-Premier Insurance Solutions, Inc., today welcomed Leslie Curtis as National Sales Manager. Leslie possesses extensive experience within the wholesale insurance...
UK’S MGAA Begins Search for First Managing Director
May 15 2013 // The UK’s Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) has formally begun its search for its first full time managing director. The announcement explained that the “managing director’s main...
AAMGA Looks to Expand Membership
May 14 2013 // After a two year process in which the board of directors of the American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) has examined the changing demographics within the wholesale insurance space, the board has voted to...
Oklahoma’s Midlands MGA Joins Trusted Choice
May 14 2013 // Oklahoma-based managing general agent, Midlands, is the newest member of the Trusted Choice consumer branding program for independent insurance agents and brokers, the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America...
Jimcor’s Mastowski on the Market and the Future of MGAs
May 6 2013 // The incoming president of the American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) is no newcomer to insurance. He has some 40 years of experience under his belt. Frank Mastowsi founded his family-run managing general...
AJ Gallagher Acquires UK’s Property & Commercial Limited
May 2 2013 // Arthur J. Gallagher announced the acquisition of UK-based Property & Commercial Limited from Barbon Insurance Group. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “This insurance business provides retail and...
UK MGAA Members Write over $3.85 Billion in Gross Premiums
Apr 25 2013 // New members joining the UK Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) since the beginning of 2013 have increased the total combined gross written premium represented by the Association’s membership to over...
McGowan Acquires Ohio’s Governmental Underwriters of America
Apr 24 2013 // The McGowan Companies (McGowan), based in Fairview Park, Ohio, has purchased the assets of Governmental Underwriters of America Inc. (GUA). Effective immediately, GUA will begin operating under the newly formed McGowan...
K2 Insurance Services Buys Aegis Security in Pennsylvania
Apr 22 2013 // San Diego, Calif.-based K2 Insurance Services has acquired Aegis Security Inc. in Harrisburg, Penn. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Aegis Security specializes in insurance for manufactured homes, motorcycles,...
Chicago-Based MGA Joins Trusted Choice
Apr 10 2013 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA) announced that Chicago-based managing general agent Donald Gaddis Co. Inc. has joined the Trusted Choice consumer branding program for independent insurance...
Strickland Acquires Va.-Based MGA Tower Transportation Underwriters
Apr 8 2013 // Strickland Insurance Brokers Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Goldsboro, N.C.-based Strickland Insurance Group Inc., announced it has acquired the assets of Palmyra, Va.-based Tower Transportation Underwriters Inc. Tower...
‘Stranger Liability’ For California Wholesalers Settled, but Not Done
Apr 3 2013 // A few wholesalers groups are breathing a brief sigh of relief following a recent Los Angeles Superior Court decision in a lawsuit involving “stranger liability.” The issue was brought to light in Hull & Co....
Ascent ‘Ring-Fences’ Cyber Notification Costs to Protect Policy Limits
Apr 3 2013 // Ascent Underwriting, the cyber risks Managing General Agent (MGA) led by Amlin capacity, said it is “to ring-fence cyber breach notification costs separately from its main insurance policy limit to protect small and...
