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Wells Fargo Names Shafer Business Development Officer
Jun 9 2008 // Wells Fargo Insurance Services, Inc. recently announced that Cynthia Shafer has joined its National Cross-Sell Practice Group as Midwest regional business development officer. She will be based at the company’s...
Wells Fargo Adds Brown to Professional Risk Group in Atlanta
Jun 5 2008 // Wells Fargo Insurance Services Inc. added Nicole Brown as vice president and account executive to its Southeast region professional risk group. She will be based in the firm’s Atlanta office. Brown will provide...
People
May 5 2008 // Grange Mutual Casualty Co. announced that Randy Montelone will retire at year end after 29 years of service with the company. Tom Welch, current president of Grange Life Insurance Co., a Grange subsidiary, assumes the role...
Wells Fargo Acquires Insurance Premium Finance Firm Flatiron
May 1 2008 // Wells Fargo Bank reports it has acquired the business of Colorado-based Flatiron Credit Co., Inc. and its operating subsidiaries. Flatiron was a subsidiary of TD Banknorth, N.A. and is one of the nation’s largest...
Wells Fargo Adds Staff in North Dakota Office
Apr 23 2008 // Wells Fargo Insurance Services recently announced the addition of staff in its North Dakota office. Deb Galt was named Insurance Brokerage supervisor for Wells Fargo Insurance Services’ Midwest region, and Gail Hayes...
Wells Fargo Names Shopoff VP of Motorsports Race Team Programs
Apr 16 2008 // Wells Fargo Insurance Services announced today that it has named Holly Shopoff as vice president of Motorsports Race Team Programs. She will be based in the Houston office. In her new role, Shopoff will be responsible for...
Wells Fargo Names Stokes Managing Director in San Francisco
Apr 7 2008 // Wells Fargo Insurance Services Inc. has named Mark Stokes managing director for its San Francisco office. In addition to maintaining his current managing director responsibilities for Wells Fargo Insurance Services’...
Wells Fargo Acquires Insurance Brokers of America in St. Louis
Feb 28 2008 // Wells Fargo Insurance Services, Inc., a bank-owned insurance brokerage and a subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Co., reports it has acquired St. Louis-based Insurance Brokers of America (IBA). IBA partners Robert Concannon,...
Fitzpatrick and Fuhrman Join Wells Fargo Calif. Office
Feb 20 2008 // Wells Fargo Insurance Services’ ABD Insurance and Financial Services division, a provider of global risk management and employee benefits solutions, announces the addition of two sales executives to the...
Wells Fargo Names Brogan Director of Casualty Group
Dec 28 2007 // San Francisco-based Wells Fargo Insurance Services has named Kevin Brogan managing director, national practice leader, casualty. He will be based at the company’s corporate headquarters in Chicago. In his new role,...
Wells Fargo Buys 4 Agencies
Dec 20 2007 // Wells Fargo & Co.’s Wells Fargo Insurance Services Inc. reports it has bought four insurance agencies. The insurance brokerage acquired Technology Insurance Services Inc., Redwood City, Calif; Rogers &...
Wells Fargo to Acquire El Paso Agency
Nov 14 2007 // Wells Fargo Insurance Services Inc. reported it will acquire Rogers & Belding Insurance Agency Inc., a single-office agency in El Paso, Texas, and its subsidiaries. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Rogers...
Wells Fargo Names Miceli Benefits Practice Leader for Colorado
Nov 9 2007 // Wells Fargo Insurance Services announced the appointment of Dennis Miceli to the position of employee benefits practice leader for the company’s Colorado locations. Miceli will be based out of the company’s...
Wells Fargo Names Baldwin COO of American E&S Operations
Sep 25 2007 // San Francisco-based Wells Fargo Insurance Services has promoted Paul Baldwin to the position of chief operating officer of its American E&S (AES) operations. In his new role, Baldwin will take an active role in...
Wells Fargo Insurance Names Managing Director of N.C. Operations
Aug 30 2007 // Wells Fargo Insurance Services selected Steve Smith senior vice president, managing director of its North Carolina operations. Prior to joining Wells Fargo in 2006, Smith held leadership positions with CNA Financial, The...
Wells Fargo to Acquire Universal Insurance Services
Jun 26 2007 // Wells Fargo Insurance Services Inc., a subsidiary of San Francisco-based Wells Fargo & Co., announced it will acquire Universal Insurance Services Inc., of Grand Rapids, Mich. The acquisition is expected to close July...
Wells Fargo Names New Managing Director in Omaha Office
Jun 14 2007 // Wells Fargo Insurance Services recently announced that it has named Gina Samland managing director of its Omaha, Neb. office. Samland’s responsibilities include the overall management, direction, expansion, and...
Business Moves
May 21 2007 // Alleghany, Employers Direct New York-based Alleghany Corp. agreed to purchase the outstanding shares of California-based Employers Direct Corp. for $195 million in cash. EDC, which was founded in 2002, is an insurance...
Wells Fargo to Pay about $1.5B for Greater Bay Bancorp, ABD Insurance
May 8 2007 // San Francisco-based Wells Fargo & Co., the nation’s fifth largest bank, said it agreed to buy Greater Bay Bancorp in a stock swap estimated at about $1.5 billion, strengthening its presence around San Francisco...
Acordia Changes Name to Wells Fargo Insurance
Feb 5 2007 // Acordia, Inc. — the nation’s fifth-largest insurance brokerage and part of Wells Fargo & Co. — and its affiliated companies have changed their name to Wells Fargo Insurance Services. Wells Fargo...
