INSURICA
North America Group, a privately held independent insurance agency headquartered in Oklahoma City, is bringing each of its insurance management partners together to form INSURICA, The Insurance Management Network.
The company, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary, felt the time was right “to re-brand our network partners together for our continued growth,” according to Mike Ross, INSURICA president and chief executive officer.
INSURICA’s specialty areas include hospitality, ministries, construction, energy, transportation, education and more, Ross said.
As part of the re-branding campaign, 12 areas of specialization will be featured in new advertising and marketing efforts, as well as on the company’s new Web site, www.INSURICA.com.
Chairman Bill Durrett explained that the INSURICA Insurance Management Network is composed of independent insurance agencies that specialize in core industries and disciplines. With corporate headquarters in Oklahoma City, INSURICA’s Insurance Management Network includes the following partner agencies: Agar-Ford-Jarmon & Muldrow (Norman, Okla.); Claims Indemnity Services and Commercial Insurance Services (Oklahoma City), Ford Hines Klein Watson Insurance Agency (Lawton, Okla.) Robert C. Bates LLC (Tulsa, Okla.); Towe, Hester & Erwin LLC (Lawton, Okla.); CTK North American Insurance Services (Anaheim, Calif.); and Minard-Ames Insurance Services (Phoenix, Ariz.). INSURICA is an Assurex Global Partner and as North America Group was ranked 24 on Insurance Journal’s Top 100 Property Casualty Independent Agencies list for 2008.
RHSB
Dallas-based Roach Howard Smith & Barton (RHSB), an independent insurance brokerage firm and Assurex Global partner, has established a new Technology, Life Science & Media (TLM) specialty practice group. The TLM practice, led by Douglas R. Jones, will provide clients with insurance solutions and expertise tailored to respond to the industrial challenges, risks and scenarios firms often face.
With more than 20 years of experience in risk management coverage and services, Jones has leadership abilities in assisting clients through developmental periods, including emerging growth, IPOs, global expansions and mergers and acquisitions.
He also has extensive knowledge of technology, telecommunications, life sciences and media, including expertise with highly targeted insurance products such as cyber liability, directors and officers, and errors and omissions liability.
WYWLT, Bainswest
Webb Young Webb Liles & Tolentino, an Oklahoma City-based independent insurance agency since 1947, joined Bainswest Inc. as a member agency effective Jan. 1, 2009. The announcement was made jointly by WYWLT principal, Bobby Young and Bainswest President Mike Loftis.
Bainswest is a consortium of independent agents in Oklahoma and Arkansas with 25 locations and more than 200 insurance professionals. Insurance Journal ranked Bainswest as the 59th largest privately held insurance agency in the United States in 2008.
Webb Young Webb Liles & Tolentino will continue to operate at its current location at 3007 NW 63rd.
Other Oklahoma Bainswest members include Joe West Co., Fred Daniel & Sons, Carl M. Leonard & Sons and Bainswest Benefits in Tulsa, The Arrow Group in Broken Arrow, Keystone Insurance in Sand Springs, Lon T. Jackson Agency and McMasters Insurance Counselors in Sapulpa, Somers Agency in Lindsay, The Bramlett Agency in Ardmore, and Loftis & Wetzel Corporation in Blackwell, Laverne, Ponca City and Oklahoma City.
KJM Claims
KJM Claims Management LLC, a full-service, independent claims management firm providing pre-litigation investigation and evaluation of professional and general liability claims and related services opened in Addison, Texas. The company is led by Kathryn Moran, KJM Claims Management founder and president.
KJM Claims Management provides claims management and claim auditing services to companies across the nation.
Moran, a Texas certified all-lines claims adjuster, has 13-plus years of experience in claims and litigation management at Fortune 500 and start-up insurance companies. Moran has served as a litigation specialist managing thousands of claims and litigated cases nationwide.
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