Business Moves – South Central

February 25, 2013

Monster Insurance, OneBeacon Insurance

MarketScout, the national electronic insurance exchange and specialty MGA headquartered in Dallas, announced that MarketScout subsidiary, Monster Insurance, entered into an agreement with OneBeacon Insurance Co. over renewal rights to OneBeacon’s energy book of business.

Monster Insurance will offer general liability, auto and workers’ compensation lines of coverage to OneBeacon’s casualty energy insureds.

Monster Insurance is a Bermuda-based insurance facility accepting risk on primary casualty business.

Combined Agents of America

Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) has added five new agency members from Kansas: Fuqua Ruth Typer Insurance; SBS Insurance Agency; Keller-Leopold Insurance Inc.; Wood-Dulohery Insurance; and ICI Insurance Brokers.

Together these new members bring more than $65 million in premium growth to CAA, and a wide geographic spread of agency coverage in Kansas. In 2011, CAA generated more than $505.8 million in combined property/casualty annual premiums. CAA now has 52 insurance agency members.

Fuqua Ruth Typer Insurance is a family owned and operated insurance agency with offices in Hesston and Newton, Kan., and serves clients in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma.

ICI Insurance Brokers, established in 1885, is a consultative insurance broker providing personal and business insurance for clients in El Dorado, Emporia, Derby, Wichita and the surrounding areas. The agency’s official corporate name is Insurance Center Inc.

Keller-Leopold Insurance Inc. was founded in Garden City in 1943. It is a multi-line insurance agency serving the residents of Southwest Kansas with offices in Garden City, Dodge City, Cimarron, Syracuse, Bucklin and Ness City.

SBS Insurance Agency is a locally owned and operated insurance agency based in Seneca, Kansas. SBS Insurance is officially licensed as Runnebaum Inc.

Wood-Dulohery Insurance Inc. was founded in Parsons in 1961. The agency provides personal and commercial insurance coverage to residents in Southeast Kansas with offices in Parsons and Pittsburg, Kan.

Founded in 1997 CAA is based in Austin, Texas. Its members are located throughout Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas.

The Woodlands Financial Group

The Woodlands Financial Group, based in The Woodlands, Texas, announced the opening of five new local branches in Texas, California and Georgia

The new TWFG branch managers and locations are:

Michael Rice, Kennesaw, Ga.
Charles Choi, Los Angeles, Calif.
Frank Clarke, Huntington Beach, Calif.
Kathy Dumanski, Richardson, Texas
Amber Pillsbury, The Woodlands, Texas

With the five new locations, the independent agency is near the 300 mark for total TWFG branches now operating in 21 states.

In addition, there are almost 3,000 general agents and referral agents featuring TWFG insurance services in 38 states. The insurance services company provides support to all branches and affiliates and sells in 49 states.

Topics Texas Agencies Kansas

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