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Business Moves – East

USI, TD Insurance USI Insurance Services, a brokerage and financial services firm in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., said on Sept. 24 that it has completed the acquisition of TD Insurance Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of TD Bank, N.A. The deal was …

Business Moves – Midwest

AmWINS North Carolina-based insurance wholesaler AmWINS Group Inc. has partnered with two insurance industry executives, Terry Younghanz and Richard Parks, to form a new managing general underwriter (MGU) focused on specialty insurance products. Based in Kansas City, the MGU will …

Business Moves – South Central

Texas Wholesale Insurance Coalition A group of Texas-based managing general agents/brokers has formed the Texas Wholesale Insurance Coalition (TWIC) with the goal of enhancing their markets, attracting Texas retail agency partners, and gaining economic efficiencies necessary to compete with the …

Business Moves – Southeast

Digital, Strategic Benefit Solutions Employee benefits agency Digital Insurance in Atlanta has acquired Strategic Benefit Solutions of Raleigh, N.C., and merged it with its local office of Digital Benefit Advisors (DBA). Strategic Benefit Solutions President Henry D. Stewart joins the …

Business Moves – West

InsureZone, MSI Fort Worth, Texas-based InsureZone announced it has acquired Denver-based MSI Group, with agencies in 20 states. The purchase adds 63 agencies to InsureZone’s network/cluster program. MSI Group provides agency members with access to major carriers for personal lines …

Miller Opens Paris Office

Specialist insurance and reinsurance broker Miller Insurance Services LLP has opened an office in Paris in a move to increase its reinsurance presence in Europe. Pierre Guntzberger will be based at the new office and will “work closely with the …

Brokers Report Keen Direct Line Interest; But Some Investors Wary

Stockbrokers involved in the planned stock market listing of British insurer Direct Line reported good interest from private investors in London’s first big retail share offering for six years, although some potential investors are unconvinced. “The appetite has been really …

R K Harrison in Association with Chilean Broker Conosur

London-based R K Harrison Insurance Brokers and Conosur Corredores de Seguros Y Reaseguros (Conosur) announced that they have reached an exclusive agreement to cooperate on all new business emanating from Chile. The agreement covers both insurance and reinsurance opportunities that …

AIR Worldwide Opens Singapore Office to Expand in Asia-Pacific

AIR Worldwide announced the opening of an office in Singapore to meet the expanding needs of clients in the Asian insurance market. “AIR has kept pace with the fast-growing markets and our equally fast-growing client base in Asia by opening …

Hub International Expands in Caribbean with Puerto Rico Broker Buy

Chicago-based Hub International Limited announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire CarriĆ³n, Laffitte & Casellas, Inc. (CLC), a full service insurance brokerage firm headquartered in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The announcement said the “acquisition represents the …

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