UK-based specialist insurer Amlin plc announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Amlin Corporate Services Limited, has agreed and has completed the acquisition of J R Clare Underwriting Agencies Limited (JCUA) from John Clare. Amlin described JCUA as a “managing general …
MarketScout Wholesale has acquired New York-based Wastepac from Insurance Specialty Group. Wastepac is general agent focusing on private businesses in the waste hauling and sanitation industries. It will remain in its current location in Port Jefferson, New York under the …
Combined Agents, Elliott Insurance, HC&H Insurance Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) has added two new agency members, one located in Kansas and one in North Texas. With the addition of the two new members of the group …
United Fire & Casualty, Mercer Insurance Group Iowa-based insurer United Fire & Casualty is acquiring New Jersey-based Mercer Insurance Group in a deal valued at $191 million. The merger is expected to close in the first quarter of 2011. The …
Laguna Niguel, Calif.-based Signature Insurance Group, which includes Brakke-Schafnitz Insurance Brokers Inc. (BSIB), Brakke-Schafnitz West (BSW), Saddleback Valley Insurance Centers (SVIC) and Infinity Assurance Group (IAG)), announced that on Feb. 1, 2011, it will be opening new offices in the …
Houston-based Capstone Associated Services Ltd. announced it has formed its 100th captive insurance company. Capstone formed its first captive in 1998 and has since formed captives for a wide variety of middle market businesses with headquarters throughout the United States. …
Texas-based retail and managing general agency, The Woodlands Financial Group Inc. (TWFG), has opened three new branch locations — one each in Texas, Oklahoma and Oregon. Berry Olinghouse has opened a new branch location in Owasso, Okla. Olinghouse comes to …
Encharter Massachusetts-based Encharter Insurance agency will open a fifth branch office, the latest in Simsbury, Connecticut. Encharter will sell personal lines coverage throughout the Farmington Valley, the agency said. It is Encharter’s second Connecticut location, in addition to its Watertown, …
Hub International Chicago-based Hub International Ltd. (Hub), an insurance brokerage firm, has announced several acquisitions. It has acquired the shares of Hall-Conway-Jackson Inc. and the assets of Cascade Insurance Group Inc., Bothell, Wash.-based insurance brokerage and employee benefit firms, respectively. …
Hub International, Farr Insurance Insurance broker Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of Farr Insurance Group, a Venice, Florida-based insurance brokerage firm. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The company said Farr operations will become a part of …
