Agents & Brokers News

MarketScout Wholesale Establishes Operations in New Orleans

Carol Davis has joined MarketScout Wholesale (MSW) as a broker, heading its New Orleans branch. Davis worked with Crump Insurance for 17 years working on both wholesale brokerage and underwriting for in-house facilities prior to joining MarketScout Wholesale. MSW is …

Frost Insurance Adds Hines as VP in Benefits Division

Austin, Texas-based Frost Insurance Services has added Jonathan Hines as a vice president Frost’s employee benefits insurance division. Hines serves as an insurance consultant and broker. In this role, he is responsible for both the development of new client relationships …

AmTrust Launches Contractors General Liability Program

AmTrust North America, a business unit of AmTrust Financial Services Inc. has formed a contractors general liability insurance program, a new underwriting classification available exclusively to licensed wholesale surplus lines brokers. The program will entertain a variety of residential and …

Chartis Introduces Employment Edge, Employment Practices Coverage

Chartis has introduced Employment Edge, a new policy developed by its Executive Liability Division to address the full range of employment practices liabilities that companies face, including exposures arising from employee use of the Internet and social media. Chartis designed …

Bartosh Elected ASCnet Chair, Boeing Vice Chair

Independent agent Brian Bartosh, president of Alpena, Mich.-based Top O’ Michigan Insurance, has been elected to serve as 2011 chair of Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet), the users group for Applied Systems agency management technology. Maureen Boeing, vice president at …

Willis Sets up Agri-Business Unit for Crop and Forestry Sectors

Hughes-Gibb, the specialist bloodstock, livestock and aquaculture division of Willis Group Holdings, announced that it is expanding its services to clients in agri-business. Broadening its expertise to include Crop and Forestry, the wholesale broker has appointed Julian Roberts as leader …

Kirschner Named VP at William Gallagher

Boston-based insurance broker William Gallagher Associates has named Scott Kirschner as a vice president. He has 24 years of employee benefits-related experience, most recently with The Bostonian Group where he served as director of the Employee Benefits Practice. His has …

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Bank of Montreal Eyes U.S., China Acquisitions for Insurance Group

Bank of Montreal is on the hunt for acquisitions in the United States and China to expand its wealth management operations, while it sees growth in Canada coming from established operations, one of BMO’s top executives said Wednesday. Canada’s No. …

Michigan Officials Seek to Force Broker to Remit $1.3M Owed to Insurers

Michigan insurance officials have gone to court to force a Troy insurance broker to remit $1.3 million in premiums he owes to multiple insurance companies. The Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation (OFIR) has petitioned the Ingham County Circuit Court …