March 4, 2020
H.W. Kaufman Group announced the closing of its acquisition of Barbican Protect Ltd., effective March 3. Barbican Protect, an MGA that specializes in commercial property, casualty, financial lines and marine across the United Kingdom, joins the Kaufman family of companies …
February 12, 2020
H.W. Kaufman Group, the Farmington Hills, Mich.-based wholesale broker and managing general agent, announced the expansion of Node International’s North American presence with the addition of Matthew Lefchik, who joins Node as director, Cyber Risk Management Services. In the new …
September 30, 2019
H.W. Kaufman Group, the Farmington Hills, Mich.-based wholesale broker and managing general agent, announced the acquisition of Node International, a U.K. managing general agent that specializes in cyber risk and technology-related insurance solutions. Financial details of the transaction were not …
December 11, 2018
The employees and agent/broker clients of Farmington Hills, Michigan-based H.W. Kaufman Group may be pleased but not surprised to learn that the specialty insurance organization has been recognized as one of the best in the world for professional education and …
October 2, 2018
An influx of new business is presenting surplus lines wholesalers and their retail partners with new opportunities to work together even as other forces are changing how they work together. The surplus lines insurance market continues to grow, not because …
October 26, 2017
Burns & Wilcox Canada, a managing general agent in North America, has expanded into British Columbia with the opening of a Vancouver office. The new office is located in Vancouver’s business district at the Oceanic Plaza Centre. The office will …
June 15, 2017
Alan Jay Kaufman, chairman, president and CEO of Detroit/Farmington Hills, Michigan-based H.W. Kaufman Financial Group, has joined the School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science board of overseers at the St. John’s University Peter J. Tobin College of Business …
January 5, 2017
Cranbrook Underwriters, an H.W. Kaufman Financial Group company, announced the relocation of its London offices to One Minster Court, Mincing Lane, London EC3R 7AE, U.K., in the heart of London’s financial center. This strategic move follows the relocation of two …
January 7, 2016
H.W. Kaufman Financial Group, headquartered in Farmington Hills, Mich., has acquired Technical Risk Services (TRS), a Toronto, Canada-based specialist in loss control services, inspections, and risk control consulting. TRS is a full-service loss control inspection and consulting firm that has …
January 13, 2015
Burns & Wilcox Canada, a subsidiary of Kaufman Financial Group, announced it has acquired Avec Insurance Managers, a Toronto-based managing general agent with expertise in marine, inland marine and other specialty commercial lines. Avec will become part of Burns & …