burns & wilcox News

Kaufman Financial Acquires London’s Chesterfield Group, Texas MGA

The H.W. Kaufman Financial Group, parent company of wholesale broker and underwriting manager Burns & Wilcox, has purchased Chesterfield Group Ltd., a London-based insurance broker and underwriting organization with companies in the UK, U.S. and Canada. The acquisition expands Kaufman …

Burns & Wilcox Acquires South Carolina Wholesale Broker

Wholesale broker Burns & Wilcox has purchased Kimbrell Insurance Group Inc., a wholesale broker and underwriting manager in South Carolina. Kimbrell was founded in 1986 and is located in the Myrtle Beach, S.C. area. Burns & Wilcox acquired Kimbrell from …

Burns & Wilcox Promotes Vaughn in North Carolina

Wholesale insurance broker Burns & Wilcox has promoted Kasey Vaughn to branch manager of its Morehead City, North Carolina office. Vaughn has been a personal lines underwriter for the past 11 years with Burns & Wilcox. Headquartered in Michigan, Burns …

Burns & Wilcox CEO to Speak at Entrepreneurial Insurance Symposium

Alan Kaufman, Chairman and CEO of Burns & Wilcox will deliver a keynote presentation at Dallas-based MarketScout’s fifth annual Entrepreneurial Symposium, outlining the trial and tribulations he has encountered while building his company into one of the largest and most …

Burns & Wilcox Names Cunningham Director of Leisure, Recreation Unit

Wholesale broker Burns & Wilcox has named Grace Cunningham as director of its Leisure and Recreation Center of Excellence. Cunningham is charged with expanding the scope of the Burns & Wilcox presence in the leisure and recreation insurance market as …

Inferior Results Will Force Admitted Carriers Out of the E&S World, Eventually

The loss of market share in the surplus lines sector of the property/casualty insurance industry will turn around when standard carriers begin to experience negative results from the non-standard business they’ve taken on in the past few years. The reason? …