January 7, 2013
Texas-based Ashley General Agency announced that Roger Karber has joined its underwriting team. Karber began his insurance career in his father’s independent agency. He has managing general agency experience and has worked for several insurance companies. Most recently, he was …
October 9, 2012
A new managing general agency — Mission Select Insurance Services, LLC — has been formed in Texas with a focus on residential property. Mission Select, based in Argyle, was formed with the backing of San Diego, Calif.-based K2 Insurance Services …
August 29, 2012
Freberg Environmental Insurance (FEI) has formed an agreement to underwrite environmental insurance coverage with Berkley Custom Insurance Managers, LLC, a newly formed member company of W. R. Berkley Corp. In addition to writing core environmental programs for site-specific pollution liability …
February 21, 2012
Global insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired First Premium Insurance Group, Inc. in Covington, Louisiana. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1973, First Premium is a managing general agent and wholesale insurance broker throughout …
December 8, 2011
Strickland Insurance Brokers said it has acquired Carolina Insurance Service Inc. Carolina Insurance is a managing general agent that serves agents in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. The company is based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The Goldsboro, North Carolina-based …
May 20, 2011
Jacksonville-based Fidelity National Property and Casualty Insurance Co., which covers some 12,000 homeowners in the state, is seeking a statewide average 27 percent rate increase. At a public rate hearing, Fidelity National Vice President John Giorgianni said the insurer needed …