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Hull & Company Names Dumag as Underwriter, Broker in California

Jennifer Dumag has joined Hull & Company Inc. in its Stockton, Calif. office as a commercial lines underwriter and broker. Dumag will be responsible for marketing, underwriting and placement of excess and surplus and commercial managing general agent risks. Dumag …

Cochrane Acquires Prowest In California

Spokane, Wash.-based Cochrane & Company, a western-regional surplus lines brokerage and managing general agent, has acquired Prowest Insurance Services Inc. The name and operations of Prowest, a Folsom, Calif.-based surplus lines broker and MGA, will remain unchanged. Prowest will operate …

Oklahoma’s Midlands MGA Joins Trusted Choice

Oklahoma-based managing general agent, Midlands, is the newest member of the Trusted Choice consumer branding program for independent insurance agents and brokers, the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA or the Big “I”) announced. Midlands, headquartered in Oklahoma …

Chicago-Based MGA Joins Trusted Choice

The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA) announced that Chicago-based managing general agent Donald Gaddis Co. Inc. has joined the Trusted Choice consumer branding program for independent insurance agents and brokers. Donald Gaddis Co. Inc. is an independent, …

New Empire Group Names Jim O’Neill to Head Newly Formed Wholesale Division

Island Park, NY, 09/27/12 – New Empire Group, Ltd announced the formation the “New Empire Group Wholesale Division” to be headed by James F. O’Neill, the current Executive VP. New Empire Group, Ltd. is a state-of-the-art managing general agent specializing …

K2 Acquires Majority Stake in Midwestern

San Diego, Calif.-based managing general agent K2 Insurance Services LLC has acquired a majority stake in Midwestern Insurance Alliance Inc., an MGA based in Louisville, Ky. that underwrites workers’ compensation coverage with a focus on transportation. Terms of the deal …

Yates Taps Louie for Northern California Office

Dotson Louie has joined Tustin, Calif -based managing general agent Yates in its Walnut Creek, Calif. office. Louie spent the past 11 years at a national wholesale MGA. Louie, who has a broad background in commercial property/casualty as well as …

Yates Adds Janes and Snow

Brian Janes and Vicki Snow have joined Tustin, Calif.-based managing general agent Yates. Janes and Snow, who become producers with Yates, spent the last two years as vice presidents of another California wholesale brokerage, and they have a diverse background …