USI Insurance Services News

USI Names Goldman Employee Benefits Leader for Mountain Region

USI Insurance Services has named David Goldman employee benefits leader and producer for its Mountain region. Goldman is responsible for driving new business growth as well as managing a book of clients for USI. Goldman has more than 25 years …

USI Names Peirce Employee Benefits Leader, Producer for Mountain Region

USI Insurance Services has named Robert Peirce employee benefits leader and producer for the Mountain region. Peirce is responsible for driving revenue growth as well as managing a book of prospects and clients for USI in Colorado, Wyoming, North Dakota …

USI Insurance Services Acquires Benefit Controls of the Carolinas

USI Insurance Services has acquired the employee benefits business of Benefit Controls of the Carolinas, Inc. This is the first acquisition in North Carolina for USI. An employee benefits consulting firm, Benefit Controls of the Carolinas, Inc. designs and manages …

USI Acquires First Merchants’ Insurance Brokerage

USI Insurance Services (USI) has acquired Indiana-based First Merchants Insurance Group, a retail property/casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage operation, from First Merchants Corp. (First Merchants). This acquisition further strengthens USI’s presence as one of the leading middle market insurance …

USI Acquires Construction Agency Professionals in New Jersey

USI Insurance Services announced that it has acquired the construction insurance and surety business of Chester, New Jersey-based KORE Group Inc., doing business as Construction Agency Professionals (CAP). This business and its employees will join USI’s West Orange, New Jersey, …

USI Acquires Personal Risk Business from BBVA Compass in Arizona

USI Insurance Services has acquired the personal risk services business of BBVA Compass Insurance Agency Inc. The accounts, homeowner, automobile, umbrella and other recreational policies, will be combined into the USI Phoenix, Ariz. operations. USI offers insurance brokerage and consulting …

USI Targets Southeast for Growth with Newly-Acquired Georgia Offices

Following USI Insurance Services’ acquisition of two insurance brokerage offices in Savannah, Ga., from Wells Fargo Insurance and Willis North America, the USI Southeast region has announced it plans to aggressively grow this market through ongoing investment and future expansion. …

Workers’ Comp Insurers Unfazed by TRIA Failure For Now But Expect Quick Fix

The expectation that the new Congress that convenes this week will act quickly to reauthorize the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) is keeping workers’ compensation insurers in particular from altering their behavior at least for now, according to insurance executives. …

USI Insurance Services Launches Terrorism Insurance Underwritten by Lloyd’s

USI Insurance Services has launched a new terrorism insurance product to address the expiring Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (TRIPRA), which ends Dec. 31. Unlike TRIPRA however, USI’s Terrorism Facility Solution, which is underwritten by Lloyd’s of London, covers …

USI Acquires Program Business From Askin, Weber & Reed in N.J.

USI Insurance Services in Valhalla, New York, announced its acquisition of an insurance program business from Askin, Weber & Reed (AWR) in Freehold, New Jersey. Terms of the transaction, which has been completed, were not disclosed. AWR has been involved …