USI Insurance Services News

USI Acquires Holmes Murphy in Missouri

USI Insurance Services has acquired the Saint Louis, Mo. operation of Holmes Murphy. The business and its employees will join USI’s Saint Louis office. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquired business was established in 1995 and was …

USI Completes Acquisition of 7 Willis Retail Insurance Brokerage Locations

USI Insurance Services said it has completed its previously announced acquisition of seven retail insurance brokerage locations from Willis North America Inc., part of Willis Group Holdings. Under the agreement, USI acquired the following brokerage locations from Willis North America: …

USI Insurance Services Acquires Wallace/Scott in Alaska

Valhalla, N.Y.-based USI Insurance Services announced the closing on the acquisition of Wallace Insurance Inc./Scott Insurance Services headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska. The employee benefits practice and all of its employees will join USI’s Anchorage office. By acquiring Wallace/Scott, USI’s footprint …

USI to Acquire 7 Willis Retail Brokerage Locations Across U.S.

USI Insurance Services announced it has entered into an agreement with certain subsidiaries of Willis North America Inc., part of Willis Group Holdings, to acquire seven of Willis’ retail insurance brokerage locations across the United States. Terms of the transaction …

USI Acquires BHB Insurance Services in New Jersey

USI Insurance Services announced the closing of the acquisition of BHB Insurance Services in Toms River, New Jersey. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. USI says BHB is best known for its community associations practice group (primarily condos and …

USI Appoints Employee Benefits Advisor in New York Metro Office

USI Insurance Services has hired Mary Jo Jacobs as vice president and employee benefits advisor. She is based in USI’s New York metropolitan office.

USI Insurance Appoints Hall to Lead Employee Benefits Practice

USI Insurance Services appointed Arthur W. Hall as senior vice president, employee benefits practice leader. Hall was previously the chief executive officer of Emerson Reid, USI’s benefits wholesale operation which is headquartered in New York City. Many of Hall’s responsibilities …

USI Insurance Services Appoints President of West Orange, N.J., Office

USI Insurance Services has appointed Michael D. Lezynski as president of USI’s West Orange, New Jersey, office.As president, Lezynski is responsible for all operations within the West Orange office, which includes property/casualty brokerage, employee benefits consulting, and personal lines placement …

Wells Fargo Completes Sale of 40 Regional Insurance Offices to USI

Wells Fargo Insurance has completed the sale of 40 of its smaller regional insurance brokerages and consulting offices to USI Insurance Services. Wells Fargo said the sale, first announced in January, is part of its strategy to concentrate on markets …

USI Insurance Taps Lockton Exec as Strategic Consultant in New York

USI Insurance Services has appointed Pauline Sobelman as strategic consultant for its New York metropolitan office. For the past five years, Sobelman served as vice president, senior consultant at Lockton Companies, managing benefit strategies for complex large- and middle-market employers. …