London, UK, [11 November 2024] – Bridge Specialty Group, a global wholesale and specialty insurance brokerage, has announced plans to unify its London-based businesses Lonmar Global Risks, Decus Insurance Brokers and BdB under Bridge Specialty International. Bridge Specialty International will launch in December with the rebranding of Lonmar. Decus will integrate into Bridge Specialty International in 2025, with the U.K-regulated entities of BdB following. By consolidating the… Read More
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Bridge Specialty Group key insights from 2024 WSIA Marketplace
Over 150 Bridge Specialty Group teammates attended this year’s Wholesale Specialty Insurance Association (WSIA) annual marketplace in San Diego recently. Regarded as the premier wholesale event of the year our President, Steve Boyd, participated in a CEO breakfast and was featured as a speaker for an in-person “fireside chat,” hosted by Insurance Insider, and selected… Read More
Lonmar Global Risks acquires renewal rights from Norwich-based St. Benedicts Limited
Lonmar Global Risks (Lonmar), part of Bridge Specialty International, Brown & Brown, Inc.’s International Wholesale and Specialty division, has acquired the renewal rights for a bloodstock portfolio from Norwich-based St Benedicts Limited. The portfolio owns the wholesale relationships on primarily US wholesale bloodstock and reinsurance risks, and an agricultural specialty disruption book serving poultry farms…. Read More
Insights from the 2024 Builders’ Risk colloquium
with Bridge Specialty Group’s Amie Meschi and Michael Blackmon, Westchester and Engle Martin Recently, Amie Meschi and Michael Blackmon of Bridge Specialty Insurance Brokerage hosted a colloquium in conjunction with Vincent Zegers, Senior Advisor, Inland Marine at Chubb Westchester and David Alvarez, VP – Specialty Loss Group, Sr. Executive General Adjuster at Engle Martin. This… Read More
Bridge Specialty Insurance Brokerage opens Dallas office
Bridge Specialty Insurance Brokerage (BSIB), who provides access to an extensive range of wholesale and specialty insurance solutions, is excited to announce the opening of its Dallas, TX office. The new office will provide additional capabilities for the retail partners that currently work with Bridge Specialty Group (BSG) businesses in Texas: South & Western, Hull… Read More
Bridge Specialty International agrees to acquire Singapore based Acorn International Network Pte Ltd
Brown & Brown Europe’s wholesale and specialty brokerage group, Bridge Specialty International, announces today that it has agreed to acquire Acorn International Network Pte Ltd (“Acorn”), a Singapore based insurance broker. The transaction is expected to complete in the first quarter of 2024, subject to certain closing conditions, including receipt of regulatory approval from the… Read More