Burns & Wilcox
{{Short description|Insurance broker}}
Burns & Wilcox is an independent insurance wholesale broker and managing underwriter founded in 1969 by Herbert W. Kaufman.{{cite web|url=http://www.insurancejournal.com/magazines/mag-features/2003/06/09/29754.htm|title=Burns & Wilcox Chairman Reflects on Decades of Business|work=Insurance Journal|first=Dave|last=Thomas|date=9 June 2003}} Its corporate headquarters is located in Farmington Hills, Michigan. Burns & Wilcox, previously a public company,{{cite web |url=http://www.sbnonline.com/2011/07/how-alan-kaufman-leads-hw-kaufman-financial-group-to-expansion/?full=1 |title=How Alan Kaufman leads HW Kaufman Financial Group to expansion |date=July 1, 2011 |website=www.sbnonline.com |access-date=July 21, 2011 |archive-date=October 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002184916/http://www.sbnonline.com/2011/07/how-alan-kaufman-leads-hw-kaufman-financial-group-to-expansion/?full=1 |url-status=dead }} is family run with Kaufman's son Alan Jay Kaufman serving as chairman, president, and CEO.{{cite web |url=http://www.walshcollege.edu/upload/docs/About_Us/AJK_JewishNewsArticle-BW.pdf |title=Risky Business |website=www.walshcollege.edu }}
In February 2020, the company announced the expansion and renovation of its Houston office to support continued growth. Kaufman Real Estate Management, a subsidiary of Burns & Wilcox parent company H.W. Kaufman Group, will curate the new office.{{Cite web|url=https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/specialty-insurance/burns-and-wilcox-expands-houston-office-215286.aspx|title=Burns & Wilcox expands Houston office|last=Smith|first=Ryan|website=Insurance Business|language=en|access-date=2020-02-28}}
H.W. Kaufman Financial Group
H.W. Kaufman Financial Group is the parent company of Burns & Wilcox. It employs over 2,000 employees in the finance and insurance industries. Burns & Wilcox Brokerage, a brokerage firm based in San Francisco, CA that opened in 2010, also belongs to the H.W. Kaufman Financial Group.{{cite web|url=http://www.propertycasualty360.com/2013/06/18/rt-specialtys-brady-hired-to-lead-burns-wilcox-un|title=RT Specialty's Brady Hired to Lead Burns & Wilcox Unit for Wholesale Brokerage}}
Employees
- In 2011, the National Association of Insurance Women named Melanie Elias, director of claims, International Claims Professional of the Year.{{cite web|url=http://www.internationalinsuranceprofessionals.org/?page=Convention_Info|title=Convention Information - International Association of Insurance Professionals}}
- Ernst & Young selected H.W. Kaufman Financial Group CEO, chairman, and president Alan Jay Kaufman as a regional winner in their Entrepreneur of the Year program for the Michigan and Northwest Ohio Business Services category in July 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.propertycasualty360.com/2011/07/07/kaufman-financial-group-executive-named-regional-e|title=Kaufman Financial Group Executive Named Regional Entrepreneur of the Year}}
- Director of Professional Lines David Derigiotis teaches a "webinar" for Insurance Journal's Academy of Insurance.{{cite web|url=http://www.ijacademy.com/instructors/david-derigiotis|title=David Derigiotis}}
- In May 2020, Linda Koos was added in the team as vice president and managing director.{{Cite web|title=Burns & Wilcox adds Linda Koos to Michigan Leadership team|url=https://www.reinsurancene.ws/burns-wilcox-adds-linda-koos-to-michigan-leadership-team/|last=Sheehan|first=Matt|date=13 May 2020|website=Reinsurance News|access-date=14 May 2020}}
Sponsorships
In 2017, Burns & Wilcox signed a sponsorship agreement with Olympia Entertainment and the Detroit Red Wings.{{cite news |url= https://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20170919/news/639626/sponsorship-will-put-burns-amp-wilcox-at-center-ice-at-little-caesars |title= Sponsorship will put Burns & Wilcox at center ice at Little Caesars Arena |author= Tyler Clifford |publisher= Crain’s Detroit Business |date= September 19, 2017 |access-date= December 2, 2018 }} In 2018, the company announced its sponsorship of the Detroit Red Wings co-captain Justin Abdelkader.{{cite news |url= https://www.crainsdetroit.com/voices-bill-shea/mm3rdqb-welcome-our-new-improved-sports-biz-blog |title= MM3rdQB: Welcome to our new, improved sports biz blog |author= Bill Shea |publisher= Crain’s Detroit Business |date= October 28, 2018 |access-date= December 2, 2018 }} Burns & Wilcox also sponsors 2018 Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass winner Webb Simpson, 2021 Genesis Open winner Max Homa, and 2016 PGA Champion Jimmy Walker.{{cite news |url= https://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20170719/news/634316/burns-amp-wilcox-extends-sponsorship-deal-with-pgas-webb-simpson |title= Burns & Wilcox extends sponsorship deal with PGA's Webb Simpson|author= Bill Shea |publisher= Crain Communications|date= July 19, 2017 |access-date= December 2, 2018 }}{{cite news |url= https://www.golfchannel.com/article/golf-central-blog/simpson-cruises-four-shot-win-players |title= Simpson cruises to four-shot win at Players |author= Ryan Reiterman |publisher= Golf Channel |date= October 28, 2018 |access-date= December 2, 2018 }}
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External links
- [http://www.burnsandwilcox.com/ Burns & Wilcox Corporate Website]
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Category:Financial services companies established in 1969
Category:Companies based in Michigan