Burns & Wilcox
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Burns & Wilcox is an independent insurance wholesale broker and managing underwriter founded in 1969 by Herbert W. Kaufman.[1] Its corporate headquarters is located in Farmington Hills, Michigan. Burns & Wilcox, previously a public company,[2] is family run with Kaufman's son Alan Jay Kaufman serving as chairman, president, and CEO.[3]
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.[4]
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.[5]
Employees
- In 2011, the National Association of Insurance Women named Melanie Elias, director of claims, International Claims Professional of the Year.[6]
- 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.[7]
- Director of Professional Lines David Derigiotis teaches a "webinar" for Insurance Journal's Academy of Insurance.[8]
- In May 2020, Linda Koos was added in the team as vice president and managing director.[9]