Help

BI’s Article search uses Boolean search capabilities. If you are not familiar with these principles, here are some quick tips.

To search specifically for more than one word, put the search term in quotation marks. For example, “workers compensation”. This will limit your search to that combination of words.

To search for a combination of terms, use quotations and the & symbol. For example, “hurricane” & “loss”.

Login Register Subscribe

27TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF AGENTS AND BROKERS: W

Reprints

W
The Watson Group
225 Spring St., Wethersfield, Conn. 06109; 860-563-8111; fax: 860-563-6336
http: www.watsongroup.com
1997 1996
Premium volume $92,000,000 $82,500,000
Gross revenues $8,321,478 $9,076,552
Brokerage rev. $8,238,263 $8,823,722
U.S. clients 100% 100%
Brokerage: Retail 75% 76%
U.S. offices $6,241,109 $6,898,180
Personal 24% 23%
Invstmt. income 1% 1%
Employees 80 82.5
Retail offices 1 1
Founded: 1929.
Retail brokerage: 91% commissions, 9% fees.
Employee benefits: 19% of revenues in 1997.
Licensed excess/surplus broker.
Officers: Thomas A. Willsey, president; Peter E. Peterson, executive vp; Alan S. Currie, CFO; Robert M. Briggs, senior vp.
Contact: Thomas A. Willsey.
Watson Insurance Agency Inc.
Box 879, 245 E. Second Ave., Gastonia, N.C. 28053-0879; 704-865-8584; fax: 704-866-9866
1997 1996
Premium volume $40,886,000 $40,298,000
Gross revenues $6,218,000 $5,807,000
Brokerage rev. $6,160,915 $5,765,937
U.S. clients 100% 100%
Brokerage: Retail 62% 62%
U.S. offices $3,855,000 $3,600,000
Personal 37% 37%
Invstmt. income 1% 1%
Employees 78 79
Retail offices 5 5
Founded: 1934.
Retail brokerage: 100% commissions.
Employee benefits: 9% of revenues in 1997.
Retail brokerage offices: Belmont, Cherryville, Gastonia and Lake Wyle, N.C.; Lincolnton, S.C.
Licensed excess/surplus broker in: North Carolina.
Officers: Thomas C. Watson Jr., president; Thomas C. Watson III, vp/assistant secretary; Robert P. Watson, vp/secretary; Hugh R.F. Campbell, executive vp; Charles D. Sellers, vp-finance.
Contact: Robert P. Watson.
Welsch, Flatness & Lutz Inc.
701 Market St., Suite 600, St. Louis, Mo. 63101; 314-436-2399; fax: 314-342-7170
http: www.wfl-stl.com
1997* 1996*
Premium volume $63,000,000 $60,000,000
Gross revenues $6,700,000 $6,600,000
Brokerage rev. $6,579,400 $6,494,400
U.S. clients 99% 99%
Non-U.S. clients 1% 1%
Brokerage: Retail 87.2% 87.4%
U.S. offices $5,842,400 $5,768,400
Wholesale 5% 5%
Personal 4% 4%
Services 2% 2%
Invstmt. income 1.8% 1.6%
Employees 54 50
Retail offices 1 1
* Fiscal years ending 5/31/97 and 5/31/96.
Founded: 1979.
Retail brokerage: 85% commissions, 15% fees.
Employee benefits: 8% of revenues in 1997.
Licensed excess/surplus broker in: Illinois, Missouri.
Officers: Dennis D. Flatness, chairman/president; Dennis W. Lutz, executive vp/secretary; Thomas H. Etling, executive vp/COO/treasurer.
Contact: Tom Etling.
Wharton/Lyon & Lyon
101 S. Livingston Ave., Livingston, N.J. 07039; 973-992-5775; fax: 973-992-6660
1997* 1996*
Gross revenues $10,806,000 $10,779,272
Brokerage rev. $10,697,940 $10,671,479
U.S. clients 100% 100%
Brokerage: Retail 86% 86%
U.S. offices $9,293,160 $9,270,173
Personal 12% 12%
Services 1% 1%
Invstmt. income 1% 1%
Employees 92 92
Retail offices 4 4
* Fiscal years ending 6/30/97 and 6/30/96.
Founded: 1912.
Employee benefits: 12% of revenues in 1997.
Acquisitions: Kroh Agency Inc., Williamstown, N.J., August 1997.
Retail brokerage offices: Wharton/Atlantic, Oakhurst, N.J.; Wharton/Delaware Valley, Voorhees, N.J.; Wharton Financial, Livingston, N.J.
Officers: Dennis F. Klein, president/CEO; Bruce D. Gilson, executive vp; Andrew F. Stillo, Robert L. Sileno, Arthur Hanebury, senior vps.
Contact: Dennis F. Klein.
Willis Corroon Group P.L.C.
10 Trinity Square, London EC3P 3AX, England; 44-171-488-8111; fax: 44-171-488-8223; http: www.williscorroon.com
Founded: 1824.
Officers: John Reeve, executive chairman; Ken Pinkston, chairman-Willis Corroon Corp.; Tom Colraine, finance director; George Nixon, chairman-Willis Corroon Ltd.; Brian Johnson, COO-Willis Corroon Corp.
Contact: Peter Stevens, 44-171-481-7045.
See profile on page 32.
See geographical listing on this page.
The Wood Insurance Group Inc.
1430 E. Missouri, Suite 225, Phoenix, Ariz. 85014; 602-230-8200;
fax: 602-230-8207
1997 1996
Premium volume $13,000,000 $16,200,000
Gross revenues $2,058,000 $2,423,133
Brokerage rev. $2,016,840 $2,350,439
U.S. clients 100% 100%
Brokerage: Retail 98% 97%
U.S. offices $2,016,840 $2,350,439
Invstmt. income 2% 3%
Employees 9 12
Retail offices 1 1
Founded: 1986.
Retail brokerage: 100% commissions.
Licensed excess/surplus broker.
Officers: David A. Wood, president; Robert J. Gano, executive vp; Philip W. Hamilton, senior vp.
Contact: David A. Wood.
John L. Wortham & Son L.L.P.
2727 Allen Parkway, P.O. Box 1388, Houston, Texas 77019; 713-526-3366; fax: 713-522-3056
http: www.jwortham.com
1997 1996
Premium volume $374,000,000 $388,000,000
Gross revenues $36,120,000 $37,175,000
Brokerage rev. $35,758,800 $36,803,250
U.S. clients 100% 100%
Brokerage: Retail 97% 97%
U.S. offices $35,036,000 $36,059,000
Personal 2% 2%
Invstmt. income 1% 1%
Employees 245 251
Retail offices 1 1
Founded: 1915.
Retail brokerage: 100% commissions.
Employee benefits: 10% of revenues in 1997.
Non-retail brokerage subsidiaries: John L. Wortham & Son Inc.; John L. Wortham & Son Investments Inc., Houston.
Licensed excess/surplus broker in: Texas.
Officers: Fred C. Burns, managing partner/chairman-executive committee; James R. Davis, Charles Flournoy, Robert B. Hixon, executive committee.
Contact: Fred C. Burns.