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SAN ANTONIO, TX- September 18, 2018- MCCLELLAND & HINE, INC / MCCLELLAND & HINE TRUCKING UNDERWRITERS LLC (MHI), a managing general agent based in Texas has announced they have entered into terms to be acquired by WORLDWIDE FACILITIES, LLC (“Worldwide”). Terms were not disclosed. Both parties anticipate completing the acquisition within the next thirty days. MHI will be part of the Worldwide Facilities.
Gil Hine, Chairman of MHI, said, “When you first meet the leaders of an organization and your first reaction is “they are like us” and everything from then on reinforces that feeling, you know you are making the right decision. For me, I feel like I did thirty‐six years ago when McClelland & Hine started. Our team is just as pumped as I am to partner with Worldwide Facilities and help contribute to their continuing success.” Amicia Hine, CEO of MHI, added “Our vision for the continued success of the MHI business platform and the contribution we can make to the profitable growth of the combined companies is evident and compelling. The compatibility of MHI and Worldwide Facilities’ leadership culture, dedication to career building and professional growth of our members along with our commitment to our partners, our customers and our industry made this an obvious and exciting next step for our organization.”
Davis Moore, CEO of Worldwide Facilities commented on the acquisition, “We are extremely pleased that Gil Hine, Amicia Hine and their team are joining our company. Gil, Amicia and the MHI leadership have done an excellent job of building a great company. Their proprietary technology and underwriting products are enormously complementary and will be beneficial to our growing platform. MHI’s business provides us with a broader geographical footprint as well as a more diversified product offering. We are very excited to partner with the MHI team and have them participate in our broad‐based equity ownership plan.”
About McClelland & Hine, Inc. / McClelland & Hine Trucking Underwriters LLC: McClelland & Hine, Inc. / McClelland & Hine Trucking Underwriters LLC (MHI) is a Managing General Agent and Excess and Surplus Lines Broker headquartered in San Antonio, TX. MHI began writing business in San Antonio in 1982 and later expanded its operation with the opening of additional branch offices in Houston, Dallas and Atlanta. MHI has professional staff with expertise for all lines of excess and surplus lines business. MHI also places surplus lines insurance for certain classes with a proprietary cutting edge technology platform. www.mhi-mga.com
About Worldwide Facilities, LLC: Worldwide Facilities is a national wholesale insurance broker and managing general agent that has been in business since 1970. Its brokers and underwriters are industry leaders providing expertise in a wide range of specialty lines, as well as extensive contracts with carriers domestically and overseas. www.wwfi.com
Contact: Amicia Hine, CEO/President McClelland & Hine, Inc. 2200 Thousand Oaks #100 San Antonio, TX 78232 Ph) 866-203-3099 * www.mhi-mga.com
• Service Line Coverage
Provides broad breakdown coverage for exterior underground service lines
Service Line Limit - $10,000 with $500 deductible
• Identity Recovery
$25,000 annual aggregate limit with zero deductible
(Case management does not reduce the annual aggregate limit)
Please submit a written request for coverage to your personal lines underwriter or contact your marketing representative for questions concerning this exciting new offering!
Effective immediately, MHI is required to issue notice of nonrenewal on all Catlin Specialty Insurance Company policies expiring 10/1/2018 and after. Renewal quotes will be offered through Indian Harbor Insurance Company, a carrier which is part of the XL Catlin group of companies. If for any reason the risk does not fit Indian Harbor’s appetite or guidelines, a quote will be offered through one of our other E&S carriers. Your insureds will receive a notice of non-renewal and a letter similar to this one advising them to contact their retail agent or broker with any questions or concerns.
MHI’s commitment to our independent agents remains solid; superior service and assistance with meeting your clients’ needs are our highest priorities. Please contact your commercial underwriter or marketing representative should you have any questions regarding this change.
Our process is fast and simple. Just follow these steps:
1) Go to: www.mhi-mga.com and click on the Hurricane Harvey Claims Reporting button located at the top of the page.
2) Type in the policy number, then select type of loss from the drop down selection. **If you are unable to access our website or you cannot remember your policy number please call 1-866-203-3099 extension 217
3) Fill out the claim form and hit submit at the bottom of the page.
4) You will receive a claim acknowledgement via email.
5) If you are unable to access our website please contact MHIs Hurricane Harvey Claims Hotline: 1-866-203-3099 extension 217 - Please leave your name, policy number and telephone number. MHIs offices are in the path of the storm. If our website goes down please continue to follow us on social media.
6) Other helpful resources available during the storm: American Red Cross, www.redcross.org and Federal Emergency Management Agency www.fema.org.
NOTE: We may experience a high volume of claims from this storm; we ask for your patience, an adjuster will make contact with you as soon as they can. To help mitigate your damages, we encourage you to make temporary repairs where needed, take lots of photos and keep all receipts for consideration.
Please do not hesitate to reach out to MHIs Excess Division if you have any questions.
David Jones, VP of Excess and Brokerage Casualty, david@mhi-mga.com
Erika Apuan, Excess Casualty Underwriter, erika@mhi-mga.com
Amber Carroll, Excess and Brokerage casualty underwriting assistant, amber@mhi-mga.com.
As always MHI looks forward to the opportunity to help you place your business.
Vacant Buildings and Commercial Property Insurance Policies- Concerns and Consequences. Click here to learn more!
Check out MHIs new eSign feature on our Artisan Contractor E-Quote module. This exciting new feature allows you to request and obtain -- via e-mail -- an electronic signature on the Terrorism Form (TRIA). The eSign option will pop up when the TRIA form link is clicked. You can customize the message the insured will see or use the standard verbiage that is already provided. You can even copy, paste and send the link from within your own e-mail. Either way, the insured will see only your contact information and once he completes the electronic signature, notification is automatically sent to both you and MHI so youll no longer have to worry about forwarding the signed form when you receive it. eSign is incredibly simple-just a couple of clicks and youre done! Imagineno more time wasted chasing down the signed TRIA form plus no more cancellation notices for failure to obtain the signed form. You still have the option to decline the eSign feature and print a hard copy of the TRIA form, but eSign is so easywhy not give it a try with your next artisan contractor binder request? Contact your MHI underwriter for more information or just click here for step by step instructions.
Remember mail handling in the good ol days? It consisted of paying someone to drive to the post office, pick up the mail, drive back from the post office, open the mail, stamp it, sort it, scan it, route it, deliver it, etc., etc
What if instead, you:
MHI can also offer e-mail notification in batches. Policy and endorsement retrieval e-mails are queued throughout the day and then transmitted to your office in bulk at night. This can help reduce e-mail traffic during the busiest times of your work-day. Contact your MHI branch manager or marketing representative for more information or to sign up for this free service.
