{"id":42364,"date":"2018-11-27T05:05:40","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T10:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=42364"},"modified":"2019-05-05T14:49:52","modified_gmt":"2019-05-05T18:49:52","slug":"epic-buys-direct-retail-wine-industry-business-from-paragon-insurance-holdings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/epic-buys-direct-retail-wine-industry-business-from-paragon-insurance-holdings\/","title":{"rendered":"EPIC Buys Direct Retail Wine Industry Business From Paragon Insurance Holdings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Nov. 27, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced today the purchase of a retail wine industry book of business from Managing General Agency (MGA) Paragon Insurance Holdings LLC. The accounts in question came to Paragon in the fall of 2017 when they acquired wine industry specialist John Sutak Insurance Brokers, along with two winery programs from the Argo Group.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Michael McNulty of EPIC\" src=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/18-0612-mike-mcnulty-696x522.jpg\" alt=\"Michael McNulty of EPIC\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/18-0612-mike-mcnulty-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/18-0612-mike-mcnulty-696x522-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/18-0612-mike-mcnulty-696x522-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><br \/>\nThe purchase underscores EPIC\u2019s commitment to further growing their wine industry client relationship and becoming a leading provider of risk management and insurance services to wineries across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Said EPIC Wine Industry Practice Leader Michael McNulty, \u201cGiven our roots in California and the West, we have long served grape growers, wine producers and others in the business across the region. The addition of Paragon\u2019s direct retail wine industry clients is a true \u2018win, win, win\u2019 for all involved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEPIC further grows and strengthens an important area of specialty, Paragon sharpens their focus on their core MGA and Programs business, and the wineries in question gain the strong representation, industry expertise, service excellence, and aggressive client advocacy that have been hallmarks of EPIC since our founding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Michael McNulty can be reached at michael.mcnulty@epicbrokers.com or 415-356-3909.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>About EPIC:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>EPIC is a unique and innovative retail property and casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and consulting firm. EPIC has created a values-based, client-focused culture that attracts and retains top talent, fosters employee satisfaction and loyalty and sustains a high level of customer service excellence.<\/p>\n<p>EPIC team members have consistently recognized their company as a \u201cBest Place to Work\u201d in multiple regions and as a \u201cBest Place to Work in the Insurance Industry\u201d nationally.<\/p>\n<p>EPIC now has more than 1,400 team members operating from 50 offices across the U.S., providing Property and Casualty, Employee Benefits, Specialty Programs and Private Client solutions to more than 20,000 clients.<\/p>\n<p>With run rate revenues greater than $400 million, EPIC ranks among the top 20 retail insurance brokers in the U.S. Backed by Oak Hill Capital Partners, the company continues to expand organically and through strategic acquisitions across the country.<\/p>\n<p>For additional information, please visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epicbrokers.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.epicbrokers.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>MEDIA ONLY CONTACTS:<br \/>\nDave Hock, of EPIC<br \/>\n650-295-4608<br \/>\ndave.hock@epicbrokers.com<\/p>\n<p>Nicole Conley<br \/>\n650-422-3156<br \/>\nnicole.conley@taniscomm.com<\/p>\n<p>*PHOTO link for media: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.Send2Press.com\/300dpi\/18-1127s2p-mcnulty-300dpi.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.Send2Press.com\/300dpi\/18-1127s2p-mcnulty-300dpi.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Nov. 27, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced today the purchase of a retail wine industry book of business from Managing General Agency (MGA) Paragon Insurance Holdings LLC. The accounts in question came to Paragon in the fall of 2017 when they acquired wine industry specialist John Sutak Insurance Brokers, along with two winery programs from the Argo Group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9780,"featured_media":37187,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[421,1,10,38,402,105,103,11247],"tags":[10572,10094],"class_list":["post-42364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mergers-acquisitions-news","category-business-news","category-california-news","category-finance-news","category-food-beverage-news","category-insurance-news","category-san-francisco-news","category-wines-and-vineyards","tag-epic-wine-industry-practice","tag-managing-general-agency","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":6373,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9780"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}