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No Other Wholesaler Empowers Retail Brokers Like Brown & Riding.

We apply a few basic principles on a consistent basis to earn your trust and confidence, which helps ensure that your experience with Brown & Riding is a refreshing change.

We have a clear vision: We’re working every day to produce a best-in-class experience and superior outcomes for our teammates and trading partners. To realize that vision, we focus on achieving an equally clear mission: Remaining a fiercely independent firm that is continuously raising the standard of excellence for the wholesale insurance brokerage industry.

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“Commitment to excellence begins at the top. I want you to know that my commitment is unwavering…”
ISO Quality Standard
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In 2003, Brown & Riding became the first ever wholesale insurance brokerage in the U.S. to successfully implement a Quality Management System certified to ISO 9001.

Our Quality Management System (QMS) ensures your business is being handled with the highest service standards and levels of consistency, no matter who you work with in our organization. Achieving and maintaining this quality standard and certification is an extensive process.

Key Facts:

  • 45 years in business. Founded in San Francisco, CA in 1980.
  • Offices nationwide and licensed in all 50 states.
  • One of the Top 10 P/C wholesalers since 2014 (source: Business Insurance) and currently placing over $2.5 billion in annual premium.
  • 100% owned and managed by key employees with a “Best Place to Work” positive culture that attracts and retains top talent.
  • Our long-term internal perpetuation strategy offers top professionals industry-leading ownership and wealth-building opportunities and ensures we stay free from conflicts of interests with our clients and insurance carrier partners.
  • Specialists – Our professional staff are organized by specialty product and industry practice groups, tied together by a strong culture of teamwork and high standards. Our clients benefit from the collective expertise of our diverse, cohesive, nationwide team.
  • We offer coordinated placement and service across multiple specialist coverage lines. With broad market access and deep relationships, we’re structured to handle and focus on larger, more complex deals.
  • Internationally-recognized ISO 9001 Quality Certification since 2003 – The first ever wholesale insurance brokerage in the U.S. to achieve this certification and held to the highest professional standards.
  • Proprietary, state-of-the-art, 24/7 Secure Client Portal providing fully transparent marketing on submissions.
  • Serial recipient of the 5-Star Wholesaler Award from the retail broker community, driven by over 20 years of client feedback collected from thousands of real transactions used to continually improve processes and services.
Brown & Riding has been recognized as a “5-Star Wholesale Broker” for the tenth year in a row.
Wholesale Insights
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The Rise of Portfolio Companies in a Private Equity-Driven World

June 2026 - Brown & Riding's Jake Brannan and Paul Nowak discuss how the rise of private equity ownership has fundamentally changed corporate governance and risk exposures, creating structural management liability challenges for portfolio companies and sponsors that traditional insurance policies were not designed to address.

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Why Adequate Coverage Isn’t Always Enough

June 1, 2026 - In an article published by The Rough Notes Company, Inc., B&R Principal and Broker Nick Calabro discusses challenges that agents face in today's Florida residential construction market and outlines steps they can take to help protect their insureds.

Transportation Market Update: Spring 2026

April 2026 - Brown & Riding’s Spring 2026 Transportation Market Update outlines key trends across the transportation insurance market, highlighting the complexity of coverage for transportation network companies and the evolving risks tied to liability, excess auto, and cargo exposures. It also emphasizes ongoing challenges in the trucking industry, while addressing the need for tailored insurance solutions, including professional liability, to address critical coverage gaps.

Press Releases
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Omar Hasan Joins Brown & Riding’s National Property Practice

Brown & Riding proudly welcomes Omar Hasan to its growing National Property Practice.

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Brown & Riding Adds Broker Abe Kane to National Casualty Practice

Brown & Riding is proud to announce the addition of Abe Kane to its National Casualty Practice.

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Brown & Riding Launches National Private Client Practice

Brown & Riding has launched a new national Private Client Practice, led by Courtney Kerr, to provide retail agents with specialized insurance solutions and risk management expertise for affluent and high-net-worth clients.

Company Awards
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5-Star Wholesale Broker 2026

Brown & Riding has been named a 5-Star Wholesale Broker by Insurance Business America for the tenth consecutive year.

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Top 10 Largest P/C Wholesaler 2025

Business Insurance has named Brown & Riding as a Top 10 Largest P/C Wholesaler for 2025.

Top Insurance Employers

Top Insurance Employers 2025

Insurance Business America awards Brown & Riding recognition as a 2025 Top Insurance Employer.

Employee Recognition
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Rising Stars 2026

Thomas Harkins has been named to Insurance Business America’s Rising Stars 2026 list, recognizing emerging leaders shaping the industry.

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2026 Break Out Awards

Adam Lowe and Evan Schmidt have been named 2026 Break Out Award winners by Business Insurance.

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Elite Women 2026

Dawn Gordon has been named one of Insurance Business America’s 2026 Elite Women.

Contact Brown & Riding

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Brown & Riding
901 Main Street, Suite 3650
Dallas, TX 75202
phone: 972.402.6669

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