CRC Group today announced they have hired Charlotte based Greg Watson as Office President and will open a new CRC office in Charlotte, North Carolina.

CRC Group released new REDY.Search functionality for the company’s REDY (Risk Evaluation Database) Platform. REDY.Search combines the knowledge of individual CRC brokers and underwriters with the company’s vast array of exposure and loss information to identify markets and programs with the highest likelihood to write an account.

CRC Group is the premiere one-stop-solution for brokerage and binding accounts. Across our nationwide platform, our hundreds of brokers and underwriters are focused on helping you place accounts of nearly any size and type. To ensure we bring all we do to all our clients in the easiest way possible, we have streamlined and simplified the brand names under which we trade.

CRC Group is pleased to announce that it has completed the transaction that brings Argenia, LLC into their operations. Argenia, LLC is a Little Rock, AR based MGA and surplus lines broker founded in 1976.

Data and analytics make a difference in helping retail agents win. Dave Obenauer's REDY, Set, Grow Q&A was featured in Leader's Edge Magazine this month. In the Q&A, Dave talks about CRC Group’s strategy and vision for data and analytics, their new Risk, Evaluation, Database known as REDY, and more.

CRC Group has the Most Actionable Data in Wholesale Industry and Will Use that Advantage to Power New Data and Analytics System to Deliver Enhanced Data-Driven Client Experience

Protective Insurance Company and 5Star Specialty Programs are expanding their strategic partnership in the Public Auto market. Effective immediately 5Star will be Protective’s sole distribution source for its commercial auto insurance offering in the Public Auto (Charter/School Bus & Limo) segment.