Overview of The Walnut Advisory Corporation

Who are we? The Walnut Advisory Corporation is the Underwriting and Policy Issuing MGA that Retail Insurance Brokers across the country rely upon for the highest standards of professional integrity, financial responsibility and process efficiency. As a Specialty Niche Market for many premium quality insurance products, we have remained committed for the past thirty-four(34) years to providing the most stringent professional standards to our customers.

History

Founded in 1974, The Walnut Advisory Corporation is a privately held, independent managing underwriting office and program administrator based in New Jersey. Founder and President Sigmar Hessing, and Executive Vice President Ariel Hessing, each have 20 years of experience in underwriting and program operation.

In the year 2000, The Walnut Advisory Corporation launched the SELECT GROUP brand to serve the retail insurance brokerage communities in the States of New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Eight years later the brand has expanded to nine(9) northeastern states. The SELECT GROUP now comprises a veritable arsenal of premium insurance products and programs that have been specifically designed to assist and enable its retail broker customers, helping them expand their reach and augment their capabilities. In 2008 the brand is administering products for apartment buildings & condominium associations, restaurants, hotels & motels, movie theaters, bowling alleys, churches, office buildings and shopping malls

In 2005 The Walnut Advisory Corporation launched the OLD SOUTH brand in order to better service the needs of retail brokers throughout the south. The brand began in only five states. Three years later it expanded to fourteen(14) southeastern states, stretching geographically from Maryland down to Mississippi and across to Texas. It offers the same set of premium insurance products as the SELECT GROUP tailored to the specific needs of the southeastern insurance market.

In 2008 The Walnut Advisory Corporation launched the WESTERN PRAIRIE brand in order to better service the needs of retail brokers throughout the Mid-West and Western states. The brand is offered in twenty-two(22) states, stretching geographically from Ohio to California. It offers the same set of premium insurance products as the SELECT GROUP, each tailored to the the specific needs of the midwestern and western insurance market.