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Our story

Geof McKernan founded NSM Insurance Group as a commercial property and casualty insurance brokerage firm in 1990. After uncovering strong client demand for specialized insurance solutions to meet the unique needs of their industries, he began building his own programs to provide just that.

Since then, NSM has grown and evolved organically as well as through a series of strategic acquisitions across the US and UK. Today, the company is the industry’s premier provider of specialty insurance programs and remains committed to the retail brokerage services the organization was built on. With more exciting growth and transformation on the horizon, you might say our story has only just begun.

Timeline of events

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  • NSM Insurance Group

    NSM Insurance Group

    NSM was founded by Geof McKernan and Paul Norman as a retail insurance broker

  • Staffing Lines

    Staffing Lines

    NSM starts the Staffing Lines program

  • AllComp

    AllComp

    NSM starts the AllComp program

  • Care Providers Insurance

    Care Providers Insurance

    NSM acquires Care Providers Insurance Services

  • True Transport Insure

    True Transport Insure

    NSM acquires True Transport Insure

  • CHAMP

    CHAMP

    NSM acquires the Reich Agency and rebrands as CHAMP

  • Addiction Treatment Providers

    Addiction Treatment Providers

    NSM starts Addiction Treatment Providers

  • Condon Skelly Collector Car Insurance

    Condon Skelly Collector Car Insurance

    NSM acquires Condon Skelly

  • Abry Partners

    Abry Partners

    NSM partners with Abry Partners

  • American Collectors Insurance

    American Collectors Insurance

    NSM acquires American Collectors Insurance

  • Professional Underwriters Agency

    Professional Underwriters Agency

    NSM acquires Professional Underwriters Agency

  • Sports & Wellness

    Sports & Wellness

    NSM acquires Sports & Wellness

  • American Insurance Group

    American Insurance Group

    NSM partners with AIG (American Insurance Group)

  • Heacock Classic

    Heacock Classic

    NSM acquires Heacock Classic

  • Abry Partners

    Abry Partners

    NSM teams up again with Abry Partners

  • Vantage Insurance Services

    Vantage Insurance Services

    NSM acquires Vantage Insurance Services (now Kingfisher Insurance)

  • Maybury James Insurance

    Maybury James Insurance

    NSM acquires Maybury James Insurance

  • HabPro program

    HabPro program

    NSM acquires renewal rights of HabPro program

  • White Mountains Insurance

    White Mountains Insurance

    NSM partners with White Mountains Insurance

  • Fresh

    Fresh

    NSM acquires Fresh

  • First Specialty Underwriters

    First Specialty Underwriters

    NSM starts First Specialty Underwriters

  • KBK Insurance Group

    KBK Insurance Group

    NSM acquires KBK Insurance Group

  • Embrace

    Embrace

    NSM acquires Embrace

  • Kingsbridge Group

    Kingsbridge Group

    NSM acquires Kingsbridge Group