Brokerage team launches commercial insurance agency

Three former Commercial Insurance Associates LLC brokers last week launched Twain Insurance Agency with backing from a Ridgeland, Mississippi-based investment company.

John Lawrence, president of Twain Insurance, and Tom Davis and Griffin Willison, executive vice presidents, were previously Columbia, Maryland-based principals of Commercial Insurance Associates.

The agency is backed by Twain Capital, which describes itself as “a hybrid, both a family office and an independent investment sponsor” that focuses on long-term investments.

Twain will offer insurance services for organizations in various sectors, including real estate, construction, energy, health care, waste, financial, distribution, manufacturing, nonprofits and education, the agency said in a statement.