New Agency Appointment

Bellingham Underwriters is always receptive to developing valuable partnerships with new retail agencies who specialize in the commercial transportation, logging, and ambulance industries. We are not an open brokerage facility and we only work with our appointed producers. We prefer any agency that is interested in an appointment to have an established book of commercial transportation, logging or ambulance business.

Bellingham Underwriters values agencies that are committed to long term growth and profitability.

Eligibility will be partially based on meeting the minimum parameters below:

  • Must be a retail agency – we do not appoint wholesalers
  • Agencies must have a minimum 2 years in business writing commercial trucking, logging, ambulance risks.
    • Exception for Start-ups: Agency must demonstrate an expertise in commercial trucking (e.g., they are spinning off from another trucking agency we are familiar with) 
  • Preferred: Agencies with a minimum $2m Trucking specific premium in California and $1m outside of California (does not apply to Ambulance or Logging Program)
  • Agencies that can commit to meeting a projected minimum premium within our program appetite in order to keep their appointment.
  • We prefer agencies that have agents/producers with profitable books of business and a high level of knowledge within our target markets.
  • Agencies committed to submitting a minimum of 3 accounts per month within our appetite. *We do not write long haul
  • Agencies that have an eagerness to build strong lasting relationships with our team of underwriters.

Factors that can hurt your chance of an appointment:

  • Agencies new to writing trucking.
  • Agencies looking for a market for all their new ventures.
  • Agencies in a territory where we are already oversaturated.
  • Agencies that have poor loss ratios.
  • Agencies with accounts that do not fit our appetite and/or territories.
  • Agencies with appointed markets we can’t compete against.
  • Agency looking to BOR an account (s) we currently write (BOR’s will not be accepted within the first six months of an appointment).

 We ask that agencies carefully review our website prior to submitting the new agency appointment request to get a better understanding of our book of business and what we write.

If you reviewed the above criteria and our appetite on our website, please fill out the agency appointment request below and one of our team members will contact you.

COMMERCIAL TRUCKING 

Non fleet *– Updated Dec 2020

Fleet Application* Updated Jan 2022

Acord Supplemental *   – Updated Dec 2020

New Venture Application *– Updated March 2020

Renewal Auto Application *    – Updated Jan. 2021

Haz Mat Supplemental * – Updated Oct 2018

Hired Non Owned * Updated March 2018

Specialty Auto App * – Updated Oct 2018

Truckers GL Supplemental * Updated June 2018

*Hudson Privacy Notice – to be delivered at the time of application

LLOYD’S LOGGING

Loggers Supplemental Updated Oct 2019

Loggers GL Renewal Updated Oct 2019

Blasting Supplemental – Updated Feb. 2018

Slash Burn Supplemental – Updated March 2018

LLOYD’S AUTO PHYSICAL DAMAGE/MOTOR TRUCK CARGO 

Non fleet   – Updated Dec 2020

Fleet Application Updated Jan 2021

Acord Supplemental – Updated Oct 2019

New Venture Application – Updated March 2018

Renewal Auto Application – Updated Jan 2021

Haz Mat Supplemental – Updated Feb 2018

AMBULANCE 

Ambulance Supplemental App – updated Mar 2023

Ambulance Renewal Supplemental App – updated Mar 2023

GARAGE/MOBILE REPAIR 

Garage Liability Supplemental * – Updated Nov. 2020

*Hudson Privacy Notice – to be delivered at the time of application

PLEASE SEND ALL LOSS RUN REQUEST TO: info@bell-uw.com 

IF YOU ARE REQUESTING LOSS RUNS FOR AN AMBULANCE ACCOUNT, PLEASE SEND YOUR REQUEST TO:  newlosses@acmclaims.com