Bellingham Underwriters is always receptive to developing valuable partnerships with new retail agencies who specialize in the commercial transportation and logging 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 or logging 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 or logging 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. We do not accept mid BOR’s.

 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.