D.W. Van Dyke & Co

Name

D.W. Van Dyke & Co

Legal name

D.W. Van Dyke & Co.

Website

https://dwvd.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Reinsurance Intermediary Services

NAICS

Insurance Agencies and Brokerages (524210), Insurance Agencies and Brokerages (52421)

SIC

Insurance Agents, Brokers & Service (6411), Accident & Health Insurance (6321), Life Insurance (6311)

akta.pro primary industry

AD&D Reinsurance (Life & Health) (FSAIALAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Long-Term Care (LTC) Reinsurance (FSAOAAAE), Long-Term Care Reinsurance (FSAIANAF)

Keywords

• Reinsurance intermediary
• Stop loss coverage
• Risk transfer solutions
• Healthcare reinsurance
• Insurance consulting services

Headquarters

HQ city

Westport

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Reinsurance Intermediary Services: D.W. Van Dyke & Co. acts as a reinsurance intermediary, designing and negotiating reinsurance programs on behalf of clients in the Life, Health, Accident, and related markets. Revenue is generated through placement fees and commissions on reinsurance transactions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

D.W. Van Dyke & Co. is a reinsurance intermediary that designs, develops, and negotiates reinsurance programs on behalf of insurance carriers, self-insured employers, and other clients in the Life, Health, Accident, and related markets. The firm provides tailored management reports and consulting incorporating proprietary Stop Loss Survey data, industry results, competitive analysis, and industry trends, with intermediaries placing coverage in markets such as Life, Disability, Medical (fully insured and self-insured Spec & Agg), Workers' Comp, ADB/AD&D, Longevity Risk, Long Term Care, Medicaid & Medicare, Transplant Programs, and Critical Illness.

Product overview

D.W. Van Dyke & Co is a reinsurance intermediary with over 40 years of history, operating as a leading consultant in the Healthcare industry and providing risk transfer solutions for Life, Health, and Accident markets. The company offers two primary product lines: the DWVD Stop Loss Surveys (a proprietary benchmarking and industry ranking product developed in 2002 that has grown to cover $7 billion of annualized premium) and a comprehensive Reinsurance Products Portfolio encompassing Life, Disability, Medical, Workers' Comp, and various specialty insurance products. The company also provides tailored management reports and consulting services incorporating survey data, industry results, competitive analysis, and industry trends.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Reinsurance Products Portfolio Design, development, and negotiation of reinsurance programs across Life (individual/group), Long Term Disability, Short Term Disability, Waiver of Premium Reserve Transfer, Long Term Disability Reserve Transfer, Medical (fully insured and self-insured Spec & Agg), Workers' Comp and Carve Out, ADB/AD&D, Special Risk Covers, Occupational Accident, Longevity Risk, Travel Accident, Student Accident/Medical, Catastrophe Accident, Aggregate Excess Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental, Vision, HMO Excess, Managed Care, Surplus Relief, Finite Programs, Credit Life & Disability, Long Term Care, Medicaid & Medicare, Transplant Programs, Critical Illness, and Unknown Accumulation, delivered to insurance carriers and self-insured employers domestically and internationally.
• DWVD Stop Loss Survey Proprietary benchmarking and industry ranking product that provides stop loss clients with historical industry trends, personalized market profiles, and industry rankings across premium growth, premium persistency, renewal premium increases, average case premium, new business premium, closing ratio, case growth, case persistency, new premium to renewed, leveraged renewal increase, January premium concentration, and large claim trends, plus tailored management reports and consulting incorporating survey data, industry results, competitive analysis, and industry trends.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• TigerRisk Partners: Specialty reinsurance brokerage and advisory firm. Highly comparable to DWVD in offering tailored reinsurance placement and consulting services, particularly in life & health, accident, and specialty lines, with a similar boutique service model.
• Howden Group (Howden Re): Independent global insurance group with a growing reinsurance division. A peer to DWVD as a specialist reinsurance intermediary, with increasing presence in Life, Health, and specialty lines following recent acquisitions.
• Lockton: The world's largest independent insurance brokerage, with a dedicated Lockton Re practice. A direct peer to DWVD as a specialty reinsurance intermediary focused on bespoke client solutions and relationship-driven placement.
• Brown & Riding: Specialty insurance and reinsurance wholesale brokerage firm. Comparable to DWVD in providing specialized reinsurance placement and consulting services for niche product lines, with a similar relationship-driven, boutique approach.

Broad incumbents

• Arthur J. Gallagher (Gallagher Re): Global insurance brokerage and risk management firm with a large dedicated reinsurance division. Competes with DWVD across Life, Health, and specialty reinsurance placements, backed by significant technology and capital investments.
• Aon Reinsurance Solutions: Aon's reinsurance brokerage practice and one of the largest reinsurance intermediaries globally. Competes with DWVD across multiple reinsurance lines and offers broader risk advisory, analytics, and capital advisory capabilities.
• Guy Carpenter: Marsh McLennan's reinsurance brokerage arm and the largest global reinsurance intermediary. Directly competes with DWVD for reinsurance placement mandates across Life, Health, and Accident lines, but at vastly greater scale and with global reach.

Emerging players

• Acrisure Re: Reinsurance arm of the rapidly growing Acrisure brokerage platform. An emerging player with growing capabilities in reinsurance intermediation, comparable to DWVD's placement services but with aggressive inorganic growth ambitions.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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