Shaw American is one of the oldest and largest Life, Long Term Care, Annuities and Disability Brokerages. Nineteen employees devote all their activities to facilitating our Brokers’ business. Unlike other brokerages, we have no in-house agents competing with our brokers or who can access their case files.
Impaired Risk Underwriting has been a specialty since 1957 earning us the title “The Wonder ! Writers”SM. Nobody, but Nobody has more or better Brokerage Company relationships than we do.
Jonathan A Shaw, CLU, ChFC, President & CEO, and Irving H. Shaw, CLU, RHU, ChFC, REBC, LUTCF, Chair & Emeritus CEO, have 70 years of combined experience in evaluating and marketing Impaired Risk cases.
A Brokerage Marketplace leader and pioneer, we are Founding Members of the four leading Brokerage Marketing/Study Groups: LifeMark Distributors, Inc; The Risk Appraisal Forum; The Brokers Health Insurance Network and the National Association of Independent Life Brokerage Agencies.

Introducing Shaw Assist Online Form (New)
Everybody wants a quick and easy way to submit life insurance applications. Whether your client is your next door neighbor or your client lives across the country it’s nice to know you can use the Shaw Assist form as a simple way to submit the life insurance application on their life.
Most companies have come up with electronic submission techniques so that you can submit life insurance applications electronically to them. Some use voice signatures. Some use electronic signatures and some fax forms or email signature pages to your clients for their completion. Because so many companies do these systems in their own unique way Shaw American has developed the Shaw assist program to help you through these endeavors.
Complete the Shaw Assist Online Form , hit submit and we will contact your client and yourself over the phone and electronically complete the applications on your client acting as your personal sales team, secretary and staff.
No wonder over half of our applications now are being submitted via the Shaw Assist. It’s a quick and easy way for producers to write business.
There’s no charge for using the Shaw Assist program yet the savings will be tremendous for yourself. No more driving across town to get applications. No more overnighting forms back and forth across the country to get the application signed and completed. Let Shaw American help walk you through the mire of electronic submission programs. We’ll help do it for you. Give us a call so we can get started on your next life insurance application.

Our Mission Statement
To provide Brokerage products and services to the insurance-buying public that are low cost, underwritten liberally and fairly in the best quality companies with maximum compensation to our Brokers through the independent agency system.


Shaw American is one of the oldest and largest Life, Long Term Care, Annuities and Disability Brokerages. Nineteen employees devote all their activities to facilitating our Brokers’ business. Unlike other brokerages, we have no in-house agents competing with our brokers or who can access their case files.








