William John Salladin II, of Cockeysville, Maryland, an innovative insurance executive who helped steer the family's company to what would eventually become the nation's largest privately held wholesale insurance brokerage died peacefully on January 21, 2011 surrounded by his family at the end of a long battle with cancer. He was 67.

A memorial service will be held at Five Farms of the Baltimore Country Club, 11500 Mays Chapel Road, Lutherville, MD on Friday January 28, 2011. The family will receive visitors starting at noon. The service will begin promptly at 1 PM with a reception to follow. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Bill's honor to Prostate Cancer Research at The Brady Urological Institute of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine or to The Humane Society of Baltimore County.