All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 23 2019 // AssuredPartners Inc. has acquired First Service Insurance Agents & Brokers Inc. of Roseville, Calif. The team of 28 First Service Insurance staff will remain under the operational leadership of Doug Lindley and Ed...
Dec 23 2019 // Jimcor Agency Inc., an independent managing general agency and insurance wholesaler, has hired Ed Emanuel as a property and casualty brokerage specialist for the Western Pennsylvania office located in Pittsburgh,...
Dec 20 2019 // Atlanta, GA, December 20, 2019 — Blue River Underwriters, a Breckenridge Insurance Group company, announces the hiring of James D. Skelton, underwriter, to the specialty property program team based in Glen Allen,...
Dec 19 2019 // Allstate is retiring its Esurance brand and combining its remaining Allstate, Encompass and Answer Financial personal lines brands under a single business model.The company says dropping Esurance and creating the new...
Dec 19 2019 // A representative for an independent insurance agent group in one state has penned an opinion column calling attention to the dangers posed by climate change.“Going forward, our state remains vulnerable to the...
Dec 19 2019 // If gawking at tons of cannabis-churning pieces of agricultural equipment winding around a quarter-million feet of convention floor space wasn’t your thing, perhaps access to an abundance of pre-rolls, or whiffing...
Dec 19 2019 // A Chinese government-linked hacking group that was thought to be dormant has been quietly targeting companies and government agencies for the last two years, harvesting data after stealing passwords and circumventing...
Dec 17 2019 // Satellite Agency Network Group Inc. (SAN) has hired Nick Blatchley as agency development field specialist for Western New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania.In this role, Blatchley will be directly responsible for agency...
Dec 17 2019 // New boutique risk solutions business McGill and Partners has grown rapidly in its first six months of trading following “a successful talent acquisition strategy and significant client wins,” the company...
Dec 17 2019 // The future of another Florida domestic insurer is now in the hands of state regulators.Non-standard private passenger auto insurer Windhaven Insurance Co. (WIC), based in Miami, has been placed into rehabilitation by a...
Dec 16 2019 // Frank Winston Crum Insurance FWCI has an enterprise philosophy of philanthropy with a primary focus on helping people who cannot help themselves. FWCI has supported the Tampa Bay community for more than a decade with a...
Dec 16 2019 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property and casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, has hired Matthew Presutti to its EPIC New York operations as managing principal on the employee...
Dec 16 2019 // Leading insurance technology firm Applied Systems has agreed to acquire digital insurance technology startup Indio Technologies.The move will enable Applied Systems to offer Indio’s digitized commercial insurance...
Dec 16 2019 // A small toy drive insurance agency owner Samantha Tradelius started after reading “Dear Santa” letters from kids in need many years ago has turned into a full-blown community effort helping hundreds of people...
Dec 16 2019 // Publicly traded U.S. insurance brokers are expected to produce strong revenue growth for 2020 given near peak level organic growth and favorable U.S. commercial lines insurance pricing trends.Further, margins remain...
Dec 16 2019 // As the M&A frenzy continues, buyers keep pushing the envelope when it comes to agency value. The private equity firms were initially paying top dollar to their first acquisition of a large, well-run firm platform...
Dec 16 2019 // There’s a storm brewing for many captive insurance agencies and their agents, and that storm may be lengthy.As an example, Nationwide is one of a number of captive insurance companies that are actively converting...
Dec 13 2019 // Insurance Agents & Brokers (IA&B) opened an office in Annapolis, Md., on December 1. The organization also operates an office outside of Harrisburg, Penn. The location allows access to the Maryland State House, as...
Dec 13 2019 // Wholesale insurance broker Midlands Management Corp. has appointed Michael Robbins to a brokerage position in Dallas.Robbins will be responsible for the solicitation of new and renewal commercial business for large and...
Dec 13 2019 // If it weren’t for Hurricane Katrina, Chris Greene might not have become an expert in all things flood related.Greene, a Georgia-based independent flood insurance agent, and founder and owner of The Flood Insurance...