All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 18 2019 // About the Commercial Lines Leaders: The 2019 Commercial Lines Leaders in this special feature are taken from Insurance Journal’s Top 100 Property/Casualty Independent Agencies as reported in August. This list...
Nov 18 2019 // About the Personal Lines Leaders: The 2019 Personal Lines Leaders in this special feature are taken from Insurance Journal’s Top 100 Property/Casualty Independent Agencies as reported in August. This list utilizes...
Nov 18 2019 // On June 28, 2019, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 301 into law and, in doing so, loosened regulatory restrictions and allowed insurers and their agents to utilize innovative technologies to reduce perils to...
Nov 18 2019 // Consider this. A couple decides to buy a home and uses online resources throughout the process. They visit Zillow.com to look at available properties. Next, they go to their bank’s website for a mortgage application...
Nov 18 2019 // Marine and construction broker Jonny Young had no idea three years ago that an internship he was required to complete to graduate college would lead to a career in insurance.But after just three weeks interning with...
Nov 18 2019 // Florida-based broker Baldwin Risk Partners (BRP) has come a long way since it was formed less than 10 years ago. The company has grown exponentially both through acquisitions and expansion and it is now beginning a new...
Nov 18 2019 // The senior population continues growing at a time when the insurance market for senior living operations is under strain and both trends are expected to continue.The population of Americans over age 80 will double, from 6...
Nov 18 2019 // He’s only 30, and newly married, but Courtland Winegar may have already amassed enough time in the wholesale industry to be considered a veteran in the space.Winegar, a transportation specialist at Crouse &...
Nov 14 2019 // Simon Matson, CEO of Arthur J. Gallagher’s UK broking and underwriting business, has apologized for “insensitive comments” made when former employees left Gallagher-owned Alesco to join Ardonagh...
Nov 14 2019 // An insurance agent in Wisconsin has had his license revoked and ordered to pay nearly $800,000 in penalties and restitution after being found in violation of insurance laws in the state.The former insurance agent, Barry...
Nov 14 2019 // Independent Insurance Agents of Illinois (IIA of IL) has elected Bill Wirth, of Wirth Agency in Waterloo, as president of the group for a term that runs until Sept. 30, 2020.As president, Wirth will serve as a member of...
Nov 14 2019 // On Dec. 14, 2018, Aaron Cole was about to buy a new house and received an email that he thought was from his title company, directing him to make a $123,000 deposit.Cole complied, not realizing that a sophisticated hacker...
Nov 14 2019 // Specialist independent Lloyd’s broker and delegated authority expert SSL Endeavour Limited (SSL Endeavour) will launch a managing general agent (MGA) based in Miami, and a trio of senior hires to support growth in...
Nov 13 2019 // In an era of insurance transformation, where process simplification and flawless customer service are expected, innovation in policy and product is a must—especially when it comes to the non-traditional coverage aspects...
Nov 13 2019 // Nationwide is introducing Nationwide Express, a technology platform that promises agents can quote policies for auto, homeowners and renters insurance in two minutes as well as tailor coverages, bind coverage, and process...
Nov 13 2019 // IAT Insurance Group, a provider of specialty property and casualty products, has hired a team of eight underwriters to its Specialty Brokerage division.All eight previously worked together at Hanover Insurance under Mark...
Nov 12 2019 // California Department of Insurance detectives this week arrested insurance agent Mark Lynch, 40, on 13 felony counts of grand theft, embezzlement, and money laundering after allegedly collecting over $72,425 in insurance...
Nov 12 2019 // PointeNorth Insurance Group, LLC (PNIG), a locally owned independent insurance agency in the Southeast, has acquired two additional insurance agencies in Georgia － Berger & O’Neal Insurance Group and...
Nov 12 2019 // Greyling Insurance Brokerage & Risk Consulting (Greyling), a division of EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants (EPIC), has launched a nationwide site pollution liability insurance program for the emerging cannabis...
Nov 8 2019 // Element Risk Management has acquired three new insurance agencies in Virginia and Pennsylvania.Barnes & Phillips Insurance & Financial Services of Woodstock, Va., Crawford Insurance Company of Strasburg, Va., and...