All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 15 2019 // Insurance brokerage and consulting firm, Virtus, has expanded its Private Equity Practice with the addition of Mike Kesner, John Eichmann, Eric Banduch, Joey Eichmann and Angela Aiello in Chicago. Prior to joining Virtus,...
Oct 15 2019 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers has hired Jim and Taylor Armitage to the Woodland Hills, Calif., office. Both were formerly with Arroyo Insurance. Jim Armitage was a founding member of the Arroyo Insurance group of...
Oct 14 2019 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Helsingborg, Sweden-based insurance broker Proinova.The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1989 by CEO Sten Eriksson, Proinova specializes in...
Oct 11 2019 // U.S. health officials said on Friday there may be more than one cause to the outbreak of the mysterious lung illness linked to e-cigarette use and said they do not see a meaningful drop in new cases.As of Tuesday, 1,299...
Oct 11 2019 // Today is a great time to be an independent agent, but running an independent agency is not easy. Without an awareness of how the industry is evolving, and having access to ongoing training and education, you may not be...
Oct 11 2019 // Alan K. Kinney III, principal at Kinney Insurance Agency in St. Albans, Vermont, was recently elected president of the Vermont Insurance Agents Association (VIAA).Within Kinney Insurance Agency, Kinney leads the commercial...
Oct 9 2019 // Independent Insurance Agents of Illinois (IIA of IL) has named Eclipse Insurance Agency of Du Quoin, Illinois, as its 2019 Insurance Agency of the Year. Keenan Rice, owner of Eclipse Insurance Agency, was named the 2019...
Oct 9 2019 // J.M. Wilson in Portage, Michigan, has promoted Stevii Krol to assistant brokerage underwriter.Krol is responsible for quoting new and renewal brokerage and professional accounts, setting up and binding policies, assisting...
Oct 9 2019 // Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based global insurance brokerage, announced it has acquired PDF Financial Group Inc.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, PDF is an independent...
Oct 9 2019 // XS Brokers (XSB), an independent insurance underwriting and wholesale brokerage group, is continuing its expansion in the Southeast region with the hiring of Brent Johnson as VP and Carrie Sheen as AVP, CIC.XSB has also...
Oct 8 2019 // As insurers embrace insurtech in multiple ways, The Hanover Insurance Group’s Richard Lavey offers some advice: Not everything works as initially envisioned, and that’s OK.“‘If you build it, they...
Oct 8 2019 // Neil Raymond, founder and CEO of Pacific Prime Insurance Brokers, has recently joined the Worldwide Broker Network (WBN) as a board member.Founded in 1999, Hong Kong-based Pacific Prime serves more than 4,000 corporate...
Oct 7 2019 // Florida personal lines insurer Florida Specialty Insurance Co. (FSIC) has been ordered into receivership and will be liquidated after state regulators determined the company is insolvent and unable to establish a viable...
Oct 7 2019 // The votes were tallied and the results are in for the 2019 Best Independent Insurance Agency to Work For survey by Insurance Journal.Employees of the Best Agencies to Work For in 2019 highlight the importance of...
Oct 7 2019 // Workplaces everywhere are becoming more flexible. People now work irregular hours, work from home, work out of state and even across oceans. This phenomenon is no surprise given the influx of new technology. The large...
Oct 7 2019 // The medical device industry is an expanding market with significant growth forecasted over the next decade. According to KPMG data, global predictions reveal the life sciences sector will grow by more than 5% per year,...
Oct 4 2019 // Des Moines, Iowa-based BrokerTech Ventures, a broker-led investor group and accelerator program, is has added four new investor partners, including Assurance, Graham Company, InterWest Insurance Services, and Hylant...
Oct 4 2019 // Despite progress, carriers are still falling short in how they approach cyber insurance and also how they cover events when they happen.How can this be? The unique makeup of cyber risks continues to hold them back,...
Oct 3 2019 // Regardless of the odds facing a bill designed to enable regular banking and financial services for cannabis business, some experts are encouraged by passage through the House of something that would greatly benefit the...
Oct 2 2019 // Mercury Insurance Co. has agreed to pay more than $41 million to end a two-decade long battle with the California Department of Insurance battle over the Los Angeles-based carrier improperly tacking fees onto auto...