All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 13 2019 // San Diego, CA, June 13, 2019 – Today, Insurance Journal premiers a brand new bi-weekly newsletter for insurance professionals and risk managers who are serious about cyber. It’s called “Insuring Cyber”....
Jun 12 2019 // Ten WCF direct agents have joined Leavitt Group.Calob Johnston and Mary Ann Moser will join Dixie Leavitt Agency in St. George, Utah. Eric Torgersen, David Melling, and Angie Thurman will join Wasatch Leavitt Agency in...
Jun 11 2019 // BMS Group, the London-based independent specialist re/insurance broker, has partnered with BitSight, a cyber security ratings company, to provide cyber risk analysis services to BMS clients across all lines of...
Jun 11 2019 // San Diego, CA, June 11, 2019 – Today, Insurance Journal premiers a brand new bi-weekly newsletter for insurance professionals and risk managers who are serious about cyber. It’s called “Insuring Cyber”....
Jun 7 2019 // Whether technology is driving a “one size fits all” underwriting approach or carriers are narrowing their strike zone, this year’s independent agency survey from Channel Harvest reveals agents continue to...
Jun 7 2019 // Toronto-based broker Navacord Corp. announce it has the addition of Bonnyville, Alberta-based Demers’ Insurance Ltd., effective June 3, 2019.Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Serving Bonnyville...
Jun 7 2019 // Indiana-based independent insurance agencies McGowan Insurance Group and Jackson-McCormick Insurance have merged into one organization.McGowan is headquartered in Indianapolis and Jackson-McCormick has offices in Lebanon...
Jun 6 2019 // Felony charges for grand theft and identity theft were filed against Alicia Calderon, 33, a former licensed insurance producer in California, after investigators reportedly discovered evidence that Calderon took money from...
Jun 6 2019 // Insurance Journal is now collecting information for its annual Top 100 property/casualty independent agency listing and other agency rankings. Submit your agency today.There are four ways to qualify: Complete this quick...
Jun 5 2019 // The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday will vote to adopt a package of rules mandating brokerage firms disclose potential conflicts in the fees investors pay and the commission brokers earn when...
Jun 5 2019 // Got a really interesting question this week. The essence of it is that the agent has a customer with a homeowners’ policy. The company is planning to renew coverage with the house on Actual Cash Value (ACV), rather...
Jun 5 2019 // Today, Insurance Journal premiers a brand new bi-weekly newsletter for insurance professionals and risk managers who are serious about cyber. It’s called Insuring Cyber. This newsletter is an in-box resource for...
Jun 5 2019 // Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based global insurance brokerage, announced that it has acquired Cottenie and Gardner Inc., a Kamsack, Saskatchewan-based independent broker.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed....
Jun 5 2019 // Western Financial Group has furthered its strategic expansion in Ontario with the acquisition of EGM Insurance Group.Financial details of the acquisition, which is Western’s third brokerage acquisition in Ontario,...
Jun 5 2019 // Over the past decade, urgent care facilities have emerged as popular, convenient and cost-effective alternatives to primary care physicians and hospital emergency rooms. The number of urgent care facilities in the United...
Jun 4 2019 // A current insurance agent in Iowa and a former one have been charged in connection with a fraud investigation in which another agent was previously charged.Insurance agent Cursta Lena Williams of Davenport, and former...
Jun 3 2019 // Memo to insurance agency owners seeking to onboard new employees: Expect to pay more, offer more and train more.Those trying to hire know that already. “What we’re seeing in particular in Texas, and I imagine...
Jun 3 2019 // Jennifer Szalkay has rejoined Appalachian Underwriters’ Brokerage division in Sarasota, Fla. Now a senior broker, she will be working on specialty casualty and construction accounts in all 50 states. Jennifer...
Jun 3 2019 // Most agencies are not run as businesses. Most are run as a lifestyle. Lifestyles are personal, so perpetuation is not possible. Only true businesses can achieve internal perpetuation. Size is not a factor either because...
May 31 2019 // Former insurance agent Richard Brian Willand, 54, of Sylmar, Calif., voluntarily surrendered at the Los Angeles County Superior Court in San Fernando on a warrant for his arrest for alleged grand theft of insurance premium...