All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 16 2019 // California Insurance agent Francis Okyere, 67, self-surrendered this week at the Los Angeles County Superior Court after being charged with four felony counts of grand theft.The charges arose from an investigation by the...
May 16 2019 // Renaissance Alliance Insurance Services, a membership alliance for independent insurance agencies, has expanded into Florida and has added two Miami agencies to the group, as well as made two senior appointments in the...
May 15 2019 // A new feature allowing agents and brokers to indicate whether or not an insured is a purchasing group is now available within the SLTX Electronic Filing System (EFS), the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas reported.A...
May 15 2019 // J.M. Wilson has added Keith Driggers as branch manager of its newly renamed Hollywood, Fla., office.Located at 5555 Hollywood Blvd, Ste. 200, the former “Enright & Wilson” office became an official J.M....
May 14 2019 // Atlanta, GA, May 14, 2019 — Jared Mathis, executive vice president and head of the Blue River Underwriters’ specialty property program group will be presenting an informational webinar on vacant property insurance...
May 14 2019 // Associated Agencies Inc. in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, has hired Jim Schmidt as director of business development. Most recently, Schmidt worked as commercial lines manager for USI Insurance Services since 2016. There, he...
May 13 2019 // Rolling Meadows, Ill.-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Swiss insurance broker Verbag Versicherungsberatungs AG.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Based in Zug, Switzerland, Verbag...
May 13 2019 // A Florida bill that the insurance industry says will help modernize the state’s surplus lines system, as well as impact property insurer contracts under the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund and reduce “bad...
May 13 2019 // An unlicensed insurance agent in California has been sentenced in Fresno County Superior Court to 95 days in jail and five years of probation after pleading no contest to grand theft, the state insurance department...
May 10 2019 // Independent Lloyd’s broker AFL Insurance Brokers Ltd. announced the appointment of Jonathan Bines as CEO of AFL UK, effective June 1, 2019. His appointment is part of the company’s strategic plan to gear up for...
May 10 2019 // Controversy has swirled around the National Rifle Association of late.Infighting that led to the ouster of Oliver North as the group’s president, its tenuous financial landscape and an investigation launched by the...
May 9 2019 // Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based global insurance broker, announced it has acquired the assets of Kelliher Agencies, headquartered in Kelliher, Saskatchewan, Canada. Terms of the transaction were not...
May 9 2019 // Starr Insurance Companies and SkyWatch Ltd. have expanded the SkyWatch.AI drone insurance program to allow drone operators to purchase insurance from Starr through a SkyWatch.AI link, which will be available on select...
May 8 2019 // Ohio-based national insurer Progressive has joined the ranks of carriers offering small businesses a platform to buy insurance quickly and simply.The insurer’s new online BusinessQuote Explorer (BQX) delivers...
May 8 2019 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage, has acquired the assets of RIMS Insurance Brokerage Corporation.Located in Providence, R.I., RIMS Insurance Brokerage Corporation has offered medical...
May 7 2019 // Managing general agency and surplus lines broker J.M. Wilson has promoted Sherry Ihling to executive brokerage underwriter in its Portage, Michigan, office.Ihling is responsible for underwriting new and renewal accounts...
May 7 2019 // Hugh W. Wood, chairman and founder of HW International, the London-based broker, died peacefully on April 26, 2019, at the age of 75.Wood founded the HW International Group in 1982 and expanded the brokerage to offices in...
May 7 2019 // MyNewMarkets.com today unveiled a redesign with new features for both agents hunting for insurance markets and providers offering solutions.The site, first launched in 2007, is now the leading search engine helping...
May 6 2019 // The Leavitt Group’s Risk Services – Leavitt Insurance Agencies (RSL) is opening a new location in Corpus Christi, Texas, and a group of the company’s employees are transferring from a sister agency to...
May 6 2019 // Atlanta, GA, May 6, 2019 — Breckenridge Insurance Group announced two senior leadership positions at the wholesale insurance organization. Trevor Piece has been promoted to division president for the Breckenridge...