All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 15 2019 // College students from eight universities recently formed teams and spent a month running a simulated insurance agency as part of a virtual online competition developed by PriSim War Games, a provider of computerized...
Apr 15 2019 // Employees should have continual training. They should be trained in “conflict resolution, hospitality and emotional intelligence,” according to Richard Branson of Virgin Cos.Employees need to truly understand...
Apr 15 2019 // Young agents don’t always feel supported by their elder peers. They say training is sometimes lacking for newbies in the agency world. They don’t see enough diversity in leadership. And they continue to say...
Apr 15 2019 // This issue of Insurance Journal features exclusive results from the 2019 Young Agents Survey where young agents nationwide shared their views on the insurance industry and their experience as an agent (see page 30 for the...
Apr 15 2019 // Virginia’s Rogers Wants Community to Know Her Name for HelpingHeather Rogers was working at a local country club when a member called and asked her if she had ever thought about a career in insurance. “To be...
Apr 15 2019 // Change is a great way to build, personally and professionally. If we want to stay relevant in our industry, we have to learn how to embrace change. Today, we are changing at the fastest pace our industry has ever seen....
Apr 12 2019 // Canadian insurer The Co-operators announced it has purchased Robinson & Associates Insurance Brokers in Niagara Falls and Ridgeway, Ontario.Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. The brokerage’s...
Apr 12 2019 // Patricia Ross, Raphael Strumlauf and Kate DeNeveu each have at least one thing in common: They’re generally happy with their business insurance.Each owns a business at the downtown pedestrian mall in Charlottesville,...
Apr 10 2019 // Agency technology firm Applied Systems said it has acquired TechCanary, an insurance customer relationship management (CRM) system built on the Salesforce.com platform.Terms were not disclosed. Applied Systems said...
Apr 10 2019 // Digital insurance broker Embroker announced its $28 million Series B funding round.Embroker said it will use the funding to scale adoption of its insurance management platform, data-driven service offering, and proprietary...
Apr 10 2019 // Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America (CAA) has expanded into Colorado, with the addition of Renaissance Insurance Group in Windsor, Colorado.CAA is an agency partnership organization whose members now include...
Apr 9 2019 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced it has completed its acquisition of UK specialist insurance broker Stackhouse Poland Group Ltd., which was first announced in January 2019.Financial details of the deal were not...
Apr 9 2019 // Two bills seeking to change the way Florida surplus lines business is handled are currently working their way through the Florida State Legislature and advocates say the potential laws could bring much needed efficiency to...
Apr 9 2019 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance announced multiple fraud enforcement actions during the month of March 2019.Insurance fraud costs American consumers approximately $80 billion dollars a year. According to North...
Apr 4 2019 // European Property Underwriting Ltd. (EPUL), a commercial property managing general agent (MGA), has launched “Solutions,” a package of covers specifically designed to address the challenges that brokers face in...
Apr 4 2019 // Insurtech advances will soon drive down unacceptably high expense ratios in the inland marine sector, making it possible to insure even hard-to-place, small or one-off inland marine risks at the best possible...
Apr 3 2019 // UK specialty managing general agent (MGA) Nexus Group lived up to its description as an “acquisitive insurance intermediary holding company,” with the purchase this week of an MGA and an insurance broker.On...
Apr 3 2019 // Momentum is building in the London market for wider adoption of electronic placement of risks, said the London and International Insurance Brokers’ Association (LIIBA), which announced that more than 100 of its...
Apr 3 2019 // Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based insurance broker, announced that it has acquired Del Fisher Insurance Inc.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Del Fisher Insurance is an...
Apr 2 2019 // Beazley has added two new product lines to broker e-trading platform myBeazley to meet the needs of UK-domiciled private businesses with a turnover of up to £350 million (US$457.8 million).UK brokers can now access...