All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Apr 2 2019 // Price Forbes, a London-based broker, has appointed Emma Hewett as leader of its Sharing Economy practice.Price Forbes said its Sharing Economy practice was one of the first established broking teams to specialize in...
Apr 1 2019 // Are you a young insurance agent, 40 years old or younger? Do you know a young insurance agent? Insurance Journal is searching for young insurance agents to participate in this year’s Young Insurance Agents Opinion...
Apr 1 2019 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, has added two senior vice presidents in its Atlanta office.Chris Knight has joined EPIC’s...
Apr 1 2019 // Service was at the heart of Timothy J. Noonan’s main message.The Lockton Cos. president and CEO was talking about the service insurance professionals give to their clients and about the service the industry gives to...
Apr 1 2019 // Plaintiff attorneys, at least the smart ones, must make sales decisions, too. Whereas a smart producer will create a pipeline that filters prospects by probability of a sale, plaintiff attorneys need to filter potential...
Apr 1 2019 // Like other industries today, the property/casualty insurance industry is facing a highly competitive job market as it strives to fill positions needed to grow.The unemployment rate for the insurance industry is 1.7...
Apr 1 2019 // While lawmakers continue their struggle to agree on the long-term reauthorization of the financially burdensome National Flood Insurance Program, federal lending regulators have concluded their own six-year struggle to...
Apr 1 2019 // Newsflash to insurance agency owners seeking to onboard new employees: Expect to have to pay more, offer more and train more.Those trying to hire probably know that already. “What we’re seeing in particular in...