All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 4 2019 // I have been completing E&O audits for almost 25 years now. My first experience was one of the oddest because my trainer had me watch him complete 1.5 audits. Halfway through the second audit, he turned it over to me...
Mar 4 2019 // The Virginia House of Delegates passed a joint resolution that would designate the first full week in March each year as Trusted Choice Independent Insurance Agents Week beginning in 2019.HJ 703, introduced by Del. Buddy...
Mar 4 2019 // Texas independent insurance agents might want to warn their homeowner insurance customers that premium hikes and/or increases in deductibles could be on the horizon this year.Homeowners insurers have been filing for rate...
Mar 1 2019 // Investigations by the California Department of Insurance led to the arrests of insurance agents who allegedly stole tens of thousands of dollars from clients and failed to place insurance coverage for those clients.Maria...
Feb 28 2019 // The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA National) has given its members a cyber insurance product to sell to their small and mid-sized businesses clients.PIA and ABA Insurance Services (ABAIS) have...
Feb 27 2019 // A Plano, Texas, woman pleaded guilty to insurance fraud for faking cancer claims to get more than $300,000 in insurance payments over two years, the Texas Department of Insurance announced. Karissa White Coleman, a former...
Feb 27 2019 // Young agents want change. They want more diversity in the agency sales ranks. They want better paths to grow in their careers. They want other agents to adhere to professional standards and ethics. They want faster and...
Feb 27 2019 // A federal judge in Manhattan on Tuesday dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase & Co. by the estate of a former top broker, who it said committed suicide after being forced into retirement.U.S....
Feb 26 2019 // A funny thing is happening on the way to the future.As consumers’ and carriers’ behaviors, attitudes and expectations have been changing, independent agents are evolving to better serve both customers and...
Feb 25 2019 // Former California licensed insurance agent, Alan Amir Yousefi, 31, was charged with 10 felony counts including grand theft, insurance fraud and forgery, for allegedly stealing more than $105,000 in insurance premiums from...
Feb 25 2019 // Connie Free, 34, of Moreno Valley, Calif., is scheduled to be arraigned today on 18 felony counts including grand theft and forgery after allegedly stealing at least $174,000 in insurance premiums from seven different...
Feb 25 2019 // Atlanta, GA, February 25, 2019 — Jared Mathis, executive vice president and head of the Blue River Underwriters’ specialty property group will be presenting an informational webinar on a new investor property...
Feb 21 2019 // Houston-based insurance broker, Frank Medina, has launched Insurance Agent Near Me, an online tool that connects customers with reputable insurance agents in their vicinity.Insurance Agent Near Me lists all the major...
Feb 21 2019 // Apax VIII, a fund advised by Apax Partners, has agreed to sell its entire stake in AssuredPartners, a growing U.S. insurance brokerage, to an investor group led by GTCR, a Chicago-based private equity firm.GTCR previously...
Feb 21 2019 // Global broking network Brokerslink has appointed Christos Gavriel to the role of regional manager for Europe.Gavriel has a strong background in insurance having previously held various international roles at AIG before...
Feb 20 2019 // Britain’s wholesale insurance brokers got a clean bill of health from the markets watchdog on Wednesday, providing some relief for an industry already spending millions of pounds on Brexit.London’s insurance...
Feb 19 2019 // BroGue Insurance & Financial Services has promoted Heather Kinney to agency manager and hired Derek Cole.Kinney began her insurance career in 1990 and has been a licensed agent since 1999, with experience in both...
Feb 18 2019 // Three Pierce County, Wash., residents were charged in early February with crimes related to insurance fraud in Pierce County Superior Court.The charges follow investigations by Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s...
Feb 18 2019 // It may be obvious to those in the industry that the more satisfied independent insurance agents are with an insurance carrier, the more business they will conduct with that carrier. But the message may not be getting...
Feb 18 2019 // Owners Must Show Them the Money, Culture and Other PerksAs the insurance industry unemployment rate continues to hover at 1.7 percent, which is lower than the national average of 3.9 percent, insurance agencies face stiff...