All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 13 2019 // Giant global insurer Chubb is on a mission to transform itself into a digital enterprise.The company is making substantial investments in digital technologies including cloud, mobile, APIs, security, chatbots, analytics...
Feb 12 2019 // Global insurance broker Lockton Companies has opened an office in the greater New Orleans area, headed by Tim Woodard, JD.Danelle Heathman has been appointed as a senior vice president and Cheryl Cabrera will serve as a...
Feb 12 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...
Feb 8 2019 // XS Brokers, a Quincy, Mass.-based independent wholesale insurance underwriting brokerage service provider, has promoted Sean McVicker to division leader of Brokerage Casualty. Previously, McVicker served as assistant vice...
Feb 8 2019 // Integro Insurance Brokers, the UK insurance broker and risk management firm, announced it is offering Piracy Protection Insurance for the entertainment industry.The firm’s Piracy Protection Insurance is designed to...
Feb 7 2019 // San Diego, Calif.-based Champion Risk & Insurance Services has named Casey Myers a commercial insurance broker. Myers was previously a vice president with Paul Hanson Partners Transportation Insurance. Casey...
Feb 7 2019 // United Group Alliance (UGA), an alliance of independent insurance agencies, has hired Dianne Swanson as regional vice president for Ohio.Swanson will be responsible for membership service and business development for all...
Feb 6 2019 // The Academy Journal is pleased to present the following article by our friend, Craig Andrews.As questions come to me from property-casualty practitioners all over the country, one situation in particular seems to popping...
Feb 6 2019 // By creating an innovative and nimble operating platform, SSL Endeavour, London-based Lloyd’s broker, aims to attract and retain the best entrepreneurial brokers who are freed up to create innovative client solutions,...
Feb 5 2019 // Three Pierce County, Wash. residents were charged with crimes related to insurance fraud in Pierce County Superior CourtThe charges follow investigations by Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s Criminal...
Feb 5 2019 // USI Insurance Services (USI), a provider of insurance brokerage and risk management, has acquired New York-based GFI Insurance Brokerage Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2003, GFI provides...
Feb 4 2019 // A Peabody, Mass.-based insurance agency has been ordered by a Massachusetts judge to pay more than $5 million in restitution to its small business customers after they were overcharged for insurance products.The final...
Feb 4 2019 // As more and more consumers click for services and borrow rather than buy, the sharing economy is benefitting.According to Harvard Business Review, the sharing or on-demand economy is attracting more than 22.4 million...
Feb 4 2019 // Texas’ largest independent insurance agent association and the state’s leading workers’ compensation insurance carrier have formed a strategic partnership.The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT)...
Feb 4 2019 // Hours of Service, Other Safety Exemptions for Livestock Haulers Raise ConcernsMidwest Center for Investigative Reporting It was sometime around 4 a.m. on a cool, spring morning when James McGilvray lost control of his...
Feb 4 2019 // Marsh/JLT, Brown & Brown/Hays Topped 2018 P/C Agency MergersA handful of big deals dominated the very busy property/casualty insurance agency and broker merger news cycle for 2018. Based on Insurance Journal reporting,...
Feb 4 2019 // AmTrust Financial Services announced leadership changes as it moves forward as a private company. Its $2.95 billion privatization plan was finalized on November 28, 2018 after receipt of all approvals. AmTrust announced...
Feb 4 2019 // How Insurtechs Can Help Attract Millennial Talent to Agencies, CarriersThe rules of the game are changing for companies wishing to attract top, young, qualified talent. Millennials, Generation Y, Gen Next, Boomerang...
Feb 4 2019 // Nonprofits are a lot like most insurance clients; there’s not much difference. They seek trusted and consultative relationships with their agents, brokers and carriers. They seek partners that understand their...
Feb 4 2019 // It’s Part of Who We Are“When I first brought up some of these new ideas you would have thought I suggested we all go to the moon,” said Michelle Trueblood, chief human resources officer at The Horton...