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J.M. Wilson Announces Promotions, New Hires in Transportation Unit

Nov 27 2018 // Managing general agency and surplus lines broker, J.M. Wilson, has made a number of personnel changes in its transportation department with promotions and new hires in the Midwest.Josh Mauk was promoted to senior...

Insurtech MGA Corvus Raises $10 Million to Expand Commercial Lines Business

Nov 27 2018 // Corvus Insurance has secured $10 million in new venture financing that the Boston-based insurtech managing general agency plans to use to jump into additional lines of commercial insurance.Two firms led the startup’s...

Big I New York Appoints Hobson as Director of Government Relations

Nov 27 2018 // Big I New York, the state’s oldest insurance producer trade organization, has appointed Scott W. Hobson as its director of government relations. In this role, Hobson is responsible for developing and advancing Big I...

Report by 13 U.S. Agencies Warns of Dire Economic Effects from Climate Change

Nov 25 2018 // As California’s catastrophic wildfires recede and people rebuild after two hurricanes, a massive new federal report warns that these types of disasters are worsening in the United States because of global warming....

London’s Electronic Placements Exceed Targets; Beazley Syndicate 3623 Ranks #1

Nov 20 2018 // The London market’s electronic placing platform, PPL Ltd., exceeded targets during the third quarter as more and more syndicates and companies accepted risks via the platform.Beazley Syndicate 3623 topped the league...

What Agents Should Know About Cryptocurrency Insurance Market

Nov 19 2018 // Cryptocurrency and blockchain entities may seem like a hot market for insurance agents looking to specialize, but right now there are not many insurers willing to write it.Before jumping in, agents would be wise to...

Independent Agents Post Highest Growth Rate in Past 15 Quarters: Reagan Consulting

Nov 19 2018 // Independent insurance agents and brokers can celebrate a four-year growth trend, according to Reagan Consulting.In its third-quarter Organic Growth and Profitability (OGP) study, the agency consultant says that the...

AFL Insurance Brokers Finds Cultural Fit with U.S. MGA Zodiac

Nov 19 2018 // AFL Insurance Brokers, the London-based Lloyd’s broker, was looking for an MGA platform in the United States and found the perfect partner when it purchased Zodiac Insurance Services, which specializes in...

People

Nov 19 2018 // Jackson Sumner & Associates (JSA) has hired Adam Winfree as the company’s Virginia marketing representative.Winfree joins the company as a 13-year veteran of the insurance industry, having worked previously as...

Worldwide Facilities Adds Davis to Brokerage Team in Atlanta

Nov 16 2018 // Worldwide Facilities, a national wholesale insurance brokerage, managing general agent and program underwriter, has added Angela Davis as a healthcare broker to its brokerage team.Davis began her insurance career in 2003;...

ProWriters Launches Online Cyber Insurance Portal

Nov 16 2018 // ProWriters has launched Cyber Insurance Portal exclusively for insurance agents and brokers that is designed to streamline the insurance comparison process by allowing brokers to instantly compare rates for their clients...

Insurance Agent at Heart of Heartbreaking California Wildfire

Nov 14 2018 // Derek Ross has his hands full with the Woolsey Fire in Southern California for three reasons.He’s an insurance agent with numerous clients affected, he’s the president of the board of a school district...

Will California See More Laws and Regulations in Wake of Wildfires?

Nov 13 2018 // Last year’s California wildfires destroyed thousands of homes and cost billions of dollars, but they also created numerous new laws and regulations in their wake as Legislators and insurance regulators looked for...

How Independent Agents Fared in 3Q and the Past 4 Years

Nov 9 2018 // Independent insurance agents and brokers can celebrate a four-year growth trend, reports Reagan Consulting.in its third-quarter Organic Growth and Profitability (OGP) study, the agency consultant says that the...

Hub International Buys Canadian Broker Kuokoa Enterprises Inc.

Nov 9 2018 // Hub International Limited, the Chicago-based insurance broker, announced that it has acquired the assets of Kuokoa Enterprises Inc.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Kuokoa...

Texas Agents Group, Wingman Insurance Partner on Cyber Liability Coverage

Nov 8 2018 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) has entered an exclusive partnership with Wingman Insurance for cyber liability coverage.IIAT members can now access the Wingman Cyber online platform to provide cyber...

Illinois Supreme Court Sides with Agent in Policy Dispute

Nov 8 2018 // The Illinois Supreme Court has agreed with an insurance agent’s argument that under state law insureds have two years from the date an insurance policy is issued to file suit against an insurance producer alleging...

Hub International Acquires Saskatchewan-Based Tri-Line Agencies

Nov 8 2018 // Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based insurance broker, announced it has acquired the assets of Tri-Line Agencies Inc.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Tri-Line Agencies is a full-service, independent...

Insurtech Profile: Broker Buddha Simplifies Agents’ Lives with Smart Forms

Nov 8 2018 // Many insurtechs find one problem and try to solve it. Broker Buddha is among them. This platform takes static PDF insurance carrier applications and converts them into interactive online smart forms that agents and their...

Marsh & McLennan’s $5.6B Acquisition of Broker JLT Gets Shareholder Nod

Nov 7 2018 // Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. announced that its £4.3 billion ($5.6 billion) acquisition of broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc has been approved by JLT’s shareholders.Of those shares voted, 99.9 percent voted...