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Former California Agent Arrested for Allegedly Stealing And Misusing Consumer Information

Sep 11 2018 // Andrew Barcoma Go, 51, of Bellflower, Calif., was arrested on seven felony counts including six for identity theft and one for grand theft after allegedly falsifying information on insurance applications to steal over...

North Carolina Insurance Fraud Round-Up: August

Sep 10 2018 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance announced multiple fraud enforcement actions during the month of August.Insurance fraud costs American consumers approximately $80 billion dollars a year. According to North...

West Virginia Gov. Appoints Insurance Agent Jeffries to State House of Delegates

Sep 7 2018 // Republican Dean Jeffries has been appointed to the West Virginia House of Delegates seat from Kanawha County vacated by the resignation of Tim Armstead.Gov. Jim Justice announced Jeffries’ appointment Wednesday....

Hub International Acquires Ontario-Based Access Insurance Brokers

Sep 7 2018 // Hub International Limited (Hub), the Chicago-based insurance broker, announced that it has acquired Access Insurance Brokers Inc.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, Access...

Auto Insurance Broker Confie Battles JC Flowers Over Failed Acquisition

Sep 7 2018 // It took just 78 days for a deal involving billionaire J. Christopher Flowers to blow up.Confie Seguros Holding II Co., an owner of auto-insurance brokerages that cater to Hispanic drivers with spotty credit, paid $100...

Former Zurich Exec Hans Named Southeast Regional Leader of XL Catlin

Sep 7 2018 // XL Catlin has added Kimberly Hans to its Broker & Client Management team as Southeast Regional leader.Hans is based in Atlanta and reports to Robert Peretti, XL Catlin’s Head of Broker & Client Management in...

Contractors and Roofing Insurance Program Webinars to be Held for Agents in September

Sep 5 2018 // Atlanta, GA, September 5, 2018— Blue River Underwriters will hold two separate informational program webinars this month. The first webinar on the Contractors Elite program this Thursday, September 6 from 11:30 a.m. to...

Merrill Lynch Reverses Broker Fiduciary Rule Policy

Sep 5 2018 // Bank of America Corp.’s wealth management arm Merrill Lynch is reintroducing brokerage capabilities to its retirement accounts, reversing a policy put in place to comply with Obama-era regulation.In response to...

Keystone Insurers Group Adds 2 New Michigan Agencies

Sep 4 2018 // Keystone Insurers Group has named Shoreline Insurance of Muskegon and Combined Insurance Agencies of St. Joseph to its growing community of partners in Michigan. Since 1976, Shoreline Insurance has served clients in the...

Kansas Insurance Agent Accused of $108K Fraud Scheme

Sep 4 2018 // The Kansas Insurance Department (KID) has issued an emergency license suspension for a Smith Center, Kansas, insurance agent following an investigation of a complaint from an insurance company.Trisha A. Wiehl’s...

French Broker Verlingue Triples Its Size in UK Market with Acquisition of ICB Group

Sep 4 2018 // Specialist corporate insurance broker Verlingue announced it has acquired independent UK broker ICB Group. Financial details of the deal were not released.With the acquisition of Egham, England-based ICB, Verlingue triples...

Trireme Insurance Group Announces Acquisition of MGB Insurance Brokers Limited

Sep 4 2018 // London, UK, September 4, 2018—Trireme Insurance Group, the international subsidiary of U.S. Risk Insurance Group, LLC, is pleased to announce that it has acquired MGB Insurance Brokers Limited (MGB). MGB will operate...

EPIC Insurance Brokers Adds Glassford to Energy Practice in Alabama

Sep 4 2018 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has added attorney Jeremy Glassford to the firm’s Birmingham, Ala.-based National Energy Construction practice as a senior client executive, reporting to EPIC Managing Principal...

People

Sep 3 2018 // Satellite Agency Network Group Inc. (SAN), a Hampton, N.H.-based alliance of independent insurance agencies in the Northeast, has hired Sondra Collins as a commercial lines placement specialist for its AccessPlus...

How Unemployment Insurance Can Help Nonprofits

Sep 3 2018 // As an insurance broker, you may have a special connection to your nonprofit clients. After all, these organizations undertake some of the most noble work in our society, serving those in need or advancing research that...

5 Ways to Put Customers First and Ice the Cake with Insurtech

Sep 3 2018 // I was surprised to learn I was named one of the 50 most influential people in the United States/Western Europe for Insurtech. The fact that I was the only person, I believe, listed who makes their living on their own name...

The E-merging Risk that Keeps on E-volving: Cyber

Sep 3 2018 // Property/casualty insurance experts may not agree on everything but there is a consensus that the most important emerging risk for the industry remains the five-letter word: CYBER. It is not new, of course, but it stays...

People

Sep 3 2018 // NationsBuilders Insurance Services, Inc. (NBIS), a provider of specialty program insurance to the heavy construction industry, has added Chris Nelson as transportation program manager.Nelson will represent NBIS within the...

Former Illinois Insurance Broker Sentenced to Prison, Must Repay Nearly $1M

Sep 3 2018 // The former owner of multiple property/casualty insurance operations in northern Illinois has been sentenced to more than four years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $1 million in restitution for insurance fraud.U.S....

SIAA Promotes Tombarelli and Holmes, Expands Their Roles

Aug 31 2018 // National independent agency alliance SIAA (Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance) has promoted two executives, Steve Tombarelli and Jeff Holmes, and expanded their roles.Tombarelli is now senior vice president, Business...