All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 17 2018 // Protean Risk, the London-based specialist Lloyd’s broker for asset management, financial services and technology firms, has appointed Tristan Sargeaunt as director of Fintech and Payment Services, where he will...
Aug 17 2018 // Woodland Hills, CA, August 17, 2018 – The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers, based in Woodland Hills with offices throughout California, is proud to announce its newest partnership with Mitchell & Mitchell Insurance...
Aug 16 2018 // Giant cranes loading and unloading gargantuan barges. Oil tankers, supply vessels and pipelines serving a vital energy industry. Flood control structures. Chemical plants. Cruise ships. Drinking water sources. All...
Aug 16 2018 // A new insurtech agency has entered the Florida homeowners market space with a rating engine offering quotes from multiple domestic carriers and the ability to purchase coverage in one transaction.HoneyQuote.com, launching...
Aug 15 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....
Aug 15 2018 // Thousands of discussions, debates and arguments are taking place in agency offices across the country between principals and ambitious young producers about the role of digital marketing.There are also more than a few...
Aug 15 2018 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey has named Paul Monacelli as its PIA national director.Monacelli is CEO of ADP/Statewide Insurance Agencies Inc. in Florham Park, N.J. With more than four decades of...
Aug 15 2018 // Capsicum Re, the London-based specialist reinsurance broker, announced two new hires to its cyber division. Jasper Goring joins as a cyber broker and Prab Naidu was appointed as wordings director, both with immediate...
Aug 14 2018 // Auto insurance shoppers are placing a greater importance on having more services provided to them today versus five years ago, underscoring the fact that shoppers are increasingly demanding more product options and more...
Aug 13 2018 // In this edition of the Lowdown, I’m sharing insights about Google My Business and a new paper hosted on Research & Trends, Local Organic Marketing: How P&C Davids Can Beat Goliath. In his paper,...
Aug 13 2018 // When police investigators tried to figure out what caused a multi-vehicle crash that killed an elderly woman in Morton, Illinois, last month, they looked to the sky for help.Like a growing number of police agencies...
Aug 10 2018 // Chicago, IL, August 10, 2018– CCC Information Services Inc. (CCC) announced today that executives from the company will be hosting a webinar discussion on the top technology change agents impacting the future of auto...
Aug 9 2018 // The Treasury Department has moved to clear up some confusion in the Trump tax cut law by proposing that the full 20 percent deduction for pass-through businesses be made available to a broad spectrum of small businesses,...
Aug 9 2018 // Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based insurance broker, has acquired Canada’s Blackstone Insurance, Benefits & Bonding Inc.Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Headquartered in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan...
Aug 8 2018 // Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based insurance broker, announced it has acquired Benefit Broker Services Inc.Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Located in Wallaceburg, Ontario, Benefit Broker provides...
Aug 8 2018 // CNA’s Emily Hathcoat launched a sales and marketing therapy session that promised tabloid-worthy confessions. Here is how she set the stage:“If you were to give your marketing and sales teams a relationship...
Aug 7 2018 // A former WWE wrestler known as Kane has won a “no-holds-barred, last-man-standing” round, this time in the political ring.Glenn Jacobs went by Kane in the WWE. Now the 6-foot-8, 300-pound Republican has the...
Aug 6 2018 // Hub International Limited (Hub), the Chicago-based insurance brokerage, announced it has acquired Southland Insurance Brokers Inc.Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. With Ontario offices in Leamington, Tecumseh...
Aug 6 2018 // Risk management services firm, Hanover Stone Partners, has tapped Ellen Shew Holland to lead its newly established national higher education practice. She is based in Dallas.Shew Holland will lead a practice that will...
Aug 6 2018 // This year marks the 14th annual publication of Insurance Journal’s Top 100 Agencies special report.This year’s Top 100 welcomes 12 newcomers and returning agencies: EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants;...