All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 17 2025 // Juniper Re LLC, the specialist reinsurance broking arm of The Baldwin Group, announced its entry into the London market, appointing industry veteran Nick Hawke as head of office.With more than four decades of reinsurance...
Jan 17 2025 // FBI leaders have warned that they believe hackers who broke into AT&T Inc.’s system last year stole months of their agents’ call and text logs, setting off a race within the bureau to protect the identities...
Jan 15 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Lockton Re and Westfield Specialty International.A summary of these new hires follows here. Lockton Re’s International P/C Division Appoints Moruzzi...
Jan 15 2025 // Are you a top agent/producer? Do you know someone at your agency who is?Insurance Journal is searching for the nation’s leading independent agents and producers to become part of Insurance Journal’s Agents of...
Jan 13 2025 // Miller, the London-based specialist re/insurance broker, announced its further expansion into Asia with the launch of Miller Korea, led by David Kim as head of Korea.Miller Korea will focus on delivering global specialty...
Jan 13 2025 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers acquired Green Financial in Kirkland, Washington. Fred Green, president of Green Financial, and his team have joined Heffernan Insurance Brokers’ small business division,...
Jan 13 2025 // Tony “Anthony” Baratta Front Row Insurance Brokers LLC hired film insurance broker Anthony Baratta to its Los Angeles office. Baratta joins Front Row after a 16-year career at Gallagher Entertainment, where he...
Jan 10 2025 // General agency Warner Pacific said it has acquired five general agencies from broker and fintech specialist, Acrisure, effective Dec. 1 2024.Financial terms were not disclosed. Westlake Village, California-based Warner...
Jan 9 2025 // Broker McGill and Partners has launched a commercial property war risk reinsurance program for Ukraine, which it said on Thursday was the first of its kind since Russia’s invasion of the country in Feb 2022.Companies...
Jan 9 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Darkhorse Insurance.How can you, as an insurance agent, stay motivated in the dynamic industry? In the fast-paced world of insurance, your motivation is not merely a personal...
Jan 8 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by EZLynx.Management systems can make or break a new agency. In the best cases, an agency management system (AMS) can be the behind-the-scenes mastermind keeping everything running...
Jan 8 2025 // Starting this spring, surplus lines brokers in Alabama must file quarterly reports showing all surplus lines transactions, the state Department of Insurance said this week.The rule is in keeping with state law and took...
Jan 8 2025 // Independent insurance agency network Renaissance reports it has has acquired the agency network business of Consolidated Insurance Agents Inc. (CIA), an agency network based in Buffalo, New York.Renaissance said...
Jan 7 2025 // Reinsurance buyers generally found ample capacity during the January renewals as well as increased reinsurer appetite, which led to risk-adjusted rate reductions and improved terms and conditions for clients that could...
Jan 7 2025 // Boosting growth and profitability is a goal for all U.S. insurance agents and brokers, but until recently that has been easier to assert than to achieve consistently. Booking organic growth is difficult, even for firms...
Jan 7 2025 // A former insurance agent plead guilty to stealing premium from a premium finance company.Formerly licensed insurance agent Tonja Van Roy, 59, who currently resides in Las Vegas, but operated an insurance agency based in...
Jan 6 2025 // XS Brokers Promotes Buccinna to Regional Leader of New YorkXS Brokers, headquartered in Quincy, Massachusetts, promoted Peter Buccinna to vice president and regional leader of New York. Buccinna has over 26 years of...
Jan 6 2025 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., the Rolling Meadows, Illinois-based insurance brokerage, announced the acquisition of Waterloo, Ontario-based Encore Insurance Services Inc., dba Encore Group.Terms of the transaction were...
Jan 2 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Darkhorse Insurance.Ever felt like a bird with clipped wings, singing the same song for the same company year after year? You’re not alone. Many captive insurance agents,...
Dec 30 2024 // Claims professionals need to adapt to the AI evolution at a fast pace as the same technologies used to fight claims fraud are also being used to perpetuate it, according to experts.“It’s truly become an arms...