All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 19 2018 // “I think the number one thing the insurance industry can do is link AOB (assignment of benefits) to the impact that it’s having on the individual consumer and the huge impact it’s having on the premiums...
Jul 18 2018 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has tapped Josh Close as client services coordinator in the firm’s Birmingham, Ala.-based national energy construction practice, reporting to EPIC Principal Brian Tanner.Close...
Jul 17 2018 // Brett Kavanaugh could add a powerful new voice on the Supreme Court to restrain what government agencies can do, ushering in a new era of tougher scrutiny of federal regulations loathed by businesses.In a dozen years on...
Jul 17 2018 // While there’s a bright future for managing general agents that “get it right,” Grahame Chilton, CEO of Gallagher UK, warns against tolerating the few rogue MGAs who could ruin the reputation of the entire...
Jul 16 2018 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired North Barrington, Ill.-based The Jack Nebel Companies Inc.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Jack Nebel, Brian Nebel and their associates will continue to operate from their...
Jul 16 2018 // J.M. Wilson has named Steve Francis as assistant transportation underwriter in the Arlington Heights, Ill. office. The firm has also named Ryan Gibbons a transportation underwriter in the Westerville, Ohio office, and...
Jul 16 2018 // Worldwide Facilities has opened a new location in Morehead City, N.C., where Kasey Vaughn joined as senior vice president.Vaughn brings 17 years of experience in wholesale personal and commercial lines practice. She...
Jul 16 2018 // The data insurance agencies and brokerages possess is ever-growing. Thus, agency managers need to be able to answer how, why, and where they can successfully analyze and use all of this data.The answer to the...
Jul 16 2018 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) elected Jeffrey L. Brady of Brady, Chapman, Holland & Associates (BCH) in Houston to serve as IIAT chair for 2018-19.Brady was elected during IIAT’s 121st Annual...
Jul 16 2018 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has added Sarmad Naqvi to its private client insurance operations. EPIC has also named Eric Kitei a principal in its operations in Southern California.Naqvi will be based in...
Jul 13 2018 // BMS Group Ltd., the independent specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, announced that Danny Gluszkiewicz is joining the growing BMS Australia team as a director of the Australian operations, effective August...
Jul 12 2018 // U.S. Treasury Department rules outlining which businesses structured as S corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies can claim a 20 percent tax deduction are likely to be delayed until the end of July,...
Jul 12 2018 // A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a former insurance broker to six months in prison for helping former Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Christopher Epps evade taxes.In handing down the sentence, U.S. District Judge...
Jul 10 2018 // Among the three laws vetoed by Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo as she cleared her desk of all pending legislation last week was a bill relating to surplus lines insurance.The bill – 2018 – H 7909 Substitute...
Jul 10 2018 // Allied Insurance Brokers has appointed Tres Whitlock as its new president. Most recently serving as vice president of sales, Whitlock has been with the Allied organization for nearly 10 years and is also an Allied...
Jul 10 2018 // Lloyd’s broker and delegated authority specialist Endeavour Insurance Services announced that Karen Allen is to be appointed CEO designate of Endeavour, and will join the business in October 2018.Allen has spent her...
Jul 9 2018 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Milne Alexander, with offices in Sydney, New South Wales and Port Lincoln, South Australia. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 1973, Milne...
Jul 5 2018 // Insurers, industry bodies and brokers, together with other organizations across the insurance sector, have joined forces to launch a new industry-wide pledge, designed to change behaviors and create a more inclusive work...
Jul 4 2018 // Value is a relative term often specific to a given asset. For example, if the price of gold declines from $1,800 an ounce to $1,250 an ounce, as it has, then gold is less valuable. The price of property/casualty insurance...
Jul 3 2018 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property and casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, has hired John Check as a senior consultant in the firm’s Employee Benefits Consulting...