All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 4 2018 // South Carolina has become the first state to pass a model cybersecurity bill requiring any insurance entity operating in the state to establish and implement a cybersecurity program protecting their business and their...
Jun 4 2018 // An interview was recently published in a major industry publication with a notable ex-CEO of a prominent insurance company. Throughout the article, the ex-CEO bemoaned how power and profit has shifted to brokers from...
Jun 4 2018 // Doug Slape has been promoted to second-in-command at the Texas Department of Insurance.Slape has been at the agency since 1988 and has served as deputy commissioner for the Financial Regulation Division the past three...
Jun 4 2018 // There’s no denying the robust mergers and acquisition trend among wholesale brokers in the property/casualty insurance industry nationwide, and Texas is no exception.But some Texas wholesale brokers and managing...
Jun 1 2018 // Nicholas Menough, a former insurance agent in Grimes, Iowa, has been sentenced after pleading guilty to fraud and theft charges.The Iowa Insurance Division reported that Menough pled guilty in late May to Theft in the 3rd...
Jun 1 2018 // The former chief executive of an insurance company believes the center of value of the property/casualty industry has shifted away from one of the activities that would seem to define an insurance risk-taking enterprise:...
Jun 1 2018 // Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc. (S&S) and East Boston Savings Bank (EBSB) have formed a strategic alliance, offering a full line of commercial, personal and life insurance products.The two firms...
May 31 2018 // Portage, Michigan-based wholesale insurance organization, J.M. Wilson, has promoted Braden Black to brokerage underwriter.Black is responsible for quoting new and renewal brokerage business and servicing accounts for...
May 31 2018 // Appleton, Wisconsin-based SECURA Insurance has presented 27 fire departments with donations earned by its local independent agents in eight states.The donations ranged from $500 to $1,500, with some agencies choosing to...
May 31 2018 // Atlanta, GA, May 31, 2018 — Breckenridge Insurance Services recently promoted two senior team members within the wholesale brokerage team. Trevor Pierce is now the division vice president and managing broker of multiple...
May 31 2018 // South Carolina has become the first state to pass a cybersecurity bill requiring any insurance entity operating in the state to establish and implement a cybersecurity program protecting their business and their customers...
May 30 2018 // The small business market is big. The U.S. small commercial market represents about one-third of the total commercial lines market and generates between $99 billion and $103 billion in direct written premium, according to...
May 29 2018 // The property & casualty insurance and group benefits industry is changing faster than ever, or at least faster than any time in any reader’s history. Many factors are the parents of such change. In part one of...
May 29 2018 // Insurance and reinsurance broker Ed has been granted a license to carry out general insurance mediation business by the Jersey Financial Services Commission. This follows on from last year’s announcement by the...
May 25 2018 // California-based life insurance agents, Samuel Tadlock III, 32, of Eastvale, Marlene Ramirez, 42, of Murrieta, Daniel Herrarte, 34, of Sylmar, and Jorge Lopez Jr., 38, of San Fernando, were arrested this week on multiple...
May 24 2018 // Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc. (S&S) has hired Jessica Thayer as the Financial Services Risk Solutions (FI) Practice Group leader.Thayer has specialized in directors and officers, errors and...
May 23 2018 // Willis Towers Watson reports that China’s Banking Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) earlier this month approved Willis Insurance Brokers to be the first fully licensed foreign broker to transact all insurance...
May 23 2018 // Last week, I went to the Accelerate conference for users of Vertafore systems. Vertafore is a software provider for different links in the insurance distribution network. Insurance companies and agencies use different...
May 23 2018 // Two former Tennessee insurance providers have been served cease and desist orders by the Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) in response to fraudulent practices the department says they used to sell...
May 22 2018 // Artificial intelligence isn’t the cold, job killing disruptor many fear it to be – at least it won’t be for many years to come, says Jeff Somers, president of Insureon.Insureon, a bit of a disruptor itself,...