All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 15 2018 // Atlanta-based INSUREtrust has added Sam Hoppenbrouwer as a Professional Lines broker on the production team of Executive Vice President Christiaan Durdaller.Hoppenbrouwer brings with him four years of wholesale experience...
May 14 2018 // Tom Pratt, an insurance agent who specializes in procuring fine art coverage in a rural Northern California community, has worked in the insurance industry for more than 20 years.By day he is an insurance agent. In his...
May 14 2018 // Barb Strehmann, chief financial officer at Burr Ridge, Illinois-based Agent Support Network of America (ASNOA), has retired. Strehmann was the first employee hired upon the creation of ASNOA in 2003. She began at ASNOA as...
May 10 2018 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has agreed to acquire 100 percent of the equity interests of Pronto Holdco LLC, the parent company of Pronto Insurance (Pronto). The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and...
May 10 2018 // Chubb said it has completed the creation of six teams to focus on working with independent brokers across the UK and Ireland.The new Chubb teams are in London, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow and Ireland. Each is...
May 9 2018 // Insurance broker Gallagher reports it has acquired regional commercial insurance broker Risk Services (NW) Ltd., based in Chester. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Risk Services was established in 1999 by...
May 9 2018 // I spent a day last week in a conference that was focused on some specific risks that make up a property insurance gap nationwide. The morning was focused on one of my favorite soap boxes, flood. You guessed it. It’s...
May 8 2018 // Trusted Choice has awarded the annual Dan Fulwider Award for Community Involvement to Alliance Financial & Insurance in Lowell, Michigan.In recognition of Fulwider’s community involvement, Trusted Choice...
May 8 2018 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic.When it comes down to it, the biggest loser in a property that is underinsured is the homeowner who may not be able to rebuild their home to the way it was before a...
May 7 2018 // The National Rifle Association is suing Lockton Cos., alleging the insurance broker breached its contract with the firearms lobbying group. Lockton administered the NRA’s Carry Guard insurance program, which was...
May 7 2018 // THB UK Risk Solutions, the UK broking operation of the specialist insurance and reinsurance broker THB, has named two new motor fleet brokers, bolstering its new business team. Kevin Searle, joining from Wrightsure, and...
May 7 2018 // Western Growers Insurance Services has added Paul Barry and Kris Hansen in California.Barry joins the insurance services team as a sales executive, bringing more than 10 years of sales experience. Barry will focus on...
May 7 2018 // As predicted in the last Tech Talk column, there is reason to cheer a bit about the findings of the just-released 2018 Insurance Digital Transformation Study. Clear progress has been made as agents work toward mastery of...
May 7 2018 // When it comes to business growth, agents have their eyes on the same prize but different ideas about how to secure it. That’s one of the key findings of “Agent Voices 2018,” a soon-to-be-released report...
May 7 2018 // Associated Agencies Inc. in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, has hired Talicia Bashford as chief operating officer, a newly created position.Bashford will focus on overall operations and several areas of opportunity, including...
May 7 2018 // Here’s to ruffling feathers: Indeed, entities do exist in the insurance industry that do not look after their customers adequately. Carriers also exist that scrimp on claims, and some take shortcuts in underwriting,...
May 4 2018 // Wisconsin-based American Family Insurance group and Florida-based The Main Street America Group will pursue a merger, the companies announced today.The combined equity of the merged entities is expected to be more than $9...
May 3 2018 // Insurance broker Lockton will pay a $7 million fine for administering National Rifle Association (NRA) member insurance programs in New York that officials say violate several state laws.The settlement with Lockton is the...
May 1 2018 // Insurer Beazley has partnered with three companies to build a blockchain-based registry that will manage insurance for crisis situations such as mass shootings, the companies told Reuters.The registry will use blockchain...
Apr 30 2018 // Arkansas has suspended the insurance licenses of an agency and its owner amid allegations of insurance fraud totaling more than $1 million.The Arkansas Insurance Department reported that Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr...