All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 15 2018 // A former insurance agent in Bettendorf, Iowa, has been sentenced to five years’ supervised probation for insurance fraud, the Iowa Insurance Division reportedBillie J. Holmberg pleaded guilty in Scott County District...
Feb 15 2018 // Independent Lloyd’s broker AFL Insurance Brokers Ltd. hired re/insurance professionals Barry Rowland and Chris Cavani to augment its wholesale property team.Formerly a facilities and binder partner at JLT Re, Rowland...
Feb 14 2018 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) announced that its Policy Center for commercial and manufactured home policies is live and available for agents to use.TWIA said agents must now use Policy Center for all...
Feb 13 2018 // Wholesale insurance brokers have been selling off their businesses and it’s not because they are all ready to retire.As in the retail agency segment, consolidation among wholesale brokerages is being driven by buyers...
Feb 12 2018 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a Chicago-based insurance broker, announced it has acquired the shares of Canadian broker Kindersley Insurance Ltd.Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Headquartered in Kindersley,...
Feb 9 2018 // National wholesale insurance brokerage and managing general agent Worldwide Facilities has hired Klayton Caldiero to serve as vice president in its Los Angeles office. Caldiero started his insurance career in 2001 as a...
Feb 9 2018 // A state of Ohio program established to collect past due taxes from insurance agents has surpassed the $20 million threshold, Ohio Department of Insurance Director Jillian Froment announced.The vast majority of the nearly...
Feb 9 2018 // Brokerslink announced the appointment of Jacqueline Legrand as CEO, succeeding José Manuel Fonseca, who is stepping back to focus his efforts on managing the growth of MDS Group, a Brokerslink reference shareholder, of...
Feb 7 2018 // AmWINS Group, Inc., a global distributor of specialty insurance products and services, has completed the previously announced acquisition of Seacoast Brokers, LLC, and Trident Claims Management, LLC.Seacoast is a personal...
Feb 7 2018 // Omaha, Nebraska-based wholesale insurance broker and specialty workers’ comp program administrator Method has added two new associates to continue strengthening its talent pool.Natasha Singh has more than 15 years of...
Feb 7 2018 // XL Catlin has enhanced its online P&B aviation insurance platform, VB Bind Speed, with added, instant servicing options for brokers.According to Eric Donofrio, North America regional manager of XL Catlin’s...
Feb 6 2018 // Indio Technologies, a digitized commercial insurance platform for agents and brokers, said it has raised $6 million in Series A financing, led by 8VC, to expand the capabilities of Indio’s digital platform and...
Feb 6 2018 // Woodland Hills, CA, February 6, 2018- gotoPremiumFinance and Jetfile Technologies, Inc. are pleased to announce the formation of a partnership that will provide the first integrated and completely paperless point-of-sale...
Feb 6 2018 // The Alabama Supreme Court says a man can’t go forward with his lawsuit against a company involved in booking a death metal concert where he was injured.The justices on Friday blocked a lawsuit against the Los...
Feb 5 2018 // The Hartford has enhanced ICON, its online quoting system for agents and brokers, to include access to quote employee benefits as well as excess and surplus (E&S) coverage for their small business customers.Employee...
Feb 5 2018 // A South Carolina school district has sued an insurance brokerage and several insurance companies, saying the district was sold excessive policies and charged too much.The Berkeley County School District filed suit in U.S....
Feb 5 2018 // The difficult job of moving commercial auto insurance to a profitable place has not gotten any easier.More vehicles on the road thanks to a rebounding economy, more miles driven, distracted drivers and...
Feb 5 2018 // Most small agencies, and quite a few middle-to-large agencies, lack a current employee handbook or at least one of quality. Honestly, day-to-day, an employee handbook really is not that important, especially with just a...
Feb 5 2018 // If you live outside of New York State and haven’t heard of the New York State Department of Financial Services 23 NYCRR Part 500 (DFS 500), you should pay very close attention.Earlier this year, New York implemented...
Feb 5 2018 // The number of announced U.S. insurance broker deals in 2017 was the highest in recorded history, at 536. This year also had the highest number of deals closed in the fourth quarter since 2012 (when the capital gain tax...