All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 3 2018 // There was a 21 percent increase in insurance agent licensure in Arkansas in 2017 compared with the previous year, state insurance regulators announced.According to Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr, the...
Jan 3 2018 // As part of its ongoing restructuring and simplification program, Zurich Insurance announced an agreement to sell its UK student insurer Endsleigh to insurance broker A-Plan Holdings.The financial terms of the deal, which...
Dec 29 2017 // As 2017 wraps up, Insurance Journal is looking back on some of its most popular stories of the year while preparing for what is ahead for the insurance industry in 2018.These are just a few of many topics Insurance Journal...
Dec 29 2017 // A bad broker, classic cars that got destroyed in a fire and insurer rating downgrades were among the most widely read news stories in Insurance Journal’s Midwest region in 2017.One story that generated much interest...
Dec 29 2017 // It wouldn’t feel right to close out the year without looking back at the most popular stories on Insurance Journal during the past 12 months. Here are the national stories that attracted the most readers in 2017,...
Dec 22 2017 // Congress has passed and President Donald Trump has signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (HR1) into law. It is the biggest tax change in 30 years.Under the legislation, insurers, agencies and other businesses organized as C...
Dec 22 2017 // Integro Insurance Brokers, an international broker and risk management firm, has hired Stephen Feron as a senior vice president in its marine practice.Based in New York, Feron will be responsible for the delivery of...
Dec 21 2017 // The Northern United Agents Alliance (NUAA) has announced that Geo M. Stevens Insurance, Voyager Insurance Services LLC and Wieczorek Insurance have joined the NUAA as participating members, effective January 1,...
Dec 21 2017 // Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc.’s past president, Augusto Russell, has been appointed to a General Assembly task force to improve the insurance industry workforce in Connecticut.He was appointed by...
Dec 21 2017 // Independent wholesale insurance broker All Risks Ltd. has added Nancy Batten as energy property broker in its Dallas office.Batten has nearly 30 years of experience in the insurance industry on the wholesaler side. Most...
Dec 20 2017 // New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed Assembly Bill No. 1620 into law yesterday, requiring insurance companies to notify employers in advance of some workers’ compensation insurance premium increases.The law was...
Dec 19 2017 // A South Dakota jury has awarded $1.2 million to a former state law enforcement agent who claimed discrimination and retaliation.The American News reports the jury sided Friday with past Division of Criminal Investigation...
Dec 18 2017 // John Keane, president of The Keane Insurance Group, founded the Keane Charitable Group in 2010 after the earthquake in Haiti. Since then, The Keane Group has raised more than $1 million to build an orphanage, a well, a...
Dec 18 2017 // Okerlund, Sorensen & Leavitt Insurance Agency in Richfield, Utah, and Briggs-Yardley Leavitt Insurance Agency in Salina, Utah, have merged operations. The combined agency’s managing principal is Cory Sorensen,...
Dec 18 2017 // Texas has been awarded billions in federal aid to help recover from Hurricane Harvey and the devastating flooding that followed, but it’s unclear how the state is spending its share of the money.State records...
Dec 18 2017 // INSUREtrust has promoted Will Tschetter to Professional Lines broker.In his new role, Tschetter will specifically focus on new broker production and will be brokering cyber insurance, technology errors and omissions...
Dec 18 2017 // When disaster strikes, the insurance industry plays a critical role in helping affected individuals, businesses and communities get back on their feet. After all, an insurance policy is a promise to pay when tragedy and...
Dec 18 2017 // Welcome to Insurance Journal’s inaugural Agents of the Year report. This report features 10 agents who define what it means to be a successful independent agent today. These agents are more than top sellers. While...
Dec 18 2017 // Elephant Insurance, a direct-to consumer insurance specialist, has selected Alberto Schiavon as its new CEO.Founded in 2009, Elephant is a direct-to-consumer insurance company offering auto, home, motorcycle and life...
Dec 18 2017 // To prepare for the future, business owners need to observe what trends are occurring and then evaluate how those trends could impact their business. It is a guessing game, but an educated guess is usually proven to be...