All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Dec 18 2017 // Overall customer satisfaction with large commercial insurers increased in 2017, driven primarily by insurers’ focus on more tailored and diversified products for their customers. That’s according to the J.D....
Dec 15 2017 // A suburban Detroit insurance agent has been sentenced to at least six years in prison for embezzling more than $800,000 from a dozen elderly clients.Paul Garceau Jr. of Grosse Pointe Park had pleaded guilty to embezzlement...
Dec 13 2017 // The aging U.S. population will create unprecedented demand for the senior living industry for decades to come and that opens the door for agents and brokers to grow their business in this sector. But understanding the...
Dec 13 2017 // Bretton Woods International (BWI), the specialist insurance broker and managing general agent, has received a license to operate in the UK as an independent broker and, at the same time, is now registered as a...
Dec 11 2017 // This Lowdown provides you with a perspective on the report Insuring Millennials: The Most Underinsured Generation, a report added to the Carrier Management Research & Trends site this week. This report was written for...
Dec 11 2017 // Scott Margraves has been elected to serve as president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Houston (IIAH) for a term that expires Aug. 31, 2018.Margraves is a commercial lines producer for TDECU Insurance Agency LLC. He...
Dec 7 2017 // Overall customer satisfaction with large commercial insurers has increased in 2017, driven primarily by insurers’ focus on more tailored and diversified products for their customers. That’s according to the...