All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 31 2017 // PointeNorth Insurance Group, an independent insurance agency in the Southeast with local ownership, has acquired Benton & Parker Insurance Services, a commercial truck insurer headquartered in Georgia. The company also...
Oct 30 2017 // Global insurance broker Aon said it will acquire Henderson Insurance Broking Group, an independent UK-based insurance broker.Terms were not disclosed. Aon anticipates completing the acquisition in December. Henderson...
Oct 30 2017 // RFIB Group Ltd., the Lloyd’s insurance and reinsurance broker, announced the launch of RFIB (Singapore) Pte Ltd.The new operation will serve as a hub for the continued development of RFIB’s presence across...
Oct 27 2017 // Several state and federal government entities partnering on a Louisiana task force to target employers who misclassify workers plan increased activity in 2018, according to the Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC).The...
Oct 26 2017 // Abacus Insurance Brokers, Inc., a Los Angeles-based program manager that distributes specialty insurance products online, has launched an online weather insurance program. The program provides weather insurance on a...
Oct 26 2017 // It’s been just over a month since Hurricane Irma hit Florida, and it won’t be forgotten in Florida by anyone anytime soon, especially not by those in the insurance industry.The powerful storm made landfall...
Oct 25 2017 // Independent specialty managing general agent Nexus Group announced it has acquired Credit Risk Solutions Ltd. (CRS).Established in 2003, CRS is an independent specialist trade credit broker operating with headquarters in...
Oct 20 2017 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property and casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, has opened operations in Pittsburgh, Penn., with the hiring of Sean Andreas, Al Dragotto, Kurt...
Oct 20 2017 // The number of insurance agency mergers and acquisitions over the first nine months of the year rose from 350 in 2016 to 457 this year, OPTIS Partners’ new quarterly report reveals. There were 132 deals announced...
Oct 18 2017 // The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has finalized two new regulations to protect New Yorkers and crack down on unscrupulous practices in the title insurance industry.These regulations, which are the...
Oct 16 2017 // Lloyd’s broker AFL Insurance Brokers Ltd (AFL) announced the appointment of Neil Crouch to lead its new wholesale property practice.Previously head of broking at Lockton, Crouch will pioneer the company’s...
Oct 16 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...
Oct 16 2017 // One can say the managers of Wood Gutmann & Bogart Insurance Brokers have made a long-term commitment to their workers.“Employee engagement” is a term Kevin Bogart, CEO of the firm, almost couldn’t use...
Oct 16 2017 // The insurance industry in Texas is not happy with the state’s so-called Hurricane Harvey recovery czar.Texas A&M University Chancellor John Sharp, who was named by Gov. Greg Abbott to lead the Commission to...
Oct 13 2017 // A crop insurance agent in Kentucky is facing federal charges alleging she defrauded taxpayers of $169,000 by helping farmers inflate tobacco crop losses and collect insurance money and then helping them sell their burley...
Oct 13 2017 // A new regulation issued by the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) aims to curb costs and abuses of New York’s no-fault insurance law while leveling the playing field for New York insurers,...
Oct 12 2017 // Note: This story was originally published by the Texas Tribune and ProPublica.When Jeremy Boutor moved to a master-planned community in Houston’s booming energy corridor, he saw it as idyllic. Lakes on Eldridge...
Oct 9 2017 // Dallas-based independent insurance brokerage RHSB has named Julia Miller Spracklen J.D. as chief operating officer and Courtney Woodruff as senior vice president in its Commercial Lines Division. Additionally, John Losurdo...
Oct 9 2017 // Capsicum Re, the London-based specialist reinsurance broker, announced the appointment of Conrad Williams as the latest addition to its cyber team. He will report to Ian Newman and Samantha Thompson, partners in Capsicum...
Oct 9 2017 // A Mississippi insurance agent was arrested last month for allegedly converting customers’ premium payments for his own use. Attorney General Jim Hood said Sept. 12 that a Lamar County Grand Jury indicted 30-year-old...