All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 2 2017 // A group of independently owned Texas managing general agents (MGAs) have come together to provide targeted, direct, local relief to communities affected by Hurricane Harvey.Texas MGAs for Disaster Relief is working with...
Oct 2 2017 // Keleigh Buchanan has been promoted to vice president at Dallas-based independent insurance broker, RHSB.A member of RHSB’s Private Client Group, she has been with RHSB for five years and has 16 years of experience in...
Sep 29 2017 // Intact Financial Corp. said it has completed its acquisition of U.S. specialty insurer OneBeacon Insurance Group from Bermuda-based White Mountains Insurance Group. The purchase price was C$2.3 billion (US$1.7...
Sep 29 2017 // Boston Insurance Brokerage (BIB), a Boston, Mass.-based provider of commercial and high value personal insurance solutions, has announced the firm’s sales and support expansion by opening a regional office in...
Sep 29 2017 // XS Brokers, a Quincy, Mass.-headquartered independent insurance brokerage, has hired Peter Buccinna to head a new local office for the firm in East Chatham, N.Y.The hiring of Buccinna as assistant vice president and...
Sep 28 2017 // USI Insurance Services (USI) has acquired David M. Banet & Associates Inc. (Banet), an Exton, Penn.-based leader in benefits consulting and administration, human capital management and insurance brokerage and...
Sep 27 2017 // Hartford, Connecticut’s cash-strapped capital city, suffered a fresh round of credit rating downgrades deeper into junk territory by two Wall Street credit agencies on Tuesday, a day after the city’s bond...
Sep 26 2017 // Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty, Inc. has acquired three different agencies in Florida as part of its geographic expansion and continued growth throughout the United States. The three Florida agencies most recently...
Sep 25 2017 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New Jersey (IIABNJ) and The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York (IIABNY) launched new brands today for their respective associations. IIABNJ became Big I...
Sep 25 2017 // AFL Insurance Brokers Ltd. (AFL) has created an energy practice headed by London market broking professionals Dominic Quick and Simon Pearce.AFL’s energy practice will serve both AFL’s clients and customers...
Sep 25 2017 // Atlanta, GA, September 25, 2017 — The Blue River Underwriters’ Fire Sprinkler Elite program launched a free online safety portal to provide risk management resources for its fire sprinkler contractors’...
Sep 22 2017 // A major computer hack at America’s top stock market regulator is the latest sign that data stored in the highest reaches of the U.S. government remains vulnerable to cyber attacks, despite efforts across multiple...
Sep 21 2017 // A group of independently owned Texas managing general agents (MGAs) have come together to provide targeted, direct, local relief to communities affected by Hurricane Harvey.Texas MGAs for Disaster Relief is working with...
Sep 21 2017 // The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) has named Lansing, Mich.-based Auto-Owners Insurance Co. as recipient of its 2017 Company Award of Excellence.“Auto-Owners is highly deserving of this,...
Sep 21 2017 // A former insurance broker in Long Island, N.Y., who pleaded guilty to grand larceny and fraud has been sentenced to serve three to nine years in prison. Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota said Tuesday that...
Sep 21 2017 // Zenefits, the software startup that has faced a number of regulatory penalties, said on Thursday it is changing its business to provide software to insurance brokers.This marks the latest attempt by Zenefits to regain its...
Sep 21 2017 // Livermore, CA, September 21, 2017 – At the recent BIG Independent Group Minivention held at the Wente Vineyards in Livermore, CA, the independent agents and brokers association honored some of the insurance...
Sep 20 2017 // Editor’s Note: This is a republication of a January, 2013 article by Sally Coombs, who was then with Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co, which is now integrated into Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty...
Sep 20 2017 // Insurance Journal’s Academy of Insurance announced an exclusive online discussion called “After the Storm: Preventing Agent E&O Claims in a Disaster” to be held on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017 at 1:30...
Sep 20 2017 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York (IIABNY) has announced that Lisa K. Lounsbury has been appointed as the organization’s permanent president and chief executive officer.She has been acting on...