All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 25 2024 // Big I Illinois, an association representing Trusted Choice® independent insurance agents throughout the state, presented awards to top agents and agencies during the association’s annual convention and 125th...
Oct 25 2024 // The Clear Group, the London-based independent insurance broker, announced it has acquired Vision Insurance Services Ltd., based in Bagshot, Surrey, UK.Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. This latest...
Oct 24 2024 // Tiffany Francis USG Insurance Services, Inc. hired Tiffany Francis as an associate producer/broker with their garage division team. Francis, based in Alpine, California, entered the insurance industry eight years ago. She...
Oct 22 2024 // The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s examiners will step up scrutiny of financial firms’ use of artificial intelligence next year, the latest sign of regulators’ growing concerns about the emerging...
Oct 21 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Old Republic Surety.“We’ve targeted tight turnaround times from submission to approval using Old Republic Surety’s (ORS) FastBond process — the faster, the...
Oct 21 2024 // As if it were yesterday, I vividly remember going to my first catastrophic fire loss with my dad at the young age of nine. It was a house fire in Sarasota involving a resident falling asleep with a lit cigarette. The...
Oct 21 2024 // Overall agent satisfaction with insurers of both personal lines and commercial lines has held strong despite a challenging underwriting environment, says a new J.D. Power study, with commercial lines satisfaction reaching...
Oct 21 2024 // Despite challenging conditions, 75% of independent insurance agencies saw revenue gains from 2022 to 2023, according to the 2024 Agency Universe Study. That number is significantly higher than between 2020 and 2021, during...
Oct 15 2024 // Specialist Risk Group (SRG), the London-based specialist insurance intermediary that is majority-owned by Warburg Pincus and Temasek, announced its launch in Asia Pacific with a new subsidiary in Singapore.As the first...
Oct 15 2024 // Austin, TX., October 15, 2024 – The Risk & Insurance Education Alliance, in collaboration with BrokerTech Ventures (BTV), is proud to introduce its latest educational initiative, the Introduction to Insurance for...
Oct 11 2024 // Insurance agents and carriers in the path of Hurricane Milton reported only minor damage to their own offices and homes but a rapidly growing number of claims from residential and commercial policyholders for roof, flood...
Oct 11 2024 // A former insurance broker has pleaded guilty to a number of charges including insurance fraud for collecting premiums without placing coverage.Karen Marie Dondanville, 56, a former broker from Mission Viejo, pleaded guilty...
Oct 10 2024 // First MainStreet Insurance L.C. (FMSI) announced addition of two new agencies, one in Minnesota and the other in Iowa. Joining in September was Kozlowski Insurance Agency, headquartered in Pipestone, Minnesota and two...
Oct 9 2024 // An insurance broker who collected nearly $137,000 in sales commissions by submitting fabricated insurance applications for end-of-life insurance policies in clients’ names without their knowledge, and used those...
Oct 7 2024 // The votes are in for the 2024 Best Independent Insurance Agency to Work For survey by Insurance Journal.Employees in 2024 highlighted the importance of competitive salaries, employee benefits, training and education,...
Oct 7 2024 // In today’s competitive insurance environment, successful independent agencies have focused on building their agency’s brand. To that end, agents must focus on working with insurance companies whose service...
Oct 3 2024 // Kingfisher Insurance Services Ltd., the London-based specialist insurance broker, has acquired MIS Motorsport’s commercial business in the UK and Ireland.Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. As...
Oct 2 2024 // Overall agent satisfaction with insurers of both personal lines and commercial lines has held strong despite a challenging underwriting environment, says a new J.D. Power study, with commercial lines satisfaction reaching...
Oct 2 2024 // Hub International Ltd. (HUB), the Chicago-based insurance broker, announced an exclusive referral and broker program partnership throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico with MAS Seguros, the largest trucking insurance...
Oct 1 2024 // Insurance agents in the mountain city of Asheville, North Carolina, said they and their policyholders have been stunned by the catastrophic damage brought so far inland by Hurricane Helene, which dumped 14 inches of rain...