All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 19 2017 // Insurance Agents & Brokers (IA&B), a Mechanicsburg, Penn.-based professional trade association, will have a new president and CEO at the helm beginning in January 2018. Deputy CEO and Counsel Jason Ernest will take...
Jun 19 2017 // Topa Insurance Co. has named Olive Chang assistant vice president of reinsurance and programs.Chang will be located in the Calabasas, Calif., office. Her duties include managing reinsurance and programs operation.Chang...
Jun 19 2017 // Dallas-based BenefitMall, a provider of employee benefits, human resources and payroll products and services, has reappointed Michael Gomes as executive vice president, Benefits Sales Division.Gomes will be responsible for...
Jun 19 2017 // An Arkansas man who pretended to be an insurance broker and collected more than $1 million selling fake policies in three states has been sentenced to more than five years in prison, the Arkansas Insurance Department...
Jun 16 2017 // The House Financial Services Committee on Thursday passed two bills to reform the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). One is a broad reform proposal that seeks to encourage more private insurance and move the program...
Jun 16 2017 // Blockhain technology company The Bitfury Group said it is partnering with the Washington, D.C. insurance advisory and brokerage firm Risk Cooperative to pioneer blockchain applications in the $60 billion insurance...
Jun 16 2017 // Final legislation has been approved in New York that aims to enable insurance agents to better serve workers’ compensation clients if signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo.The legislation was developed by the...
Jun 16 2017 // Some see insurtech as the enemy. Others see it as a sign of things to come.Then there’s EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants, which is clearly embracing the insurtech craze while soliciting brokers to join them....
Jun 16 2017 // Uber Technologies Inc.’s drive to become a major player in the trucking business is off to a bumpy start, with analysts and industry executives questioning what exactly the company can bring to the sprawling...
Jun 16 2017 // Thad Bynum of Bynum Insurance Agency, a Trusted Choice agency in Clayton, Ga., was installed as president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia (IIAGA), on June 10 during the association’s 120th annual...
Jun 15 2017 // House lawmakers are weighing seven proposals to renew and reform the federal flood insurance program, an area where there is a good amount of bipartisan agreement that something should be done and even on what to do.The...
Jun 15 2017 // A Florida state Court of Appeal reversed the dismissal of a claim for negligent procurement of property insurance, because, when placing the coverage, the insurer’s agent failed to account for a reduction in...
Jun 14 2017 // Chief executive officers of property/casualty insurance carriers and insurance brokers called each other out last week for engaging in activities they said are “classic signs of a soft market.”During a session...
Jun 13 2017 // Editor’s Note: This is the first of two articles by Burand based on his most recent 50-page whitepaper, State of the P&C Insurance Industry 2017. The whitepaper is available from Insurance Journal’s...
Jun 13 2017 // Well-capitalized private equity investors still have an advantage among buyers of insurance agencies, but privately-held brokers continue to be among the most active players in agency mergers and acquisitions, according to...
Jun 12 2017 // J.M. Wilson has acquired assets from Klinger Associates Inc., an Indianapolis-based wholesale insurance broker. The acquisition will allow J.M. Wilson to increase its brokerage business. The J.M. Wilson brokerage...
Jun 12 2017 // Don’t miss out on your chance to become one of Insurance Journal’s Top 100 Independent Property/Casualty Agencies.Extended Deadline Now: June 19 Insurance Journal will publish its annual list of the Top 100...
Jun 12 2017 // Kacy Campion Renna of Wall Township, N.J., was elected president of the Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey (PIANJ) at the association’s annual business meeting at Harrah’s Resort and Casino in Atlantic...
Jun 12 2017 // A Miami insurance agent accused of stealing insurance premium payments from a client and providing fake insurance documents has been arrested, according to a statement from Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater and...
Jun 9 2017 // A former insurance agent in Washington has been charged with stealing premiums from his clients.Levi Watson, 44, of Bothell, Wash., faces one count of first-degree theft and one count of money laundering, both felonies....