All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 2 2017 // Amid a second straight year of stagnant auto insurance shopping activity and modest rate increases, auto insurance companies have grown increasingly reliant on great customer service, personalized advice and strong agents...
May 2 2017 // New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced two new proposed regulations to protect New Yorkers and crack down on unscrupulous practices in the title insurance industry.These new protections were drafted following an...
May 1 2017 // AmWINS Group Inc. has acquired Networked Insurance Agents, a California-based insurance aggregator specializing in the standard lines insurance segment. Charlotte, N.C.-based AmWINS Group is an independent wholesale...
May 1 2017 // An insurance agent pleaded guilty Thursday in a promissory note scam that bilked nearly 80 clients out of $8.2 million.John Hogan, 77, of Swissvale, Penn., entered his pleas to five counts of mail fraud in the scheme run...
May 1 2017 // Deal count for the first quarter of 2017 was down relative to the first quarter of both 2015 and 2016. There were 102 announced transactions in the first quarter of 2017, compared to 124 in the first quarter of 2016 (a...
May 1 2017 // The commercial auto market has a long road ahead to reach profitability after five consecutive years of underwriting losses from 2011-2015. While many insurers upped rates in 2016, the year appears to be coming in with...
May 1 2017 // CoverHound is getting into the rideshare insurance business.The online insurance comparison shopping platform has partnered with several large carriers to offer auto insurance quotes in 24 states for people who drive for...
Apr 28 2017 // A federal jury in Cleveland, Ohio, on April 18 determined that thousands of agents with Madison, Wisconsin-based American Family Mutual Insurance (AmFam) are employees, not independent contractors.According to a news...
Apr 28 2017 // The Meiers Lombardini Lemanski Agency of East Lansing, Michigan, has joined Keystone Insurers Group. The agency becomes Keystone’s seventh partner in the state.The agency, which was established in 1976, is co-owned...
Apr 28 2017 // Surplus lines wholesale brokerage tKg has hired Mark Walker to serve as vice president and broker in the company’s P&C Eastern division, based in Charlotte, N.C. Walker has more than 22 years of experience...
Apr 26 2017 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Tulsa, Oklahoma-based Commercial Insurance Brokers LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Formed in 2012, Commercial Insurance Brokers is a group of insurance producers...
Apr 26 2017 // In the London and other wholesale insurance markets, the practice of some brokers bundling similar accounts into high-volume portfolios to be more efficient and attract underwriters while still expecting bigger brokerage...
Apr 26 2017 // Waterloo, Ontario-based Economical Insurance announced two additions to its executive team. Fabian Richenberger will join the company as executive vice president, Commercial Insurance, and Kelley Irwin will join as senior...
Apr 25 2017 // Insurance technology firm Vertafore said it has acquired RiskMatch, a Connecticut-based business intelligence and analytics company that provides portfolio management and placement services to insurance brokers and...
Apr 24 2017 // Ohio-based property/casualty insurer Motorists Mutual Insurance Co. and West Virginia-based workers’ compensation insurer BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. Inc., have been granted regulatory approvals to affiliate...
Apr 24 2017 // Atlanta, GA, April 24, 2017 — Breckenridge Insurance Services announced insurance executive Thomas Elder, AU, ASLI, has joined the company as senior vice president/senior broker. Elder—a 17-year veteran of the...
Apr 24 2017 // Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier is just about to complete his first full year in the position since taking over for Kevin McCarty last May, and there hasn’t been a dull moment since he took the...
Apr 20 2017 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) announced that Angela Ford has joined IIAT as the director of continuous improvement.Ford has more than 25 years of experience in the insurance industry, managing all...
Apr 20 2017 // CoverHound is getting into the rideshare insurance business.The online insurance comparison shopping platform has partnered with several large carriers to offer auto insurance quotes in 24 states for people who drive for...
Apr 19 2017 // Specialty insurance brokerages AmWINS Group Inc. and Partners Specialty Group LLC have agreed to merge.Partners will become part of the AmWINS Brokerage Division, bringing an expanded geographic presence that complements...