All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 19 2017 // Specialty underwriter and program administrator Business Risk Partners (BRP), headquartered in Windsor, Conn., has added two new members to its Professional Liability (E&O) and Operations team.Jennifer Stein was named...
Apr 19 2017 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big “I”) Advantage unit has promoted Virginia “Ginny” Blake Pierson to assistant vice president.Pierson will lead the department’s...
Apr 17 2017 // Worldwide Broker Network (WBN)* announced the addition of two members in Germany and Croatia, bringing the network of independent insurance brokerage and employee benefits consulting firms to 109 in 101 countries. Based on...
Apr 17 2017 // The nonprofit of yesterday has evolved, and a new, hybrid nonprofit model has emerged, bringing with it an array of complexities.Human services agencies and nonprofits across the country have recognized crucial needs in...
Apr 17 2017 // North Carolina Department of Insurance (NCDOI) announced the conviction of two retired insurance agents in a regional scam targeting senior citizens.Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey said the two retired agents, Milton...
Apr 17 2017 // The California Department of Insurance has launched an online language locator tool to enable consumers to find insurance agents and brokers in their area who speak their language.The tool gives access to information on...
Apr 17 2017 // Beth Ossino, claims manager at Golden Bear Insurance Co. in Stockton, Calif., puts dealing with agency fraud high on her radar.She talked with Insurance Journal about agency fraud, and how agency owners should go about...
Apr 13 2017 // Markel Corporation reported thatGlenn Mozingohas been named managing director, Global Insurance Business Development, and corporate account executive. In this new role, Mozingo will serve as a key point of contact for...
Apr 13 2017 // Evan Freely has been insuring global risks for years — through the 2008 market meltdown, the 2002 crisis in Argentina, and the 1993 downturn in Venezuela.Yet turmoil now seems to be coming at a more rapid pace than...
Apr 13 2017 // Smart Choice added more than 100 new agency partners and more than 20 percent growth in gross commission in the first month of the year, its fastest start to a year ever, the company said in a statement.Smart Choice is...
Apr 12 2017 // The Woodlands, Texas-based insurance agency, The Woodlands Financial Group (TWFG), is honoring 20-plus members of its TWFG President’s Club and their guests the Dream Resorts Los Cabos Suites Golf Resort and Spa from...
Apr 12 2017 // The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has fined YourPeople Inc., doing business as Zenefits FTW Insurance Services, $1.2 million for allowing unlicensed employees to sell insurance and failing to...
Apr 11 2017 // Tim Brady, shareholder and senior vice president of Texas-based Brady, Chapman, Holland and Associates Inc., has been elected to the board of directors of RiskProNet International, an association of leading independent...
Apr 11 2017 // Ebix Europe, the electronic messaging communications specialists for the global re/insurance market, announced that insurer Beazley is the latest carrier to join its EbixExchange accounting platform.Using ACORD standards,...
Apr 7 2017 // Twenty-five new member agencies joined the membership ranks of IIABCal in the first quarter of 2017. “Bringing in new agencies to IIABCal adds to a growing association network and footprint in California. New members...
Apr 7 2017 // Miller has hired David Maule in a business production and senior broking role, which the London-based broker said will add “considerable strength” to its trade credit and political risks capabilities.Maule will...
Apr 6 2017 // Alan Boswell Group, the Norwich, England-based insurance broker and financial adviser, announced it has acquired Sutcliffe Solloway & Co. Ltd. (trading as Sutcliffe Insurance Brokers), thereby expanding its business...
Apr 6 2017 // Beth Ossino, claims manager at Golden Bear Insurance Co. in Stockton, Calif., puts dealing with agency fraud high on her radar.She talked with Insurance Journal about agency fraud, and how agency owners should go about...
Apr 5 2017 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has acquired SES Insurance Brokerage Services Inc. in Santa Ana, Calif. SES will join Alliant MGA and program administrator. The executive leadership team of SES will continue to operate the...
Apr 5 2017 // For the first time in 20 months, the MarketScout composite rate index for commercial accounts in the United States measured a rate increase at plus 1 percent in the first quarter.Rates for business interruption, general...