All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 31 2017 // President Donald Trump set a daunting goal for government agencies bound by complex procedures, ordering his department heads to kill two regulations for each new one they issue.The two-for-one order is “a big...
Jan 31 2017 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property, casualty brokerage and employee benefits consultant headquartered in San Francisco, Calif., has hired Christopher J. Giuditta as a vice president.Giuditta will...
Jan 31 2017 // International broker and risk management firm Integro Insurance Brokers announced the hiring of industry veterans Simon Abraham and Darren Gregory, who join the firm’s growing Financial Institutions group in the...
Jan 26 2017 // Chicago and Salt Lake City, January 26, 2017- Nothing stands between Rick J. Lindsey, CEO, Chairman and President of Prime Insurance Company, and the great agents and brokers of this country. Starting Monday, February 6,...
Jan 25 2017 // Portland, OR, January 23, 2017 – Consistently top-rated in Amazon reviews and recently featured in leading industry publications including LifeHealthPro and Insurance Forums, the insurance sales training book, “How...
Jan 24 2017 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) has taken disciplinary actions including fines totaling more than $77,000, license revocation and other punishments against five Tennessee insurance licensees for...
Jan 23 2017 // Seven in 10 consumers around the world would welcome robo-advisory services — computer-generated advice and services that are independent of a human advisor — for their banking, insurance and retirement...
Jan 23 2017 // It is fair to say 2016 was the year of the catastrophe in the Southeast. Tornadoes, drought, floods, hurricanes and wildfires impacted virtually every state in the region.For the insurance industry, these events made for a...
Jan 23 2017 // 2017 will mark the tipping point in agents’ efforts to adapt to the digital marketplace. Agents are no longer talking about why they should become “digitally- savvy” but how best to do it. Agents are also...
Jan 23 2017 // An insurance agency executive’s control of commercial lines growth is classically limited to encouraging producers to write new accounts. That is good of course, but the organic growth experienced by most independent...
Jan 23 2017 // Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Ted Nickel has been elected as president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC).Created in 1871, the NAIC establishes standards and conducts peer reviews for...
Jan 23 2017 // A major online provider of commercial insurance for small businesses in the United States keeps track of its growth milestones with hockey pucks. OK, that might be a bit of a stretch but Chicago-based Insureon definitely...
Jan 23 2017 // The Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas, which recently changed its acronym from SLSOT to SLTX, reported at the end of 2016 that the number of surplus lines policy filings had surpassed the numbers recorded in 2014 or...
Jan 23 2017 // A major online provider of commercial insurance for small businesses in the United States keeps track of its growth milestones with hockey pucks. OK, that might be a bit of a stretch but Chicago-based Insureon definitely...
Jan 23 2017 // Ryan Specialty Group LLC has named Charlie Rosson senior vice president.Rosson is based in San Francisco, Calif. He will work to develop RSG penetration with brokers on a national basis. He has 23 years of experience in...
Jan 23 2017 // A major online provider of commercial insurance for small businesses in the United States keeps track of its growth milestones with hockey pucks. OK, that might be a bit of a stretch but Chicago-based Insureon definitely...
Jan 18 2017 // Global insurance broker Willis Towers Watson has appointed Mike Liss as head of its Corporate Risk and Broking (CRB) business in North America, effective immediately.Liss will be responsible for business growth and...
Jan 13 2017 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), the middle market agency subsidiary of Marsh, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire West Point, Ga.-based J. Smith Lanier & Co., one of the nation’s largest,...
Jan 12 2017 // Seven in 10 consumers around the world would welcome robo-advisory services – computer-generated advice and services that are independent of a human advisor – for their banking, insurance and retirement planning,...
Jan 11 2017 // Republicans on Wednesday passed a bill in the House of Representatives that touched on nearly every step U.S. agencies take in creating and applying new rules, continuing their blitz to radically reform...