All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 5 2016 // The profitability of an insurance company and the quality of advice given by an insurance broker makes the most difference when it comes to customer satisfaction for commercial insurance, a new industry study...
Dec 5 2016 // Surplus lines agents doing business in North Carolina can now begin registering with the recently established North Carolina Surplus Lines Stamping Office as new rules regarding resident and non-resident surplus lines...
Dec 5 2016 // Surplus lines agents doing business in North Carolina can now begin registering with the recently established North Carolina Surplus Lines Stamping Office as new rules regarding resident and non-resident surplus lines...
Dec 5 2016 // Regardless of one’s political leaning, the 2016 presidential election offered bold dialogue. Many criticized the president-elect for brash comments and a disregard for political correctness. If recent news reports...
Dec 5 2016 // When I began my career, many agency owners I met had founded their agencies in the Great Depression. To this day, I am amazed that anyone in the middle of a truly horrible economic depression would open a property/casualty...
Dec 5 2016 // Surplus lines agents doing business in North Carolina can now begin registering with the recently established North Carolina Surplus Lines Stamping Office as new rules regarding resident and non-resident surplus lines...
Dec 2 2016 // A possible merger of the nation’s two major excess and surplus lines organizations is on track.The American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) and the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines...
Dec 2 2016 // The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission failed to verify whether futures and swaps brokerage firms have adequate policies to help ward off cyber attacks, an internal CFTC audit found.The audit was completed in...
Dec 2 2016 // Acentria Insurance has expanded its presence in South Florida through a merged partnership with iSure Insurance Brokers, located in Miami. Established in 1984, iSure Insurance Brokers specializes in commercial insurance,...
Dec 1 2016 // This story has been updated with comment from Zenefits.Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler ordered Zenefits to cease free distribution of its employee benefits software, saying the tactic violates state...
Dec 1 2016 // Aon announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Admix, a leading health and benefits brokerage and solutions firm in Brazil.Financial terms of the agreement, which was announced on Nov. 25, were not disclosed and...
Dec 1 2016 // Maximum, an independent, Chicago-based excess and surplus lines wholesaler, has added Michelle Murray, who has a property and casualty background, to its office in Tampa, Fla. Murray is a Tampa native and will offer...
Nov 30 2016 // Atlanta, GA, November 30, 2016- Breckenridge Insurance Services announced the promotions of several key team members in its wholesale brokerage and contract binding division.Alex Rinehart has been promoted from vice...
Nov 29 2016 // Latitude Brokers, the Asia-based marine insurance specialist, has launched PILOT, an online protection & indemnity (P&I) club comparison tool.In time for the 2017 P&I renewal season, PILOT distills critical...
Nov 28 2016 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones today levied $7 million in penalties against online benefits broker Zenefits for multiple license violations.Zenefits was charged with allowing unlicensed employees to transact...
Nov 23 2016 // A group of lawyers representing insurance and securities brokerages have made a curious argument for why a federal court should kill a rule aimed at protecting retirement savers: It restricts Wall Street’s First...
Nov 23 2016 // A Miami man has been arrested for alleged unlicensed insurance activity that resulted in the theft of at least $48,507 in escrow payments from 10 South Florida homeowners. The Florida Department of Financial...
Nov 21 2016 // The 2016 Personal Lines Leaders in this report are taken from Insurance Journal’s Top 100 Property/Casualty Independent Agencies as reported in August. This list utilizes only the 2015 personal lines numbers of the...
Nov 21 2016 // Former long-time Chubb executive Dino E. Robusto assumes the roles of CNA chairman and chief executive officer on Nov. 21, succeeding Thomas F. Motamed, who is retiring after eight years in those positions.The succession...
Nov 21 2016 // An Ohio-based property/casualty insurer experimenting with gamification to educate agents on its specialized products and services is finding that it is learning a lot about its agent force in the process.American Modern...