All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 13 2016 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers has hired Matthew Skarin as Assistant Vice President in the commercial lines department of its St. Louis, Missouri, office. Skarin comes to Heffernan with eight years of insurance experience...
Dec 12 2016 // A former Tulsa insurance agent was charged on Dec. 8 with embezzling more than $64,000, the Oklahoma Insurance Department announced.The charges against Michael W. Hefner, 47, are the result of a joint investigation by the...
Dec 9 2016 // Keystone Insurers Group announced the addition of three more agency partners in Michigan: Nulty Insurance Agency, Ottawa Kent Insurance and Mason-McBride Inc.Keystone recently expanded into Michigan, adding Saginaw Bay...
Dec 8 2016 // Lawmakers on Tuesday discussed the idea of merging embattled New Jersey Transit with other state agencies to save money to use for road, bridge and rail projects, and heard from experts about safety upgrades following a...
Dec 8 2016 // Rob W. Eppers, co-owner and chief operating officer of Risk Services of Louisiana, has been elected chair of the Agent Advisory Committee at the policyholder-owned medical professional liability insurer, LAMMICO.Eppers...
Dec 7 2016 // Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York (IIABNY) has promoted Brian R. Bixby to president of IAAC, the trade group’s service corporation that provides financial support to IIABNY by offering insurance...
Dec 6 2016 // 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...
Dec 6 2016 // Worldwide Facilities, a national wholesale insurance brokerage and managing general agency, has acquired Trinity Underwriting Managers, Inc. (TUMI), an underwriting manager and wholesale insurance broker specializing in...
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...