All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Nov 21 2016 // Property/casualty independent insurance agents are more optimistic this year than they were in 2015. Nearly half (49 percent) of agencies responding to an industry survey say they are “very optimistic” about...
Nov 21 2016 // The increasing number of health clinics across the nation constitutes a new trend in today’s healthcare system. With urgent care centers opening around the country, the number of clinics is expected to hit...
Nov 21 2016 // Rene van Winden has joined Lockton from Aon as a senior vice president and national energy property leader. He is based in Houston.Van Winden previously spent more than a decade with insurance broker Aon, most recently as...
Nov 21 2016 // Western Growers Insurance Services Inc. has named Ken Cooper director of risk strategy.Western Growers also named Matt Luis as a sales executive. Cooper will spearhead the development of solutions for Western...
Nov 16 2016 // North Country Insurance Group (NCIG), an alliance of independent insurance agencies located throughout Northern New England, has expanded by adding Finn & Stone Insurance and Mars Insurance to the group.Brothers Chip...
Nov 16 2016 // A recent report on cybersecurity still shows many companies are unprepared for cyberattacks.The report, conducted by KPMG and British Telecom, reveals only 22 percent of companies have a comprehensive plan in place to deal...
Nov 15 2016 // Marsh announced it has reached agreement with AXA Group to acquire Bluefin Insurance Group Ltd., a subsidiary of AXA UK plc. The transaction, which is subject to regulatory approval, is expected to close in the first...
Nov 10 2016 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) announced the passage of an important milestone in its Assumption Reinsurance Depopulation Program (Assumption program): agents have approved 18,000 policies for possible...
Nov 10 2016 // The New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF) has created a producers’ advisory council and appointed three Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York (IIABNY) members to serve on the council.Jack Smith, Jr.,...
Nov 10 2016 // Google the phrase “business consultant” and more than 21 million hits pop up available for review. Granted some of these are links to descriptions of what a business consultant is, but the majority of possible...
Nov 9 2016 // Jeff Gray has rejoined National E&S as an environmental wholesale broker. Gray specializes in hard to place risks, including construction risks, restoration contractors, environmental risks and hazmat trucking...
Nov 9 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...