All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 19 2016 // At a time when technology startups are also targeting the small commercial insurance market, giant Allstate has debuted a hi-tech business insurance quoting platform that it says makes it possible for small business owners...
Oct 17 2016 // In advance of a possible headache brewing for workers’ compensation providers, California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Monday notified all workers’ comp insurers writing policies in the state about...
Oct 17 2016 // Century Underwriting, the London-based specialist commercial managing general agent, has launched a new liability underwriting division and made two senior appointments to support its growth.Tony Collman has been appointed...
Oct 17 2016 // You’ve probably heard. There is tremendous investor interest right now in technology-first insurance startups, or insurtech firms. The first InsureTech Connect Conference in Las Vegas in early October attracted an...
Oct 14 2016 // Robert L. Cohen, chairman and chief executive officer of The IMA Financial Group Inc., in Denver, Colo., has been elected as 2017 chairman of The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers.He succeeds Bill D. Henry, chief...
Oct 13 2016 // Before Ahmad Khan Rahami planted bombs in New York and New Jersey, he bought bomb-making materials on eBay, linked to jihad-related videos from his public social-media account and was looked into by law enforcement agents,...
Oct 13 2016 // After a notable 50-year insurance career that has included starting and leading two highly successful insurance brokers, 79-year-old Patrick Ryan didn’t mince words when asked if he will ever retire:“No.”...
Oct 12 2016 // Canadian health benefit startup League Inc said on Wednesday it has teamed up with the insurance arm of backer Royal Bank of Canada as it expands into insurance, targeting the many small businesses offering no such...
Oct 11 2016 // Technology-inspired startup insurance broker Embroker, which bills itself as the first modern business insurance platform, has officially launched.Embroker is a commercial lines platform that empowers — hence the name,...
Oct 11 2016 // William Bolton, head of a large national brokerage, leader of an influential regional brokers group and chairman of Assurex Global during his nearly half-a-century in insurance, is being remembered by those close to him as...
Oct 10 2016 // Insurance industry classroom-to-career education program, InVEST, has added Charles Hilson to its national board as an agent member.Hilson is president of the Talent Pipeline Division of Risk Management Solutions of...
Oct 7 2016 // While Hurricane Matthew rages along Florida’s coast, with the end potentially still hours away, the insurance industry seems to be breathing a sigh of relief, thus far.As of Friday morning, Matthew seemed to have...
Oct 6 2016 // Barbara Walker has joined the national board of the insurance industry classroom-to-career education program, InVEST, as an agent member. Walker is vice president of Hartland Insurance Agency Inc., in Hartland,...
Oct 5 2016 // With its recent acquisition of self-driving truck startup Otto, Uber Technologies Inc. is plotting its entry into the long-haul trucking business, aiming to establish itself as a freight hauler and a technology partner for...
Oct 4 2016 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired San Francisco, Calif.-based Sweet & Baker Insurance Brokers Inc.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Bruce Callander, president of Sweet & Baker, will join Hub California and...
Oct 4 2016 // Bunker, a Hiscox and American Family-backed startup billing itself as the first contract-related insurance marketplace, has officially left startup mode and unveiled its first product. The target audience: independent...
Oct 3 2016 // American International Group Inc., Hamilton Insurance Group Ltd. and affiliates of Two Sigma Investments plan to launch Attune, a technology-enabled platform to serve the $80 billion U.S. small to medium-sized enterprise...
Oct 3 2016 // Legal and regulatory squabbles in New York, California and other states involving Berkshire Hathaway and its Applied Underwriter affiliates over particular workers’ compensation products should not have any negative...
Oct 3 2016 // Missouri saw an increase in private sector employers last year, and insurance agents and brokers were among the top 10 new business creators in the state.In 2015, Missouri gained more than 8,700 private-sector employers,...
Oct 3 2016 // National wholesale insurance broker and managing general agent Worldwide Facilities is now offering a motor truck cargo/auto physical damage program significantly expanding its offerings to commercial transportation...