All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 8 2016 // A Missouri insurance agent has been sentenced to prison for fraud following an investigation by the McDonald County Sheriff’s Office and the Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions & Professional...
Jun 8 2016 // A Eugene, Ore. woman who sued her adopted parents after disclosing that her father sexually abused her has agreed to settle the civil case.The Register-Guard reports that according to documents filed in Lane County Circuit...
Jun 7 2016 // Arthur J. Gallagher has appointed two former Willis aviation brokers, Mark Champion and Paul Rogers, as divisional directors.With combined experience of nearly 70 years, Gallagher said the hiring of these “industry...
Jun 6 2016 // Insurance company insolvency has been a thorny issue spanning many decades. The only consistency is that there is no one solution and that an agent can be held liable for placing coverage with a company that becomes...
Jun 6 2016 // Partnership and greater efficiency will help lead the way to continued profitability despite a new level of uncertainty globally, according to Bill Berkley, executive chairman of the W.R. Berkley Corp. and keynote speaker...
Jun 6 2016 // Deal count for the first quarter of 2016 was down slightly relative to the record-breaking first quarter of 2015, but was still the second most active first quarter in the past 10 years. There were 109 announced...
Jun 6 2016 // Take an industry, say independent insurance agencies, that is supposed to be sales-focused and where principals think accounting is boring. Accounting may be boring but a business owner only ignores it at his or her own...
Jun 6 2016 // Arizona’s governor has signed a bill to fix a loophole that exposes agents who write auto policies to malpractice suits.The bill was written in response to an Arizona Supreme Court ruling in July 2015 favoring an...
Jun 6 2016 // Property/casualty losses arising from construction defects, earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, fires, industrial accidents, tornadoes or any number of other perils can strike at almost any time. When they do, the impacts to...
Jun 3 2016 // Worldwide Facilities, LLC, a nationwide wholesale brokerage and managing general agent, has appointed Chris Moulder as vice president and broker at its Atlanta office, bringing expanded access to commercial auto and...
Jun 3 2016 // Abacus Insurance Brokers, Inc., a Los Angeles-based program manager that distributes specialty insurance products online, has launched its online Professional Small Business Program.The program provides general liability,...
Jun 3 2016 // Program Brokerage Corporation, a wholesale brokerage/managing general agency (MGA) and a subsidiary of Hub International Northeast, has hired Matthew Fry as assistant vice president.Based in the New York City office, Fry...
Jun 3 2016 // Wall Street and business lobbying groups have teamed up to fight the Obama administration’s new rules for U.S. brokers managing retirement accounts, saying the regulations include a ” deliberately...
Jun 2 2016 // Bluefin, the London-based insurance broker, has extended its existing loss recovery insurance services partnership with Lorega Ltd., the UK MGA and assistance specialist, across its middle market commercial business.The...
Jun 1 2016 // John Antonio Ruiz, 49, of Riverside, Calif., pleaded guilty to 11 felony counts of grand theft after selling $334,972 in bogus surety bonds and stealing the client’s premium.His theft left a major retailer exposed to...
Jun 1 2016 // At the 2016 Independent Insurance Agents of Wisconsin (IIAW) annual conference, several leaders at Robertson Ryan & Associates (RRA) were recognized for their insurance industry achievements.Jason Bott was recognized...
Jun 1 2016 // Richard Poppa, president and CEO of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York (IIABNY), has received the Vincent A. Alba Lifetime Achievement Award from the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of...
Jun 1 2016 // Joe Stuhl has been named senior vice president and broker executive for Munich Reinsurance America’s (US) reinsurance division. Previously Stuhl was a client manager in the reinsurance division and oversaw some of...
Jun 1 2016 // The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that one-in-six Americans gets sick every year from contaminated food or beverages. Those in the restaurant industry cannot ignore the risks. The recent chain...
May 31 2016 // The independent insurance agency network, Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA), has elected Mack Purifoy to serve as president for the coming year and secretary David Wellmann to serve as secretary.Purifoy owns Purifoy...