All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
May 27 2016 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. (PIANY) said New York State Assembly has introduced a PIANY-drafted bill (A.10378) that would eliminate the need for agents and brokers to take duplicate...
May 27 2016 // Ropner Insurance Services Ltd., the Lloyd’s and London market broker, has appointed six new brokers as part of its ongoing expansion, following the Global Risk Partners Ltd.-backed management buyout last year: Gary...
May 26 2016 // Do you have a minute to talk about your death?It isn’t easy to sell life insurance. Investing in a mutual fund, you feel like you’re saving money. Purchasing insurance, you feel like you’re spending it....
May 26 2016 // The South Dakota Division of Insurance has issued a bulletin to surplus lines insurance brokers of changes in store for the filing of surplus lines policies.The changes are due to the wind down of the Nonadmitted Insurance...
May 25 2016 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Virginia (IIAV) has hired Carter Hope Lyons as director of Education and Professional Development. Based in IIAV’s Richmond, Virginia, office, Lyons will also take on the role of...
May 24 2016 // Are insurance brokers experiencing “market fatigue” in the medical professional liability line of insurance right now?Could be, according to Daniel Nash, senior vice president of Field Operations and Business...
May 23 2016 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler issued fines in April totaling $113,600 against insurance companies, agents and brokers who he said violated state insurance regulations.The list, which Kreidler’s...