All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 4 2016 // Time flies but history repeats. Enough time has passed that many people working in insurance today have no experience relative to the disruption, fear and frustration generated by the inquires of various state attorneys...
Apr 4 2016 // It’s no secret that the insurance industry is facing a huge talent gap. Almost half of all insurance professionals are over age 45, with 25 percent of the industry expected to retire by 2018. That’s a...
Apr 1 2016 // April 1, 2016- If you are an insurance agent trying to survive in today’s competitive marketplace, you may have dipped your toes in the flood insurance waters, so to speak. If you have not, get ready to jump in,...
Apr 1 2016 // AmWINS Group Inc. (AmWINS) has selected Craig Dunn to lead the Dallas office of AmWINS Brokerage of Texas. Dunn succeeds Todd Teitell, who is retiring after having served as office president since 1997. Prior to being...
Apr 1 2016 // Goodbye agency principals, producers and customer service reps, hello Roberto Siber, CPCU.Siber is the buff, blue-eyed and bald principal of the Buyonic Insurance Agency in Austin, Texas. This insurance android is more...
Mar 30 2016 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Joseph Distel & Co. Inc. in Farmington, Connecticut. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1955, Joseph Distel & Co. is a managing...
Mar 30 2016 // While all middle market businesses across the world have concerns about cyber risk, few of these firms view it as their biggest exposure, according to a global survey* of 68 leading independent insurance brokers, which...
Mar 30 2016 // Atlanta, GA, March 30, 2016 — Blue River Underwriters, a Breckenridge Insurance Group company, has acquired California-based wholesale commercial auto insurance provider Platinum Program Managers and Insurance Services....
Mar 29 2016 // Cady M. Sinks Ames & Gough, a specialty insurance brokerage based in McLean, Virginia, has hired Cady M. Sinks as a broker. Sinks has more than 12 years of experience in risk and insurance services. At Ames &...
Mar 28 2016 // Woodmere, OH, March 28, 2016 – MarshBerry is excited to once again host the MarshBerry 360 Seminar Series. These educational events provide a comprehensive packet of strategies that help insurance agencies and brokers as...
Mar 25 2016 // Ageas UK has hired Cardinus Risk Management to provide both risk management survey software and on-site survey services to support commercial lines underwriting.Risk surveys, which are obtained by a visit to a...
Mar 24 2016 // R-T Specialty LLC, the wholesale brokerage unit of Ryan Specialty Group LLC in Chicago, announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Hartan Brokerage, a wholesale insurance...
Mar 24 2016 // Atlanta, GA, March 24, 2016 — Breckenridge Insurance Services, the wholesale brokerage division of Breckenridge Insurance Group, announced that Shawn Hall Sr. has been promoted to senior vice president, director of...
Mar 23 2016 // A Florida-based homeowners insurer has beefed up its flood insurance offering with the launch of a new flood-coverage only company called TypTap.The new company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Homeowners Choice Property...
Mar 22 2016 // Are you a young insurance agent, 40 years old or younger? Do you know a young insurance agent?Insurance Journal is searching for young insurance agents to participate in this year’s Young Insurance Agents Opinion...
Mar 22 2016 // Dallas, TX, March 22, 2016 — National wholesale brokerage and managing general agent Worldwide Facilities, LLC is pleased to announce that its Dallas office is growing—and it is adding two new members to its...
Mar 21 2016 // Its acquisition of Fireman’s Fund’s business in April, 2015 provided ACE Ltd. with an idea of what’s involved in integrating two leading high net worth insurance businesses.Frances D. O’Brien is now...
Mar 21 2016 // When the Internet was still in its infancy, independent agents needed little more than an online address in order to have a website and what’s more, it was more novelty than necessity. Times have changed, however,...
Mar 21 2016 // As more small business owners become comfortable buying everything including insurance online, exclusive agent carriers will gain an advantage over independent agency carriers in the highly-fragmented and increasingly...
Mar 21 2016 // Looking for new sales and opportunities in 2016? Here are a few of the top market sectors that just might deliver hot opportunities for agents and brokers in the property/casualty insurance industry this year.Sky’s...