All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 21 2016 // Julie Diane Shinar, 44, of Long Beach, Calif., was convicted of theft by embezzlement in Long Beach Superior Court in early March.Shinar was ordered to serve three years of formal probation and pay $29,158 in restitution...
Mar 21 2016 // A California intermediate appellate court has reaffirmed that a professional negligence claim against a client’s property/casualty insurance broker is freely assignable.It also held that the assigned rights are...
Mar 18 2016 // Burns & Wilcox has opened a new office in Orlando, Fla., extending the company’s footprint to three locations in Florida, which also include Daytona Beach and Tampa.Burns & Wilcox has operated in Florida for...
Mar 17 2016 // Arthur J. Gallagher International announced that Andrew Agnew, managing director of specialty and member of its executive committee, has been appointed chairman of the London & International Insurance Brokers’...
Mar 17 2016 // International insurance broker and risk management firm Integro Ltd. announced the acquisition of London-based Lloyd’s broker Croton Stokes Wilson Holden Ltd.Financial considerations of the transaction have not been...
Mar 15 2016 // Small business insurance providers will soon have two new competitors from the technology world.Next Insurance, an online shopper for small businesses, today announced a $13 million seed investment led by investors Zeev...
Mar 15 2016 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance saved or recovered $29.8 million for North Carolinians in 2015, according to a statement from North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin. In 2015, the Department of...
Mar 14 2016 // HomeServices of America Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate, has acquired Minnesota-based PCG Agencies Inc., a large independent personal insurance agency. Terms were not disclosed.Headquartered in St. Paul, PCG offers a...
Mar 14 2016 // Atlanta, GA, March 14, 2016 — Known in the art world for her risk management expertise, Judith Pearson has joined Breckenridge Insurance Group as president of the newly formed Breckenridge Private Asset Management Group...
Mar 14 2016 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) announced disciplinary actions against two Tennessee licensees for several violations including the knowing misappropriation and conversion of moneys and...
Mar 8 2016 // Risk Strategies Company, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm based in Boston, announced that it has acquired Lester Brokerage, an independent agency in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey....
Mar 8 2016 // Gerard Prast XS Brokers, a wholesale brokerage and managing general agent based in Quincy, Massachusetts, has hired Gerard Prast as assistant vice president. Prast is based in the firm’s West Hartford, Connecticut,...
Mar 7 2016 // Several years ago a relatively new insurance producer asked me this seemingly simple question, “So, what is the secret to the insurance business?” Mine was a somewhat simplistic answer with deep meaning (and a...
Mar 7 2016 // Julie Diane Shinar, 44, of Long Beach, Calif., was convicted of theft by embezzlement in Long Beach Superior Court.Shinar was ordered to serve three years of formal probation and pay $29,158 in restitution to her victims....
Mar 7 2016 // The Texas-based agency partnership Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) announced that Kansas-based United Agency joined CAA as its 53rd member.Offering both insurance and real estate solutions to Oklahoma and Kansas...
Mar 7 2016 // Atlanta, GA, March 7, 2016 — Mark Walker has joined Breckenridge Insurance Services wholesale brokerage division to oversee the market development efforts as SVP, chief market officer and casualty practice leader. Walker...
Mar 7 2016 // Florida’s Citizens Launches Campaign to Combat Abuse ClaimsCitizens Property Insurance Corp. has launched a multi-faceted education campaign in an attempt to combat what it has called a disturbing increase of fraud...
Mar 7 2016 // Due to the complexity and variety of businesses that comprise the agriculture industry in the United States, the knowledge and experience needed by insurance agents serving agribusiness and farm risks extends well beyond...
Mar 7 2016 // How did agencies in small towns ever get started? Someone wanted to work on their own, in sales, and blaze their own future. People don’t usually get into insurance on purpose, and especially not into the insurance...
Mar 7 2016 // It is no secret that many insurance professionals, especially those in sales, tend to be at more advanced stages in their careers. But how do you attract and lead a new generation of brokers when insurance is not near the...