All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 2 2016 // Allied Insurance Brokers, a retail property/casualty broker based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has promoted Sue Mason to senior vice president. Mason heads Allied’s Client Services and Marketing department.With...
Feb 2 2016 // Insurance agents aren’t dead yet, but even underwriters participating in the personal automobile insurance market may be looking for another line of work within the next two decades, industry observers said at a...
Feb 1 2016 // A massive blizzard, unofficially named Winter Storm Jonas by the Weather Channel, swept through the East Coast over the Jan. 23-24 weekend. The storm brought heavy snowfall and blizzard conditions to much of the...
Feb 1 2016 // The U.S. Labor Department on Friday took the next step toward requiring brokers who provide retirement advice to follow a “fiduciary” standard of putting clients’ interests first, a move that could roil...
Feb 1 2016 // Specialty lines broker, RKH Specialty, part of the Hyperion Insurance Group, has acquired the UK’s largest independent specialist Surety broker, PMG Financial Services Ltd., subject to regulatory approval.Barnaby...
Feb 1 2016 // Lloyd’s has started holding open trading sessions at its Singapore hub, which are designed to speed up insurance placements.The sessions enable brokers to see multiple markets at one time and provide faster...
Jan 28 2016 // Consumers will soon be able to simplify the buying of auto insurance by snapping a photo of their license plate and texting it to a phone number provided by the new site, Insurify.com, which will then generate price...
Jan 28 2016 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has launched life agent & broker dealer professional liability insurance and named Atea Martin as head of claims. Underwriting of the new line is overseen by Paul Humel,...
Jan 27 2016 // A decision from the California Department of Insurance has workers’ compensation carrier Applied Underwriters and one of its companies on the defensive, and now a class action suit has been filed seeking to recover...
Jan 27 2016 // RSA, announced that Derek Walsh, group general counsel, company secretary and global broker relationship director, has decided to leave RSA at the end of February after five and half years.In response to Walsh’s...
Jan 26 2016 // American International Group Inc. has agreed to sell AIG Advisor Group to investment funds affiliated with Lightyear Capital LLC, a private equity firm specializing in financial services investing, and PSP Investments, one...
Jan 25 2016 // The nationwide agency alliance SIAA (Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance) reports that James Keane has joined the company as vice president of MarketFinder and Aimee O’Brien is the new director of Member Services and...
Jan 25 2016 // Global insurance firms are circling Iran for business opportunities following the lifting of sanctions – and the first test of their appetite could come in March when some Iranian companies seek new cover.Insurers,...
Jan 25 2016 // President Barack Obama has nominated South Carolina Department of Insurance Director Raymond G. Farmer to serve as a member on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers (NARAB) for...
Jan 25 2016 // It is time to put on the thinking cap and roll up the sleeves to determine what needs to be done to put the firm in a great position for growth and profit in 2016.Those that like to be proactive by being strategic and...
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Jan 25 2016 // Deal count for the third quarter of 2015 continued its record breaking pace with 89 announced transactions. Although it was the slowest quarter in 2015 (107 in 1st quarter and 99 in 2nd quarter), it was the most active...
Jan 25 2016 // There is no shortage of predictions and New Year’s resolutions about the challenges facing independent agents this year. There’s one trend, however, that needs no prediction because it’s already a reality...
Jan 25 2016 // Many insurance agents are so caught up in the day-to-day activities of their jobs, they do not realize that they are being presented with ethical concerns. They may be acting unethically without even realizing it.Even if...
Jan 22 2016 // Insurance Noodle, a membership-based online platform for insurance agents, has rolled out its new homeowner’s insurance quoting capabilities. Agents who join Insurance Noodle can now access homeowner’s quotes...