All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 19 2015 // Senate Bill 876, passed during the 2015 Texas legislative session, reduced the required credit hours for continuing education (CE) for agent and adjuster license renewals to 24 hours for each two-year renewal period and...
Nov 18 2015 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Insurance Director Mary Taylor is urging Ohioans who are members of the military — both actively serving and veterans — to consider a career in insurance. The state is offering free...
Nov 17 2015 // Eight years after the introduction of managed competition for private passenger auto insurance and the influx of direct writers and direct response companies into Massachusetts to compete with independent agencies, a new...
Nov 17 2015 // The use of price optimization in insurance pricing is drawing increased attention and could be the next big industry battle.Or it could not be. Consumer groups and a growing contingent of states are labeling the practice...
Nov 16 2015 // Allianz Group’s specialist corporate insurer Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has named Rani Christie as head of global partnerships, effective Jan. 1, 2016. In this position, Christie will be...
Nov 16 2015 // Miami, FL, November 16, 2015 — The insurance marketplace is ever changing and continued training is the rule of the day. The high cost of off-site training can be prohibitive for a lot of agencies. Today, that all...
Nov 16 2015 // Independent insurance agents and brokers posted median organic growth of 4.4 percent for the third quarter of 2015, compared with 6 percent in the third quarter of 2014, as measured by the Reagan Consulting Organic Growth...
Nov 16 2015 // Most agents’ errors and omissions (E&O) carriers report that commercial lines generates the majority of E&O claims. However, a significant number of E&O claims arise from the sale and service of...
Nov 16 2015 // A recent report showing that cyber insurance premiums will grow globally from $2 billion annually to more than $20 billion over the next 10 years reinforces what most in the insurance industry already know: cyber risks are...
Nov 16 2015 // A recent report showing that cyber insurance premiums will grow globally from $2 billion annually to more than $20 billion over the next 10 years reinforces what most in the insurance industry already know: cyber risks are...
Nov 13 2015 // Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford (CGSC), the U.K.-based global wholesale, underwriting management and reinsurance broking group, announced today that, following a strategic review of its group businesses, the company will...
Nov 13 2015 // Integro Ltd., the New York-based insurance broker and risk management firm, has become “the world’s leading motorsports insurance broker,” with the acquisition of Lloyd’s broker Ellis...
Nov 12 2015 // Joe O’Connor has joined Texas-based Southwest Risk LP as senior vice president, broker and underwriter with a primary focus on developing new Marine & Energy products. He is based in Houston.O’Connor has 23...
Nov 12 2015 // The Westfield Insurance Foundation is creating the James R. Clay Scholarship to honor its outgoing chairman and CEO.The Ohio Farmers Insurance Co. (OFIC) board of directors authorized the transfer of $100,000 to the...
Nov 10 2015 // CAL Insurance & Associates Inc. has named Fred H. Danfoura to its commercial brokerage team. Danfoura joins CAL in to increase the firm’s presence in the educational, nonprofit and investment real estate...
Nov 9 2015 // Burns & Wilcox Brokerage has named Susie Parks vice president and senior broker in the firm’s Scottsdale, Ariz. office. Parks will focus on real estate, hospitality, products and product recall coverage. Parks...
Nov 9 2015 // Most “Best Practices” independent insurance agencies have been able to either grow or maintain the value of their businesses while focusing on staff development and technology, according to the latest report by...
Nov 6 2015 // CITA Insurance Services, a division of Brown & Brown Program Insurance Services Inc., has released a new Insurance Agents Errors & Omissions program. CITA’s new Agents E&O program features vanishing and...
Nov 6 2015 // Independent insurance agents and brokers posted median organic growth of 4.4 percent for the third quarter of 2015, compared with 6.0 percent in the third quarter of 2014, as measured by the Reagan Consulting Organic...
Nov 5 2015 // Financial services company KeyCorp, which recently announced its plan to acquire First Niagara Financial Group in Buffalo, New York, said the company would leverage and grow First Niagara’s insurance brokerage...