All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 7 2015 // On Oct. 1, 2015, many of the insurance industry’s clients took on a lot more risk, and may not even know it. The Payment Card Industry, PCI, which is the self-regulating organization that oversees everyone that...
Dec 7 2015 // If you’re only an occasional consumer of marketing advice, you might think it’s crucial to learn everything there is to know about analytics and Big Data to effectively promote yourself and your...
Dec 7 2015 // The past 10 years has been incredibly profitable for insurance companies. Net income for the industry – that is net, not pretax – has equaled $448 billion; that’s almost half a trillion dollars. It is not chump...
Dec 7 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, a new study commissioned by the...
Dec 4 2015 // Indiana’s high court has confirmed a lower court’s summary judgment favoring a property insurer that denied a homeowner’s claim after discovering that misleading information about the condition of the...
Dec 3 2015 // Patricia Kuckenbaker has been named a surplus lines broker with SierraSpecialty’s team in Clovis, Calif. Kuckenbaker will be operating throughout the Western U.S. Her specialty is brokering contractors and...
Dec 3 2015 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic.Even with advancements in the direct-to-consumer channel, independent agents (IAs) continue to be a dominate distribution channel for property & casualty carriers....
Dec 3 2015 // Larry Nisenson Plymouth Rock Assurance has promoted Larry Nisenson to president of the Plymouth Rock Prudential Agent Division. He is based in Red Bank, New Jersey. Plymouth Rock’s Prudential Agent Division supports...
Dec 1 2015 // Shanghai Asian Insurance Brokers Co. Ltd. (SAIB) has been registered as the first Chinese Lloyd’s registered broker.Based in Shanghai, SAIB specializes in liability insurance, special risk insurance and reinsurance,...
Nov 30 2015 // A 64-year-old former Texas insurance agent has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering, federal prosecutors say, and faces up to 20 years in prison for what amounted to a Ponzi scheme.U.S. Attorney John M. Bales...
Nov 25 2015 // Collinson Group has appointed Yasmine Mathieu as president of Collinson Insurance Brokers Inc. (CIB). Based in Little Rock, Ark., she is part of Collinson Group’s global broking team with associates in Dallas and...
Nov 24 2015 // A Troy, Mich., insurance broker was sentenced last week to 14 months to 20 years in prison on one count of racketeering, the state attorney general’s office announced.Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette said John...
Nov 24 2015 // Jeffrey Cunningham Program Brokerage Corporation, a wholesale brokerage/managing general agency and a subsidiary of Hub International Northeast, has hired Jeffrey Cunningham as assistant vice president, Environmental...
Nov 23 2015 // Managing general agents are keen to be more involved in the claims process because they view claims as a core competence with an intrinsic link to underwriting, according to the latest MGAA Matters Survey.*The fourth...
Nov 22 2015 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance (TDCI) announced disciplinary actions taken against three former Tennessee agents for misappropriation, failure to report administrative actions, and felony convictions...
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...