All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 9 2015 // The FERMA Forum differs from the Reinsurance Rendezvous in Monte Carlo, as it is mainly attended by corporate risk managers, rather than reinsurers and brokers. This year, however, two overriding concerns were uppermost in...
Oct 8 2015 // Indiana House Republicans have chosen Rep. Matt Lehman to replace former House Majority Leader Jud McMillin.Republicans announced Lehman’s election shortly after emerging from a closed-door meeting on Oct. 6. Lehman,...
Oct 8 2015 // Fort Worth, Texas-based InsureZone is expanding operations into the Houston metro area.The new office will be headed up by Vice President of Business Development Renee Hooker who joined InsureZone in April. Other key...
Oct 8 2015 // The rain has stopped in South Carolina and claims filing and damage recovery are underway even as residents are being told to expect more flooding through the weekend.The mega storm that hit South Carolina starting Oct. 1...
Oct 8 2015 // The waiting list for an insurer to get a spot on the underwriting floor of Lloyd’s of London is the longest in its 327-year history, indicating record demand for access to the market.Lloyd’s has requests for...
Oct 7 2015 // Insurance agency technology vendor Vertafore said it will launch an integrated mobile application next month that will give agents access to policy, claims and billing information from their smartphone or other mobile...
Oct 7 2015 // The unusually large hail that recently pounded Las Cruces, N.M. has residents scrambling to call insurance agents over damaged roofs and dented vehicles.Saturday’s storm dropped golf ball-sized hail left Sonoma Ranch...
Oct 6 2015 // A Jericho, New York, insurance broker pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $830,000 in insurance premiums and other funds, said Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas’ office.Singas’ office said...
Oct 6 2015 // Between deductibles, excluded losses, and difficulty accessing business interruption coverage, a business suffering hurricane losses can take a big out-of-pocket economic hit even if it has insurance.There is a disconnect...
Oct 6 2015 // Allied World North America has introduced an updated policy for insurance agents and brokers with expanded definitions and coverage.According to Al Fantuzzi, senior vice president of the North American E&O Division at...
Oct 5 2015 // Hesham Saleh Ibrahim, 57, of Palmdale, Calif., pleaded no contest to felony insurance fraud and was sentenced to three years felony probation, 30 days community labor and ordered to pay nearly $1,000 in restitution and...
Oct 5 2015 // Insurance broker Hub International Limited (HUB) said it has established a wholly owned subsidiary – Specialty Program Group – to grow its program underwriting and specialty business.Chris Treanor has joined the...
Oct 5 2015 // Michael K. Tveidt is the recipient of The Matt Wells Scholarship for The National Alliance Producer School on October 4-16 in Grapevine, Texas. Tveidt is with Fischer Rounds & Associates, in Sioux Falls, S.D.Selected...
Oct 5 2015 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (Big “I”) installed a new leadership team over the weekend with Randy Lanoix of Louisiana as chairman.The agents’ group also installed Spencer...
Oct 5 2015 // Markel Global Insurance, a division of Markel Corporation, has launched new product offerings and leadership for captive agents and securities broker-dealers coverage.The captive agents product covers the professional...
Oct 5 2015 // Despite low unemployment, competitive salaries and overall job stability, a career within insurance or at an insurance agency, is often overlooked by today’s Millennial generation. However, with the industry in the...
Oct 5 2015 // Over the past few years, dire predictions about the independent agent’s future have gotten a lot of attention. With consumers increasingly adopting the latest technology-driven shopping and buying behaviors, some...
Oct 5 2015 // Perception is reality. The general public’s perception of reality relative to insurance is that personal insurance, especially auto, is a commodity.Their perception ranges from it being a government conspiracy...
Oct 5 2015 // A former insurance agent one of two people who have been charged with operating a Ponzi scheme allegedly bilking investors from Los Angeles and Kern Counties out of $21 million dollars.Michelle Kenen Seward, 42, of...
Oct 5 2015 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor announced that as of September 2015 the insurance agent tax lien program has collected or set-up payment plans with agents for amounts totaling $15,149,631 in unpaid income tax, sales...