All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 10 2015 // Orlando, FL, August 10, 2015 — Worldwide Facilities, LLC announced today that its Orlando office has recently been designated the company’s binding authority hub serving all states east of the Rocky...
Aug 7 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher — the international division of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. – has signed an agreement to acquire a controlling stake in Colombian retail insurance broker Guianza S.A. Corredores de Seguros,...
Aug 6 2015 // Pat Green has joined Texas-based insurance wholesaler M.D. Jensvold as a senior broker. Green has more than 15 years of sales experience. Most recently, he was vice president/casualty broker with Oxford Insurance Services...
Aug 6 2015 // Automatic Data Processing Inc., the payroll- processing giant, will offer companies a new way for their employees to select health benefits, challenging firms like Towers Watson & Co. and Marsh & McLennan Cos.ADP...
Aug 5 2015 // Burns & Wilcox Brokerage hired Philip Moskie as vice president of Property Brokerage for its New York City office. Moskie brings nearly two decades of wholesale brokerage experience to the role. He most recently...
Aug 5 2015 // New York and Los Angeles private equity firm Odyssey Investment Partners, LLC has agreed to acquire Integro Ltd., a specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm. Financial details of the investment were not...
Aug 5 2015 // Two new research studies issued by market research firm Finaccord put a value of £4.64 billion [$7.234 billion] on the size of the total non-life insurance broking market in the UK in 2014, up marginally from £4.55...
Aug 4 2015 // With the aim of helping member agents boost their revenues, Texas Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) is partnering with EFG Cos. to offer ancillary consumer protection products.Texas PIA selected the Simplicity Division...
Aug 3 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced today that it has completed its previously disclosed acquisition of William Gallagher Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. in Boston. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. previously...
Aug 3 2015 // Wholesale broker AmWINS Group Inc. announced today its acquisition of The III Group, a managing general agent and wholesale broker based in Glenside, Pennsylvania. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in...
Aug 3 2015 // The Florida Department of Financial Services’ Division of Insurance Fraud (DIF) announced the arrest of insurance agent Julia Shurdom, 67, for allegedly transacting insurance related business with a suspended...
Aug 3 2015 // A California Fire captain and his insurance agent brother have been arrested for insurance fraud.Neal Moriarty, 38, a Cal Fire captain, and Ross Moriarty, 42, a licensed insurance agent, were arrested in late July on...
Aug 3 2015 // An Arizona Supreme Court ruling in July may expose agents who write auto policies to malpractice lawsuits if they are accused of failing to inform their customers about uninsured and underinsured motorists coverage —...
Aug 3 2015 // The new company formed as a result of ACE Limited’s $28 billion acquisition of The Chubb Corp. will continue the Chubb practices that have made it a favorite among independent insurance agents, ACE CEO Evan Greenberg...
Aug 3 2015 // Once upon a time a doctor on Main Street USA made the same diagnosis and prescribed the same solution for every patient. This was a long time before WebMD or even Marcus Welby, MD. Patients had to weigh their two options...
Aug 3 2015 // Deal count for the second quarter of 2015 was one of the most active quarters on record with 87 announced transactions. The total deal count for year-to-date 2015 (as of July 6, 2015) was at 187 (U.S. based transactions)....
Aug 3 2015 // This year marks the 11th annual publication of Insurance Journal’s Top 100 Agencies special report.While there have been many agencies to make the Top 100 year-over-year there also are many newcomers each year and a...
Jul 31 2015 // Betsy K. Olson was appointed chief executive officer of the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia after a unanimous vote of its Board of Directors on July 29, 2015. Olson will take the reins on September 1.“Betsy...
Jul 31 2015 // MetLife Inc. said its dual roles of offering retirement products and advising customers are threatened by a U.S. Labor Department proposal that was designed to make sure savers’ interests are put first.“Without...
Jul 28 2015 // ACE Limited, which announced plans to acquire Chubb for $28 billion earlier this month, has designated a post-merger leadership team for the North American Insurance operations of the combined company.The North America...