All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 17 2015 // Michael Kimball Santo Insurance & Financial Services, an independent insurance agency in Salem, New Hampshire, hired Michael Kimball as an insurance agent. In his new position, Kimball will design customized insurance...
Jun 17 2015 // President and CEO of nationwide broker Celedinas Insurance Group, Ray Celedinas, has been appointed to the Assurex Global Board of Directors. Assurex Global is a global privately held commercial insurance, risk management...
Jun 16 2015 // Insurance software provider Vertafore, has acquired QQ Solutions, Inc., a provider of agency management systems and a comparative rater offering. The move expands Vertafore’s portfolio of agency management systems...
Jun 16 2015 // A new study shows that insurance agencies that use technology in sales and marketing, managing customer relationships and other sales processes sell up to 43 percent more policies per producer than agencies that rely less...
Jun 16 2015 // Hartford, CT, June 16, 2015 – Worldwide Facilities, Inc., a nationwide leader in the wholesale insurance industry, is proud to announce the opening of its new office location in Connecticut. This new location will...
Jun 15 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all the assets of William Gallagher Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. (WGA), headquartered in Boston,...
Jun 15 2015 // USI Insurance Services (USI) has acquired Indiana-based First Merchants Insurance Group, a retail property/casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage operation, from First Merchants Corp. (First Merchants). This...
Jun 15 2015 // Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) elected Roger Luttrell, president of Benton Luttrell Co. in Van Alstyne, Texas, as its chairman for 2015/16.Other members of the newly elected 2015-16 CAA management...
Jun 15 2015 // Differences of opinion on the never-ending problem of what to do about property insurance along the coast had lawmakers from coastal areas pitted against inland representatives in the waning days of the Texas legislative...
Jun 12 2015 // Philadelphia Insurance Companies, a Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania-based commercial property/casualty and professional liability insurer for niche markets, announced its acquisition of all outstanding shares of The Allen J....
Jun 11 2015 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center has named Brian Laney a property/casualty insurance broker, producer and principal in its Sacramento, Calif. office.Laney will be responsible for new business development and the design...
Jun 11 2015 // The number 1.00 means different things to different people. In baseball, 1.00 represents a perfect batting average. But in college, a 1.00 grade point average is about as bad as it gets. In workers’ compensation, a...
Jun 11 2015 // Willis Group Holdings plc announced its agreement to acquire Elite Risk Services Limited of Taiwan. The bulletin said the “move almost doubles the size of Willis’s existing business in Taiwan and strengthens...
Jun 10 2015 // A survey of high growth insurance firms conducted and released late last year by a Texas-based consultant found that such organizations hire differently and produce business differently than low growth firms.They also make...
Jun 10 2015 // Two weeks ago we posted an article titled, “Are You One of THOSE Agents?” The article centered around some of the strange questions, comments or requests underwriters have received from their agents.Near the...
Jun 8 2015 // Already considering itself a socially and environmentally minded business, Burnham Benefits Insurance Services took the next logical step and went for an official designation that would help alert others to their...
Jun 5 2015 // The Virginia Association of Insurance Agents (VAIA) — an affiliated organization of the Independent Insurance Agents of Virginia (IIAV) — has announced that it will provide free pre-licensing insurance training...
Jun 5 2015 // Data breaches pose a serious threat to agents even though incidents involving large companies such as Target and Sony produce all the headlines. All agencies are vulnerable to breaches, no matter what their size, location...
Jun 4 2015 // Most independent insurance agents are interested in adding new carriers to those they place business with – but very few independent agents are interested in adding new products to the selection of products and services...
Jun 3 2015 // A former insurance brokerage owner has pleaded guilty on June 2 in federal court in Hartford, Connecticut, to wire fraud and money laundering charges stemming from her theft of more than $10 million from Hartford-based...