All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 14 2015 // When ACE Group last month launched ACE Multinational Partner, a package cover for UK & Ireland-based companies with one or more overseas subsidiary, it discovered that brokers were concerned about lack of knowledge and...
May 14 2015 // RSA, one of the largest UK commercial insurers, has appointed Owen Thomas as relationship director, effective May 13.In this newly created role, Thomas will have responsibility for leading the top broker relationships...
May 13 2015 // Worldwide Facilities Inc. has named Marvin Altamirano a property broker in Southern California. Altamirano has more than nine years of experience in placing complex property risks. He has worked as a property broker since...
May 13 2015 // Allianz Group’s specialist corporate insurer, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), has appointed Ulrich Kadow as chief agent for Canada effective immediately. Based in Toronto, Kadow will lead...
May 12 2015 // A California Court of Appeals has upheld the state’s decision to exclude temporary staffing agencies from self-insuring for workers’ compensation, a ruling that upholds one of the provisions in the...
May 12 2015 // ANE (Agency Network Exchange LLC), a network of independently owned and operated insurance agencies, announced that Liberty Insurance Associates Inc., an independent agency based in Millstone Township, New Jersey, has...
May 12 2015 // Jimcor Agencies hired Meredith Dyson as branch manager for the firm’s Montvale, New Jersey, office. Dyson brings over 24 years of experience in wholesale, retail and reinsurance brokerage. Prior to joining Jimcor she...
May 12 2015 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center has acquired Sorci Insurance Brokerage Inc., a specialist in providing comprehensive workers’ compensation insurance services to new car auto dealers in California. Sorci Insurance...
May 11 2015 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) has ordered Alicia D. Bonner of Look Insurance in Madison Heights to cease and desist from selling, soliciting, or negotiating insurance policies. The...
May 11 2015 // Plano, TX, May 11, 2015 – In an event held in Glendale, California on April 30th, 2015, the IBA awarded Board Member Andrea Zenner their 10th annual Outstanding Company Partner of the Year Award for her having been...
May 8 2015 // Scottsdale Insurance Co. has named Heather Jordan as associate vice president of Brokerage Programs. In this role, she will be responsible for overseeing program business including Casualty, Excess, Workers’...
May 7 2015 // Integro Ltd., an insurance brokerage and risk management firm based in New York City, announced an addition to its Trade & Logistics practice with the acquisition of Energy Insurance Brokers (EIB) in East Greenbush,...
May 7 2015 // The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies announced it is actively appointing new agents for its auto product in Massachusetts.The Mayfield Village, Ohio-based Progressive said Massachusetts became the 50th and final...
May 7 2015 // California water regulators adopted sweeping, unprecedented restrictions on how people, governments and businesses can use water amid the state’s ongoing drought, hoping to push reluctant residents to deeper...
May 6 2015 // Cornerstone Broker Insurance Services Agency announced it has opened a new office in Independence, Ohio.The new office will provide health insurance resources, educational programs, carrier contracting/licensing,...
May 6 2015 // Delaware insurance producers’ administrative burden when placing business in the surplus lines market will be lighter thanks to passage of House Bill 40 on Tuesday in the state General Assembly, the Delaware...
May 6 2015 // With deep roots in their communities, New York independent insurance agencies are healthy and growing, Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York Inc. (IIABNY ) said.IIABNY said a recent analysis of New York...
May 5 2015 // The auto insurance comparison website Google Compare is expanding into Texas, Illinois and Pennsylvania, as well as adding ratings and insurance agent support.That announcement was made Tuesday by Stephanie Cuthbertson,...
May 5 2015 // Orchid Underwriters Agency LLC, a Vero Beach, Florida-based managing general agent providing excess & surplus (E&S) insurance for coastal properties, announced that it has acquired Coastal Agents Alliance, a...
May 5 2015 // Marc Eagan says he’s fortunate that his four children grew up in and around the insurance business. For Eagan, president of Eagan Insurance Agency located in the New Orleans-area, it means his firm is well-situated...