All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 1 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...
Jun 1 2015 // The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies announced it is actively appointing new independent agents for its auto product in Massachusetts. Progressive said Massachusetts became the 50th and final state in...
May 28 2015 // Burns & Wilcox Brokerage has named Karl Olson vice president and professional liability regional practice leader in its San Francisco team. Olson will be responsible for delivering professional liability brokerage...
May 28 2015 // A Michigan insurance agent faces felony embezzlement charges following an investigation by the the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS).After receiving a complaint from an insurance company, DIFS...
May 28 2015 // The Trusted Choice.com website has snagged a leading agency system insurer to help independent agencies sell more small business policies online.The Hartford has joined the TrustedChoice.com online commercial insurance...
May 28 2015 // Ames & Gough, an insurance broker and risk management consultant specializing in serving design professionals, law firms, associations/nonprofits and other professional service firms, hired Jay Bateson as senior...
May 28 2015 // Dallas, TX, May 28, 2015 – Following 3 years of exceptional results in personal lines, Texas All Risk General Agency, Inc. is again expanding it’s homeowners/dwelling fire aggregate in the Greater Houston...
May 27 2015 // Google Compare is using a rating system provided by Insurance Technologies Corp., the Carrollton, Texas-based software provider announced Wednesday.In making the announcement ITC’s top executive said it’s a...
May 27 2015 // A former Ohio insurance agent was sentenced in early May after pleading guilty to insurance fraud and theft, Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor announced.Former McConnelsville insurance agent James Brent Whitehouse was...
May 27 2015 // Southwest Risk LP has added Robin Page as a vice president and broker in the company’s Dallas office. Page began his insurance career with Chubb in 1973 as a property, inland marine and package underwriter in Dallas....
May 27 2015 // Minnesota’s health insurance exchange is having a big problem with attracting small businesses.MNsure was originally expected to cover 155,000 people in small-group plans by next year. Enrollment was only 1,405...
May 27 2015 // The head of Wall Street’s self-regulator criticized the Obama administration’s effort to impose stricter standards on brokers who manage retirement accounts, saying the rule would make it difficult for smaller...
May 27 2015 // Most of my insurance career has been on the agency side, but I have also worked on the insurance carrier side. What I learned is that clearly neither side knows what the other side deals with on a daily basis. Agents think...
May 22 2015 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of New Jersey (IIABNJ) is launching a new program aimed at supporting the men and women of the armed forces and assisting them in finding post-military careers in the insurance...
May 21 2015 // Independent broker network Brokerslink has signed a three year strategic partnership agreement with pan-African insurance group, Saham Finances.The bulletin said the agreement one of the biggest pan-African insurance...
May 20 2015 // Some consumers may be agog over Google Compare, but insurance industry vendors like software provider Vertafore have been working to deliver quotes and ratings more quickly and conveniently for years.That’s the...
May 18 2015 // Beacon Hill Associates Inc., a wholesale insurance broker and program administrator in Charlottesville, Virginia, hired Stephen A. Holcombe as senior account executive to to support the firm’s Northeast territory. He...
May 18 2015 // Independent insurance agents are accustomed to competition but many are watching with heightened interest the entry of one new competitor in particular, Google Compare.Bill Wilson, director of the Virtual University at the...
May 18 2015 // The American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) expanded its membership again in 2015 with the addition of eight new organizations, all based in Canada.The Canadian organizations sought to become part of the...
May 18 2015 // A broker who does not fully understand a client’s business or lacks direct links with insurers may not only fall short in advising on coverage, but can cause headaches on all sides of the insurance relationship,...