All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 20 2015 // Nationwide independent wholesaler All Risks has added Steve Skaletsky to its Jupiter, Fla., office as a casualty broker. Skaletsky will target commercial risks in Florida and throughout the Gulf Coast, providing general...
Apr 20 2015 // Making the jump from a being a captive agent to an independent one is not for the faint of heart, says one veteran Chicago-based agent.But Sharon Robles has no regrets, none at all. Robles was a successful captive agent...
Apr 20 2015 // Young agents, while generally happy with their career choice, temper their optimism with doses of reality about what lies ahead in terms of competition. Who can blame them?This issue of Insurance Journal features exclusive...
Apr 20 2015 // Recruiting the next generation of talent is not a new challenge but a difficult one. At the recent NetVu15 conference in Indianapolis, a workshop titled “Generation XYZ in the Workplace” drew a large crowd,...
Apr 20 2015 // The independent insurance agency system is getting older. So much so that the average age of a U.S. insurance agent today is 59 years old, according to some estimates. And as more than a quarter of the entire insurance...
Apr 20 2015 // January to March 2015 Announced Date Buyer Seller 01/01/15 AAA Allied Group Inc. Gateway Potter Insurance 01/01/15 Acrisure LLC Arthur Chernick Co. Inc. 01/15/15 Acrisure LLC Sinatro Agency One LLC 02/28/15 Acrisure...
Apr 20 2015 // Acquisition activity for the first quarter of 2015 reached 90 deals, a record for the first three months of the year. We saw the same number of transactions announced during the fourth quarter of 2014, typically the most...
Apr 20 2015 // Constance Gail Fortune, 61, was arraigned in Los Angeles Superior Court in California in April and charged with three felony counts of grand theft and one felony count of financial elder abuse for allegedly scamming...
Apr 20 2015 // Licensed insurance agent Lars Hedegaard, 63, of Danville, Calif. was arrested on two felony counts of grand theft in April.Hedegaard was doing business as Westport & Associates Insurance Services Inc. when he...
Apr 17 2015 // A bill that would direct the California Department of Motor Vehicles to give insurance agents and brokers better access to motor vehicle records was unanimously approved by the Assembly Transportation Committee. Assembly...
Apr 17 2015 // Most independent insurance agents are impressed by the carriers they place business with – but most also are interested in adding new company partners.This is one of the preliminary findings of a recent national survey...
Apr 16 2015 // Insurance wholesaler All Risks Ltd. has added three new producers in the South Central region: Zach Burdine in Dallas; Alan Doyle in Houston; and Aaron Ross in New Orleans.Burdine joins the Dallas office as a broker and...
Apr 16 2015 // Independent insurance broker network Brokerslink announced that it has “restructured its Board of Directors to drive growth and revenue generation following its change from a not-for-profit association to a...
Apr 16 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher announced that Stuart Reid will join Arthur J. Gallagher’s international brokerage operation as CEO for UK Retail.Reid will take up the position at Arthur J. Gallagher later this year, subject to...
Apr 15 2015 // Brokers and insurance agents providing retirement-savings advice would have to put clients’ interests ahead of their own under an Obama administration plan that will face stiff opposition from Wall Street and...
Apr 15 2015 // Agents like what they get already but see room for improvement in field operations, agent education and marketing support provided by carriers, according to a 2014 national survey of more than 1,400 agents conducted by...
Apr 15 2015 // XS Brokers, a wholesale agency based in Quincy, Massachusetts, announced three promotions.Gabe Carrieri has been promoted to executive vice president. Carrieri joined XS Brokers in 2005 after a 13-year career in the...
Apr 15 2015 // Let’s dispense with the niceties and all attempts to eloquently ease into a discussion on the troubles surrounding workers’ compensation audits. Rather let’s jump right into the problem — assignment of...
Apr 14 2015 // This year’s “Hot Markets” report for property/casualty insurance agents and brokers includes some not-so-usual suspects along with tried-and-true markets enjoying growth. Insurance Journal examined...
Apr 14 2015 // Specialty broker AmWINS Group Inc. has launched an Engineered Risk Practice within its brokerage division.The Highly Protected Risk (HPR)/Engineered Risk practice handles property placements for insureds with generally...