All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 9 2015 // AmWINS Brokerage of the Mid Atlantic hired John Carlsen as senior vice president. Carlsen specializes in public entity risks, with an emphasis on CAT/natural disaster exposures. Prior to joining AmWINS, he was executive...
Apr 9 2015 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of California announced its new 2015 associate members. The new associate members join a list companies that make up the IIABCal membership ranks. They are: Heartland Payment...
Apr 8 2015 // Licensed insurance agent Lars Hedegaard, 63, of Danville, Calif. was arrested on two felony counts of grand theft.Hedegaard was doing business as Westport &Associates Insurance Services Inc. when he allegedly issued 14...
Apr 8 2015 // ANE (Agency Network Exchange LLC), a network of independently owned and operated insurance agencies, has added two New Jersey agencies to its network: Glenn Insurance Inc. with offices in Absecon and Vineland; and Mile...
Apr 7 2015 // The record number of merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions involving insurance brokers and agents throughout the United States in the past year underscores the imperative for these firms to accelerate growth and...
Apr 7 2015 // Magaly Morales, 51, a former life insurance agent, has been sentenced to three years and four months in state prison for stealing information from school district employees in 13 California counties.Morales last week plead...
Apr 6 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...
Apr 6 2015 // After decades of broker-agents sharing driver motor vehicle records with insurers to underwrite and rate personal and commercial automobile policies, the California Department of Motor Vehicles late last year began...
Apr 6 2015 // When Google stepped into the insurance ring last month, the industry took note. Some said agents and the insurance industry should be concerned. Others said Google Compare, as the new service is named, is nothing new in...
Apr 6 2015 // As the 2015 National Football League draft approaches, a lawsuit against Lloyd’s of London by former University of Southern California Trojans receiver Marqise Lee has placed a spotlight on sports disability...
Apr 6 2015 // Every day I receive at least a half dozen emails from firms promising to increase my sales if I pay them thousands, and sometimes tens of thousands, of dollars. I see website developers promising to increase my...
Apr 6 2015 // Those with long careers in the insurance industry have seen newer entrants founder on the shoals of our business. Many well-intentioned outsiders don’t understand the innate complexities of the insurance ecosystem...
Apr 2 2015 // Confie Seguros, a national provider of personal lines insurance based in Huntington Beach, California, announced that it has acquired three East Coast insurance brokerages. Confie Seguros acquired the assets of Your...
Apr 1 2015 // Joyce Walker XS Brokers, a wholesale agency based in Quincy, Massachusetts, has hired Joyce Walker as marketing representative. Walker will have responsibility for business and relationship development with independent...
Apr 1 2015 // Thomas D. Rutherfoord, Jr. Thomas D. Rutherfoord, Jr., chairman of insurance brokerage Rutherfoord, a Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC company, announced his retirement after more than 40 years of leadership and service at...
Apr 1 2015 // Voters in western San Antonio are choosing a successor for state Rep. Jose Menendez, who left office in February to become a Texas senator.Four Democratic candidates squaring off are former San Antonio City Council member...
Apr 1 2015 // CGSC North America has launched STATPro Underwriters, a managing general agency serving the Miscellaneous Professional Liability insurance marketSTATPro provides underwriting exclusively via Swett & Crawford wholesale...
Apr 1 2015 // Starting today, when flood insurance policyholders go to renew their policies, they could be quoted premium increases ranging from 15 to 18 percent on average if their home is their primary residence and up to 25 percent...
Mar 30 2015 // W. R. Berkley Corp. said it has combined its U.S. broker market reinsurance units, Berkley Re America and Facultative ReSources, into a single operating unit that will trade under the Berkley Re America (BRAM) name.Berkley...
Mar 30 2015 // Nothing is more exciting than reading the latest updates on insurance law, unless, of course, you can get updates on corporate law at the same time.Fortunately, there are two recent Louisiana cases where the outcome of...