All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 26 2015 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) announced it has suspended the licenses of father and son insurance agents Ali Ali and Adnan Ali-Aljadri and their insurance agencies AAS and ASA for...
Jan 23 2015 // The graying of America could be a great opportunity for young entrepreneurs, including young insurance producers.As the nation’s population continues to gray, the people who work in the many businesses and...
Jan 23 2015 // A group of global insurance companies and brokers took advantage of the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos to announce that they have established a micro insurance consortium and micro insurance venture incubator...
Jan 22 2015 // J.M. Wilson, a managing general agency and surplus lines broker, has opened a new branch office in S.C. The office, located at 4130 Faber Place Drive, Suite 200A, in North Charleston will be led by Debbie Martinez, branch...
Jan 22 2015 // In today’s competitive market, an effective client on-boarding process is the most important step in cultivating a lasting relationship. In order to develop a solid foundation, insurance brokers must make new clients...
Jan 22 2015 // Willis Group Holdings Plc, the third-largest insurance broker by market value, has agreed to take a majority stake in Miller Insurance Services LLP to add shipping clients.Willis will take an 85 percent stake, and partners...
Jan 20 2015 // Isidro Santillan, 54, has been sentenced to three years in state prison and agreed to pay more than $133,000 in restitution to multiple victims.For more than two years Santillan reportedly embezzled more than $100,000 from...
Jan 20 2015 // Allied Insurance Brokers, a retail property/casualty insurance broker in Pittsburgh, has promoted Jeff McGeary to president. McGeary will also be responsible for Allied’s underwriting and wholesale division known as...
Jan 20 2015 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon plc, announced that it has acquired the entire portfolio of in-force business of Sipex Insurance and Reinsurance Brokers SA, an insurance and...
Jan 16 2015 // Florida-based American Professional Liability Underwriters, Inc. (AmPro) has added Gary Smid as a senior broker to its new office opening in Tampa. Smid has more than 18 years of insurance underwriting experience,...
Jan 15 2015 // A pair of bills filed in the Texas Legislature would prohibit automobile insurers from issuing “named driver” policies in the state, but one would allow named driver exclusion under certain circumstances,HB 318...
Jan 15 2015 // Insurance broker Southwest Risk LP has added Ryan Taylor and Wade Wrobel in Dallas as brokers with a focus on transportation, energy and hospitality.Taylor is a native of the DFW Metroplex. Most recently, he served as...
Jan 15 2015 // ACE Group has launched ACE Middle Market Solutions, an enhanced proposition for brokers and clients, designed to help continue building its position in the middle market segment in key Continental Europe insurance...
Jan 14 2015 // Carl Dickson Boston Insurance Brokerage Inc. has promoted Carl Dickson to the position of vice president of the Property/Casualty & Environmental Division. Dickson served as assistant vice president at the firm for...
Jan 14 2015 // Prosecutors say a former insurance agent in Kansas has been sentenced to 42 months in prison for stealing from his clients.The U.S. attorney’s office said that 43-year-old Jason Matthew Pennington of Wichita pleaded...
Jan 13 2015 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) has ordered Ray Coleman, Midwest Insurance Group and RPM Insurance Group (RPM) to cease and desist from selling, soliciting or negotiating insurance...
Jan 13 2015 // A bill filed in the Texas Legislature for the 2015 session would clarify that insurance agents in the state have exclusive ownership of the expiration rights to property/casualty insurance policies they sell and place.HB...
Jan 13 2015 // Burns & Wilcox Canada, a subsidiary of Kaufman Financial Group, announced it has acquired Avec Insurance Managers, a Toronto-based managing general agent with expertise in marine, inland marine and other specialty...
Jan 13 2015 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) announced it has suspended the licenses of father and son insurance agents Ali Ali and Adnan Ali-Aljadri and their insurance agencies AAS and ASA for...
Jan 12 2015 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones ordered Mercury Insurance to pay a fine of $27.5 million because Mercury auto insurance consumers were allegedly charged unapproved broker fees.Mercury did not obtain...