All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 19 2014 // A House Financial Services subcommittee scheduled a hearing for today to focus attention on encouraging flood insurance sold by private insurers as an alternative to policies sold by the National Flood Insurance Program...
Nov 19 2014 // Is an insurance agent a “professional” when it comes to whether or not he or she may be charged with malpractice? Not necessarily, a Michigan state appeals court has said.The Michigan Court of Appeals made that...
Nov 18 2014 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Florida Inc. (PIA of Florida) has tapped National Insurance Underwriters (NIU) as the official underwriter of its insurance agents’ professional liability errors and omissions...
Nov 18 2014 // Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford (CGSC) has announced the renaming of its London market brokerage businesses in advance of its 50th year of trading. From January 1st, 2015, CGNMB LLP will become the single united brand,...
Nov 17 2014 // Kansas insurance agencies say they’ve been flooded with queries about earthquake coverage after the 4.8 magnitude temblor on Nov. 12.“We have been getting calls all day,” Matt Woodall, who works at a...
Nov 17 2014 // Optimism over the future growth potential of independent agencies ties closely to the size of the independent agency, with larger agencies feeling more optimistic about future growth than their smaller counterparts,...
Nov 17 2014 // The biggest challenge in selling cyber insurance is educating businesses about the need for coverage but agents and insurers may be falling short in their role to deliver education when it comes to cyber coverages.A new...
Nov 17 2014 // About the Personal Lines Leaders: The 2014 Personal Lines Leaders in this special feature are taken from Insurance Journal‘s Top 100 Property/Casualty Independent Agencies as reported in August. This list utilizes...
Nov 17 2014 // 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...
Nov 17 2014 // Is an insurance agent a “professional” when it comes to whether or not he or she may be charged with malpractice? Not necessarily, a Michigan state appeals court has said.The Michigan Court of Appeals made that...
Nov 13 2014 // The Ohio Department of Insurance announced that former Warren insurance agent Timothy J. Mulvey has been sentenced on charges of stealing clients’ premium payments.The Trumbull County Court of Common Pleas sentenced...
Nov 13 2014 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) announced it is continuing its tradition of providing insurance markets for small independent agencies with the acquisition of Dallas-based managing general agency...
Nov 13 2014 // Aubie W. Knight has officially assumed the position of chief executive officer of the Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC), the group announced.Knight comes to IIANC with 21 years experience in the...
Nov 12 2014 // The world’s top 15 insurance brokers write more than 43 percent of the commercial lines property/casualty business globally, according to a new ranking by London research firm Finaccord.The same report says that the...
Nov 11 2014 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property/casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, announced that Crawford McInnis, Brian Tanner and Wilson Long have joined the firm as principals in...
Nov 10 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired SGB-NIA Insurance Brokers headquartered in Woodland Hills, Calif.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. SGB-NIA provides retail property/casualty, risk management and employee...
Nov 10 2014 // The estimated number of violent crimes in the nation decreased 4.4 percent in 2013 when compared with 2012 data, according to the latest FBI figures. Property crimes decreased 4.1 percent, marking the eleventh straight...
Nov 9 2014 // Dr. Lars Powell has been named the inaugural director of the newly-created Alabama Center for Insurance Information and Research at The University of Alabama.Powell is a professor of finance and holds the Whitbeck-Beyer...
Nov 6 2014 // A report from London-based Litmus Analysis examines the decision by Standard & Poor’s to withdraw “its entire North American and EMEA ‘pi’ (public information based) insurance ratings. This...
Nov 5 2014 // This is the era of big data and while it’s no surprise that insurance carriers are big players, the fact is that agents and brokers of all sizes also have a growing stake in big data.While the insurance industry has...