All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 24 2013 // How are agencies targeting new business today? What do agencies want most from carriers? And just how much are agencies growing in current market conditions? These are some of the questions that a new industry survey plans...
Jul 23 2013 // Insurance Agents & Brokers (IA&B) — a partnership of three agents’ associations serving Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware — said its latest survey shows its members’ overall satisfaction...
Jul 23 2013 // A former Denton County, Texas, insurance agent has been convicted in an insurance fraud scheme that targeted elderly individuals, U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldana of the Northern District of Texas announced.A federal jury in...
Jul 23 2013 // Cooper Gay & Co Ltd, part of the Cooper Gay Swett and Crawford (CGSC) Group, has participated in the establishment of the first Lloyd’s of London coverholder plaque in the Bahamas, as the broker joined an event...
Jul 22 2013 // The value of social media as a tool for marketing and selling property/casualty insurance may be a matter of debate but one thing is for certain: While the nature of social media may be evolving, it’s not going...
Jul 22 2013 // A report from McKinsey & Co., titled “Agents of the Future: The Evolution of Property and Casualty Insurance Distribution,” warns that the division of labor between carrier and agent is blurring....
Jul 22 2013 // When a veteran of CNA joined Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance to lead the new venture’s professional liability division a few weeks ago, the news did not receive the press that followed the first four recruits...
Jul 22 2013 // Many Florida independent insurance agencies are challenged to make money on the initial placement of the homeowners insurance policies.That’s a finding from The Agent Compensation Study commissioned by the Florida...
Jul 19 2013 // Lance Surety Bond Associates, Inc. has launched a new program addressing the $75,000 Freight Broker Bond requirement that will take effect later this year. The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP 21)...
Jul 19 2013 // Public companies would be required to disclose how much more their chief executives are paid than rank-and-file workers under a rule to be proposed next month by U.S. securities regulators, according to two people familiar...
Jul 18 2013 // Independent insurance wholesaler, All Risks Ltd., announced that Glenn Hargrove and several production teams have joined its organization effective July 1, 2013. Hargrove, hired as managing director, has opened an All...
Jul 18 2013 // A new Missouri law will require insurance counselors to get state licenses before they can help people search for health plans on an online marketplace.The legislation, Senate Bill 262, signed recently by Gov. Jay Nixon...
Jul 17 2013 // Scott Kneeland has been promoted to acting general counsel for the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA). He has served as the IIABA’s senior counsel for the past four years.Kneeland succeeds...
Jul 17 2013 // LevelFirst, a wholesale insurance broker and managing general agency based in Dallas, Texas, announced that Lawana Harris has joined the firm as a senior broker. Harris brings 27 years of insurance experience, with 12 of...
Jul 16 2013 // The Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance (SIAA) announced that among the 25 new member agencies that signed with the group during June, 11 are located in the Midwest.New SIAA members based in the Midwest are: Grand Slam...
Jul 16 2013 // A former Bixby, Okla., insurance agent has been sentenced to ten months home confinement after pleading guilty to wire fraud that allowed him to illegally take commissions earned by other insurance agents, the Oklahoma...
Jul 16 2013 // Warwick, RI April 2013 – Astonish, a leading technology, digital marketing, and training provider for insurance agencies, encourages local insurance agency principals, CEOs, and presidents in California and surrounding...
Jul 15 2013 // Reinsurance brokers Holborn Corp. of New York and W.J. Lehrke Co. of Edina, Minnesota, have agreed to merge.Details were not disclosed. The combined firm is operating under the Holborn name, and all current Lehrke...
Jul 12 2013 // United Valley Insurance Services and Leavitt Group Enterprises have agreed to a merger, giving the two firms a collective 150 insurance agencies and counting under one owner.The deal was announced late Friday. Under the...
Jul 12 2013 // Georgia’s top insurance regulator and two senior staffers accepted $100-per-head meals and, in one case, a round of golf last month funded by the industry they oversee, according to recent financial disclosures.That...