All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 5 2013 // For nine years now Insurance Journal has strived to identify the nation’s leading privately held independent property/casualty insurance agencies in our annual Top 100 P/C Agencies special report. This year, we dug a...
Aug 5 2013 // As insurance professionals, we’re in the business of anticipating and responding to severe weather. However, heightened activity in recent years points to some startling trends:Atlantic named storms in the month of...
Aug 5 2013 // The insurance agency distribution system model was built around 1900 and is still amazingly similar to agencies of 100 years ago, albeit the monitors and lack of filing cabinets do create a different ambiance. This model...
Aug 5 2013 // Commercial property/casualty pricing continued to gently creep upwards in the second quarter, however signs of some moderating of increases also surfaced.The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers’ quarterly...
Aug 2 2013 // Washington’s State Supreme Court has affirmed that insurers are liable for illegal actions committed by their agents, a decision that will enable the state’s insurance commissioner to continue to go after bad...
Aug 2 2013 // The Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance announced it signed signing of 20 new member agencies during the month of July, five of which were in the West. July’s new members in the West are: Stephen Aragon Insurance of...
Aug 1 2013 // A former Marshalltown, Iowa insurance agent has been indicted on federal mail fraud charges after being accused of defrauding customers for nearly a decade.The Marshalltown Times-Republican reported that 65-year-old...
Jul 31 2013 // Unlocking prospect information is a critical skill set that separates the best agents from rest. Recent questions have arisen regarding efficient information gathering. The very best get everything they need from prospects...
Jul 31 2013 // New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Ken Kobylowski is offering tips to shoppers to help them make educated choices and avoid scams when purchasing auto insurance online.Commissioner Kobylowski said...
Jul 30 2013 // Flood maps aren’t due out for Alabama until next December, but the specter of rising flood insurance premiums is undeniable.Congress, seeking to undo the damage done to the National Flood Insurance Program after...
Jul 29 2013 // A Hutchinson, Kan., couple who bought a home without being told they would be responsible for maintaining a dam on the property has been awarded $202,500 in a lawsuit they filed against their real estate agent and a realty...
Jul 26 2013 // Wholesale insurance broker Swett & Crawford has added Zach Burdine as a broker in its casualty and property practice groups in Dallas, Texas. Burdine brings his extensive background in wholesale and retail insurance to...
Jul 24 2013 // Commercial property/casualty pricing continued to gently creep upwards in the second quarter, however signs of some moderating of increases also surfaced.The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers’ quarterly...
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...