All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 28 2013 // AssuredPartners Inc. has promoted Paul Vredenburg to the new role of executive vice president and chief acquisition officer.In his new position, Vredenburg will work to expand the AssuredPartners national footprint through...
Feb 28 2013 // The UK’s Arc Legal Assistance announced that it has been appointed by real estate agents Rent4sure to “provide a range of comprehensive Managing Agents and Residential Landlord Legal Expenses and Rent...
Feb 27 2013 // PCG Agencies Inc., a personal property/casualty insurance and risk management firm headquartered in St. Paul, Minn., has been named Travelers’ Midwest Personal Insurance Agency of the Year. PCG Agencies was chosen...
Feb 26 2013 // Wholesale insurance broker All Risks Ltd. has promoted Andrew Thompson to senior vice president for brokerage of the Atlanta office. Thompson has been a part of the All Risks team for 11 years. Prior to joining All Risks,...
Feb 26 2013 // The independent insurance agents’ online service for insurance buyers, Project CAP, has selected EZLynx to be the key real-time rating technology partner for its enhanced TrustedChoice.com website.The EZLynx Rating...
Feb 26 2013 // To boost their profitability, agencies make investments all the time in people and technology, as well as in other businesses through acquisitions. But Dan Epstein, CEO of ReSourcePro, says there is another often...
Feb 25 2013 // The Texas State Fire Marshal’s Office announced that Texas independent insurance agents, who operate in their communities under the Trusted Choice brand, have created a grant program for volunteer fire departments...
Feb 25 2013 // The state of Illinois is reminding businesses using temporary workers that it is their responsibility to check whether those temp agencies are licensed and insured. The Illinois Department of Labor says businesses and...
Feb 25 2013 // MarketScout Wholesale (MSW) has formed an exclusive independent agents errors & omissions program. In addition to professional liability, this program provides data breach/privacy protection as well as proactive risk...
Feb 25 2013 // Still struggling through the recession, the last thing the nonprofit sector needed is the negative publicity generated by Jerry Sandusky and Lance Armstrong.The recession was hard on just about everyone, particularly the...
Feb 25 2013 // Consolidated Insurance Agents LLC, a network of independently owned and operated insurance agencies in New Jersey, hired Jocelyn Rineer as field sales manager. Rineer comes to Consolidated from E&K Agency Inc. of...
Feb 25 2013 // Speaking at the 1st Asia Insurance Brokers’ Summit in Singapore, José Fonseca, Chairman of BrokersLink and CEO of the MDS Group, told delegates that independent brokers can become the powerhouses of the global...
Feb 25 2013 // Editor’s note: This is the first of a three-part series to explain insurers’ requirements for building updates and to help agents advise clients on mitigating risks inherent in older buildings. Later articles...
Feb 25 2013 // Former insurance agent Mitch Kelling has pled guilty to insurance fraud. Kelling plead guilty to felony charges in Utah Seventh District Court on Jan. 29. Kelling had been operating under the name “Kelling...
Feb 25 2013 // Recently re-elected North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin is more focused on reform of the homeowners insurance market than he is on auto insurance. As was the case four years ago when he first assumed...
Feb 25 2013 // Johnson McCann, C.O. Brown, Apollo Insurance AgencyThree Minnesota insurance agencies — Johnson McCann of St. Paul, C.O. Brown of Rochester and the Apollo Insurance Agency of St. Cloud — have joined forces to become...
Feb 25 2013 // Monster Insurance, OneBeacon InsuranceMarketScout, the national electronic insurance exchange and specialty MGA headquartered in Dallas, announced that MarketScout subsidiary, Monster Insurance, entered into an agreement...
Feb 25 2013 // Managing sales in an independent agency is a team sport. From top level managers to office and support staff – every person in an agency has a role to play in helping the agency win the sales game.When one person fails...
Feb 25 2013 // Sometimes, independent insurance agents can get too sophisticated for their own good.I was reminded of this recently. My agency is fairly large, and I like to think that it is on the cutting-edge in many areas, such as...
Feb 22 2013 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor announced the department’s top fraud and enforcement cases for 2012.During the calendar year, the department processed 7,274 allegations of...