All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 7 2013 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones treaded lightly when discussing a fee increase on insurance licenses to be announced officially next week, but didn’t pull any punches when delivering his thoughts on...
Mar 7 2013 // USG Insurance Services Inc., a national wholesaler and managing general agent added producers/brokers Joyce Chambers and Angi Van Zanten. Chambers has more than 20 years of experience in insurance. Most recently Chambers...
Mar 7 2013 // Direct Fleet Insurance, the UK market’s specialist insurance trading platform offering brokers a reverse bidding process for their commercial fleets, announced the appointment of Joanne Cassidy to the newly created...
Mar 5 2013 // For agents and brokers, 2013 is a relatively quiet period related to Affordable Care Act requirements. However it should be a busy time for agents and brokers to begin preparing their clients for what is coming in...
Mar 5 2013 // The neighborhood auto repair shop or local gas station might seem to be an easy risk to insure. But there are a few misunderstood coverages that agents and brokers should know about, says one California broker specializing...
Mar 5 2013 // Miramar, FL, 03/05/13 – “Our goals in creating this department are multifold”, states Corporate COO, Seth Johnson. “First, the creation of this department will help us better serve our customers by...
Mar 4 2013 // Massachusetts consumer affairs agencies collected over $13.9 million through awards, settlements, refunds and fines in 2012. The Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation oversees the divisions of banks,...
Mar 1 2013 // ClearView Risk Holdings LLC (CVR), the holding company of Dallas, Texas-based Southwest Risk LP (SWR), announced that Simon Bancroft has joined SWR as a senior property broker. Bancroft started his career in the London...
Mar 1 2013 // Willis Group Holdings announced that its UK business has been awarded the prestigious “Chartered Insurance Brokers” status by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).Willis said the designation is “an...
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...