All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 5 2013 // On Jan. 31, 2013, the 167 independent insurance agencies representing Fremont Insurance Co. presented Richard E. Dunning with a special recognition for his contributions and service as retiring CEO of Fremont Insurance...
Feb 5 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 5 2013 // Confie Seguros, a national personal lines insurance brokerage network, has acquired two additional agencies: Cannello Agency in Niagara, New York, and Moose Insurance in Oakland, Florida, as part of its strategy to build...
Feb 5 2013 // Insurance brokers across the country reported price increases in the commercial lines market in the fourth quarter of 2012.According to The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers’ quarterly Commercial P/C Market...
Feb 4 2013 // Maritime Program Group recently appointed Shari Trefil as a senior broker based in Stuart, Florida. Trefil brings with her 23 years of experience in the insurance industry, most of it in management of retail and wholesale...
Feb 4 2013 // The Northern United Agents Alliance (NUAA), an independent agency partnership based in New Hampshire, announced the addition of the Winooski Insurance Agency, based in Winooski, Vermont, as its newest member. Winooski...
Feb 4 2013 // “A growing number of syndicates are using Lloyd’s platform by placing their own underwriters in China,” says an article on the Lloyd’s website. “This, along with a license granted in 2012 to...
Feb 1 2013 // Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) Malaysia announced that it has acquired Insfield Insurance Brokers Sdn Bhd, one of the country’s major insurance brokers. The terms of the deal were not announced.“Over the years,...
Jan 31 2013 // North Carolina’s Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced that the state’s insurance department saved or recovered more than $26 million for North Carolinians in 2012.“The Department of Insurance is...
Jan 31 2013 // It has not been easy being an insurance agent specializing in the homebuilders insurance market during one of the worst economic recessions in U.S. history. Survival in the recession meant change and a lot of hard...
Jan 30 2013 // This is the last chance to participate in Insurance Journal nationwide search to find out who’s worth what in the independent agency system.Agents, brokers and agency staff: Don’t miss out on your chance to...
Jan 30 2013 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers is expanding in St. Louis, Mo., with the addition of Benefits Solutions Group, also of St. Louis. The Benefit Solutions Group will relocate to Heffernan’s offices in 2013 to work as a...
Jan 30 2013 // Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) has expanded further into Kansas with the addition of five new agency members: Fuqua Ruth Typer Insurance; SBS Insurance Agency; Keller-Leopold Insurance Inc.; Wood-Dulohery Insurance;...
Jan 28 2013 // AXA Assistance UK, a leading motor and property assistance provider (part of the global AXA Group) announced that it has extended its long-term partnership with specialist classic vehicle insurance broker Footman James to...
Jan 28 2013 // Police chiefs in Central Texas say they’re having trouble arming their officers due to shortages of assault rifles and ammunition.One police department has instructed its officers to try cutting back on ammunition...
Jan 28 2013 // Caldwell and Partners, Midlands Holding Corp.Oklahoma-based Caldwell and Partners Inc. (CAP) acquired Midlands Holding Corp. (MHC) from PMA Capital Corp. (PMA). Midlands Management Corp. (Midlands) is a managing general...
Jan 28 2013 // A pending legal battle that could expose wholesalers in California to more lawsuits was the centerpiece of talk at the California Insurance Wholesalers Association conference in San Diego in mid-January.During the...
Jan 28 2013 // More often than not, a second wave of claims against insurance agents by their clients follows a natural disaster.For the most part, the types of allegations and claims that surface after a catastrophe are the same as...
Jan 28 2013 // State implementation of the Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act (NRRA), effective July 21, 2011, proceeded relatively smoothly during 2012, albeit with a few hiccups as industry and regulators navigated the transition...
Jan 28 2013 // Almost every agency owner I’ve ever met, and I’ve met maybe thousands, has wanted to grow his or her agency. Many, maybe most, have been stuck. Whether they are stuck at $300,000 revenue, $500,000, $6 million...