All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 11 2012 // CRC|Crump has signed an agreement with Preferred Concepts in New York to acquire select assets of the company’s Preferred Brokerage business unit.Terms were not disclosed. J.C. Sparling, who led Preferred Brokerage,...
Sep 10 2012 // Fort Worth, Texas-based InsureZone announced it has acquired Denver-based MSI Group, with agencies in 20 states. The purchase adds 63 agencies to InsureZone’s network/cluster program. MSI Group provides agency...
Sep 10 2012 // A lawsuit claiming U.S. securities regulators were negligent in failing to respond earlier to Allen Stanford’s $7 billion Ponzi scheme can go forward for now, a federal judge ruled in Florida on Friday.U.S. District...
Sep 10 2012 // OneBeacon Insurance Group, Ltd. has launched its newest specialty business—OneBeacon Surety Group. The new business will be managed by OneBeacon Surety Group President Chad Anderson and will focus on a variety of...
Sep 10 2012 // USI, TD InsuranceUSI Insurance Services, a brokerage and financial service firm based in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., has agreed to acquire TD Insurance Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of TD Bank, N.A. The terms of the deal were not...
Sep 10 2012 // Independent agents and their companies have over the years been beaten in the personal lines market by direct response carriers and captive agents.But being down so long means there is plenty of room for independent agents...
Sep 10 2012 // New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo vetoed a bill (S.6285-A/A.9034B) on Aug. 17 that would have banned state agencies from disseminating ads to the public for products that relate to the subject matter of the agency — such as...
Sep 10 2012 // A new Florida law seeks to reduce the regulatory burden on agents and adjusters by consolidating some licenses and revamping the education classes they must take.Among the changes: insurance adjusters and agents operating...
Sep 10 2012 // A California lawsuit claims online travel agencies like Travelocity conspired with hotels to fix room prices nationwide.The suit filed in San Francisco federal court claims the Hilton Hotels, Sheraton Hotels &...
Sep 10 2012 // A new flood coverage suite from Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange, or PURE, is offering high-value homeowners an alternative flood insurance option.PURE Flood Solutions works as an extension of the National Flood...
Sep 9 2012 // Sentry Insurance, based in Stevens Point, Wis., says it’s cutting 27 office jobs in central Wisconsin and 144 home-based agents across 10 states as it restructures its strategy for selling personal line policies....
Sep 7 2012 // General Star has made a number of enhancements to its insurance agents errors & omissions program. Distributed on an exclusive basis by program administrator All Risks, Ltd., the coverage continues to be written by...
Sep 7 2012 // Florida has a new wholesale insurance broker specializing in marine industry risks.Founded by Steve Cunningham, Theresa Proios-Jewell and other associates with marine insurance experience, Legacy Underwriters is based out...
Sep 7 2012 // IBA West is entertaining a name change.The group, which represents several thousand brokers and agents and is comprised of 31 affiliated local associations, announced a special meeting slated for Oct. 12 to consider a...
Sep 5 2012 // Reaction to a decision by State Compensation Insurance Fund to restructure its broker distribution model has ranged from guardedly optimistic to visceral the day following the announcment.Under the new deal announced on...
Sep 5 2012 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund will now require most of the roughly 5,000 brokers and agents the entity deals with to go through one of two wholesalers. An estimated 3,500 agents and brokers will be...
Sep 5 2012 // New York authorities announced last week that a Long Island, N.Y., man has been arrested and charged with multiple felonies after allegedly stealing more than $648,000 in premiums from a client and spending the money on...
Sep 5 2012 // A former insurance agent in Creek County has been charged with four additional felonies after an investigation by the Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID). Donna Parrick, of Depew, is charged with two counts of Exploitation...
Sep 4 2012 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund has changed its broker distribution model, requiring most of the roughly 5,000 brokers and agents the entity deals with to go through one of two wholesalers.The change,...
Sep 4 2012 // Insurance broker AmWINS Group Inc. has acquired Special Markets Insurance Consultants, Inc. Smic is headquartered in Stevens Point, Wisconsin with a sales office in Chicago, Illinois.Founded in 1985 by Nora Stransky, Smic...