All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 26 2012 // Vertafore, an insurance industry software provider, has made available its insurance agency management system, AMS360 v6.5.The new version provides agencies with new capabilities for every staff member, including: Agents...
Jun 25 2012 // Rutherfoord, a Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA) company, appointed Guy Morrison, a 20-year veteran of the employee benefits industry, as executive vice president of employee benefits.Guy MorrisonIn this newly created...
Jun 25 2012 // Los Angeles, CA, 06/25/12 – Sullivan Brokers Wholesale Insurance Solutions is pleased to announce that James Viera has joined the firm’s Casualty Practice Group in the position of Senior Broker.“Jim is an...
Jun 22 2012 // James King, CEO of Agents Alliance Services Ltd in Denton, Texas, announced that nine new agencies have joined the group during the first half of 2012. They are: Arcadia Insurance Agency LLC of Forney, Texas Benson...
Jun 21 2012 // More than 25 percent of independent agency owners and principals are planning to retire or change careers and sell their firms sometime in the next five years, according to a new survey that explores agent attitudes about...
Jun 21 2012 // Montana State Prison inmate files suit for $2.2 million in federal court after he injures a toe when his foot got caught in a grain auger at the prison dairy.A Howard County, Indiana, inmate files a lawsuit claiming the...
Jun 21 2012 // One of three former Grand Island, Neb.-based insurance agents accused of defrauding more than 250 investors out of $29 million has pleaded guilty.The Grand Island Independent reported that Kenneth Mottin, of St. Libory,...
Jun 21 2012 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) elected Patrick Watkins, president of Watkins Insurance Group in Austin, to serve as president for 2012-2013 during IIAT’s 115th Annual Conference and Trade Show in...
Jun 20 2012 // San Diego, CA, 06/20/2012 – With summer officially starting today and the boating season already underway, the Marine Program at Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, Inc. is pleased to offer its producers a team of...
Jun 19 2012 // A Missouri woman has been sentenced to eight years in prison for helping plan her husband’s murder with the church pastor who was her lover. Her husband, David Stone, was an insurance agent.Forty-year-old Teresa...
Jun 18 2012 // The Florida Association of Insurance Agents installed its new officers and board members for the 2012-2013 at its 108th Annual Convention and Educational Symposium.John C. Laurie has been named as the new FAIA chair for...
Jun 18 2012 // LevelFirst a diversified wholesale broker and managing general agency headquartered in Dallas, has opened an Austin, Texas, office. Vivian Plein has joined LevelFirst to lead the Austin office. Plein has more than 10 years...
Jun 18 2012 // Today’s youngest agents crave to be online. It’s no surprise since they grew up in the Internet age. Their experiences include playing video games, doing schoolwork, surfing, communicating via email, and...
Jun 18 2012 // It is a fact that many people with the title “producer” don’t produce. They service and they accept what comes to them, but they do not produce.It is also a fact that companies are going to find a way to...
Jun 18 2012 // In early June, the U.S. Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics released detailed employment statistics for the month of April.The data shows that P/C insurers added 800 jobs in April, for the total of 526,300...
Jun 18 2012 // WNS Global, South CarolinaAn Indian company is slated to open a new facility to process insurance claims and provide insurers other financial and accounting services that could create up to 750 new jobs in South Carolina....
Jun 18 2012 // American International GroupAIG’s property/casualty division Chartis announced the launch of its hospitality and leisure industry practice group, which will provide specialized insurance and risk management products...
Jun 18 2012 // strong>Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., Grossman & AssociatesArthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Grossman & Associates Inc. in Beachwood, Ohio. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1980,...
Jun 18 2012 // More than 25 percent of independent agency owners and principals are planning to retire or change careers, and sell their firms sometime in the next five years, according to a new survey that explores agent attitudes about...
Jun 18 2012 // Wells Fargo & Co., which has been renewing its appetite for acquisitions lately, is interested in buying insurance sales businesses, according to its chief executive.“I love the insurance distribution...