All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 2 2012 // One of three former Nebraska insurance agents accused of defrauding more than 250 investors out of $29 million has pleaded guilty and agreed to help prosecutors.The Grand Island Independent reported that Kenneth Mottin, of...
Jul 2 2012 // “One way or another.”Is that the best way to describe a sound investment strategy nowadays? Yes. If you’re talking about the growing number of agencies investing in group health benefits...
Jul 2 2012 // The nation’s largest employers don’t anticipate finding cost-relief any time soon when it comes to health and benefits coverage. But they have been listening more and waking up to ideas from their brokers that...
Jul 2 2012 // Aiming to provide its independent agent members with an avenue to enhance their online presence, the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) has formed a partnership with an Internet marketing firm on...
Jul 2 2012 // The LexisNexis Insurance Exchange — an online single-entry submission system that streamlines the flow of application data among agents, brokers and carriers — celebrated its first anniversary in June.The Exchange,...
Jun 29 2012 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America today praised Congress for passing the “Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2012.” The legislation will extend the National...
Jun 28 2012 // Industry and other reactions to the U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act have been coming in. Readers are encouraged to offer their own reactions in Comments...
Jun 27 2012 // A new team at The Hartford is offering specialized services for benefits brokers, in order to meet the changing needs of small business owners and their employees.The Hartford recently launched a small business center...
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...