All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 20 2012 // North Carolina-based BB&T Corp. is buying the property/casualty and life insurance units of Roseland, N.J.- based insurance wholesaler Crump Group.BB&T said it will pay $570 million in cash for Crump...
Feb 20 2012 // A new California labor law designed to punish employers for misclassifying workers has broad legal language that can possibly impact insurance agents and brokers who knowingly advise clients on employee classifications to...
Feb 20 2012 // Robust merger and acquisition activity, carrier relocations and an aging workforce are influencing independent insurance agencies in ways an agency owner might not have experienced decades ago. But Bob Bramlett, president...
Feb 20 2012 // John Norwood is one of California’s best known legislative advocates for the insurance and financial services sectors.Norwood, principal of Norwood & Associates, has garnered recognition for his political work...
Feb 20 2012 // Woodland Hills, Calif.-based C.M. Meiers Co. Inc. was auctioned earlier this month at a U.S. bankruptcy court near Los Angeles, with three competing bidders pushing the sales price to $1.375 million for the troubled...
Feb 20 2012 // Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. has named Robert Mahl senior vice president of its property/casualty group in the firm’s Woodland Hills office.Mahl was previously vice...
Feb 15 2012 // The UK-based Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc announced that it will combine its existing Spanish retail brokerage business, JLT-SIACI Espana S.L., with the business of March – Unipsa Correduria de Seguros, S.A.U.,...
Feb 15 2012 // San Mateo, Calif.-basedWorldwide Broker Network has expanded its membership to include associate members.WBN membership has always been limited to property/casualty and employee benefits brokers, so the admission of...
Feb 14 2012 // For years, Craig McCann played a prominent role as a top expert witness, his testimony helping to win millions of dollars for investors who sued financial companies.As those victories piled up, brokerages went to war on...
Feb 14 2012 // Atlanta, GA, 02/12/12 – Reagan Consulting released its 2011 year-end Organic Growth and Profitability Survey (OGP Survey) results today. The OGP Survey, now in its fourth year, is a real-time indicator of quarterly...
Feb 13 2012 // The Graham Company, one of the Mid-Atlantic region’s largest insurance and employee benefits brokers, appointed Michael Mitchell as vice chairman and Kenneth Ewell as president and chief operating officer. Both have...
Feb 10 2012 // Stan Houston has felt the power of Kenny Powers.Houston, an Enterprise insurance agent based in Dothan, Ala., filmed a scene in July for an upcoming episode of the HBO comedy series “Eastbound and Down.” The...
Feb 9 2012 // Seattle, Wash.-based Safeco Insurance announced new leaders for its National Advisory Council in 2012.They are Shane Tatum, president, and Jeff Ogard, vice president. Tatum, who has served on the agent council since 2004,...
Feb 9 2012 // Four South Central independent insurance agencies joined the Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance in January. The new agencies are: Iron Property Insurance Agency of Houston; Parks Agency of Big Spring, Texas; Huckleberry...
Feb 8 2012 // The Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance (SIAA) announced it added 10 independent insurance agencies in the Midwest in January. SIAA’s newest members from the Midwest are: Tervo Agency of Hancock, Mich., Fairview...
Feb 8 2012 // San Francisco-based ISU Network announced that two new independent insurance agencies in the Midwest have joined the agency group.ISU welcomed ISU Papineau Insurance of Tioga, N.D., and ISU Cherris Insurance Agency of...
Feb 8 2012 // Moody’s Investors Service has changed various debt ratings of insurance brokers and service companies based on the application of its loss given default (LGD) framework to guide notching decisions for...
Feb 7 2012 // A new California labor law designed to punish employers for misclassifying workers has broad legal language that can possibly impact insurance agents and brokers who knowingly advise clients on employee classifications to...
Feb 7 2012 // Willis Group Holdings announced that ten new members have joined its network, Willis N2 – an alliance with local, independent insurance brokers in the UK.The ten new members, which take the total Willis N²...
Feb 7 2012 // Several agencies from the western region joined Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance in January, pushing its number added to 47 for the month.Of January’s signed members, 33 are liberated “captive agents”...