All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 9 2012 // Tompkinsville independent insurance agent Bart Rowland will be the Republican nominee for a Kentucky House seat left vacant when former Rep. James Comer was elected state agriculture commissioner.Rowland was nominated last...
Jan 9 2012 // In his first year as insurance commissioner of Oklahoma, John Doak was a busy man.Doak and the agency he leads had their hands full implementing reforms in the workers’ compensation system, dealing with a host of...
Jan 9 2012 // In order to be proactive, one needs to understand and exploit current and future trends. So what will 2012 be like for insurance agents and brokers? The following is a list of major industry trends that need to be factored...
Jan 9 2012 // The New Year is ushering in changes to the operation of the insurer of last resort for wind and hail along the Texas coast.Many of the operational changes will affect insurance agents who handle Texas Windstorm Insurance...
Jan 9 2012 // Now that 2011 is in the record books, various insurance company presidents soon will be disclosing and discussing their company’s year-end results. While the exact words may be different, don’t be surprised if...
Jan 9 2012 // If you are an insurance agent or broker counting on the economy to perform considerably better in 2012 than it did in 2011, well, don’t. Economists say that the economy is showing slight improvement, and employment...
Jan 9 2012 // Most agencies are managed from the perspective of the shareholders and executives. But what would an agency want if it were a shareholder?1. Good health. The foundation of agency health is the balance sheet. The most...
Jan 9 2012 // Verne Cadwell has been named vice president of the crop hail division at Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co. located in Grinnell, Iowa.Cadwell’s promotion follows a 12-year career at Grinnell Mutual, where he has served...
Jan 9 2012 // Allstate’s captive agents have been spared part of a planned cut in their commissions as the insurer has revised its compensation strategy.The Illinois-based insurer confirmed that it would cut its base commission to...
Jan 7 2012 // Allstate announced on Friday that the Superior Court of New Jersey has entered judgment in favor of Allstate New Jersey Insurance Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Allstate Insurance Company, and dismissed all claims...
Jan 6 2012 // Short Hills, N.J.-based insurance broker Bollinger acquired Argent Professional Insurance Agency in Warren, N.J.Bollinger said the acquisition would help bolster its professional liability insurance brokerage business....
Jan 6 2012 // A Grand Forks, N.D., insurance agent who stole thousands of dollars from clients and forged checks in her fiance’s name has been ordered to spend eight months in jail and pay back more than...
Jan 6 2012 // Momentous Insurance Brokerage has formed an equine specialty practice to provide insurance coverage for horse-related businesses and private horse owners.The equine practice launched at the start of the year and will offer...
Jan 6 2012 // Every year in West Virginia, motorists and insurance companies pay more than $50 million to fix damage caused when vehicles collide with deer.State wildlife and highway officials hope to reduce that total by finding out...
Jan 5 2012 // Oklahoma’s top insurance regulator believes the medical insurance market is headed for “disruption” as a result of the medical loss ratio component of federal health insurance reformAfter Oklahoma’s...
Jan 5 2012 // Now that the year 2011 is behind us, let’s take a look at what might be ahead.Insurance Journal spoke with leading industry professionals and asked them what they are expecting this year. If their forecasts are any...
Jan 5 2012 // Rancho Cordova, Calif.-based WIAA Education & Research Foundation, a nonprofit corporation focused on advancing knowledge of insurance industry professionals, hosted a recent roundtable discussion on the industry and...
Jan 5 2012 // The economy, the promised-land of a hard insurance market and the need to master technologies dominated discussion at the first annual Insurance Industry Roundtable in Irvine, Calif.The daylong event was attended by 23...
Jan 5 2012 // Marsh, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies announced that it has completed its previously agreed acquisition of the brokerage business of South Africa’s Alexander Forbes.Marsh said the...
Jan 4 2012 // Woodbury, N.Y.-based Sterling & Sterling appointed industry veteran Leslie Nylund as president of the insurance brokerage. Nylund will be responsible for the firm’s operations, including sales, employee...