All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 14 2011 // International broker Lockton announced that its London operations have “commenced trading with e-Accounts, the initiative which enhances the electronic submission of accounting entries by brokers to support global...
Nov 10 2011 // A former western Missouri pastor has pleaded guilty in the death of a former member of his church.Fifty-two-year-old David Love of Independence pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of 42-year-old Randy...
Nov 9 2011 // CRC Insurance Services, a wholesale broker headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., hired Kenneth Echols as a casualty broker for the Parsippany, N.J., office. In his new role, Kenneth will focus on helping retail insurance...
Nov 7 2011 // A Shreveport, La., insurance agent has been arrested on charges of insurance fraud and forgery.The Louisiana State Police Insurance Fraud/Auto Theft Unit arrested Stephanie Losey, 57, on one count of insurance fraud....
Nov 7 2011 // The Massachusetts Association of Insurance Agents (MAIA) has agreed to a request from state lawmakers to withdraw the ballot initiative it filed in August to prohibit the use of credit scoring, education, and occupational...
Nov 7 2011 // Dark clouds continue to hang over the U.S. housing market with prices still well below their peak and foreclosures high in many parts of the country.But there is a silver lining — great bargains on rental properties....
Nov 7 2011 // Things are looking better for the nation’s property/casualty independent insurance agencies.Organic growth for these agencies improved somewhat last year and their profitability held constant across most of the six...
Nov 7 2011 // Florida insurance broker Kuykendall Gardner has tapped Nicholas Carbone to serve as a vice president of transactional risk. In this role, he will assess, mitigate and transfer risk through insurance and other business...
Nov 7 2011 // Westfield Insurance, headquartered in Westfield, Ohio, selected Dennis Baus to lead the company’s surety operations. Baus assumes the national surety leader responsibilities on Jan. 1, 2012, replacing Rick Kinnaird...
Nov 7 2011 // Agency owners have a lot to protect. Of course, first and foremost they must protect their clients.But they must also protect their book of business. They must protect their relationships. They must protect their...
Nov 7 2011 // Earlier this year, experts at WallStreet & Technology (wallstreetandtech.com) identified predictive analytics and cloud computing as two of six hot technologies that will transform the insurance industry in 2011 and...
Nov 7 2011 // Novato, Calif.-based Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has named David Zona as chief underwriting officer and Kathleen Zortman as chief field executive. Zona is responsible for setting the direction and priorities for...
Nov 7 2011 // The narrative of Andre Urena’s life is told in a series of lessons, many handed down from his peasant-turned-bank president father Alvaro. His father died in December-but not before having a heavy hand in shaping his...
Nov 7 2011 // Jim Donelon has been re-elected commissioner at the Louisiana Department of Insurance. Donelon, a Republican from Metairie, on Oct. 22 defeated Democrat Donald Hodge. Donelon has been insurance commissioner since...
Nov 7 2011 // I have often been asked why procedural consistency is important for reducing errors and omissions (E&O) exposures. Another way of asking the question is, “Why is inconsistency an issue?”Let’s first...
Nov 4 2011 // Chris McLeod has been named as president of the High Point, N.C.-based Smart Choice Agents Program. She will take over as president effective November 16.McLeod brings more than 40 years of industry experience to her new...
Nov 4 2011 // In the wake of lackluster unemployment figures released on Friday a large insurance company is trying to draw attention to opportunities within Colorado in the industry and its firm.Friday’s report from the U.S....
Nov 4 2011 // Warren Buffett should come to Europe to tap regional champions at knock-down valuations, including in his favored sectors, Cheuvreux analysts said in an open ‘letter’ to the billionaire U.S. investor detailing...
Nov 3 2011 // David J. Gorin has been named president of Network E&S Insurance Brokers LLC, a Simi Valley, Calif.- based managing general underwriter and wholesaler. Gorin’s immediate responsibility will be to establish and to...
Nov 2 2011 // Two independent agent associations in the northeast said they will discontinue their affiliations with the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA).The Insurance Agents & Brokers of Pennsylvania...