All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 6 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.Life insurance carriers that don’t prioritize compliance and onboarding for their variable lines brokers will lose traction in the life and annuities market over...
Sep 1 2023 // Charles Symington is the new president and chief executive of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big I), effective Sept. 1.Last September, Symington was promoted to executive vice president and...
Sep 1 2023 // Greaves Joins Fred C. Church Insurance Commercial LinesFred C. Church Insurance, headquartered in Lowell, Mass., hired Damual Greaves to its education team as a client executive. Greaves joins Fred C. Church after serving...
Sep 1 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by InsurBanc.Independent agency owners — who for generations have provided competitive insurance solutions for consumers and businesses — have seen the complexity of their own...
Aug 31 2023 // Texas Agency Alliance (TAA), an alliance of independent insurance agencies in the South-Central region of the state, announced the addition of four new independent member agencies. These new members bring TAA’s...
Aug 30 2023 // Deutsche Lufthansa AG, the German airline, is looking to sell its insurance brokerage unit Albatros and insurance business Delvag, according to people familiar with the matter.The country’s largest carrier is working...
Aug 29 2023 // Aston Lark, a Howden company, announced it has acquired Plymouth, UK-based marine insurance broker, Curtis Marine.Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Curtis Marine will become part of Howden’s marine...
Aug 28 2023 // Kileen Moria Hagadone, 57, owner of Rosebud County Insurance Inc., pleaded guilty to wire fraud and to aggravated identity theft. Hagadone faces a maximum of 20 years in prison, $250,000 fine and three years of supervised...
Aug 25 2023 // Global broking business, Brokerslink, has added sports, music and entertainment contingency broker 1783 Group to its network. The new specialist affiliate operates in the world of sports, music, film and TV, and other...
Aug 22 2023 // San Francisco, CA., August 22, 2023 — InsurSign is proud to announce the launch of its flagship product, InsurHub, a more affordable alternative to DocuSign, offering unlimited signatures and designed specifically...
Aug 21 2023 // The independent agency channel is holding ground and showing slow, steady gains in lines of business penetration, including homeowners, according to the Big “I” 2023 Market Share Report.Based on 2022 data, this...
Aug 21 2023 // 1. Network with Your Competition. They will often have no appetite for certain lines of business that you wish to target.2. Hard Market. Today’s insurance market is one of the hardest markets many have ever...
Aug 18 2023 // Hg is weighing options for GGW Group, including a sale that could value the German insurance broker at about €1.5 billion ($1.6 billion), people familiar with the matter said.The software-focused private equity firm is...
Aug 18 2023 // Florida-based The Liberty Company, one of the largest property/casualty insurance brokers in the country, announced it had secured $340 million in loans to refinance debt and fuel new growth opportunities.The funding, from...
Aug 17 2023 // Specialist Risk Group (SRG), the London-based insurance intermediary, has acquired Cheshire Insurance Brokers (CIB).Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 2010 by Dominic Leach &...
Aug 16 2023 // A North Carolina insurance agent has been charged with fraud after allegedly backdating an auto policy, to show that a friend was covered at the time of an accident.The North Carolina Department of Insurance reported this...
Aug 9 2023 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department is reminding insurance companies and agencies that they must notify the department when terminating producers for cause.“In the interest of ensuring compliance and upholding the...
Aug 7 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Managing compliance throughout the producer licensing process is complex, especially when it’s done by hand and even more so when it involves managing variable...
Aug 7 2023 // This year marks the 19th annual publication of Insurance Journal’s Top 100 Independent Agencies special report. One significant trend — the vast majority of firms (84 firms) in the Top 100 saw notable increases...
Aug 7 2023 // A Connecticut homeowner who is being sued by a woman who alleges his dog bit her in the face is not entitled to insurance coverage because his home insurance application, which was completed by his insurance agent,...