All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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,...
Aug 4 2023 // Verlingue has announced the acquisition of Gloucester, England-based Brunsdon Employee Benefits, an independently owned employee benefits specialist.The deal, subject to regulatory approval, supports Verlingue’s...
Aug 4 2023 // After successful entries into the German, French and Canadian insurance markets, software-as-a-service firm Acturis Group has entered the U.S. market with the acquisition of Broker Buddha. Broker Buddha, based in New York...
Aug 2 2023 // Consilium, the London-based re/insurance brokerage arm of Aventum Group, has been granted a license by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA). Consilium’s focus in the region will be in the financial and...
Aug 1 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. What automation looks like for variable lines compliance How automated broker compliance can help or harm carrier reputations Why broker preferences are the future of...
Jul 28 2023 // A former Alfa insurance agent in Alabama has pleaded guilty to defrauding people, most of them elderly, of more than $862,286 in life insurance. The plea agreement for Bret Chappell, 44, of Warrior, comes six months after...
Jul 27 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...
Jul 26 2023 // Wall Street’s top regulator on Wednesday was poised to adopt new rules requiring publicly traded companies to disclose hacking incidents, a measure officials said was being taken to help the investing public contend...
Jul 25 2023 // Florida-based global insurance broker Brown & Brown, Inc. has agreed to acquire Vermont-based wholesale broker New England Excess Exchange (NEEE). The acquisition will be through Bridge Specialty Group, the wholesale...
Jul 24 2023 // Howden, the London based insurance group, announced it has acquired Hudson Sky International, a specialist aviation broker in Switzerland.This acquisition is part of Howden’s wider strategy to become a leader in its...
Jul 24 2023 // McDonald-Leavitt Insurance has merged into another larger Leavitt Group affiliate, Leavitt United Insurance Services. This merger is intended to provide Kim and David McDonald—McDonald-Leavitt founders and...
Jul 19 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. At its fundamental level, compliance is about making sure the people you have selling products are authorized to sell them, and are doing it right away AND the right...
Jul 17 2023 // Augment, a new Miami-headquartered reinsurance broker, announced its official launch with access of up to $100 million in funding from Altamont Capital Partners.Over the last decade, the global reinsurance market has been...
Jul 17 2023 // Microsoft said on Friday that Chinese hackers misappropriated one of its digital keys and used a flaw in the company’s code to steal emails from U.S. government agencies and other clients.The company said in a blog...
Jul 17 2023 // Christopher Ramos, 45, of Santa Rosa, California, was sentenced to four years in prison after an investigation by the California Department of Insurance reportedly found he stole more than $189,000 from consumers and left...
Jul 17 2023 // Many independent agents have watched with concern as a small number of high-profile banks have faltered during 2023.Just what does this shock to the banking system mean to independent agents and brokers throughout the...