All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 13 2011 // B&B Premier Insurance Solutions of Agoura Hills, Calif., has added Maria G. Thayer as an insurance broker/agent, to the B&B Premier Insurance Solutions team. Thayer has worked in marketing and sales for more...
Jul 13 2011 // A commercial lines insurer is on a mission to sign a number of independent agents— as many as 100 of them —within the next 100 days.From July 12 through October 12, South Carolina-based Accident Insurance Co. (AIC)...
Jul 13 2011 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor has revoked the insurance licenses of several resident and non-resident agents. The following revocations became effective on June 27: The resident...
Jul 13 2011 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of New York (IIABNY) said agents in the state fare better than peers in other states when it comes to keeping a share of the P&C market, according to a study.IIABNY analyzed...
Jul 13 2011 // MetLife Auto & Home says it sees its direct marketing arrangement with General Motors to provide insurance for new car buyers as a way to increase its brand recognition, which it says should also help its independent...
Jul 13 2011 // The House of Representatives has approved a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the federal flood insurance program for five years and change some of its practices to improve its financial operations.The measure to renew and...
Jul 12 2011 // Independent insurance agents are raising concerns over a General Motors promotion that offers car buyers in the Pacific Northwest a year of free liability and damage insurance from MetLife Auto & Home.Hoping to put...
Jul 12 2011 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department has revoked the license of an insurance producer after the individual pleaded to a crime related to the breach of fiduciary trust.The department issued the emergency revocation of the...
Jul 12 2011 // Insurance agents in states along the swollen Missouri River basin say federal officials are causing widespread confusion among property owners by pushing the sale of flood insurance policies that might not cover damage...
Jul 12 2011 // Carol Tower of the Malakoff Insurance Agency was named the ACSR of the Year. Tower, an ACSR specializing in personal lines, has been licensed for 19 years and has served as the president of the Federation of Insurance...
Jul 11 2011 // Matt Frierson, a partner at Pierson and Fendley Insurance Agency in Paris, Texas, was named the André P. Juneau Young Agent of the Year by the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas. Frierson has served on both the young...
Jul 8 2011 // Scott West, owner of Pathfinder Insurance Agency in Houston, was honored as the Paige Eiland Political Action Award winner by the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas. West has chaired his local association’s...
Jul 7 2011 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry in mid-June signed a measure backed by agents groups that requires regulatory approval of property and casualty certificate of insurance forms provided to insureds as proof of insurance coverage.The...
Jul 7 2011 // European politicians accused credit rating agencies on Wednesday of anti-European bias after Moody’s downgrade of Portugal’s debt to “junk” cast new doubt on EU efforts to rescue distressed euro...
Jul 7 2011 // Tim Brady, chairman and former CEO of Brady, Chapman, Holland and Associates in Houston, was named the 2011 Drex Foreman Award winner at the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas’ 114th Annual Conference & Trade...
Jul 7 2011 // A former New Jersey insurance agent has pleaded guilty to defrauding nine clients out of more than $1.9 million, state prosecutors said. Daniel J. Trolaro, 35, of Oakland, was working for Prudential Insurance Co. of...
Jul 6 2011 // Some insurance agents pick up a golf club or tennis racket when they want to have fun and work off a little stress. Aaron Merchant of Ahwatukee, Arizona grabs his handgun.Merchant, a Farmers Insurance agent, says he only...
Jul 6 2011 // Robert Aquino has rejoined Swett & Crawford as a broker in Fresno, Calif. after a long hiatus.He will report to Curt Biersch, Swett & Crawford executive vice president and West Coast Division leader. Aquino, an...
Jul 6 2011 // Bob Shepard, board chairman of Shepard Walton King Insurance Group in Harlingen, was installed as IIAT president for 2011-2012 during the association’s annual business meeting in Houston on June 24. Patrick Watkins,...
Jul 5 2011 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management and insurance brokerage business of Aon Corp., announced the Hong Kong opening of its space insurance practice, International Space Brokers (ISB).The bulletin said Craig...