All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 6 2011 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline will retire after 10 years on the job.Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin said Cline’s retirement will become effective June 30, 2011 and that he will name a replacement in the...
Jun 6 2011 // For those in the industry, Florida’s recent legislative session was a long march as they tried to navigate through a process that initially promised much in the form of a new governor and strong pro-business...
Jun 6 2011 // Ray Spears, Jeff Wilson, and Charles Donaldson in 2007 established GlobalGreen Insurance Agency as the brand name for the franchise network of independent agencies developed and operated by St. Louis, Mo.-based Equity One...
Jun 6 2011 // Nearly half of independent insurance agents and brokers believe it is most important to their carrier relationships that companies are consistent in product and pricing in the marketplace, a new study co-sponsored by...
Jun 6 2011 // The simmering compensation conflict between London’s broker community and the underwriters they work with erupted following a keynote speech given by the Catlin Group’s chief executive Stephen Catlin at a...
Jun 6 2011 // New Jersey-based New Day Underwriting Managers promoted John Heft to senior vice president and director of its real estate practice. The 20-year industry veteran joined New Day in 2006, and has developed and managed the...
Jun 6 2011 // In just about every metropolitan area nationwide hungry customers can appease their appetites by visiting the neighborhood taco truck. The traditional taco truck sells more than just tacos these days – a lot more....
Jun 6 2011 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York (IIABNY) says it is moving forward with a legal appeal of a court ruling that allowed the state to require agents to reveal their commissions to clients.The group...
Jun 3 2011 // Once again, Insurance Journal is on the search for leading privately-held property casualty independent agencies and brokerages for its annual Top 100 Property/Casualty Independent Insurance Agencies report.Top Overall...
Jun 3 2011 // TKg has appointed David Senescu assistant vice president, casualty broker, in tKg’s Southern California office in La Quinta. In this role, Senescu will be responsible for the production of brokerage business in the...
Jun 1 2011 // Premiums for new federal health insurance plans that cover high-risk people with pre-existing conditions will drop by as much as 40 percent, federal health regulators said Tuesday.The government also will begin paying...
May 31 2011 // Ustun Inan Insurance, an agency celebrating its 29th year of business in Fremont, Calif., has joined The Iroquois Group, according to agency principal Ustun Inan.Inan has been in the property and casualty insurance...
May 31 2011 // The Texas Legislature has passed a measure that requires regulatory approval of property and casualty certificate of insurance forms provided to insureds as proof of coverage.Certificates of insurance are widely used in...
May 27 2011 // Confie Seguros has acquired two New Jersey insurance brokerages – Royale Insurance and First Americano Insurance Agency. The agencies’ founder and CEO, Remberto Perez, will continue to serve as head of the two...
May 26 2011 // Georgia’s PointeNorth Insurance Group and Love, Douglas & Pope Inc. have merged. Effective June 1, the company will operate as PointeNorth Insurance Group.The merger is the third transaction of the year for...
May 26 2011 // A Georgia insurance agent who took premiums from a nonprofit pleaded guilty in Bibb County Superior Court to one count of insurance fraud.Broadus W. Marshall Jr. of Macon was sentenced to 10 years of probation, 500 hours...
May 26 2011 // Learn the business. Put your customers’ interests first. Take care yourself.Those are three messages Mark Z. Moores thinks young people young people entering the insurance business should take to heart. He should...
May 25 2011 // The number of independent agents using real-time upload increased 16 percentage points from 2009 to 2011, says a new industry study.In IVANS’ 2009 Insurance Agents, Carriers & Technology Survey, only 36 percent...
May 25 2011 // Authorities have identified the fatal stabbing suspect fatally shot by Philadelphia police over the weekend. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports officers shot and killed 22-year-old Eric Radcliff because he lunged at them...
May 25 2011 // Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA), based in Austin, Texas, has elected John V. Shropshire Jr., CEO of The Shropshire Agency in Lubbock, Texas, as its new chairman for 2011-2012.CAA’s new 2011-12 Management...