All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 7 2011 // Young property/casualty insurance agents and brokers across the U.S. are being called upon to answer some questions … and have some fun.Gen X, Gen Y agents: who are you? What do you really think about your career?...
Mar 7 2011 // San Diego-based Barney & Barney LLC named Michael Bailey and Mark Doscher principals of the firm. Longtime commercial producers in the firm’s San Diego office, both have been key players in the success and...
Mar 7 2011 // Many businesses have not updated their insurance to keep pace with today’s world of cyber liability. Restaurants are no exception. Today restaurants use the Internet. A restaurant will likely have its own Web site, a...
Mar 7 2011 // Editor’s Note: This is the second installment of a two-part article on compliance with the Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act. Part one appeared in the West region of Insurance Journal’s February 21, 2011...
Mar 7 2011 // New Zealand’s 6.3 magnitude Christchurch earthquake is expected to be one of the costliest global insurance events since 2008, with total insured losses ranging between $3 billion and $12 billion. And it’s not...
Mar 7 2011 // InsuranceJournal.com reported on the adventures of IBM’s artificial intelligence machine, Watson, and its victory on the TV game show “Jeopardy.” In the article and podcast, What’s Next for...
Mar 7 2011 // Instant messaging, electronic newsletters, online gaming, discussion forums such as chat rooms and online dating Web sites just to name a few — these are the new ways we communicate and interact with one another.Social...
Mar 7 2011 // It is no secret that the restaurant industry has been in a slump. As families have cut back on eating out, restaurants have suffered three straight years of a decline in business: -.2 percent in 2010, -2.8 percent in 2009...
Mar 7 2011 // Jennifer McPhillips has been promoted to senior director of federal government affairs for the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) and will serve as one of the...
Mar 7 2011 // Late last year, Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, filed a lawsuit over alleged patent infringement against some of the biggest names in technology, including Facebook, Google and Apple. For some, the lawsuit may appear...
Mar 3 2011 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger will conduct a public fact-finding hearing March 14 regarding the impact on Kansas insurance companies and agents of a medical loss ratio (MLR) provision in the federal...
Mar 3 2011 // Main Street Insurance Agencies, an alliance of agencies in Massachusetts, has elected new officers.Colleen Herlihy, Herlihy Insurance Group in Worcester, was elected president. Vice presidents are Thomas F. Bagley III, of...
Mar 3 2011 // Align Financial Group Inc. announced that Joshua Parish has joined the firm as vice president of the company’s newly acquired professional liability subsidiary, E.L.M. Insurance Brokers. Parrish will establish and...
Mar 3 2011 // Maritime General Agency announced its newly formed business identity, which it said “combines three niche marine insurance underwriting facilities: Maritime Program Group; Maritime General Agency, Marine MGA, and...
Mar 2 2011 // A North Carolina insurance agent for Nationwide Insurance voluntarily surrendered her license after being arrested on embezzlement charges, according to state officials. Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin reported the...
Mar 2 2011 // Indianapolis Colts linebacker Gary Brackett promises to be ready for the start of next season — whenever it is.He also wants to be smart in these uncertain times. Indianapolis’ 30-year-old defensive captain,...
Mar 1 2011 // Agents: There is still time to tell insurance carriers what you think! Take this quick survey.What are the most important factors in the independent agents’ relationship with insurance carriers—and which ones rate...
Feb 25 2011 // R-T Specialty LLC announced it has hired Michele Booth as an inside broker for the company’s La Jolla, Calif., office. Booth will work directly with Eileen Jolly on professional and executive liability placements....
Feb 25 2011 // RISC, Inc.’s exclusive nationwide programs for energy and construction are now open for access by other wholesale brokers. RISC offers these specialty programs through “A” rated carriers on an admitted...
Feb 24 2011 // Richard Rutkin, president of L.A.Xcess Insurance Brokers Inc. announced that L.A.Xcess has become an independently owned national wholesaler by purchasing itself back from DeWitt Stern Group, an entertainment insurance...