All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 21 2023 // Howden, the London-based insurance broker, announced it has expanded its offering in Switzerland with the acquisition of insurance brokers argenius Risk Experts AG (argenius) and RVA Versicherungsbroker AG (RVA). Born...
Jun 20 2023 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tvInsurance professionals specializing in cannabis across the nation in the last few years have gone from few and far in between to too many to count as cannabis evolves into a mature industry...
Jun 19 2023 // Acrisure LLC, a large, closely-held insurance broker, is interviewing banks to go public next year, people with knowledge of the matter said, in a sign that equity markets may be opening up to new listings from strong...
Jun 19 2023 // ORLANDO – Just as some California insurance agents are expressing grave concerns about the future of that state’s insurance market, a number of Florida agents feel like they’ve turned something of a...
Jun 19 2023 // The U.S. construction sector continues to see strong growth in various sectors and geographies but higher interest rates, higher building costs, and a decades-long shortage of skilled labor are contributing to a...
Jun 16 2023 // Howden, the London-based insurance broker, announced it has strengthened its marine offering in Europe with the acquisition of Bremen-based broker Northern Lloyd, one of the leading marine brokers in Northern Germany.The...
Jun 16 2023 // Multiple US agencies were compromised by a hacking campaign in which attackers have exploited flaws in a popular software tool to gather information from a range of victims.The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security...
Jun 15 2023 // A webinar briefing hosted by California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara this week to ease concerns about deteriorating market conditions left insurance agents with more questions than answers, according to a group that...
Jun 15 2023 // First MainStreet Insurance L.C. (FMSI), an affiliate of TrueNorth Companies L.C., announced the addition of four new agencies.Lauer & Lauer Insurance, based in West Union, Iowa was FMSI’s first acquisition of...
Jun 15 2023 // A UK printing firm that sends mail for clients ranging from major health-insurance providers to multinational banks was a victim of the extensive MOVEit cyberattack.Adare SEC confirmed to Bloomberg News on Monday that it...
Jun 15 2023 // Wall Street’s main regulator is moving to introduce new rules for brokerages using artificial intelligence to interact with clients.The US Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday that a long contemplated plan...
Jun 14 2023 // XPT Specialty names Williams VP and Broker XPT Specialty has hired Catrina Williams as vice president and broker in the commercial lines division of XPT’s Texas offices. XPT is headquartered in New York, New...
Jun 14 2023 // Private equity firm TA Associates is exploring a sale of its stake in Australian insurance broker Honan Insurance Group Pty amid interest from other potential investors, according to people familiar with the matter.TA is...
Jun 13 2023 // A majority of judges on Brazil’s Supreme Court voted on Monday to back tax authorities in a judgment on how to calculate levies on banks and other financial institutions that could add as much as 115 billion reais...
Jun 8 2023 // Bail agent Fausto Atilano, 60, of Temecula, California, was arrested this week on multiple felony counts of falsifying judicial records, perjury, and preparing false evidence, after a California Department of Insurance...
Jun 6 2023 // Cleveland-based insurance and financial advisory firm CBIZ, Inc. announced that it acquired information security consulting firm, Pivot Point Security, of Hamilton, New Jersey, effective June 1, 2023.Founded in 2001, PPS...
Jun 5 2023 // Technology has made it easier for consumers to explore and purchase insurance on their own.While some fear this ease of access could put agents out of work, Jim Dwane, CEO of insurtech bolt, a property/casualty insurance...
Jun 5 2023 // John Philip Ryan, 64, of Yucca Valley, California, was sentenced and ordered to pay more than $220,000 in restitution to victims after pleading guilty to two felony counts of financial elder abuse and grand theft of...
Jun 5 2023 // I see a lot of turnovers in human resource (HR) departments at insurance agencies. It seems like most internal recruiters don’t last longer than two years, and the majority leave for a job outside the insurance...
Jun 5 2023 // Federal officials have offered a proposal to control flooding in the Mississippi Delta, a move that comes after months of work from government agencies and decades of delays and disputes over potential environmental...