All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 13 2010 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson has accepted the surrender of the resident insurance agent license of John Elder of Lancaster, Ohio, for alleged violations of Ohio insurance law. The department said an...
Sep 9 2010 // With a letter sent out a few weeks ago, Explorer Insurance announced that it will no longer write private automobile policies in Florida because there is too much fraud.“The company is taking this action in light of...
Sep 9 2010 // New York excess line brokers must soon renew their business entity licenses if they want to avoid possible licensing delays later this year, the Excess Line Association of New York (ELANY) said.All business entity licenses...
Sep 9 2010 // Commonwealth Automobile Reinsurers, which oversees Massachusetts’ residual market for auto insurance, has appointed two members to its governing committee.The new committee members are Joseph P. Leahy Jr., a...
Sep 8 2010 // This week’s post continues to discuss solutions for managing the work in small agencies in small towns. A number of the solutions that I have been and will be discussing work for small agencies anywhere and some of...
Sep 8 2010 // Colemont Global Group, the international division of wholesale insurance broker AmWINS Group, Inc., has acquired a majority share of CMK Insurance Brokers Company Limited.CMK Insurance Brokers will operate under the trade...
Sep 8 2010 // Chicago-based insurance broker Hub International Limited has acquired the shares of Sinclair Cockburn Financial Group (SCFG), a Toronto, Ontario-based insurance and financial services firm with approximately $11 million in...
Sep 7 2010 // Brokers Insurance Group (BIG) has named Justin McAdara a director. McAdara has a diverse background, including realtor, insurance marketing representative and professional musician. He was a top producing real estate agent...
Sep 7 2010 // North Carolina-based wholesale insurance broker AmWINS has won a court order against a former employee it believes is using confidential client information to target AmWINS business accounts and win them over to his new...
Sep 7 2010 // Lloyd’s announced that it has joined with brokers Marsh, Cooper Gay and RK Harrison Group in a trial to test the use of iPads in its underwriting room.The trial is set to commence in early September. Lloyd’s...
Sep 7 2010 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney says his office has reached an agreement with an agent to refund $66,5000 in policy fees to poultry farmers. Chaney said in a news release Friday that the action was taken...
Sep 6 2010 // Like most agents, you work hard at writing new accounts, what salespeople through the years have referred to as “getting the fish in the boat.” But it doesn’t take a master angler to know that once you...
Sep 6 2010 // Aon Consulting has named Shelly Blackstone as vice president of business development in its Richmond, Virginia office. In her new role, Blackstone will develop new products and services clients in Central and Southern...
Sep 6 2010 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp. (LWCC) promoted two key executives. Paul Buffone is now senior vice president of Risk Management Services, and David T. White is now vice president of Internal Audit.Buffone...
Sep 6 2010 // The Arizona Supreme Court is weighing in on the state’s uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage selection form – a decision that could dramatically increase insurance agency’s errors and omissions...
Sep 6 2010 // For insurance agents, there is a lesson to be learned from Hulk Hogan – particularly about the pitfalls of selling coverage to wealthy clients.The well-known, ex-professional wrestler turned reality TV star is suing...
Sep 6 2010 // Since its inception just a few years ago, social networking has provided both hype and hope for businesspeople.Social networking practitioners in the insurance industry have demonstrated over the past year how to deliver...
Sep 6 2010 // In the early 1700s, John Law, a brilliant mathematician, advised the French government their economy could be improved by printing lots of paper money not backed by gold or silver. The key was getting people to trust the...
Sep 6 2010 // It takes more than a bad economy and declining prices to weaken property/casualty insurance brokers.Moody’s Investors Service says in its new Industry Scorecard report that the insurance brokerage sector remains...
Sep 2 2010 // InVEST, an insurance industry classroom to career education program founded by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”), named three new members to its national board: Joey...