All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 5 2010 // New York-based USI Holdings Corp. has named Sandra Usleman, former president of USI’s Austin, Texas, operating company in the Southwest region, as senior vice president and chief sales officer.Other changes in...
Apr 5 2010 // A schism is emerging between New York’s trade groups for insurance agents over how best to challenge rules requiring agents to reveal their pay.The Professional Insurance Agents of New York (PIANY) says it will not...
Apr 5 2010 // Amid wind-whipped exhaust fumes and an early March cold front, Connecticut insurance agent Michael Gergler ducks inside the lobby of the Wardman Park hotel and surveys the lobby where roughly 150 other insurance agents...
Apr 5 2010 // Amid wind-whipped exhaust fumes and an early March cold front, Connecticut insurance agent Michael Gergler ducks inside the lobby of the Wardman Park hotel in Washington, D.C. and surveys the lobby where roughly 150 other...
Apr 5 2010 // The Alliance of Insurance Agents & Brokers supports Proposition 17 on the June 2010 statewide ballot because it will make the auto insurance market more competitive, offer drivers more choices and lead to lower rates...
Apr 5 2010 // New Jersey-based Synergy Professional Associates has hired Thomas Dattoli as manager of its professional liability unit. Dattoli will be responsible for underwriting professional and excess liability for lawyers, and...
Apr 5 2010 // Some people — Diff’rent Strokes’ Willis, perhaps (at least by Arnold Jackson’s standards) — have the gift of gab. And if you’ve been listening to the news in California, you know insurance...
Apr 5 2010 // ‘In Pain All the Time’“I’d gladly give up all the money just to have my whole life back together.” —James Klotz, whose jury award in a medical malpractice lawsuit was upheld by the Missouri...
Apr 5 2010 // The Hartford Financial Services Group has unveiled a new “customer-centric” growth strategy that it says will help unlock the value of its books of business in property/casualty as well as life insurance. The...
Apr 5 2010 // Online marketplace MarketScout and Glenn Hargrove, former CEO of Crump, Inc., have teamed up to launch MarketScout Wholesale (MSW), which will combine wholesale brokerage and managing general agency (MGA) services with new...
Apr 5 2010 // A Stamford, Conn.-based research and consulting firm has identified 10 technologies that will have the greatest impact for the property/casualty (P/C) insurance industry. Gartner Inc. said these technologies will challenge...
Apr 5 2010 // Nebraska-based Harvard State Insurance Agency will merge into Cornerstone Insurance Group as a result of Cornerstone Bank’s acquisition of Harvard State Bank.Cornerstone president and chief executive Kelly Holthus...
Apr 5 2010 // Insurance agents might want to take notes during tonight’s NCAA championship game between Butler and Duke. While NCAA men’s basketball tournament referee and insurance agent Gary Maxwell won’t tell you...
Apr 5 2010 // Flood Hiatus“That’s scary.” —John Prible, vice president of federal government affairs for the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers (the Big “I”), commenting on the prospect of Congress...
Apr 5 2010 // Insurance broker Marsh says its main brokerage unit will not accept contingent commissions on business for U.S. or Canadian clients but its Marsh & McLennan Agency and its affinity and personal lines business units...
Apr 5 2010 // Hospitality owners have concerns with retaining risk that they cannot transfer to the insurance market and owners are looking for legitimate ways to preserve their firms’ assets or to use the captive as a profit...
Apr 5 2010 // In today’s still challenging economic environment, employees are increasingly looking at employee benefits as a way to strengthen their personal financial safety net. Nearly nine in 10 employees (87 percent) planned...
Apr 5 2010 // The last couple of years have been challenging for the national economy – the housing market decline, bank bailouts, tightening credit markets, and a volatile stock market have strained many businesses across varying...
Apr 5 2010 // While high-profile crimes like Bernie Madoff’s $65 billion Ponzi scheme generate headlines, employees at companies across the county are committing smaller, low profile crimes every day.Many employee theft schemes...
Apr 2 2010 // Willis Group Holdings announced that six new members have joined its Willis Networks – partnerships with local, independent insurance brokers in the UK – which now totals 106.Willis Networks is made up of the...