All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 15 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Recently, AgentSync Co-Founders Jenn Knight and Niji Sabharwal sat down with Judy Shaw, host of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) video series Floor Talk to discuss...
Feb 15 2023 // BriteCo jewelry insurance today launched its new Agent Program, which will enable independent insurance agents in the United States to offer BriteCo jewelry insurance to their clients.Per a press release, agents in the...
Feb 15 2023 // Caribbean Risk Group LLC. (CRG), the U.S. Virgin Islands-based insurance agency, announced the launch of its London operations, CRG International Ltd. The brokerage in London will act as an appointed representative of...
Feb 15 2023 // Larry Chapman Jr., recently an agent with Alfa Insurance, is the new deputy insurance commissioner for Alabama.The state Department of Insurance announced that Chapman will fill the spot left vacant by Mark Fowler, who was...
Feb 14 2023 // BMS, the London-based independent specialty re/insurance broker, announced that BMS Iberia has signed a deal to acquire Seguros Viafina (Viafina), the Spanish specialty insurance and reinsurance broker.The acquisition is...
Feb 13 2023 // National specialty insurance broker Risk Strategies reports it has acquired Bullen Insurance Group, a national specialist focused on high-net-worth families, individuals and their businesses.Bullen operates five offices in...
Feb 13 2023 // Aston Lark, a Howden company, announced it has agreed terms to acquire the independent broker Allegiance Insure Ltd.Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. London-based Allegiance Insure was established by...
Feb 13 2023 // Austin, TX., February 14, 2023 –– The Certified Insurance Service Representative (CISR) designation provided by The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research is now endorsed by the Independent Insurance...
Feb 10 2023 // Robert Meseer, 69, of Westminster, California, was sentenced this week after pleading guilty to 55 felony counts of grand theft, insurance fraud and forgery.Meseer was sentenced to three years of supervised formal...
Feb 9 2023 // Two brothers, longtime insurance agents in Whiteville, North Carolina, are on their way to several years in prison after pleading guilty to running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded friends, family and other members of the...
Feb 6 2023 // Michigan-based independent insurance agency Highstreet Insurance Partners reports it has acquired two Pennsylvania insurance agencies: Lock Haven-based Davis Insurance Agency and Bensalem-based Michael Pigott Agency.Both...
Feb 3 2023 // Amwins Global Risks, the London-based international arm of global specialty insurance broker Amwins, announced the acquisition of Roberts Armytage & Partners (RAP), the specialist, energy and marine-focused London...
Feb 3 2023 // The hacking group behind a cyberattack against the software firm ION Trading UK has recently conducted a series of breaches throughout the world, with its victims including the UK’s postal service and local...
Feb 2 2023 // Freddie Mac, one of two mortgage-buying companies that buttress the U.S. home-lending market, has agreed to accept the Kroll Bond Rating Agency as a rating firm for homeowners’ insurance companies.“We have...
Jan 30 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Insurance is a highly regulated industry, and, with a producer workforce that’s turning over as a generation retires and signs over their businesses, reducing...
Jan 24 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.Insurance agents want to get paid for the products they sell. They’ll ultimately choose to partner with the insurance carriers that get commissions paid quickly...
Jan 19 2023 // San Francisco-based wholesale insurance brokerage Socius Insurance Services, Inc. has acquired the assets of Kelly Underwriting Services, a Farmingdale, New York based managing general underwriter.Led by Tom Nash, Kelly...
Jan 18 2023 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Dublin, Ireland-based First Ireland Risk Management Limited, a retail insurance broker offering commercial and personal insurance products as well as life and pension products...
Jan 18 2023 // Acrisure, the Grand Rapids, Michigan-based insurance broker and fintech specialist, has acquired Affinity Brokers Limited, a commercial insurance broker based in Glasgow, Scotland.Founded in 2010 by Scott Meechan and...
Jan 17 2023 // Westland Insurance announced that it has acquired the Edmonton brokerage RiskTech Insurance Services as of January 1.Risk Tech was a member of Excel Insurance Group. It specializes in serving large and mid-market...