All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 20 2009 // It’s the end of the decade that apparently has no name as yet, but that doesn’t stop those of us at Insurance Journal from looking back at the past 10 years and beyond for known and little-known insurance...
Dec 20 2009 // Social media is the cover term for the hottest marketing communication tools of today. They include such popular Web 2.0 networking sites as Facebook and Twitter. Both offer exciting possibilities and are used by millions...
Dec 20 2009 // Beecher Carlson expanded its National Energy practice by appointing Jacklyn Kearns senior vice president.Kearns has 28 years of insurance and risk management experience. She joins Charlie Pierpont in Beecher...
Dec 20 2009 // It’s no secret that 2009 was a tough year. Just as tough as 2008; maybe even more so. The economy continued to tank. More businesses shut their doors. Revenues dropped for just about every business. Independent...
Dec 20 2009 // Once again, agents and brokers are wishing for a harder insurance market in the New Year. But while most agents hope for firmer insurance pricing in 2010, just slightly more than a quarter (26.9 percent) predict a harder...
Dec 20 2009 // The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a measure (H.R. 4154) that would permanently extend the estate tax rate and exemption amount at this year’s levels. As present, the estate tax has a rate of 45...
Dec 20 2009 // Large insurers AIG, Farmers and The Hartford made moves in 2009, as did large brokers Marsh, Aon, Willis, Gallagher, Brown & Brown, Hub and Wells Fargo. So, too, did, many regional insurers and Main Street agencies....
Dec 18 2009 // Marsh announced that it has concluded an agreement to acquire HSBC Insurance Brokers Ltd (HIBL), a wholly owned subsidiary of the HSBC Banking Group.The total consideration is valued at £135 million ($218 million),...
Dec 17 2009 // Novato, Calif.-based Fireman’s Fund is launching an Allianz Personal Auto Policy in 11 states, with plans to offer the coverage in more states by the end of 2010. The policy initially will be available in Arizona,...
Dec 17 2009 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin reported the arrest of a licensed insurance agent from Fremont who has been charged with embezzling $7,000 in insurance premiums. Insurance department investigators...
Dec 17 2009 // California State Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner today announced that Janet Gail Wroe, 49, of Canyon Country has been convicted of felony identity theft and sentenced to two years in prison after she stole the...
Dec 17 2009 // Walking into a courtroom Tuesday to face the man who posted naked videos of her online left Erin Andrews momentarily shaken, the ESPN sideline reporter admitted later.But by the time she started to tell a federal judge...
Dec 16 2009 // State Farm Florida will remain in Florida under a negotiated agreement that allows it to cancel about 15 percent of its policies and raise rates 14.8 percent. The deal also allows its contract agents to place the business...
Dec 16 2009 // Insurance agents in Shreveport and Ruston, La., have been cited by the Louisiana Department of Insurance for allegedly participating in fraudulent or illegal activities.Carlos Vandarryl Boston of Shreveport has been fined...
Dec 15 2009 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) named Lauren Cialone as senior director of federal government affairs and John Prible has been promoted to vice president of federal...
Dec 15 2009 // Wells Fargo Insurance Services is pleased to announce Jennifer Schaeffer is a senior broker with the Professional Risk Group. Schaeffer will be based in San Francisco, Calif. She will focus on directors’ and...
Dec 15 2009 // Aon Risk Services said that it has agreed to acquire FCC Global Insurance Services, the in-house captive brokerage subsidiary of FCC. FCC Global Insurance Services is a subsidiary of Fomento De Construcciones Y Contratas,...
Dec 14 2009 // At least four new surety bonds have hit the market in Texas and Arkansas in the last six months, part of a wave of new bonding requirements nationwide.Brokers in both states are working to stay on top of the new mandates....
Dec 14 2009 // ESPN reporter Erin Andrews and the man accused of secretly making nude videos of her will come face-to-face next week in a Los Angeles courtroom when the Illinois insurance executive enters an expected guilty...
Dec 11 2009 // Fresno Insurance agent Ismael Flores Venegas, 34, has been arrested on felony counts of embezzlement by an agent and grand theft by embezzlement, the California Department of Insurance announced yesterday. If convicted,...