All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 12 2009 // President Barak Obama takes his case for reform of the nation’s health insurance system to the American Medical Association, the nation’s largest physicians group, on June 15.While the AMA says it is honored to...
Jun 11 2009 // The owner of a south-central Kansas insurance agency has announced plans to kick off a campaign for insurance commissioner.David Powell of David J. Powell & Associates LLC in El Dorado is seeking the Republican...
Jun 10 2009 // The Denver office of Lockton Companies LLC, a privately owned independent insurance brokerage, announced that Jason Maples, Frank Arcara and Ron Lottridge will be joining the firm.Maples, the founder and managing partner...
Jun 10 2009 // Liberty Mutual Group’s Agency Markets business unit announced that one of its member companies, Liberty Northwest, has sold the renewal rights for most of its direct-sold workers’ compensation policies written...
Jun 9 2009 // Scottsdale, Ariz. – June 9, 2009 – Nautilus Insurance Group, comprised of Nautilus Insurance Company (“Nautilus”) and Great Divide Insurance Company (“Great Divide”), member companies of...
Jun 9 2009 // Five insurance producer associations are planning a joint lobbying effort next month on health care reform in the nation’s capital.The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big “I”),...
Jun 9 2009 // Associated Agencies Inc., a full-service insurance brokerage firm based in Rolling Meadows, Ill., reports that the company is growing and that it recently added a number of new staff members.Craig A. Kanter has been hired...
Jun 9 2009 // Kyle Stevens, president/CEO of Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers Inc. (WSS), announced that Karen G. Williams has joined the firm as contract underwriter in the Dallas office. She will report to Judy Hall, vice...
Jun 8 2009 // Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. has added Gregg Carpenter as senior vice president and David Beeton as an account executive to its Preferred Client Insurance Services Group (PCS)...
Jun 8 2009 // Insurance Journal is on the search for the nation’s leading privately-held property casualty independent agencies and brokerages for its annual Top 100 Property/Casualty Independent Insurance Agencies report.And...
Jun 8 2009 // Florida Gov. Charlie Crist’s veto of a condo insurance bill has disappointed condo unit owners and insurance agents who must comply with what they say is a costly and confusing existing law that would have been...
Jun 5 2009 // Texas-based wholesale insurance broker Towerstone announced two additions to its staff in Dallas.Brent Wright joined Towerstone as a senior broker/underwriter. Wright has been involved in the insurance arena since 1999. He...
Jun 5 2009 // Republican leaders in the Texas Legislature have promised that insurance regulation, roadbuilding and other government functions will continue in Texas despite lawmakers’ failure to pass a measure preserving the...
Jun 4 2009 // Licensed insurance agents and brokers in California, Colorado and Nevada are being warned to beware of a scam targeting them.The Nevada Division of Insurance, California Department of Insurance and Colorado Division of...
Jun 4 2009 // You don’t need to get too deep into conversation these days to find out people are afraid. Given changes in business, the economy and government, many individuals feel they don’t know what or who to trust....
Jun 4 2009 // Edward Reilly, chairman of County Council of Anne Arundel, Maryland has been chosen to replace retiring Sen. Janet Greenip.The Anne Arundel County Republican Central Committee voted 8-5 for Reilly after a meeting Tuesday...
Jun 4 2009 // As Insurance Journal prepares for another Top 100 Independent Property/Casualty Agency List, to be published in our Aug. 3, 2009, magazine, the editors wanted to highlight a few of the current Top 100 agencies. Throughout...
Jun 3 2009 // The owner of a South Carolina insurance business is the newest member of the South Carolina Board of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services. Gov. Mark Sanford appointed Alan Gardner of Newberry to the post last...
Jun 3 2009 // Bank holding companies’ (BHC) insurance brokerage income overall experienced a 3.6 percent drop in 2008, the first decline in total BHC brokerage income since 2001, according to a new industry report.“BHCs with...
Jun 3 2009 // Insurance Journal has extended the deadline for its annual Top 100 Agencies submissions.IJ is on the search for the nation’s leading privately-held property casualty independent agencies and brokerages for its annual...