All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 15 2009 // The economic landscape is mired in darkness. Bankruptcies and foreclosures have risen to frightening levels, while the stock market languishes in despair. The high rate of unemployment has a dreadful impact on downsized...
Jun 15 2009 // Unlike many businesses, independent insurance agencies do not need to access credit on a daily basis. But when the time comes that an independent agency needs access to credit and cash, it is usually due to an event driven...
Jun 15 2009 // Whether it’s used to market new insurance products or interface with current clients, social media is transforming the insurance industry landscape — and fast becoming a key tool for agents who want to grow...
Jun 15 2009 // Assurex Global Year Founded: 1954 Locations: 500 offices on six continents Employees: 20,000 Annual Premium Volume: $28 billion Annual Revenue: $3.4 billionAssurex Global wasn’t fully “global” until the...
Jun 12 2009 // Monterey Insurance Agencies of Monterey, Calif., has merged with John. O. Bronson Company, an independent insurance agency founded in 1888. The Monterey Insurance Agencies is a member of Trusted Choice, a national...
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....