All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Jun 2 2009 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Board of Directors has approved rule changes associated with the safety standards in the Ohio Administrative Code for several industries.Ohio law allows BWC to adopt...
Jun 1 2009 // The insurance business needs to lose a vestige of the insurance marketplace of the last century. Let’s become more friendly to competition and the free market.For my 30 years in the insurance business, insurers have...
Jun 1 2009 // Regional property/casualty insurance companies don’t make headlines like the large institutions. They simply go about their business serving customers and independent agents— and paying claims. How are regional...
Jun 1 2009 // As boating season starts to heat up once again, independent agents across the country may see clients who are re-evaluating their boat insurance needs, and looking to agents for advice.There are five common mistakes boat...
Jun 1 2009 // Al Diamond is one of the country’s best known and respected agency management consultants.His firm, the Agency Consulting Group, is based in Cherry Hill, N.J. Diamond consults with agencies across the country on...
Jun 1 2009 // The current economic environment has produced several influences that in combination are negatively affecting, or at least stressing, property casualty insurance carriers in unique ways, says one experienced industry...
Jun 1 2009 // Direct writers continue to target the Massachusetts personal auto insurance market, as one major national carrier announced it has written its first policy in the state and another says it will begin writing direct in...
Jun 1 2009 // Some 50-year-olds may wish 50 really were the new 40, but for Delta General Agency Corporation turning 50 is a milestone the Houston-based insurance wholesaler is proud to celebrate. Formed in 1959 by Houston retail agent...
Jun 1 2009 // Al Diamond is one of the country’s best known and respected agency management consultants. His firm, the Agency Consulting Group, is based in Cherry Hill, N.J. He deals with agencies across the country on issues...
Jun 1 2009 // How are regional insurance companies faring in today’s climate — financial and catastrophe? What challenges do they face? How can they grow? Why are they so popular with independent agents?Insurance Journal put...
Jun 1 2009 // Those who track insurance criminals for a living say that as the economy has worsened, insurance fraud has been rising – and they are on the alert for any jump in fraud by property/casualty agents and brokers.These...
Jun 1 2009 // New York’s second-largest medical malpractice insurer is more than $43 million in the hole, according to new regulatory filings, but state regulators are legally forbidden from initiating the process to liquidate or...
Jun 1 2009 // Weathering today’s economic storm has not been easy for insurance companies. Consumers are more carefully scrutinizing their coverages, while the financial sector is taking a beating in the public, as the government...
Jun 1 2009 // DCAP Group Inc., an upstate New York franchiser of independent agencies, is ditching its franchise insurance business as part of a strategic move to exit the retail insurance business as it morphs into a reconstituted...
Jun 1 2009 // Insurance agents can play a big role in helping states to fight insurance fraud. In fact, because they are on the front lines of insurance transactions, agents might see and hear things before the insurance company, claims...