All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 18 2009 // What do agents want from their insurance carriers? Surprisingly, compensation is not No. 1 on the list. Rather, independent insurance agents would rather have a good relationship with a carrier that is responsive. One...
May 18 2009 // In today’s environment, the value of personal relationships, soar. Nobody fosters these better than insurance agents.You don’t need to get too deep into conversation these days to find out people are afraid....
May 18 2009 // Bob Rusbuldt, president and CEO of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big “I”), sat down with Insurance Journal‘s Andrew Simpson at the association’s recent legislative...
May 18 2009 // Health care reform hasn’t completely overwhelmed federal regulation as a concern in Washington, at least for insurance agents. They believe that given all of the current financial turmoil, some type of financial...
May 18 2009 // Property/casualty agencies can learn something valuable from successful car dealers. And no, it has nothing to do with waxing and buffing. It’s something even shinier, the wisdom to experiment. Dominant dealers are...
May 18 2009 // Insurance agents and brokers are charged with many duties on behalf of their clients. One often neglected duty is working with insureds to prepare them for the annual workers’ compensation and general liability...
May 18 2009 // Property/casualty insurance agents have elevated health care reform to the top of their political agenda; the matter is now just a notch below the perennial battle against federal regulation of insurance on their...
May 15 2009 // Insurance Brokers & Agents of San Diego has named Jeffrey W. Cavignac Agent of the Year, and Regina Lemanowicz San Diego Insurance Woman of the YearCavignac is president and principal of Cavignac & Associates,...
May 15 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.Now,...
May 14 2009 // Channel Harvest Research and Insurance Journal have announced a major new study in the Independent Agency System will be closing soon. Agents still have an opportunity to take the survey, which is probing their attitudes...
May 14 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...
May 14 2009 // The National Insurance Brokers Association (NIBA) has issued a “Discussion Paper,” outlining the reasons for its opposition to the high taxes imposed on insurance transactions in Australia.The NIBA is the...
May 14 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...
May 14 2009 // With the start of the hurricane season just a few weeks away, a leading Florida consumer advocate joined independent agents at a press conference today to warn that property insurance rates need to be raised if insurers...
May 12 2009 // Enforcement actions taken by Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during March include eight license revocations, three license denials and fines and restitution totaling more than $325,000.An order...
May 12 2009 // Momentous Insurance Brokerage Inc. has been named the fourth largest insurance broker in the San Fernando Valley by a regional California newspaper. In addition, the premium per licensed agent is the highest of all ranked...
May 12 2009 // The New York Insurance Department issued its newest list of disciplinary actions against agents, companies and brokers in the state. Among the fines and disciplinary actions contained in the report: Merastar Insurance...
May 11 2009 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired the Sellers Group LLC, an employee benefit broker in The Woodlands, Texas. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Established in 1997, Sellers Group LLC offers a full range...
May 11 2009 // Most insurance professionals detest a soft market due to the increase in competition, unreasonably low pricing and increased market vulnerability. Some, however, may appreciate a softening precisely because of the change...
May 8 2009 // A North Carolina insurance agent has been arrested, charged with twice failing to remit insurance premiums to the insurance company. North Carolina Commissioner Wayne Goodwin reported the arrest of Sherri Efrid, of...