All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 6 2009 // Despite earning praise from major insurance brokerages, a proposed new regimen of compensation disclosure rules for insurance producers has New York agents on edge.The draft regulations issued earlier this week include...
Feb 6 2009 // In two separate instances, Louisiana insurance agents recently have been accused of fraud and misappropriating premiums.In one case, the Louisiana Department of Insurance Fraud Section Investigators served Tamara Celeste...
Feb 5 2009 // Despite the seemingly difficult times independent insurance agents may be facing today, they will always have a future, according to George Joseph, chairman and founder of Mercury Insurance, considered one of the most...
Feb 5 2009 // Powter Insurance, based in McKinney, Texas, announced it has acquired the O’Neal Insurance Agency of Burleson, Texas. O’Neal Insurance Agency owner Jerita O’Neal will join Powter, bringing many years of...
Feb 5 2009 // Englewood, Colo.-based Colorado Casualty, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, announced it has added workers’ compensation coverage to its commercial insurance product line in Nevada.“Bringing...
Feb 4 2009 // Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West (IBA West) CEO Clark Payan recently installed the associations new officers and directors. Following will serve in 2009.President Richard E. Dinger of Crescenta Valley Insurance,...
Feb 4 2009 // Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink is urging State Farm Florida to “immediately” let its agents do business with other insurance companies for their more than one million policyholders now that State...
Feb 4 2009 // Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Helmer Risk Management LLC has been renamed Hemer. According to president and CEO Scott A. Helmer, “We decided to drop ‘risk management’ from the company name and add the...
Feb 3 2009 // North Carolina Department of Insurance investigators said they arrested Teeketa Graham Davis of Sophia, N.C. on charges of embezzling more than $68,000.Department investigators allege that Davis, a licensed insurance agent...
Feb 3 2009 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during December.The actions include five license revocations, three license denials and fines and...
Feb 3 2009 // Lori Ault has joined S. H. Smith & Co., a national specialty insurance broker, as vice president of Sales. She will be part of the Midwestern sales team located out of S. H. Smith’s office in Ohio. Ault’s...
Feb 2 2009 // A trade group for New York insurance agents says it’s working with the state’s insurance department to develop a new system for licensing agents.The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York, Inc....
Feb 2 2009 // Venture Insurance Programs has introduced ProWriters, a new management and professional liabilities unit that works directly with appointed agencies to find the best coverage and risk management solutions for financial...
Feb 2 2009 // The Ramsden/Sullivan Memorial Award, Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West’s most prestigious award, was presented to James T. Armitage at the 2009 IBA West Annual Meeting & Installation Luncheon in Glendale,...
Feb 2 2009 // It’s that time again! Insurance Journal is polling insurance agents and brokers nationwide in its annual quest to find out who’s worth what in the independent agency system.More than 1,000 agencies nationwide...
Jan 30 2009 // The Hartford, Connecticut office of Colemont Insurance Brokers has assigned new management responsibilities for several key members of its personnel.Michael O’Brien, vice president, has been named Financial Services...
Jan 30 2009 // Oklahoma-based BancInsure’s insurance and risk management products are now available to Texas bankers through their local independent insurance agents, the company announced.“As a former Texan I understand the...
Jan 29 2009 // Willis Re, the reinsurance arm of global broker Willis Group Holdings, announced the appointment of 17 professionals “to extend the global growth of the unit’s specialty lines business.”Willis said the...
Jan 29 2009 // Diablo Valley Insurance Agency Inc. of Walnut Creek, Calif., acquired the assets of Gingrich Insurance Brokers of Orinda, Calif. Gingrich Insurance Brokers with annualized revenues of approximately $900,000, focuses on...
Jan 28 2009 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced a number of fee reductions resulting in $10.3 million in annual savings, including a 6 percent fee reduction for more than 300,000 licensed insurance agents,...