All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 21 2008 // Stock Prices: Arthur J. Gallagher’s stock price remarkably continues to hold strong as many stocks are experiencing historical declines. Gallagher is up 6.5 percent for the year.M&A Activity: Brokerage activity...
Dec 21 2008 // “You always find out who’s been swimming naked when the tide goes out. We found out that Wall Street has been kind of a nudist beach.” —Warren Buffett on the credit crisis“As a strong supporter of...
Dec 21 2008 // 2008 can be described as a year like no other in the property/casualty insurance world. This year, the industry witnessed the near death of the world’s largest and most successful insurance company, AIG. The soft...
Dec 21 2008 // Ask agents and executives in the insurance industry about the coming year and they’ll say they expect that the market will harden, at least slightly. In fact, 73 percent of agents predict prices will firm, according...
Dec 21 2008 // A lot happened in the world of insurance agency/brokerage mergers and acquisitions in 2008.Willis made the biggest slash with its $2.1 billion acquisition of Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Co. (HRH), one of the world’s...
Dec 21 2008 // The past year has brought down a lot of businesses and people — but not independent insurance agents. They’re still up … for the challenge, for the future, for whatever lies ahead.Many independent agencies...
Dec 21 2008 // WestCalifornia Passed Agent-Broker Law The most notable bill affecting California agents was AB 2956, which clarifies the duties of an insurance agent versus a broker. Prior to the new law, confusion existed within the...
Dec 19 2008 // BB&T Insurance Services, the nation’s sixth largest insurance broker, reports it plans to acquire J. Rolfe Davis Insurance of Maitland, Fla.Founded in 1942 by former Orlando mayor J. Rolfe Davis, the...
Dec 19 2008 // As millions of Americans host and attend holiday parties across the street or across the country, many are unaware of the risks they may be taking or of their own responsibilities to ensure their guests don’t hit the...
Dec 19 2008 // Retail insurance agents and wholesale brokers are working on a plan to streamline how they do business together including improving electronic applications, electronic interfaces between the parties, and general agent Web...
Dec 18 2008 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas is updating its training program designed to provide agents with a foundation in commercial and personal lines insurance.Beginning in January, IIAT is taking the best elements of...
Dec 17 2008 // The Alliance of Insurance Agents & Brokers announced that Michael D’Arelli has been named the association’s executive director and chief operating officer. D’Arelli has replaced David G. Nielsen, who...
Dec 15 2008 // Farmington Hills, Mich.-based Burns & Wilcox announces that Christian T. Hamlin has joined the company as a professional lines broker. He is based in the company’s Los Angeles office. Hamlin has more than 10...
Dec 12 2008 // The California Earthquake Authority Governing Board today approved a team of reinsurance intermediaries to work on the CEA’s behalf to meet its reinsurance needs. AON Benfield will act as lead intermediary, with Guy...
Dec 12 2008 // Houston-based HCC Insurance Holdings Inc.has acquired Arrowhead Public Risk, a division of Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc., and also acquired the Criminal Justice division of U.S. Risk Insurance Brokers. The...
Dec 12 2008 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Austin and the Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc. joined efforts recently to collect food and money for the Capital Area Food Bank in Austin, Texas. Food and money were collected at...
Dec 11 2008 // Company enhances Customer Service through new Bus WebsiteHartford, CT – S.H. Smith & Company, Inc. is proud to announce the launch of its new website: http://www.shsmithbus.com. Developed to augment its...
Dec 11 2008 // Crump Insurance Services has added Babs Driscoll as broker in its Houston, Texas, office and Camille Wilkerson as associate broker in Austin.Driscoll works in the property and inland marine brokerage and underwrites...
Dec 10 2008 // December 10, 2008 – Broomall, PA. Are you looking to grow your agency? Tired of dead end leads? A few years ago the only option for an insurance agent was to buy leads. Most agents will tell you that the leads...
Dec 10 2008 // Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings Limited announced that it has agreed to acquire the business and operations of Australian managing general agent Dexta Corporation Pty Ltd. from its shareholders, Ironbridge Capital,...