All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 29 2022 // Charles Symington has been appointed to the role of executive vice president at the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big I), effective Oct. 1.Symington joined the Big I in 2004 on the government...
Sep 29 2022 // The California Labor Commissioner’s Office cited Angel Connection Nursing Care and Angel Connection Nursing Services for improperly misclassifying 66 home health care workers as independent contractors.Investigators...
Sep 28 2022 // In June 2021, Troopers from Louisiana State Police Insurance Fraud/Auto Theft Unit New Orleans Field Office (LSP-IFAT-NFO) began an investigation into a Marrero business providing fraudulent insurance policies. Troopers...
Sep 28 2022 // Acrisure, the fintech company that operates a top-10 global insurance broker, announced it had acquired CRK Commercial Insurance Services Ltd., the specialist commercial schemes provider.Financial details of the deal,...
Sep 23 2022 // As the independent agency channel moves past the coronavirus pandemic and into uncertain economic headwinds, Best Practices agencies achieved record highs in organic growth and profitability, according to the 2022 Best...
Sep 23 2022 // Westminster insurance agencies RSS Insurance Services and Day Larsen Pedersen Insurance have merged into one, local independent insurance agency serving the Colorado community. The firms are now Conexus Insurance Partners....
Sep 22 2022 // PCF Insurance Services, a burgeoning brokerage based in Utah, has acquired Peak Performance Team, a brokerage that offers financing and insurance packages to automobile dealers in the United States. PPT, headquartered in...
Sep 19 2022 // The longest tenured top executive of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big I) has decided to step down.Bob Rusbuldt, who has been the CEO of Big I since 2001, informed the association’s...
Sep 19 2022 // Despite the plethora of construction work currently available thanks to state and federal infrastructure investments and the pent-up demand for new housing it’s a challenging time for contractors.Several factors...
Sep 15 2022 // Washington-based agencies Fortiphi Insurance and Western Pacific Insurance, both agency partners of PCF Insurance Services, announced the formation of the Western Pacific Partners Group led by Michael Ebert and Gabe Oh.The...
Sep 12 2022 // King Insurance, a rapidly expanding brokerage based in Gainesville, Florida, has announced the acquisitions of two more Florida agencies.King officials said that it bought Tallahassee-based Brad Burns Insurance, which...
Sep 6 2022 // Is your agency a Best Place to Work? Then it’s time to nominate your agency as a “Best Agency to Work For.”To nominate your agency, you must be a current employee of the agency you are nominating. A...
Sep 6 2022 // MILL CREEK, WA, September 6, 2022 — Pacific International Underwriters® (PIU) is partnering with American Modern® to offer a standalone earthquake insurance policy in Washington & Oregon.“One of the...
Sep 6 2022 // September 6, 2022 – XPT announced today the launch of the binding and brokerage division unifying Western Security Surplus, Sierra Specialty, and LP Risk to one consolidated brand, XPT Specialty – your eXpert Partner...
Sep 5 2022 // Francis Okyere, 70, a previously licensed insurance agent in Westlake Village, California, was arrested in relation to a scheme that involved him allegedly stealing multiple victims’ identities and using them to open...
Sep 1 2022 // Beazley to enter distribution partnership with Paragon for Weather GuardSpecialty insurer Beazley announced a new, efficient and effective online portal solution for its leading Weather Guard product. The new robust online...
Aug 31 2022 // First MainStreet Insurance L.C. (FMSI), an affiliate of TrueNorth Companies L.C., announced it has added two Iowa-based partner agencies. Joining the First MainStreet platform in June was Hagge Insurance Agency. As a...
Aug 31 2022 // Federal regulators have sued a data broker they accuse of selling sensitive geolocation data from millions of mobile devices, information that can be used to identify people and track their movements to and from sensitive...
Aug 26 2022 // Insurance broker World Insurance Associates acquired two Massachusetts agencies: Tarpey Insurance Group of Wakefield, and Rush-Kent Insurance Agency Inc. of Arlington, on August 1.Tarpey is a family-owned and operated...
Aug 25 2022 // A Georgia insurance agent is facing additional charges after she was arrested in July for allegedly keeping premium refund checks that were intended for policyholders.Kerri Monroe, 48, of Lyons, Georgia, in late July was...