All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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,...
Dec 10 2008 // The number of independent agencies has stabilized — that’s one of the key findings of the 2008 Agency Universe Study. Future One, a collaboration of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America...
Dec 10 2008 // Itasca, Ill.-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. recently announced the acquisitions of The Treiber Group LLC and Treiber Agency Group LLC, both located in Garden City, N.Y. Terms of the transactions were not...
Dec 8 2008 // Apex Global Partners (AGP) announced the acquisition of Brooks Bitter and Associates, a privately owned employee benefits brokers in Dallas.Brooks Bittner and Associates provides benefit department outsourcing, health and...
Dec 8 2008 // SAN DIEGO – (December 8, 2008) – Attracting and retaining new customers is expensive – five times more expensive than keeping an existing customer – according to a report issued by Ohio State...
Dec 5 2008 // Lockton Companies has appointed Harpreet Ubhi account executive for the company’s Financial Services Practice. He will be based in the company’s San Francisco office. Ubhi has worked in the risk...
Dec 5 2008 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced the arrest of two insurance broker/agents on felony grand theft charges. Carlos Alarcon of Chino, Calif., and Juan Garcia of Temecula, Calif., allegedly defrauded...
Dec 4 2008 // Prudential Financial Inc., the second-largest U.S. life insurer, said it plans to sell its 38 percent stake in the Wachovia Securities brokerage to Wells Fargo & Co.The stake is worth about $5 billion, or more than...
Dec 4 2008 // “Technically, Brooke Franchise owes me $7 million, but who knows if I will ever see it,” said Roger Cunningham, former Brooke franchisee and agent/owner of RKC Financial in the Dallas/Fort Worth Texas,...
Dec 3 2008 // Despite the challenges faced by the state of Louisiana since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita wrought their havoc in 2005, there are bright spots in the state’s property casualty insurance industry, says Louisiana...
Dec 3 2008 // Martha Lester-Mittenzwei recently joined the Independent Insurance Agents of Wisconsin (IIAW) as its new director of Education and Membership.Mittenzwei began her insurance career in the agency ranks, working her way from...
Dec 3 2008 // It’s getting easier for restless financial advisers to jump ship.Independent advisory firms are rushing to sign an agreement that bars lawsuits between signatories that hire away each other’s brokers. Almost...
Dec 2 2008 // Los Angeles-based Insurance Specialty Group’s Professional Liability Group named Catherine V.M. Butschek a broker in Dallas. Butschek began her insurance career in the retail arena. For the past 15 years, she has...
Dec 2 2008 // Montvale, New Jersey-based Managing General Agency Jimcor Agencies has acquired wholesale brokerage Zaloom Associates Inc.Zaloom Associates will be a division of Jimcor Agencies and will be located in the Montvale office,...
Dec 1 2008 // North Carolina’s new insurance chief agrees with insurance industry critics that the state’s backup wind insurance pool, known as the Beach Plan, needs shoring up.“I have described our Beach Plan or...
Nov 30 2008 // Technically, Brooke Franchise owes me $7 million, but who knows if I will ever see it,” said Roger Cunningham, former Brooke franchisee and agent/owner of RKC Financial in the Dallas/Fort Worth Texas,...