All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 16 2008 // Independent insurance agents and brokers are concerned about the future of contingent commissions, according to a recent survey.But that’s just one of several major concerns agents have. They also have doubts about...
Nov 16 2008 // These are the worst worldwide economic times in recent memory. Slow retail and home sales, the horrific stock market, and tight credit, are adversely affecting everyone. But fortunately for our livelihoods, people and...
Nov 16 2008 // The business model calls for growing agencies by expanding their product mix to include life products, homeowners and certain benefit products.The brains behind the insurance agency consolidation firm Confie Seguros say...
Nov 16 2008 // Amid the flurry of lawsuits leveled by franchisees, now an Illinois company connected to a bank involved in the lawsuit of the parent company of Brooke Corp. has taken control of 44.3 percent of Brooke’s stock.Trim...
Nov 16 2008 // For those of you who weren’t aware, the November 4th election brought some good news for insurance agents in California: another one of us was elected to the State Assembly. Jeff Miller, currently Mayor of the City...
Nov 13 2008 // Applied Systems Epic enters the insurance-selling and -servicing marketplace today, offering agents and brokers the automated system they asked for to do business now and in the future.Insurance technology company Applied...
Nov 12 2008 // Tonja Prince, an industry veteran with 17 years of experience, is the newest broker in the American E&S Insurance Brokers Seattle branch. Most recently with AmWINS, Prince specializes in casualty, property, and...
Nov 11 2008 // Austin Surplus Lines, a managing general agency with offices in the Austin, Dallas and Houston areas, apparently has ceased conducting some or all of its contracted business, to the surprise of at least some of its...
Nov 10 2008 // Barlocker Insurance Services-Laguna Hills, PrideMark-Everest and Valley Insurance Service are merging their benefits operations to create a new entity, Leavitt Benefits Services of Southern California. The property and...
Nov 7 2008 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner encouraged consumers who have purchased insurance policies through Brooke franchises to verify their coverage, in light of recent closures at Brooke. It is unlikely that an...
Nov 7 2008 // Jesica Baker has joined Lockton Insurance Brokers LLC, the Southern California subsidiary of Lockton Companies, as director of health risk management. Baker’s expertise in the healthcare industry spans more than 20...
Nov 6 2008 // Two Ferriday, La., area insurance agents recently were arrested and issued cease and desist orders, summary suspensions and fine notices for violating various provisions of Louisiana’s insurance code.The Louisiana...
Nov 6 2008 // Hunter Insurance Inc., an independent agency in Lincoln, Rhode Island, has been named the Trusted Choice Agency of the Month by the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America. Trusted Choice is a branding effort...
Nov 5 2008 // The property/casualty insurance marketplace could not function without insurance agents and brokers. Consequently, it’s important for state regulators to work with agents within their states.Recently, several...
Nov 5 2008 // Willis Group Holdings announced that 10 new members have joined its Commercial Network, a partnership with local, independent insurance brokers in the UK.Including the new members who joined this year, total membership is...
Nov 5 2008 // A Southern California insurance agent has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to a $2.5 million fraud scheme.Prosecutors say Anthony Medina, who operated Prompt Insurance Agency in Newport Beach,...
Nov 5 2008 // A near majority of agents and brokers responding to the 2008 Insurance Journal Agency E&O Survey said they experienced increases in their agency’s errors and omissions premium this year. Some 44.1 percent of...
Nov 4 2008 // In sports, the best offense is a great defense, right? When it comes to preventing errors and omissions claims defensive measures are also the best offense in protecting an insurance agency. Defensive strategies, or risk...
Nov 3 2008 // The Target Markets Program Administrators Association (TMPAA) awarded member agencies, Willis Programs, Glatfelter Insurance Group, Oryx Insurance Brokers, and Synergy Professional Associates the Association’s Best...
Nov 3 2008 // SAN DIEGO – (November 3, 2008) – Online video is booming. By 2012 nearly 50 percent of all Internet traffic will be to online videos, according to Cisco Systems.This online video boom can be a benefit to...