All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 20 2008 // When the Latin American Association of Insurance Agencies was establishing itself in the late 1960s and early 1970s, most of the members were recent Cuban arrivals who had accepted the fact they were not returning to their...
Oct 20 2008 // A majority of independent agents and brokers in a good position to know say insurance carriers do an acceptable job marketing to the Latino community, although as many as 40 percent also rate carriers’ efforts as...
Oct 20 2008 // The movers behind the insurance agency consolidation firm Confie Seguros say they are well-positioned to meet their goal of a $300 million revenue company focused on the Hispanic insurance market within a few years,...
Oct 20 2008 // Angelo Ganguzza, vice president of Boca Raton, Fla.-based LIG Insurance Agency and Kimberly Langston Gray, managing partner of Langston Insurance Agency in central Florida, accepted election to the Professional Insurance...
Oct 20 2008 // Insurance carriers have not perfected the art of marketing to Latin independent agents or the Latino market. They are not terrible at it but they could be better. In a recent Insurance Journal survey (see page 50), nearly...
Oct 20 2008 // Most people dread record keeping, whether it is logging expenses, travel mileage, billable hours, laps on the treadmill or the birthday presents given to family friends. Although it is tedious, record keeping is necessary...
Oct 20 2008 // Being the sixth-largest state in the nation, and one of the fastest-growing, makes Arizona an attractive place to live and do business. And that means the state is desirable from an insurance perspective, too, according to...
Oct 20 2008 // Exclusive Insurance Journal Interview with AIG Commercial Insurance CEO John Doyle and CFO Rob SchimekThe very strengths in its balance sheet, surplus, underwriting and personnel that have made the Commercial Insurance...
Oct 20 2008 // Top 100 Agency ProfileRanking: 12 Agency Name: InterWest Insurance Services Inc. Headquarters: Sacramento, Calif. Year Founded: 1992 Additional Locations: 9 locations in California 2007 Property/Casualty Premium: $519.6...
Oct 20 2008 // For surplus lines insurance providers the economic turmoil and soft insurance market means a double-hit on profitability. Some industry experts predict the unstable conditions brought on by the economy and the global...
Oct 20 2008 // Recent estimates show that about one third of all commercial risks in the United States are placed in an “alternative market.” As producers already know, many general accounts no longer can be placed through...
Oct 20 2008 // Agribusiness insurance has grown significantly as food production has become a global commodity. Since World War II there has been a dramatic reduction in the number of family farms and acreage being cultivated for food...
Oct 17 2008 // Wendy Kufner has joined Risk Placement Services Inc. in Scottsdale, Ariz., as an underwriter/broker. She brings to her position a strong insurance background as both a retail and wholesale broker. She will be responsible...
Oct 17 2008 // Reagan Consulting and the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big “I”) announced the Best Practices Agencies for 2008-2009. A total of 189 agencies from around the country maintained their...
Oct 16 2008 // The Phoenix office of Lockton Companies LLC, a privately held insurance broker, announced that J. Robert Howard has joined its Phoenix, Ariz., brokerage team as producer for all property and casualty lines. Howard’s...
Oct 16 2008 // With one session down and two to go, the Florida Association of Insurance Agents is hosting a series of perpetuation clinics throughout Florida to aid agency owners in grappling with issues associated with agency...
Oct 16 2008 // Minneapolis-based Collins and Brazil’s Especializada Re have entered into an agreement under which the two companies will serve as exclusive correspondent brokers for the placement of reinsurance for insurance...
Oct 16 2008 // Confie Seguros, a provider of auto insurance with an emphasis on serving Hispanic consumers, has acquired auto insurance brokerage Alamo Auto Insurance. The acquisition of San Antonio-based Alamo expands Confie...
Oct 16 2008 // John McGovern and Paul Duggan have joined National E&S Insurance Brokers Inc., a specialty wholesale environmental insurance broker based in Palmdale, Calif. Both McGovern and Duggan have extensive experience in...
Oct 15 2008 // Mercury Casualty Co., the largest insurance subsidiary of Los Angeles-based Mercury General Corp., has agreed to buy Auto Insurance Specialists Inc. from Aon Corp.AIS is an independent broker and major producer of...