All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 10 2008 // The Chubb Group announced that it has”expanded its multinational insurance group to encompass both Chubb’s standard P/C products and specialty coverage, such as directors and officers liability insurance.Chubb...
Sep 10 2008 // Brian Neary has joined insurance broker Lockton in Washington, D.C. as a vice president and producer in the firm’s employee benefits consulting practice. Prior to joining Lockton, Neary was a with Mercer Health...
Sep 10 2008 // The State Auto Insurance Companies announced today its introduction of real-time rating via SilverPlume Rating Solutions’ PL Rating for agents.State Auto is partnering with SilverPlume to offer their Web-based...
Sep 9 2008 // Gresham & Associates of Stockbridge, Georgia, added two new property & casualty brokers. Stephanie Averhart has 20 years of industry experience and Annete Marsa has 10 years of retail and wholesale insurance...
Sep 9 2008 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance in late August issued a cease and desist order, summary suspension and fine notice to a Many, La., area insurance agent for alleged misappropriation of premiums. Nancy Campbell Murphy...
Sep 9 2008 // Darien, Ill.-based Insure.com, Inc. has upgraded its Car Crash Safety Ratings Tool, which is a free, online information tool that displays car-safety data from both the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the...
Sep 5 2008 // PIA Management Services Inc. has promoted Matthew F. Guilbault to director of government and industry affairs. He will have the primary responsibility for all government relations and insurance industry liaison programs...
Sep 4 2008 // A federal grand jury has indicted a 53-year-old Bedford, N.H., man on charges he defrauded clients of his insurance agency. Prosecutors say from October 2001 to September 2003, Raymond Douville operated an insurance agency...
Sep 4 2008 // Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Co. announced that, effective as of September 1, 2008, it has acquired all the stock of G.A. Pearson and Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. With...
Sep 1 2008 // Swiss Re appointed Walter A. Bell chairman of Swiss Re America Holding Corp.Bell, whose appointment with Swiss Re is effective Sept. 2, is currently insurance commissioner of the Alabama Department of Insurance, a position...
Sep 1 2008 // Absent any express representations of coverage by the agent or broker, when the insured accepts a policy without objection, the general rule is that a duty is placed upon the insured to read his or her policy and to know...
Sep 1 2008 // Dale Simmon of the Simmon Insurance Agency in Lansing was recently named president of the Michigan Association of Insurance Agents (MAIA). The Michigan Association of Insurance Agents is a statewide trade group that...
Sep 1 2008 // A solid, up-to-date, well-managed database is the No. 1 factor in stimulating and maintaining business growth.The word “marketing” may conjure up images of the fast-paced world of television advertising, a...
Sep 1 2008 // Like much else in life, when it comes to catastrophes, it’s the little things that count.Thousands of homeowners and business owners who will spend the coming months recovering from the after-effects of Tropical...
Sep 1 2008 // After 20 years as an advocate for independent agents, Bob Bird, chief executive officer of the Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina, is stepping down.During this year’s convention scheduled for Oct. 12-15,...
Sep 1 2008 // Swiss Re appointed Walter A. Bell chairman of Swiss Re America Holding Corp.Bell, whose appointment with Swiss Re is effective Sept. 2, is currently insurance commissioner of the Alabama Department of Insurance, a position...
Sep 1 2008 // Phil Ballinger, executive director of the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas, knows a lot about rhythm. He was a drummer with the Van Wilks Band long before he joined SLOT, and while he put down his drumsticks years...
Sep 1 2008 // Community Financial Insurance Center, Monroe, La., hired Jeanette F. Credo as senior vice president for its new Financial Institutions Division for the states of Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi.Credo will establish and...
Sep 1 2008 // Agent-Broker Duties“It’s important to understand this bill doesn’t change anything for brokers that want to continue doing business as usual. Yet it really creates an opportunity for producers to have a...
Sep 1 2008 // General Star Management Co. appointed Gregory J. Diorio chief operating officer and Joseph L. Majsak chief marketing officer. Diorio will oversee all underwriting divisions while Majsak will oversee the new marketing...