All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 27 2008 // Sorn Harn and Horst Lechler have formed Harn & Lechler Insurance Services LLC, a wholesale insurance brokerage specializing in placing tough and difficult casualty and property risks with admitted and nonadmitted...
Aug 27 2008 // Retired Texas independent insurance agent William C. (Bill) Barmore, Jr., age 81, and a resident of Pasadena, Texas, passed away Aug. 23, 2008.Barmore was born Jan. 6, 1927, in Cameron, Texas, to Cecil and Selma (Klatt)...
Aug 27 2008 // A former Bucks County, Pa., chiropractor has been accused of fraudulently billing two insurance companies for more than $27,000 for treatments to patients who claimed to have been injured in staged bus accidents.Attorney...
Aug 26 2008 // Every morning, stories of financial sector gloom and doom fill the airwaves. A slowing economy has affected the ability of individuals and businesses to pay their bills. The term “credit crunch” has become a...
Aug 22 2008 // Chicago-based Aon Corporation and UK-based broker Benfield Group Limited announced that their respective boards of directors have reached agreement for Aon to acquire Benfield for £3.50 ($6.55) per share in cash and...
Aug 21 2008 // The Combined Group now offers a fully automated service for Travelers Select commercial insurance lines. Combined’s Agent Direct Express™ and Quantum’s Real Time Express™ service offerings now...
Aug 21 2008 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina’s Young Agents announced the dedication of a Habitat for Humanity house.The Young Agents partnered with Habitat for Humanity of Wake County to build a house in...
Aug 21 2008 // Agents say that the search of the admitted market ends up being just a time-waster for them and their clients. They already know which risks their insurers will accept and not accept.Insurance agents and brokers from...
Aug 21 2008 // Agents in New Jersey are praising a recent court decision that limits an agent’s duty of care when a client misrepresents himself.The ruling stems from a suit brought by Harbor Commuter Services, a ferry operator in...
Aug 21 2008 // If there are to be rules, let them apply to everyone equally.Agents, brokers and carriers across the nation are following the debate over whether contingent commissions should be permitted and how much compensation...
Aug 21 2008 // Ruby Chan has joined the Needham, Mass.-based Provider Insurance Co. as director of Internet marketing.Chan has worked for Hewlett Packard and was one of the founding members of the Alta Vista search engine. She moved on...
Aug 21 2008 // Indiana Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, appointed Jessica M. Frankovich as Inland Marine underwriting manager.Frankovich will be based in Indiana Insurance’s Illinois regional office and...
Aug 21 2008 // The complexity of the cat insurance market can make it difficult to keep pace with the coverage options.In the midst of hurricane season, insurance agents and brokers are reminded of the need for forward-thinking solutions...
Aug 21 2008 // For regional brokers, a saving grace has been diversification.Large regional insurance brokers won’t be immune from the cyclical downturn hitting many sectors of the insurance industry. Although geographic and...
Aug 21 2008 // In Japan, agencies write 93 percent of P/C insurance.The Japanese property and casualty insurance market is ripe for opportunities, but there also are significant risks in the country, according to Keiji Fukasawa of Finrex...
Aug 21 2008 // Dallas-based wholesale insurance broker and managing general agent Towerstone Inc. has added four new members to its team.Cindy Downs was added as a senior underwriter in the firm’s MGA unit. Downs formerly was a...
Aug 21 2008 // ‘Never walk out of a meeting with out introducing RIOS. Get to insurance later.’Scott Addis, ‘Purple Cow Leadership Workshop.’ Photo: Brian Ruark, IIAT. Scott Addis presents his ‘Purple...
Aug 21 2008 // The complexity of the cat insurance market can make it difficult to keep pace with the coverage options.In the midst of hurricane season, insurance agents and brokers are reminded of the need for forward-thinking solutions...
Aug 21 2008 // Large regional insurance brokers won’t be immune from the cyclical downturn hitting many sectors of the insurance industry. Although geographic and product-line diversification will offer some protection and a few...
Aug 21 2008 // People think and act differently when they’re owners. They take moreability to shape the outcome of the company. Privately-owned companies can be morenimble in the marketplace, and this is very important...