All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 4 2008 // Colemont Insurance Brokers promoted Matt Carpenter to assistant vice president in the company’s Chicago office.Carpenter joined Colemont in 2002, specializing in brokering casualty lines. His expertise has since...
Aug 4 2008 // Like trapeze artists performing without a net, surplus lines specialists operate without the backing of the state guaranty fund, which picks up the pieces for insureds if their admitted insurer goes belly-up.But some think...
Aug 4 2008 // Gary Pullen, executive director, and the staff of the Florida Surplus Line Service Office supplied answers to 10 + 1 questions posed by Insurance Journal.1. Can a Florida licensed retail or producing agent also be licensed...
Aug 4 2008 // Huntsville insurance agent Wayne Parker won the Republican nomination for an open U.S. House seat in Alabama.In the 5th District in north Alabama, Parker received 79 percent to 21 percent for Huntsville lawyer Cheryl...
Aug 4 2008 // Travelers, Nationwide Mutual and two leading national insurance producer organizations are supporting a plan they say will make private windstorm insurance more affordable and available in coastal areas.Federal legislation...
Aug 4 2008 // The letter from the Palatine Insurance Co. to the independent insurance agency, written in the dawn of a new century began: “The insurance business is experiencing perilous and unprecedented challenges …”...
Aug 4 2008 // Jacksonville, Florida-based insurer The Main Street America Group named Joe Meholic president of its Richmond, Virginia region.In his new role as regional president, Meholic will be accountable for the direction,...
Aug 4 2008 // Liberty Mutual downplayed its recent victory when the New York Supreme Court declared that contingent commission agreements are not illegal.“Contingent commission agreements between brokers and insurers are not...
Aug 4 2008 // Travelers, Nationwide Mutual and two leading national insurance producer organizations are supporting a plan they say will make private windstorm insurance more affordable and available in coastal areas.Federal legislation...
Aug 4 2008 // Buyers who purchase their auto insurance policies through local agents give higher average satisfaction scores compared with those who purchase policies from call center representatives or via Internet channels, a new...
Aug 4 2008 // Richard “Dick” Reynolds, former chairman and executive director of the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission, was presented the Raymond Mauk Leadership Award at the Insurance Council of Texas’ 16th...
Aug 4 2008 // The letter from the Palatine Insurance Co. to the independent insurance agency, written in the dawn of a new century began: “The insurance business is experiencing perilous and unprecedented challenges …”...
Aug 4 2008 // Travelers, Nationwide Mutual and two leading national insurance producer organizations are supporting a plan they say will make private windstorm insurance more affordable and available in coastal areas.Federal legislation...
Aug 4 2008 // Aon Re Global named Jan-Oliver Thofern CEO and chairman of its German subsidiary, Aon Ruck.Thofern was previously a member of the company’s executive committee. He succeeds Holger Gaserow, who plans to retire at the...
Aug 4 2008 // Author’s note: This month’s column will examine the liability of a broker for an alleged failure to advise the insured about the adequacy of insurance coverage. The next column in the Sept. 1, 2008, issue will...
Aug 4 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 4 2008 // Maintaining their independence while gaining access to resources and markets are what independent agents consider when deciding whether to join an insurance agency network and which one to join.The soft market is also an...
Aug 4 2008 // Top 100 Agency ProfileRanking: No. 8 Insurance Office of AmericaHeadquarters: Longwood, Fla. Year Founded: 1988 Additional Locations: 22 branch offices 2007 Total P/C Premium Volume: $662.5 million 2007 Other Than P/C...
Aug 1 2008 // China’s independent insurance agency and brokerage group CNinsure Inc. announced that “twelve of its affiliated insurance intermediary companies, including eight insurance agencies, one insurance brokerage and...
Aug 1 2008 // If you’re like most insurance firms, your workforce is aging. Or, as a friend of mine recently put it, “There’s a lot of gray hair in the room.” Not that there’s anything wrong with that, mind...