All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 17 2008 // Wells Fargo Insurance Services, Inc. has made two executive appointments in its international risk management and insurance services group.Patrick Hickey has joined as managing director and national practice leader for...
Jul 17 2008 // A top executive for a key insurance broker urged New York regulators to quash the practice of insurance agents taking contingent commissions, despite calls from agents that the practice would hurt their businesses, and do...
Jul 16 2008 // Pittsburgh, Pa.-based Allied Insurance Brokers Inc. introduced a new scaffolding program available nationwide to retail agents and brokers. The program offers general liability coverage with an A.M. Best “A+”...
Jul 16 2008 // North Dakota legislators say the spending policies of state agencies should get a fresh look to make sure other administrators don’t find themselves facing criminal charges and prison time.Sandy Blunt, the former...
Jul 16 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...
Jul 16 2008 // Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear announced a reorganization within the Justice Cabinet that will make Kentucky Vehicle Enforcement a division of Kentucky State Police. The two agencies share responsibility for highway...
Jul 15 2008 // Lexington Insurance Company, a unit of AIG Commercial Insurance, introduced Lexington Truck Broker Liability Insurance, a primary liability insurance policy that addresses liability risks of truck brokers, who bring...
Jul 15 2008 // A new industry study says that buyers who purchase their auto insurance policies through local agents give significantly higher average satisfaction scores compared with those who purchase policies from call center...
Jul 14 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 from the...
Jul 14 2008 // Wells Fargo Insurance Services, a subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Co., said it has become the exclusive manager of the HLA Global Network, now known as the Wells Fargo Global Broker Network. The Network has 10,000...
Jul 14 2008 // Battered by critics who blame them for helping to foment the U.S. subprime mortgage meltdown, credit raters are now trying to fend off lawsuits — including fraud claims brought by their own shareholders.Many...
Jul 11 2008 // Although a U.S. economic recession would not be good news overall for employers, most don’t believe a recession would drive up workers’ compensation claims, according to a new survey of financial executives by...
Jul 11 2008 // The New York State Insurance Department and attorney general’s office will hold the first of three scheduled public hearings on insurance agents’ compensation arrangements on Monday in Buffalo. The meetings,...
Jul 10 2008 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Virginia (the Big “I”) has created an employment services firm – Agent’s Choice Staffing Services, Inc. – which is designed to specifically serve the...
Jul 10 2008 // Tara Eastman has joined Crump Insurance Services Inc.’s Dallas office as associate broker on Matthew Sheehan’s professional liability team.In this position Eastman will manage professional liability and...
Jul 10 2008 // Regional carriers come out on top in agency compensation and claims services, while nationals outscore regionals on loss control and technology. That’s according to an Insurance Journal weeklong survey in June on...
Jul 10 2008 // Philadelphia Insurance Companies has a new insurance product for adoption agencies with what it says is one of the broadest coverage forms in the market. PHLY’s new adoption agencies’ product offers...
Jul 10 2008 // In a big week for insurance lobbyists, a key House subcommittee advanced three major insurance regulatory measures.The U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored...
Jul 10 2008 // As an insurance agency you know how important your existing customers are but for your business to grow and prosper new business is extremely important. It doesn’t matter whether you are selling home insurance, auto...
Jul 9 2008 // Agents’ trade groups in New Jersey are praising a recent Garden State court decision that limits an agent’s duty of care when a client misrepresents himself.The ruling stems from a suit brought by Harbor...