All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 4 2008 // Amy Smith joined Raleigh, N.C.-based TriSure as an account manager in the firm’s property and casualty insurance division. In her new capacity at TriSure, Smith will serve as the first point of contact with clients....
Jun 4 2008 // Insurance broker Aon Corp. reported today that the five government agencies to its 2005 regulatory settlement agreement have agreed to an amendment that will permit companies it acquires to continue to accept contingent...
Jun 3 2008 // Quantum Integrated Systems, Inc., has expanded its popular RealTimeExpress™ to include a “software as a service” offering. This eliminates the expense of custom development and installation and makes...
Jun 3 2008 // Philadelphia Consolidated Holding Corp. (PHLY) has launched a new line of insurance products aimed at home health care and hospice services. The new line offers general liability, professional liability, property,...
Jun 3 2008 // Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) announced four of its member agencies, Bigham-Kliewer-Chapman-Watts, Bryan Insurance, Pierson & Fendley and Weatherby-Eisenrich, were selected to participated...
Jun 3 2008 // A dispute over $6,400 in damage to a Maryland townhouse led to an unexpected court decision that has reversed 26 years of standard industry practice, and left insurers, agents, lawmakers and condominium associations...
Jun 3 2008 // How do you rank your relationships with regional and national property/casualty insurers? How do their services compare? How would you rate underwriter knowledge, experience and stability for regional and national...
Jun 2 2008 // Authorities searching a wooded area on May 20 found the body of a North Carolina insurance investigator who prosecutors believe was killed by the owner of an agency she was auditing.Police searched for Sallie Rohrbach, 44,...
Jun 2 2008 // Appleton, Wis.-based Integrity Mutual Insurance Co. named Darin L. Kath as president-designate.Richard J. Schinler, current president and chief executive officer, will retire after 25 years with the company on Dec. 31. He...
Jun 2 2008 // Markel Corp. named Anthony F. (Tony) Markel vice chairman and Paul W. Springman president and chief operating officer.Markel has been associated with Markel Corp. for more than 40 years, most recently serving as president...
Jun 2 2008 // A labor-management dispute at a luxury resort in West Virginia is forcing the Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers — a longtime customer — to search for alternate venues for its conferences.The group of...
Jun 2 2008 // Budget shortfalls have slowed the progress of fraud bills in many states around the U.S. while lawmakers feverishly work to find money to run their cash-strapped governments. Even so, reform bills clamping down on...
Jun 2 2008 // Forecasters predict that the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season will be an active one for hurricane and tropical storm formation. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s most recent forecast calls for 12 to...
Jun 2 2008 // For outgoing Independent Insurance Agents of Texas President Frank Swingle, serving on the board of the agents’ organization for the past six years has “been tremendously fun and beneficial.” And he plans...
Jun 2 2008 // Specialty Insurance Managers Inc. CEO Frank R. Berry and President Diana G. Berry are retiring. The Austin, Texas-based managing general agency chose to perpetuate by passing the leadership of the firm to Mike Berry,...
Jun 2 2008 // The Supreme Court of Arizona ruled that an insurance agent’s clients may assert claims for professional negligence against the client and may assign such claims to third parties.According to D. Jere’ Webb v....
Jun 2 2008 // Markel Corp.’s Board of Directors elected Anthony F. (Tony) Markel vice chairman and Paul W. Springman president and chief operating officer.Markel served Markel Corp. for more than 40 years, most recently as...
Jun 2 2008 // The California Assembly on May 22, 2008, passed a bill that would help to clarify when an insurance professional is acting in the capacity of a broker versus an agent. The Assembly voted 60-6 in favor of AB 2956. The...
Jun 2 2008 // Forecasters predict that the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season will be an active one for hurricane and tropical storm formation. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s most recent forecast sees 12 to 16...
Jun 2 2008 // Agents submitting community bank risks to the new alliance between The Hartford and Progressive should expect to work with underwriters from each carrier but the companies promise a quick turnaround.The “sweet...