All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 5 2008 // California’s Assembly Insurance Committee has passed Assembly Bill 2956 by a vote of 7-0, moving one step closer to codifying the traditional “totality of the circumstances” test for determining whether...
May 5 2008 // MyNewMarkets.com, the Web site with a searchable online directory that brings together agents seeking property/casualty insurance markets with the market providers, is expanding its content to include in-depth analysis and...
May 5 2008 // Harrisburg, Pennsylvania-based Penn National Insurance said it has completed the sale of its wholesale insurance brokerage subsidiary, ESL Inc., to Atlantic Specialty Lines of Pennsylvania for an undisclosed...
May 5 2008 // Main Street insurance agents are facing an onslaught with a number of “Trojan Horses” suddenly appearing, all designed to help their competitors win over market share. That is the assessment of the...
May 5 2008 // Jennifer Mason Hudspeth, a Lacombe, La., area insurance agent facing charges that she misappropriated insurance premiums has been served with a cease and desist order, summary suspension and a $5,000 fine notice for...
May 5 2008 // When it comes to managing through a soft cycle, mutual companies behave in a way that is different than their stock-owned brethren, according to a new research report — and that could have a big impact on how agents deal...
May 5 2008 // Patrick G. Ryan, founder and executive chairman Aon Corp., said he intends to retire Aug. 1, 2008. Ryan said the firm’s transition to a new management team under CEO Greg Case is complete.Ryan founded Aon, which has...
May 5 2008 // Like the love-lorn users of match.com, independent agents hunting for business partners among surplus lines wholesalers and managing general agents are thinking long-term, not short.They are looking for partners who will...
May 5 2008 // Just one year into the making, supporters of the Real Time/Download Campaign (www.getrealtime.org), a campaign to improve the efficiency of communications between independent agents and carriers, say the message is getting...
May 5 2008 // Charlotte, N.C.-based wholesale insurance broker AmWINS Group, Inc. has named James Drinkwater president of its AmWINS Brokerage division. Drinkwater will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the division.Prior...
May 5 2008 // Grange Mutual Casualty Co. announced that Randy Montelone will retire at year end after 29 years of service with the company.Tom Welch, current president of Grange Life Insurance Co., a Grange subsidiary, assumes the role...
May 2 2008 // Becoming a successful car insurance agent has a lot to do with the marketing plan that you have in place. If this is something that you take seriously, you will find that your business is growing at a higher pace than ever...
May 2 2008 // Insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. reports it has acquired RSI of Mount Laurel, New Jersey. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1980, RSI offers employee benefit consulting and brokerage...
May 2 2008 // Insurance Specialty Group LLC, parent of Atlanta, Ga.-based Pacific Wholesale Insurance Brokers (Pacific Wholesale) entered into definitive agreements to acquire and merge with El Segundo, Calif.-based E.L.M. Insurance...
Apr 30 2008 // QuotesAuction.com has found that more and more insurance brokerages are purchasing live transfer leads in bulk.North Hollywood, CA – April 30, 2008 — Insurance brokerages earn money by taking a large number of...
Apr 30 2008 // Jill R. Muratori has joined Albany-based Barrett Associates as its new vice president and counsel, and will serve as a lobbyist for the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of New York. It will be familiar ground for...
Apr 29 2008 // In a Florida Association of Insurance Agents commissioned survey, independent insurance agents ranked Old Dominion Insurance Co. as the top property-casualty carrier in the state. Jacksonville-based Old Dominion scored...
Apr 29 2008 // Dallas-based SIG Insurance Professionals named Jennifer Duncan executive vice president of the organization.SIG Insurance Professionals consists of Southern Insurance Group, Sovereign Insurance Group Inc. and SIG Financial...
Apr 24 2008 // An insurance agent was arrested in California for defrauding 18 business owners by stealing more than $2.5 million in money they had paid him to take out insurance policies for their businesses, the California Department...
Apr 24 2008 // Raleigh, N.C.-based BB&T Insurance Services has reached an agreement with Union Bank of California North America to purchase its San Diego-based insurance subsidiary, UnionBanc Insurance Services Inc.The acquisition...