All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 3 2022 // A former Ohio insurance agent was arrested June 2 on federal charges alleging he defrauded dozens of victims in the Cincinnati and Dayton area and fraudulently obtained two COVID Paycheck Protections Program loans.Seneca...
Jun 1 2022 // Acrisure said on Tuesday it had raised $725 million in a fresh funding round led by a wholly owned subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, valuing the insurance brokerage at $23 billion.The company has benefited from...
May 26 2022 // Tallahassee, Fla., May 26, 2022 – Following the adjournment of the Florida special session on property insurance, the Latin American Association of Insurance Agencies (LAAIA) released the following statement, attributed...
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May 23 2022 // Instead of oscillating between extreme hard and soft markets, the insurance industry needs to promote a more sustainable business model that will help control the insurance cycle, according to an executive at the insurer...
May 23 2022 // The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) and Allianz have developed a digital guide to support brokers in helping their customers avoid the risks of being underinsured.Underinsurance occurs when you have...
May 20 2022 // Two of the oldest insurance agencies in Central Kentucky have merged. Rightmyer Insurance Agency in Danville, founded in the 1930s, has joined forces with Sam Dexter Insurance Agency, which began in 1954, according to a...
May 19 2022 // Brokerslink has added six technology firms as members – the first non-broking or risk consulting firms to join the global network since its creation in 2004.These “B.tech affiliates” signal the...
May 13 2022 // Lloyd’s broker Superscript has launched a dedicated product for distributed ledger technology (DLT), digital asset, and blockchain businesses.The product, named Daylight, will help digital asset businesses secure...
May 12 2022 // Howden Insurance Brokers (Singapore) Pte Ltd., the international insurance broker and subsidiary of Howden, announced it has acquired the business and assets of AEGIS Insurance Agencies Pte., a Singapore-based specialist...
May 10 2022 // Australia’s AUB Group has entered into a binding agreement to purchase UK insurance broker Tysers for A$880 million (US$615.2 million) from private equity firm Odyssey Investment Partners.AUB Group recently raised...
May 6 2022 // Zurich Creates Role to Support Energy and Construction Clients With SustainabilityZurich North America has created three roles to support its construction and energy customers in their sustainability objectives....
May 5 2022 // Insurance technology leader unveils the most efficient solution to streamline all carrier contracting needs, from managing carrier requirements to tracking producer status.Denver, CO, May 5, 2022 –– AgentSync, the...
Apr 29 2022 // Cross Insurance announced the acquisition of Newburyport, Massachusetts-based Harold Humphrey Insurance Agency, Inc. and its sister agency, Byfield Insurance Agency, Inc., both offering personal and small business...
Apr 29 2022 // Formerly licensed insurance agent Narek Harutyunyan, 31, of Camarillo, California, was sentenced this week in Ventura County Superior Court on two felony counts of grand theft after Harutyunyan reportedly stole insurance...
Apr 28 2022 // Like millions of Americans, Timothy Radcliff will be glued to the NFL Draft the next couple days.Radcliff’s interest in the draft isn’t predicated on which quarterback goes off the board first or whether the...
Apr 27 2022 // The California Labor Commissioner’s Office cited three temporary staffing agencies as well as joint employers Foster Farms, LLC and Foster Poultry Farms nearly $3.8 million for failure to inform 3,476 temporary...
Apr 22 2022 // The last stockpiles of a deadly chemical agent in the U.S. have been safely eliminated, according to Kentucky officials in charge of destroying the Cold War-era weapons.The final M55 rocket containing VX nerve agent was...
Apr 21 2022 // Risk Strategies has acquired full-service insurance brokerage and risk management consulting firm Advisor Brokerage Services (ABS). Terms of the deal were not announced.Although well established in the state, ABS is the...
Apr 21 2022 // National insurance agency The Hilb Group reports it has acquired Vermont-based Paige & Campbell, Inc., and its subsidiary the Taylor Palmer Agency in Bradford, expanding the company’s growing presence throughout...