All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 7 2008 // Patrick G. Ryan, founder and executive chairman of the largest insurance intermediary, Aon Corp., said he intends to retire from Aon effective Aug. 1, 2008.“After 41 years as CEO and three years as executive...
Apr 7 2008 // In the face of growing economic turmoil the Bush administration is calling for an overhaul of system of regulating the nation’s financial services industries — including insurance. The reform proposal announced...
Apr 7 2008 // PeopleRob Arnold has been named president of Houston-based insurance wholesaler Myron Steves. Arnold has been a member of the Myron Steves management team since 1995 and has also served as director of Business Development,...
Apr 7 2008 // It starts with the housing market. Then it seeps into construction, typically residential followed by commercial. Then it travels to manufacturing, then retail, then hospitality. It differs by region. It might be worse in...
Apr 7 2008 // A bill that would help to clarify when an insurance professional is acting in the capacity of a broker versus an agent in California is scheduled come before the state Assembly Insurance Committee no later than April 16....
Apr 7 2008 // The following interview with Robert Hartwig, president of the Insurance Information Institute, took place with Insurance Journal‘s Andy Simpson in mid-February.How would a recession affect Main Street...
Apr 7 2008 // The “Energizer Bunny” of property/casualty insurance brokerages worldwide — that seems an apt description for Atlanta-based Beecher Carlson, which is ranked as the seventh-largest privately-held independent...
Apr 7 2008 // Despite soft market conditions and a downturn in the economy, it’s still a good time to be an agent, says Leonard Brevik, president and CEO of National Association of Professional Insurance Agents. “There are a...
Apr 7 2008 // Insurance industry groups lined up quickly with responses to the Bush administration’s proposed overhaul of the way the government regulates the nation’s financial services industries, including insurance.The...
Apr 7 2008 // Main Street independent insurance agents could take a bigger hit than their larger counterparts as an economic recession lands on top of the soft market.The soft market coinciding with a bad economy is a real challenge for...
Apr 4 2008 // According to a new Insurance Journal survey, among the many things America’s young independent insurance agents like about their jobs is the money. Forty-three percent pull in between $51,000 and $100,000 a year,...
Apr 4 2008 // Vincent A. Alba, vice president of MRW Group Inc. in Huntington, New York, has been given the Barney Burns Award by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America.The award recognizes the insurance agent or...
Apr 3 2008 // RLI Transportation, a division of RLI Insurance Co., announced the expansion of its small fleet trucking program to include new retail agents.The program had previously been limited to existing, appointed agents. The...
Apr 2 2008 // Worldwide Facilities has named Greg Kuchar vice president of the company’s San Francisco office. Kuchar most recently was with Risk Placement Services (RPS) in Orange, Calif., where he spent the past four years as...
Apr 2 2008 // Burns & Wilcox has named Denise DiPietro vice president/California brokerage in the company’s San Francisco office. Her specialty is general liability and contractors coverage, but she will be responsible for...
Apr 2 2008 // A Connecticut bill that restricts auto insurers from directing clients to certain car repair shops – legislation opposed by insurers and agents alike – is headed for a floor vote in the state’s General...
Apr 1 2008 // American E&S Insurance Brokers of San Francisco has acquired Network E&S’ brokerage book of business. Network E&S, a California-based wholesale broker, has agreed to sell the renewal rights of its...
Apr 1 2008 // Today — April Fool’s Day — is the day when competitive rating in the Massachusetts private passenger auto insurance market becomes real.No kidding. For the first time in more than three decades, the state is...
Apr 1 2008 // With the United States bracing for big hurricanes this year, new derivatives to trade catastrophe risks offer insurers the extra protection they crave against multi-billion-dollar storms.Trading of “catastrophe...
Apr 1 2008 // Shards of broken glass outside the basement window of 31 Vine Street (Brockton, Mass.) hint at the destruction inside the three-story home.Thieves smashed the window to break in and then gutted the property for its copper...