All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 8 2025 // Crest Insurance Group hired Easton Gibbs as a commercial lines broker.He most recently served as a screening solutions specialist at Exact Sciences. Gibbs previously played professional football with the Seattle Seahawks...
Aug 6 2025 // Mercury Insurance is partnering with Liberty Mutual Insurance on a plan to provide coverage for thousands of California Safeco Insurance customers impacted by a shift in Liberty Mutual’s California personal lines...
Aug 6 2025 // Resilience, headquartered in New York City, named James C. Riviezzo as head of North American distribution and strategy.Riviezzo has over 25 years of industry experience, joining Resilience from At-Bay where he served as...
Aug 6 2025 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., the Rolling Meadows, Ill.-based broker, announced the acquisition of Australia-based MACK Insurance Services.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. MACK Insurance Services is a...
Aug 5 2025 // Private Equity Firm J.C. Flowers Acquires Italian Insurance Broker CaleasJ.C. Flowers & Co. (JCF), a private equity investment firm that focuses on financial services investments, announced that investment vehicles...
Aug 5 2025 // A high-profile southwest Florida insurance agent who pleaded “no contest” to absconding with thousands of dollars in premiums has been sentenced to just over a year in prison.Reid J. McDaniel, 33, of North Fort...
Aug 4 2025 // The independent agency channel placed 61.5% of all property/casualty insurance written in the U.S. in 2024, a slight decline from 2023 where independent agents placed 62.2% of P/C lines nationwide.That’s according to...
Aug 4 2025 // This year marks the 21st annual publication of Insurance Journal’s Top 100 Independent Agencies special report. Nearly all of the firms in the Top 100 saw notable increases in total property/casualty revenue...
Aug 4 2025 // In today’s competitive market, independent insurance agencies are under increasing pressure to grow. Organic growth is harder to achieve, client expectations are evolving, and technology is reshaping how agencies...
Aug 1 2025 // A formerly licensed insurance agent was arraigned this week on multiple felony charges involving fraud for duping people to invest in a non-existent marijuana business.Matthew Evans, 36, of Palmdale, pleaded not guilty to...
Jul 31 2025 // Willis Towers Watson beat Wall Street estimates for second-quarter profit on Thursday, driven by a strong performance in its risk and brokerage business.Despite rising premium costs, businesses increased spending on...
Jul 30 2025 // Bridgepoint Group Plc agreed to acquire a majority stake in German insurance broker Hanseatic Broking Center GmbH from Preservation Capital Partners.The transaction sees Bridgepoint partner with HBC’s management team...
Jul 30 2025 // In the fourth set of criminal charges filed against him since last September, a former Baltimore County insurance agent and financial advisor has been charged with obstruction of justice and fabricating physical evidence,...
Jul 29 2025 // Sean Curry DOXA, headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana, hired Sean Curry as executive vice president of its brokerage vertical. Curry guides DOXA’s expansion of its product expertise and rapid responsiveness in new...
Jul 25 2025 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services this week announced the suspension of two title insurance agents after an investigation found they allegedly mismanaged customers’ escrow funds.DIFS...
Jul 24 2025 // Brown & Brown (Europe) Ltd., part of Brown & Brown, Inc., has agreed to acquire Weatherbys Hamilton LLP, a leading UK-based insurance broker specializing in private client, bloodstock, and farm & estate...
Jul 23 2025 // The independent agency channel placed 61.5% of all property/casualty insurance written in the U.S. in 2024, a slight decline from 2023 where independent agents placed 62.2% of property/casualty lines...
Jul 23 2025 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers acquired Pac Global Insurance Brokerage in El Segundo, California. Pac Global joins Heffernan’s marine cargo specialty practice. Heffernan Insurance Brokers is headquartered in Walnut...
Jul 22 2025 // Coverys, the Boston-based medical professional liability and healthcare insurer, has signed an agreement for the sale of its Italian managing general agent, AEC Agenzia di Assicurazione e Riassicurazione SpA (AEC), to Edge...
Jul 22 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by EZLynx.You work hard to give your clients a smooth insurance experience — and the way your agency runs behind the scenes should be just as streamlined. Even with the right tools...