All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 11 2022 // Definity Financial Corp. announced a strategic partnership with APOLLO Insurance Solutions Ltd., a Canadian digital insurance broker and MGA that specializes in commercial insurance.This strategic partnership includes a...
Mar 11 2022 // The proportion of prospective Tennessee insurance agents taking exams online has doubled in the last year, the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Industry reported.The department said that almost 40% of insurance...
Mar 10 2022 // With AgentSync’s leading producer management technology, Senior Life has created massive efficiencies and streamlined agent onboarding to take minutes, not days.Denver, CO., March 10, 2022 –– Senior Life...
Mar 8 2022 // U.S. broker Brown & Brown Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire Global Risk Partners (GRP) from its private equity owner Searchlight Capital Partners L.P.The acquisition, which is subject to regulatory...
Mar 8 2022 // The Worldwide Broker Network (WBN), the global network of independent insurance brokers and employee benefits consultants, announced that Specialist Risk Group (SRG) has joined as a new member of the network in the United...
Mar 7 2022 // Burns & Wilcox Adds Tameka Livatino and Erin Pritchett to Professional Liability Practice GroupBurns & Wilcox has named Tameka Livatinoas underwriting director of architects and engineers, based in Chicago. With...
Mar 7 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Old Republic Surety.How do contractors evaluate their surety bond producers? Old Republic Surety Company offers guidance that you, as an independent surety bond agent who is...
Mar 7 2022 // The global pandemic, economic recession and worldwide supply chain shortages have not hindered the optimism and drive of the U.S. small business sector. In fact, the Great Resignation might lead to a small business...
Mar 4 2022 // Take1 Introduces Coverage for Documentary, Industrial, Commercial, and Educational Film ProducersThanks to the growing number of broadcast, cable and streaming platforms, the market demand for recorded filmed content has...
Mar 3 2022 // A Washington judge issued a stay on a rule banning the use of credit scoring by insurers in that state, and consolidated cases challenging the ruling, until the merits of the cases are decided.The rule handed down from...
Mar 3 2022 // Michigan, U.S.-based financial services and insurance brokerage firm Acrisure reports it has acquired a top insurance brokerage in Spain, Summa Insurance Brokerage.Since its founding in 2005, Summa has grown revenues to...
Mar 2 2022 // Talking trash about a competitor may be as old as humanity. But a Florida-based workers’ compensation insurance broker is charging that some bad-mouthing by another broker cost it a long-standing relationship with...
Mar 2 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.The insurance industry is riding a wave of insurtech and other digital advancements because there is a dire need to transform manual processes that have long hampered...
Mar 1 2022 // Liberty Mutual Insurance said it completed the all-cash deal of about $1 billion for super-regional insurer State Auto Group.The transaction was originally announced in July 2021. Now that it gained all required regulatory...
Mar 1 2022 // Global insurance intermediary Howden Group Holdings has agreed to acquire a major Italian insurance broker, Assiteca.Howden plans to acquire 86.965% of the outstanding share capital of Assiteca S.p.A. held by...
Feb 24 2022 // Beazley Hires Two for Cyber ServicesInsurer Beazley announced two senior leadership hires to its global Cyber Services team. Russ Cohen has been appointed head of U.S. Cyber Services, and Bala Larson has been promoted to...
Feb 24 2022 // The co-founders of London-based Rising Edge aimed to create something different when they decided to launch a managing general agent in 2021, which focuses solely on directors and officers liability insurance.CEO Philippe...
Feb 23 2022 // The Hanover Insurance Group recently released its State of Specialty Insurance Report, which highlights the risks of fragmentation in the marketplace. The report spotlights the advantages agencies realize when they create...
Feb 22 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Old Republic Surety.Do you want to build a book of surety business at your agency, but you’re not sure how to get started? Have you been selling surety bonds, but want to...
Feb 22 2022 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) has issued a series of regulatory actions, including cease-and-desist orders, license suspensions, and a license revocation and fine, against four insurance producers.Brandi...