All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 27 2007 // Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., and House Republican Whip Roy Blunt R-Mo., addressed 1,400 independent insurance agents and brokers at the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s National Legislative...
Apr 26 2007 // Indeed today more and more people are going online to shop for insurance from various insurance carriers. Most consumers start the insurance shopping process online before they finalize the sale with agents in their state....
Apr 25 2007 // To increase sales insurance agents should: “Put themselves in their prospective client’s shoes.” More and more consumers are shopping online for insurance. Thousands of insurance prospects go online to...
Apr 25 2007 // E.L.M. Insurance Brokers based in El Segundo, Calif., has formed a new commercial package division to be managed by Clancy Johannsen.Johannsen has been with the company for the past six years, five of which have been as a...
Apr 24 2007 // Assurex Global, the independent insurance brokerage network, announced that it has added an Indonesian brokerage to its Partner list – PT. Mitra, Iswara & Rorimpandey (MIR) Insurance Brokers. The firm was...
Apr 24 2007 // All Risks Ltd., a national independent wholesale broker and managing general agent headquartered in Hunt Valley, Md., announced that Elaine Garner and Julie Arsuaga have joined the firm in its Dallas, Texas, office.Garner...
Apr 23 2007 // More than a 1,000 insurance agencies nationwide responded to the 2007 Agency Salary Survey published in the March 12, 2007, issue of Insurance Journal. While Insurance Journal published the survey results in its annual...
Apr 23 2007 // Stock Prices: Brokers’ stock prices have been mixed through the first quarter of 2007. Hub International Ltd. and USI Holdings Corp. have experienced stock price increases due to take-over premiums, as both companies...
Apr 23 2007 // The nation’s bank holding companies (BHCs) experienced a slight decline of 1.3 percent in their total insurance revenue from $44.1 billion in 2005 to $43.5 billion in 2006. Citigroup Inc. (N.Y.), Wells Fargo &...
Apr 23 2007 // Delaware agent groups on verge of mergerThe boards of directors for the Insurance Agents & Brokers of Delaware (IA&B of DE) and the Independent Insurance Agents of Delaware Inc. (IIAD) have unanimously voted to...
Apr 23 2007 // Judge rejects antitrust, racketeering charges in brokerage suitPlaintiffs in a class action suit alleging bid rigging and account steering by commercial insurers and brokers have failed to show that the defendants’...
Apr 23 2007 // Maryland agents get notice reliefMaryland insurance agents are applauding the General Assembly for relieving them of liability in the delivery of notices about flood and homeowners insurance. The Senate and House of...
Apr 23 2007 // Doug Eden has joined Main Street America Group as senior vice president, field operations. Eden will be a member of the company’s senior management team based at its corporate headquarters in Jacksonville, Fla., and...
Apr 23 2007 // With this being Insurance Journal’s “Salute to Independent Agents” issue, I got to thinking about what it means to be an independent agent. I’m not an agent of course so I can’t speak from...
Apr 23 2007 // Dallas-based global insurance and reinsurance broker, Colemont, added Catherine L. Wall as assistant vice president and associate legal counsel.In this newly created role, Wall will assist in overseeing the company’s...
Apr 23 2007 // Texas AG, Allied World Assurance settle antitrust suitA settlement has been reached in an investigation that Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott says uncovered collusion between a Bermuda-based commercial casualty insurer...
Apr 23 2007 // With this being Insurance Journal’s “Salute to Independent Agents” issue, I got to thinking about what it means to be an independent agent. I’m not an agent of course so I can’t speak from...
Apr 23 2007 // Dallas-based global insurance and reinsurance broker, Colemont, added Catherine L. Wall as assistant vice president and associate legal counsel.In this newly created role, Wall will assist in overseeing the company’s...
Apr 23 2007 // Company admits no wrongdoing but agrees to pay $2.1 million8 La.’s governor, commissioner unveil legislative plan Package of bills aimed at increasing competition in insurance market10 Ark. commissioner tells U.S....
Apr 23 2007 // As 1,200 independent agents and brokers from around the country descend on Washington, D.C., this month for the Big “I” Legislative Conference & Convention, they will be greeted with a new legislative...