All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 8 2022 // Brace Bolsters North America Team with DorrBrace Underwriting Limited announced the appointment of Glenn Dorr as head of distribution, North America, continuing the firm’s expansion. Based in Boston, Dorr will help...
Feb 7 2022 // Independent insurance agents today are different. They’re not your parents’ agencies. Yes, they still provide insurance and build strong client relationships. But they’re also relying on technology more...
Feb 7 2022 // There were 1,034 announced insurance agency mergers and acquisitions in 2021, up 30% from 795 reported in 2020, according to agency consultancy OPTIS Partners.Also, the 384 deals during the fourth quarter of 2021 marked a...
Feb 7 2022 // I have the privilege of speaking with many insurance agency entrepreneurs every year. Virtually all of them are interested in growing their businesses, yet only a few actually do accomplish a growth rate above the rate of...
Feb 4 2022 // Beazley announced that its global digital trading division, Beazley Digital, is up and running. The new hub brings together underwriting, claims, technology and operational experts into one cross-functional team, to...
Feb 4 2022 // The board of the Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA) has announced cross-market consensus on underwriters’ in-person availability – either at the Lloyd’s Underwriting Room or in the office.The commitment...
Feb 3 2022 // The American Property Casualty Insurance Association, the Professional Insurance Agents of Washington, and the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Washington jointly filed two legal actions to halt the enforcement...
Feb 1 2022 // Arkansas lawmakers on Jan. 28 cleared the way for state-run health care facilities to require employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine after officials warned that blocking the move would jeopardize more than $700 million in...
Feb 1 2022 // Sayata, a marketplace for insurance brokers and carriers, added $35 million to its latest funding round. The insurtech previously raised $17 million five months ago, resulting in a total A round of $52 million.Sayata CEO...
Feb 1 2022 // Aqueous Underwriting has secured increased capacity under plans to expand its foothold across the UK professional indemnity insurance market in 2022. The specialist managing general agent can now offer cover for limits up...
Feb 1 2022 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Romford, Essex-based Devitt Insurance Services Ltd. in the United Kingdom. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1936, Devitt is a privately...
Jan 31 2022 // Karen Caterino, senior vice president of Alliant Insurance Services, has been appointed to serve as a member of the Nevada Division of Insurance Agent Advisory Council.Caterino was selected by Nevada Insurance Commissioner...
Jan 28 2022 // Raffi Sarian, 32, of North Hollywood, California, was arraigned this week on four felony counts of identity theft and nine felony counts of forgery after allegedly altering information from professional licenses and...
Jan 26 2022 // Saul Hinojosa, 48, of Calipatria, California, was sentenced to one felony count of identity theft and one felony count of grand theft after stealing his clients’ identities to write fraudulent insurance policies to...
Jan 25 2022 // The Hilb Group, a national property and casualty brokerage firm, announced it has acquired Insurance Consultants of Central Florida. The Winter Park-based ICCF is a full-service broker offering individual, group and...
Jan 24 2022 // A family member recently bought a house. His realtor was connected to an agency of which I am familiar. In my opinion, the agency should not possess an insurance license. Incompetent would be the nicest description I would...
Jan 21 2022 // Gov. Ned Lamont and Connecticut’s health care exchange announced plans Wednesday to launch a training program for licensed independent insurance brokers in the state’s three largest cities.James Michel, the...
Jan 21 2022 // Former insurance agent Blanca Lidia Guzman, 40, of Palmdale, California, was sentenced in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Wednesday on one felony count of grand theft after pleading no contest for defrauding...
Jan 20 2022 // The FBI and other federal agencies are increasingly looking to counter cyber threats through tools other than criminal indictments, the head of the bureau’s cyber division said in an interview with The Associated...
Jan 19 2022 // Alera Group reports it has acquired Foa & Son, an international insurance broker based in New York City.Terms were not disclosed. Founded in 1861, Foa & Son maintains commercial practice groups in multinational...