All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 15 2021 // Aston Lark, the London-based insurance broker backed by Goldman Sachs that is soon to become part of Howden, announced the acquisition of Philp Williams & Co. as the latest addition to the group.Philip Williams &...
Nov 15 2021 // Prior to starting my consulting business, I read a great book that provided many clever rules for consultants to follow. It took many years for me to fully appreciate some of those rules and I am still working on some.One...
Nov 15 2021 // Insurance rates are rising, capacity is shrinking, and carriers are tightening their underwriting requirements. As a result, agents must work harder and harder to find insurance coverage that meets the needs of their...
Nov 12 2021 // NFP, the New York City-based insurance broker and consultant, announced the acquisition of Canada’s Foster Park Brokers Inc.Details of the transaction, which closed on Nov. 1, 2021, were not disclosed. Foster Park is...
Nov 10 2021 // MNK Re Ltd., the London-headquartered Lloyd’s specialist broker, is launching MNK Re UK Specialty Ltd., to focus on UK wholesale and retail business.This new business will build out a wider category of risk...
Nov 9 2021 // Xenia Broking Group Ltd. reports it has has acquired the trade credit and financial and specialty risk teams from specialist Lloyd’s insurance broker Parker Norfolk & Partners Ltd.The deal signals Xenia’s...
Nov 8 2021 // Florida authorities have arrested a Miami insurance agent and his accomplice for allegedly filing $22,000 in false insurance claims on a diamond ring that was never stolen.David Abraham Jauregui was charged with insurance...
Nov 5 2021 // Subsidiaries of insurance agency partnership BRP Group have agreed to acquire substantially all of the assets of Wood Gutmann & Bogart Insurance Brokers and certain of its affiliates and related entities. Based in...
Nov 5 2021 // Liberty Mutual Insurance, the nation’s sixth-largest personal lines property/casualty insurer, is planning to transition its more than 2,200 exclusive insurance agents in 200 offices across the country to working for...
Nov 4 2021 // Acquisition of identity verification platform Finvera accelerates AgentSync’s goal of being the insurance industry’s most advanced producer management systemDENVER, CO, November 4, 2021 –– AgentSync, the...
Nov 4 2021 // AgentSync has acquired Finvera, a cloud identity passport for licensed brokers in San Francisco, Calif.Cameron Nordholm, founder of Finvera, joins the AgentSync team as head of product. Terms of the deal were not...
Nov 1 2021 // Alera Group, a national insurance and wealth management firm, announced it has acquired 102-year-old Bagwell & Bagwell Insurance in North Carolina. Bagwell, founded in 1919, is a property and casualty agency that...
Nov 1 2021 // Florida may be known as the Sunshine State, but some insurance agents say they’ve been unprepared for the recent boom in rooftop solar power installations across the state, installations that can affect coverage,...
Nov 1 2021 // In an era of increased business risk, the owners, CEOs and founders of small-medium enterprises (SME) and technology startups are falling short in both evaluating these risks and showing the right acumen for risk...
Nov 1 2021 // By Andrew G. SimpsonPay-per-mile digital auto insurer Metromile is pursuing what it is calling a “significant” expansion of its use of independent agents to sell its insurance, and it has hired a Travelers...
Nov 1 2021 // According to Insurance Journal’s 2021 Agency E&O survey, 58.4% of respondents saw an increase in their E&O renewal premium from 2020 to 2021, up from 50.2% in last year’s survey. And 61.8% expect...
Oct 28 2021 // Keystone Agency Partners, an independent insurance agency partnership platform, appointed insurance industry veteran Robert A. Rusbuldt as the company’s first independent board member. Rusbuldt currently serves as...
Oct 28 2021 // Unlicensed insurance agent Karyl Lynn Reed, 57, formerly of Cosa Mesa, Calif., was arraigned this week on multiple felony counts of grand theft, forgery, embezzlement, and aggravated white-collar crime after allegedly...
Oct 27 2021 // NFP, a New York City-based insurance broker and consultant, has acquired UK-based KGJ Insurance Services Group Ltd.KGJ is a commercial insurance broker with specialization in combined risks for complex and non-standard...
Oct 27 2021 // London-based Aston Lark reported it has acquired Bainbridge Collins Ltd., a Midlands independent insurance brokerage focused on the mid corporate sector.Led by Cyril Gallagher, Bainbridge Collins was established more than...