All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 7 2021 // Big I of Kentucky, the association of independent insurance agents in the state, has elected Kevin Desmond as chairman.Desmond, who is president of Desmond Insurance in Bellevue, has been active on the Big I board and...
Dec 7 2021 // Trusted by the fastest growing companies in insurance, AgentSync is the first insurtech SaaS unicorn focused on building infrastructure for the $1.3T US insurance market.New funds will support customer-driven demand and...
Dec 7 2021 // The wholesale insurance market continues to grow premiums while providing value to retail agents and important options to their customers, according to a report commissioned by the Wholesale and Specialty Insurance...
Dec 7 2021 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association’s Actuarial & Underwriting Committee met on December 6 to review best and final offers from respondents to the Association’s request for proposals for reinsurance...
Dec 6 2021 // Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson announced the acquisition of Aerosure, a leading aviation industry specialist, focused on the Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Island region.Aerosure, based in Sydney, will become a...
Dec 6 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced it has completed its 30% minority investment in Middle East & North Africa (MENA) specialist insurance broker ACE.Financial details of the deal, which was first announced in...
Dec 6 2021 // Aston Lark, the London-based insurance broker backed by Goldman Sachs that is soon to become part of Howden, announced the acquisition of the client book of UK-based Choice Benefits Ltd.Financial details of the deal were...
Dec 6 2021 // Insurers are continuing to take a hard line on underwriting and pricing cyber coverage. While commercial lines prices overall rose 8.9% in the third quarter, cyber premiums increased 27.6%, according to The Council’s...
Dec 2 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.Independent agents and brokers comprise an essential part of the insurance distribution pipeline, yet, these business owners and their small firms are often mavericks,...
Dec 2 2021 // Howden, the international re/insurance broker, announced it has acquired Ross Insurance Group, a commercial broker servicing corporate and technology clients, as it continues to invest in expertise for its UK business.Ross...
Dec 1 2021 // Michigan-based High Street Insurance Partners reported it has acquired 27 former Nationwide exclusive insurance agencies in North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Maryland.The company said all of the...
Dec 1 2021 // The credit insurance and surety specialist, Xenia Broking Group, announced it has acquired Peter Hill Credit & Financial Risks Ltd., based in Northampton, England.Peter Hill is a leading specialist trade credit...
Dec 1 2021 // Howden, the international insurance broker, announced the acquisition of the assets of Expat Marine Ltd. (EML), a specialist insurance broker providing employee benefits and general insurance products and advice to clients...
Dec 1 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced it has completed the $3.25 billion acquisition of nearly all of the treaty reinsurance brokerage operations of Willis Towers Watson plc.Together with Gallagher’s existing...
Dec 1 2021 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers acquired D.E.P. Insurance Services Inc. in Huntington Beach, California.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. D.E.P. Insurance Services is owned by Don Phoenix, and has been in...
Nov 30 2021 // A former West Des Moines, Iowa insurance agent was recently charged with one count of insurance fraud – presenting false information, a Class D Felony. Tanya A. Schettler, age 48, was arrested on Nov. 24 and booked into...
Nov 23 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.The sales role is the lifeblood of insurance, and with a complex pipeline of agencies, agents, brokers, etc., carriers and MGAs can understandably be confused by how to...
Nov 23 2021 // Insurers are continuing to take a hard line on underwriting and pricing cyber coverage. While commercial lines prices overall rose 8.9% in the third quarter, cyber premiums increased 27.6%, according to The Council’s...
Nov 23 2021 // Independent insurance agents in Alabama are trying again to crack open what they say is the state’s “good ol’ boy” system and end three decades of tax breaks that mostly benefit two insurance...
Nov 22 2021 // Independent agent associations in seven states have teamed up with the technology company Catalyit to help agencies assess and improve their use of data and technological innovations in the insurance arena. “Every...