All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Nov 19 2021 // This is part of a series of articles from Insurance Journal’s annual Insuring Cannabis Summit on Oct. 14. You can find more articles from the summit at the bottom of this one.Employee practice liability insurance,...
Nov 17 2021 // Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Leaderim, an insurance broking and risk consultancy business in Israel.Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed....
Nov 16 2021 // AutoPilot revolutionizes insurance licensing services by pairing modern technology, deep expertise, and high-touch service, powering growth for agencies and carriersDENVER, CO – November 16, 2021 – AgentSync, the...
Nov 16 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Willis Towers Watson; Ryan Specialty’s MGU, EmergIn Risk; and Gallagher Re.A summary of these new hires follows here. WTW Names Aon’s Wegbrans...
Nov 15 2021 // ID Federation Offers Multi-Factor Authentication Resource for AgenciesInsurance carriers and their agency partners face a “gathering storm” of confusing requirements and changes in the area of multi-factor...
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...