All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Oct 22 2021 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers formed a new managing general agency, Aura Risk Management, providing program administration and a wholesale trading platform for its carriers, Liberty producers, and Aura’s...
Oct 21 2021 // Activist investor Starboard Value disclosed a new position in Willis Towers Watson Plc Thursday, and said it believes the insurance broker could nearly double its share price in the next three years.Jeff Smith,...
Oct 21 2021 // The Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance (OCI) has charged former insurance agent Richard Freeland with a number of violations of insurance law related to the sale of an unsuitable life insurance policy and...
Oct 21 2021 // Pay-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 Insurance executive to...
Oct 21 2021 // The Perzel Agency has joined The Liberty Company Network of Insurance Brokers. Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The Perzel Agency was founded more than 25 years ago by Mike Perzel, specializing in personal lines and...
Oct 21 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...
Oct 21 2021 // Howden, the London-based insurance broker, announced the acquisition of Foram Brokerage Ltd., an independent re/insurance broker based in Hamilton, Bermuda.Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Howden to...
Oct 21 2021 // BMS, the UK independent specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, announced the acquisition of Seoul-based insurance broker, Value-add Insurance Broker (VIB).Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. As...