All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 23 2025 // The independent agency channel placed 61.5% of all property/casualty insurance written in the U.S. in 2024, a slight decline from 2023 where independent agents placed 62.2% of property/casualty lines...
Jul 23 2025 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers acquired Pac Global Insurance Brokerage in El Segundo, California. Pac Global joins Heffernan’s marine cargo specialty practice. Heffernan Insurance Brokers is headquartered in Walnut...
Jul 22 2025 // Coverys, the Boston-based medical professional liability and healthcare insurer, has signed an agreement for the sale of its Italian managing general agent, AEC Agenzia di Assicurazione e Riassicurazione SpA (AEC), to Edge...
Jul 22 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by EZLynx.You work hard to give your clients a smooth insurance experience — and the way your agency runs behind the scenes should be just as streamlined. Even with the right tools...
Jul 21 2025 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big “I”) on July 4 celebrated the passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill.”“The Big ‘I’ would like to thank the U.S....
Jul 21 2025 // Strong returns in the reinsurance sector are attracting capital and leading to favorable pricing outcomes for buyers–but underwriting discipline continues, according to renewal reports from three reinsurance...
Jul 21 2025 // Independent agents could be turning away nearly half of their prospective clients.The years of independent agents chasing “standard and preferred” home and auto risks are quickly coming to an end. As the risk...
Jul 18 2025 // A former Tennessee insurance agent who lost his license in 1999 but continued to sell insurance products has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Most of that jail time was suspended by a judge. Johnny Ray Jackson, 55, of...
Jul 17 2025 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers launched a new Northern California, San Francisco Bay Area office, Liberty Naranjo, led by managing partners and brothers, Jonathan and Michael Naranjo.Liberty Naranjo will serve as an...
Jul 15 2025 // The best way to tell that the California homeowners insurance market has been a bear is to see where buyers facing higher rates and lack of options in traditional markets are going for alternatives. One choice is the...
Jul 15 2025 // The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves announced today that the UK will introduce a captive insurance company regime – a decision that was welcomed by brokers and trade associations across the London market.The...
Jul 11 2025 // By segmenting retail brokers into tiers using premium volume, profitability and strategic alignment as factors to define top tiers, carriers can start to win more business, according to a new consulting firm report.The...
Jul 10 2025 // Over the last decade, an array of Texas state and local agencies missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system intended to avert a disaster like the one that killed dozens of young campers and scores of others in...
Jul 10 2025 // A former California insurance agent was sentenced to 50 months in federal prison for defrauding a lender out of $3.7 million with bogus applications for fine art insurance policies.Tonja Van Roy, 59, of Las Vegas, but who...
Jul 8 2025 // Hull & Company-Texas, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, promoted Brandt Wilkins to underwriter/broker. Wilkins has an extensive background in the commercial wholesale business. He has been with Hull Texas for the last...
Jul 7 2025 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big “I”) last Thursday celebrated the passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill.”“The Big ‘I’ would like to thank the U.S....
Jul 7 2025 // While major corporate cyber hacking makes the news nearly every day, what about hackers in homes?As personal lives and residences become more intertwined with the internet, consumers are at greater risk of personal...
Jul 7 2025 // Insurance professionals across the country know how to adapt. From rising catastrophic weather events to shifting carrier appetites and increased regulatory and legal complexity, today’s market is putting more...
Jul 3 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.For insurance producers, changing agencies might be as simple as signing a waiver. Other times, a producer changing agencies may leave the producer, agency officials,...
Jul 3 2025 // Strong returns in the reinsurance sector are attracting capital and leading to favorable pricing outcomes for buyers — but underwriting discipline continues, according to renewal reports from three reinsurance...