All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 6 2021 // A cryptocurrency broker that the Biden administration considers a key cog in the recent ransomware epidemic is legally registered in the Czech Republic but doesn’t appear to have an office there. It may be operating...
Oct 4 2021 // Digital flood insurance provider Neptune Flood has acquired Jumpstart Insurance Solutions, a parametric insurtech broker that offers parametric earthquake policies.Terms were not disclosed. Jumpstart, a licensed surplus...
Oct 4 2021 // McGill and Partners, the boutique specialist re/insurance broker, is set for further expansion following regulatory approval for its Bermuda operation. The office will officially open later this month.The Bermuda office...
Oct 4 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced that its specialist underwriting subsidiary Pen Underwriting has acquired 100% of UK-based Manchester Underwriting Agencies Ltd. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Manchester...
Oct 4 2021 // Aston Lark, the London-based insurance broker that is backed by Goldman Sachs, announced the acquisition of S. Johnson & Co. Ltd.Established in 1990 and based in Birmingham, England, with a dedicated team led by Steven...
Oct 4 2021 // Lloyd’s broker Tysers has developed and diversified its entertainment insurance products and services to reflect the new live events landscape.For the music & live events sector, the broker has launched two...
Oct 4 2021 // Many middle market companies are failing to use a key risk management resource: their insurance agents and brokers.According to a survey sponsored by insurer Chubb, only 15% of middle market companies rely heavily on an...
Oct 1 2021 // Howden, the international insurance broker, announced the acquisition of CHB Insurance Brokers (CHB), one of the pre-eminent property/casualty brokers in the Baltic region.Financial details of the transaction were not...
Sep 29 2021 // BMS Re, the independent specialist reinsurance broker, announced the launch of BMS Brasil Corretora de Resseguros Ltda (BMS Re Brazil), headquartered in Sao Paulo.Confirmation of BMS Re Brazil’s license was published...
Sep 27 2021 // Many middle market companies are failing to use a key risk management resource: their insurance agents and brokers.According to a survey sponsored by insurer Chubb, only 15% of middle market companies rely heavily on an...
Sep 27 2021 // Amazon.com Inc is to start offering insurance to small and medium-sized UK business customers, the technology giant’s first foray into business insurance in the country, broker Superscript said on Monday.Members of...
Sep 24 2021 // A former insurance broker is going to prison for defrauding insurance companies and individual investors out of more than $1 million.U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Brian Bartz of Rochester, New York,...
Sep 24 2021 // JBA Risk Management Ltd. announced its collaboration with Reinsurance Solutions Intermediary Services (RSIS), an African-based reinsurance broker that will use the JBA global flood modeling capability to provide flood risk...
Sep 22 2021 // Acrisure, the global insurance broker and fintech services provider, announced it has entered the real estate services business through its acquisition of Tempo Title, one of the largest private title insurance and...
Sep 21 2021 // Aston Lark, the Goldman Sachs-based insurance broker, announced two acquisitions in one day: Deanspoint Insurance Brokers, which trades in Ireland as Abbey Murphy Insurance, and The Health Insurance Company, based in...
Sep 21 2021 // U.S.-based specialty insurance corporation H.W. Kaufman Group announced its expansion into South America through the acquisition of Prospect Brokers Chile, based in Santiago, Chile.Financial details of the deal were not...
Sep 17 2021 // Alera Group acquired The Brokerage Commercial Insurance Services Inc. in in Newport Beach, Calif. The Brokerage Commercial Insurance Services employees will continue serving clients in their existing roles. Terms of the...
Sep 15 2021 // Is your agency a Best Place to Work? Then nominate your agency as a “Best Agency to Work For” award today.The deadline tomorrow, September 16. To nominate your agency, you must be a current employee of the...
Sep 14 2021 // Additional felony charges have been filed against Robert Andrew Lotter, 64, of Newport Beach, Calif., and Charles Albert Major, 72, of Irvine, who were arrested in November after allegedly defrauding their clients with...
Sep 9 2021 // Former insurance agent Steven Gordon, 67, of Camarillo, Calif. was arraigned on Thursday on 21 felony counts of grand theft, forgery, identity theft, and credit card fraud after allegedly stealing more than $1 million from...