All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 20 2021 // This edition of International People Moves covers appointments at a new reinsurance broker, Ardonagh’s Inver Re; The Hartford’s Global Specialty business unit, and the aviation reinsurance division of MS Amlin...
Jul 20 2021 // Island Insurance Co. has promoted Denise Kadomoto to assistant vice president of accounting and finance.Kadomoto will continue to serve as the company’s controller, a position she has held since 2015. Kadomoto joined...
Jul 14 2021 // Burns & Wilcox Brokerage, a business unit of H.W. Kaufman Group solely dedicated to complex wholesale property/casualty brokerage, has opened its newest office in Boston, Massachusetts, and added five brokers to its...
Jul 13 2021 // The Ardonagh Group, a top 20 global insurance broker and the UK’s largest independent insurance broker, announced it will open the Ardonagh Global Data and Risk Management Centre this month, bringing 60 new highly...
Jul 12 2021 // A bulletin released by the Texas Department of Insurance summarizes the changes to the requirements for agent licensing contained in HB 4030, passed this year by the 87th Texas Legislature.TDI outlined the revisions as...
Jul 12 2021 // Aston Lark, the London-based insurance broker that is backed by Goldman Sachs, announced the acquisition of the Linkscover brand to further strengthen its sports and leisure expertise.Financial details of the transaction...
Jul 7 2021 // Whitepaper details surprising statistics on success measures including close ratios based on national interviews conducted with agentsGREENSBORO, NC—July 7, 2021— A new study of independent agents reveals real-world...
Jul 6 2021 // London-based broker Aston Lark continues with its buying spree with the purchase of ES Risks Ltd.Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Established in 2007 and based in London, ES Risks is a 45-strong...
Jul 5 2021 // Allstate Corp. wants to buy more independent insurance agencies this year to build the business it acquired with its purchase of National General, Allstate Chief Executive Tom Wilson told Reuters last month.But the agents...
Jul 5 2021 // Ransomware is all over the news of late — Colonial Pipeline, CNA and JBS plus hospitals, municipalities and many other businesses. If only reading the headlines, you might conclude that ransomware affects primarily...
Jul 2 2021 // The Texas Department of Insurance issued a notice this week of the availability of a new option to take a certification exam at your home or at an office online for most major insurance agent lines.An off-site monitor will...
Jul 2 2021 // Robinhood Markets Inc, the online brokerage at the center of this year’s retail trading frenzy, disclosed on Thursday previously unreported regulatory risks in its long-awaited initial public offering filing.Amid an...
Jul 2 2021 // Gallagher announced the acquisition of Edelweiss Gallagher Insurance Brokers Ltd. (EGIBL) from Edelweiss Group, one of India’s leading diversified financial services firms. Gallagher previously held 30% in the...
Jul 1 2021 // Insurance technology provider Zywave has acquired Spokane, Wash.-based IBQ Systems, which offers personal and commercial lines comparative rating.No terms of the deal were disclosed. The acquisition expands Zywave’s...
Jul 1 2021 // An investigation by insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. into a ransomware attack on its systems last September has revealed that personal information on individuals was accessed. The broker is in the process of...
Jun 29 2021 // Pathpoint, a digital excess and surplus lines insurance brokerage, reported that it has raised $30 million in funding.Investors include Caffeinated Capital, which led the round, and repeat investors including SciFi VC,...
Jun 25 2021 // A Muskegon insurance agent charged with fraud and embezzling his clients’ money has pleaded guilty, according to Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and the Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS)...
Jun 24 2021 // Allstate Corp. wants to buy more independent insurance agencies this year to build the business it acquired with its purchase of National General, Allstate Chief Executive Tom Wilson told Reuters on Wednesday.But the...
Jun 21 2021 // Lloyd’s announced the marketplace has secured a five-year £650 million ($897 million) reinsurance cover for its Central Fund—a move that aims to protect against adverse tail risk, while supporting growth and...
Jun 21 2021 // Nearly a decade of continuous construction industry growth was halted in 2020 as the industry battled direct and collateral effects from COVID-19. According to Nationwide’s recent Agent Authority research,...