All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 17 2021 // Dear Mary, we are one of the largest insurance agencies in our state. Our plan is to remain independent and grow organically in every office location. Some of our markets are easier to find talent in than others. Our most...
May 14 2021 // High Street Insurance Partners (HSIP), a full-service insurance brokerage platform, has acquired New Jersey-based Paladin Insurance Agency and Richardi-Demola Insurance Agency (RD). Terms of the transaction were not...
May 12 2021 // A Louisiana insurance agent was arrested on May 10, following an investigation by Louisiana State Police into allegations of insurance fraud.The Louisiana Department of Insurance had revoked the property/casualty producer...
May 11 2021 // Former insurance agent Wendy Judd, 47, of Madera, Calif., pleaded guilty this week to felony grand theft after embezzling over $20,000 of insurance premium payments from consumers.The California Department of Insurance...
May 11 2021 // SCB was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. SCB is Canada’s largest independent benefit consulting firm that specializes in servicing high-growth small-to-medium size businesses. SCB offers its...
May 11 2021 // PARIS – A French court on Monday threw out a lawsuit by a French-Vietnamese woman against more than a dozen multinationals that produced and sold a toxic herbicide dubbed “Agent Orange,” used by U.S. troops...
May 10 2021 // Formerly licensed insurance agent Danny Raymond Armenta, 48, of Clovis, Calif. was arraigned on Monday in Fresno Superior Court on multiple felony counts of embezzlement, grand theft and diversion of fiduciary funds after...
May 9 2021 // Insurance brokerage Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. is in talks to buy a portfolio of assets from Aon Plc and Willis Towers Watson Plc for about $3 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.An agreement could be...
May 7 2021 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has adopted a rule that requires individuals, agencies, and companies regulated by TDI to designate an email address for official communications from TDI.To add or update an email...
May 4 2021 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers has partnered with Gainesville, Fla-based Darr Schackow Insurance.DSI’s 55 employees and four offices throughout the state of Florida will expand Liberty’s presence in the...
May 3 2021 // Specialty broker Amwins Group said it has agreed to acquire Equisure, Inc., a Colorado-based specialist in insurance programs for horse and dog owners, trainers and organizations.Equisure provides professional liability,...
May 3 2021 // Insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. said it has acquired Mutual Brokers Pty Ltd., a Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (ACT)-based Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 1985, Mutual Brokers...
May 3 2021 // There may be many more carriers and brokers waiting on the sidelines of the insuring cannabis sector to get in than most may realize.That was among the messages delivered by experts during Insurance Journal’s webinar...
Apr 28 2021 // Former insurance broker Karen Marie Dondanville, 53, of Mission Viejo, Calif., was arrested on 90 felony counts including grand theft, insurance fraud, financial elder abuse, and forgery for allegedly collecting premiums...
Apr 27 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Worldwide Facilities, an Amwins Company. In November 2020, attendees of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society’s first-ever virtual conference warned insurance...
Apr 26 2021 // Construction business owners experienced declines in their revenues, project completions, new bids and workforce, as the pandemic took hold in 2020. In fact, 7-in-10 construction business owners were negatively affected by...
Apr 22 2021 // There may be many more carriers and brokers waiting on the sidelines of the insuring cannabis sector to get in than most may realize.That was among the messages delivered by experts during Insurance Journal’s webinar...
Apr 22 2021 // Howden, the London-based insurance broker, has announced the acquisition of ARTAI, Spain’s largest independent corporate insurance broker.The transaction, which is pending approval from Spain’s Directorate...
Apr 20 2021 // Howden, the London-based insurance broker, announced that it has appointed Felix Jenny to lead its new retail operation in Switzerland.Howden Switzerland will form an important part of Howden’s European business,...
Apr 20 2021 // Pathpoint, a digital excess and surplus lines insurance distributor, has launched its Lessor’s Risk Only (LRO) Commercial Package for agents to access non-admitted coverage for property owners with a single...