All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 19 2021 // Being in personal lines at the moment, my least favorite part is the large amount of time that is spent talking to customers who have been conditioned to focus solely on price. Having to deal with mostly incompetent...
Apr 19 2021 // Despite ongoing concerns over the pandemic, young agents say they felt supported by their agencies over the past year.A majority of young agents felt satisfied with how their agency responded to COVID-19 and rated their...
Apr 16 2021 // Massachusetts regulators on Thursday sought the revocation of Robinhood’s broker-dealer license after charging that it encourages inexperienced investors to place risky trades without limits, while the online...
Apr 15 2021 // American Modern, a specialty insurance provider of residential and recreational coverage, has launched Social To Go, an online toolkit designed to give agents ways to effectively use social media.According to Kevin...
Apr 14 2021 // Xenia Broking Group, the London-based credit insurance and surety specialist, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Credit Insurance Alliance (Brokers) Ltd. (CIA).An independent trade credit insurance...
Apr 13 2021 // BMS, the London-based independent specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, announced the launch of an analytics platform called Pathlight AnalyticsTM.The platform is designed to harness the collective power of the...
Apr 12 2021 // Ai Ling Lee, 61, an unlicensed insurance agent living Hacienda Heights, was convicted of nine felony counts of grand theft after reportedly stealing nearly half-a-million dollars of her small business clients’...
Apr 9 2021 // Increasingly, the world of insurance distribution has become highly specialized, utilizing technology and a multitude of parties to reach customers worldwide. The surplus lines industry is no exception. Surplus lines...
Apr 8 2021 // Editor’s note: This part of a series of profiles on cannabis brokers, in which Insurance Journal explores why and how these folks got into the business, the ups and downs of insuring cannabis, as well as a few tips...
Apr 8 2021 // Towerstone, a Dallas-based wholesale insurance division of IMA Financial Group, has acquired Jacobs & Associates, a general agent and excess and surplus lines broker based in Strongsville, Ohio.The transaction was...
Apr 7 2021 // Brokerslink has entered into a service partnership with B. Riley Advisory Services Group in Los Angeles, Calif. B. Riley’s compliance, risk and resilience practice specializes in business continuity, cybersecurity...
Apr 7 2021 // It is well known that small and medium businesses face an ever-increasing risk of cyber attacks. Sixty-three percent reported they had experienced a cyber breach in the last 12 months, when Ponemon surveyed them in the...
Apr 7 2021 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC) have launched a campaign designed to inform and educate the driving public, especially parents and young drivers, about the peril of distracted driving, which...
Apr 6 2021 // London-based broker the Ardonagh Group announced the launch of Ardonagh Global Partners (AGP), a unit focused on international mergers and acquisitions.The company also announced its first acquisition in the United States,...
Apr 6 2021 // An Iowa insurance agent has had his license suspended and has been ordered to cease and desist conducting insurance business in the state, regulators say.The Iowa Insurance Division said in addition, Oscar Sanchez of West...
Apr 6 2021 // As Florida insurers focus on addressing mounting losses in the state’s property insurance market with legislative reforms, rising rates and coverage restrictions, other stakeholders are working to educate consumers...
Apr 5 2021 // Fast-growing global insurance brokerage Acrisure announced it has closed on two transactions representing a significant capital raise of $3.45 billion.BDT Capital Partners, a merchant bank, led a $3 billion investment...
Apr 5 2021 // In some recent Academy of Insurance classes, I’ve been asking people about their working situation. Most of the people I’ve been talking to transitioned for a while to the work from home space, and many are...
Mar 31 2021 // California’s U.S. senators and nearly two-dozen representatives are asking the Agriculture and Interior departments to transition their agencies to a year-round wildland workforce because blazes are no longer limited...
Mar 31 2021 // Formerly licensed insurance agent, Mandy Pruitt, 42, of Visalia, Calif., was arraigned today on one count of grand theft after she allegedly stole more than $4,400 from a client and used the money to pay for personal...