All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 30 2021 // Rockwood Programs Inc., a full-service managing general agency, has appointed Carol Cole to chief marketing officer.In this role, Cole is responsible for marketing employment practices liability, insurance agents errors...
Mar 30 2021 // Despite continued robust agency mergers and acquisitions activity, the number of independent insurance agencies has remained stable at 36,000, a number slightly below the last tally of 36,500 in 2018.That’s according...
Mar 26 2021 // Sterling Seacrest Partners, Inc. and Pritchard & Jerden announced they will merge and operate as Sterling Seacrest Pritchard. According to the company, the merger makes it one of the largest privately held, independent...
Mar 26 2021 // Global broking network, Brokerslink, has further expanded its presence in the Balkan Peninsula with the addition of independent broker Advantis Insurance Broker, based in Bosnia and Herzegovina.Established in 2015,...
Mar 25 2021 // LONDON – When the pandemic is over, the brokers of Lloyd’s of London could haggle with underwriters from home in their underpants, and ditch their pinstripes at the office.A trade body representing brokers took a...
Mar 25 2021 // Insurance Journal is seeking young independent insurance agents – those 40 and under – to share their thoughts on the insurance industry, their job and their future as a young professional in the annual Young...
Mar 24 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...
Mar 22 2021 // When it comes to insurance agency hiring, producers and account managers are a broken record. Yes, your agency still needs them, but that isn’t newsworthy.These four positions gained momentum last year. If they...
Mar 22 2021 // While carriers face growing financial losses in Florida’s distressed property insurance market, insurance agents are on the front lines trying to help their clients who are being hit with double-digit rate increases,...
Mar 21 2021 // A former Johnson County, Kansas, insurance agent has been sentenced to 24 months of probation on insurance fraud charges and ordered to repay nearly $86,000 in restitution, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said.Armond...
Mar 19 2021 // Specialist Risk Group, a London-based insurance broker, have hired a team of 16 from AFL Insurance Brokers, led by Jonathan Bines, AFL’s former CEO.SRG said this announcement marks its first London market team hire...
Mar 19 2021 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers has named Bethany Kaiser a Senior vice president in the Bakersfield, Calif. office. The firm has also named Brian English a vice president in the Bakersfield office. Kaiser has more...
Mar 18 2021 // Roanoke Insurance Group is expanding to Canada to provide insurance and surety bonds to companies involved in logistics, transportation and shipping. The new entity, Roanoke Insurance Group Canada, Inc., (RIG CA), is an...
Mar 18 2021 // A Michigan former insurance agent charged with embezzling from an elderly client has been sentenced to 36 months’ probation – with six months under house arrest – and ordered to pay restitution, state officials...
Mar 18 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...
Mar 17 2021 // ATLANTA, Ga., March 17, 2021 — Breckenridge Insurance Services continues to grow its wholesale brokerage presence in the Southwest with the addition of broker Jodi Hughes, AINS, AU. Hughes has nearly seventeen years of...
Mar 17 2021 // Xenia Broking Group, the credit insurance and surety specialist, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Status Credit Insurance Brokers Ltd., a specialist trade credit broker, headquartered in East...
Mar 16 2021 // A former licensed insurance agent was arrested for the second time in Florida last month after allegedly selling insurance without a license.The Florida Department of Financial Services said Orestes Valentin Rodriguez is...
Mar 12 2021 // Some serious money has been sent the way of various insurance startups over the past week. Investors backed cutting-edge commercial lines and cyber insurance products as well as advances in texting communications, producer...
Mar 11 2021 // While carriers face growing financial losses in Florida’s distressed property insurance market, insurance agents are on the front lines trying to help their clients who are being hit with double-digit rate increases,...