All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 5 2021 // Fort Worth, Texas-based independent insurance and financial services firm, Higginbotham, has partnered with Mike Knotts, an insurance agency owner and broker in Bossier City, Louisiana, to establish its first...
Mar 4 2021 // A former Red Oak, Iowa, insurance agent is facing felony charges related to alleged insurance fraud.The Iowa Insurance Division said Dustin French has been charged with one count of Insurance Fraud – Presenting False...
Mar 4 2021 // Costero Holdings, a privately held London-based brokerage, has acquired the independent broker Mar Risk Services Ltd. (MarRS), effective March 1, 2021.Headquartered in London, MarRS offers insurance advice and access to...
Mar 4 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 3 2021 // The longtime mayor of the southern Illinois city of Columbia has resigned in the wake a federal indictment accusing him of public corruption, a city official announced.Last week, a federal grand jury indicted Mayor Kevin...
Mar 3 2021 // Following complaints from property insurance policyholders, Louisiana’s top insurance regulator has issued a third bulletin reminding insurers of their obligations to policyholders as they work with consumers...
Mar 2 2021 // If one thing can be said about the pandemic, it definitely was not a bad thing for cannabis, a business that many states declared to be essential as numerous other business sectors shut down to help slow the spread of...
Mar 1 2021 // Cinven, the international private equity firm, and GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, have completed the acquisition of leading specialist insurance and re/insurance broker, Miller, from Willis Towers Watson.The...
Feb 26 2021 // Southern Insurance Underwriters, Inc. (SIU) has added John Kiernan to its Marine Brokerage team. He will be based in Alpharetta, Ga. Kiernan comes to SIU with experience in underwriting all classes of hull, marine...
Feb 25 2021 // Longtime Texas insurance agency executive, William “Bill” E. Harrison Jr., has been honored by the Big “I” with its Woodworth Memorial Award, the national independent insurance agency...
Feb 22 2021 // A former Iowa insurance agent has been charged money laundering and fraud, among other charges, the Iowa Insurance Division reported.Michael J. Heiberger, age 52, of Epworth, has been charged with one count of money...
Feb 22 2021 // The Big “I” announced that Amanda H. Juratovic has been promoted to assistant vice president of errors & omissions operations at Big I Advantage. Juratovic will lead the Big “I” Professional...
Feb 22 2021 // Independent insurance agency Ensurise LLC has merged with the insurance brokerage operations of Howard Eales Inc., effective January 1, 2021.Howard Eales will continue to operate from its Washington D.C. location following...
Feb 22 2021 // Agents are bracing for errors and omissions (E&O) claims stemming from the pandemic when insureds discover they carry inadequate coverage or none at all. Regrettably, agents likely face a similar scenario in cyber...
Feb 22 2021 // Working for an independent insurance agency can be challenging, and the job is even tougher if an insurer does not share your commitment to customer satisfaction. In my position as a territory manager for an insurer, I...
Feb 22 2021 // Independent insurance agencies not only managed to survive through the 2020 economic downturn and pandemic, but also managed to keep their employees happy through all of the year’s disruption.In Insurance...
Feb 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...
Feb 18 2021 // Risk Placement Services (RPS) has hired Jeff Harvey as executive vice president of casualty for its brokerage division.In this role, he will support growth of the large casualty practice in the Northeast region and provide...
Feb 17 2021 // A Muskegon insurance agent has been charged with fraud and embezzling more than $17,000 of his clients’ money, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and the Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS)...
Feb 17 2021 // A Miami insurance agent has been arrested for allegedly stealing personal account information to file false insurance applications and collect commissions from the insurance company, according to a statement from the...