All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 13 2021 // Appalachian Underwriters Inc. (AUI) has added Dustin Hickman to its brokerage department as a casualty broker in Dallas.Hickman joins the AUI organization as part of the Energy Practice Group, specializing in heavy...
Jan 12 2021 // Insurance broker Aon has ended its business relationship with the Trump Organization, Insurance Journal has learned.The Trump Organization is the hotel, luxury residence and golf course business of the Trump family that is...
Jan 12 2021 // Pathpoint, a digital excess and surplus lines insurance broker, said it is offering a new capability to independent retail agents: access to multiple cyber insurance quotes through a single online application containing...
Jan 12 2021 // In its recently published report to the legislature, the windstorm insurer of last resort for properties along the Texas coast has proposed several operational changes, including one that would allow it to develop...
Jan 12 2021 // Licensed insurance agents Robert Farmer, 65, of Camarillo, Calif., and Marion Urcan, 67, of Agoura Hills, Calif., were arraigned this week in Los Angeles County Superior Court on multiple counts of grand theft after...
Jan 12 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., the Rolling Meadows, Ill.-based broker, announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of specialist UK insurance broker The Bollington Wilson Group.The transaction will close...
Jan 11 2021 // New Dawn Risk, the international specialist insurance intermediary, announced the launch of a new division focused on the UK market. It will provide liability and specialty solutions direct to insurance buyers, as well as...
Jan 11 2021 // Welcome to Insurance Journal’s Agents of the Year report. This report features 25 agents who define what it means to be a successful independent agent today. These agents are more than top sellers. While they have...
Jan 7 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...
Jan 7 2021 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers, a full-service, independent insurance brokerage firm, has merged with Porter & Curtis LLC, a consultative commercial property/casualty insurance broker, effective December 31, 2020.Porter...
Jan 6 2021 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Wisconsin (PIAW) has hired Natalie White as the association’s new communications director.White joins PIAW after several years of working in the Wisconsin Legislature. In addition...
Jan 5 2021 // Specialist Risk Group (SRG), a London-based specialist insurance broker, announced it has acquired KBIS British Equestrian Insurance, a well-established broker within the equestrian market.Financial details of the...
Jan 4 2021 // Wholesale insurance brokerage AmWINS Group has rebranded its agency aggregator subsidiary Networked Insurance Agents to AmWINS Access – Admitted Placement Services.AmWINS Access is a nationwide binding platform for small...
Dec 30 2020 // The 2020 hurricane season was one for the books. From ferocious storms battering the Gulf Coast to heavy rains inundating the Florida Panhandle, the Atlantic saw an unprecedented amount of activity this year.The Weather...
Dec 23 2020 // Under Tennessee law, policyholders who pay their premiums create a legal presumption that they have accepted the terms of coverage. The statute limits lawsuits by underinsured policyholders who thought they had enough...
Dec 23 2020 // Insurance broker/advisor TigerRisk has appointed Daniel J. “Tad” Eldredge as partner and general counsel. He is located in Minneapolis, Minn.Eldredge comes to TigerRisk from Aon where he was chief counsel,...
Dec 22 2020 // Brown & Brown Inc., the Daytona Beach, Fla.-based broker, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire the general insurance operating companies of O’Leary Insurances (OLI) in Ireland.The transaction is...
Dec 21 2020 // Changes in licensing, fees and continuing education due dates for insurance agents in Virginia will take effect January 1, 2021.These changes, as provided by Virginia law, have been in the works for more than two years and...
Dec 21 2020 // Specialist Risk Group (SRG), a London-based specialist insurance broker, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by middle-market private equity firm HGGC.SRG’s management team will invest...
Dec 18 2020 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired San Antonio-based PIATX LLC.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2009, PIATX is an employee benefits broker and consultant focused on delivering responsive and...