All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 27 2020 // The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. (THG) has expanded its business in Maryland to include personal lines insurance and appointed a group of independent agents in the state to serve its growing customer base.The Hanover has a...
Oct 27 2020 // There were 170 announced insurance agency mergers and acquisitions during the third quarter of 2020 compared to 173 for the same period in 2019, according to a report from consulting firm OPTIS Partners.The Chicago-based...
Oct 27 2020 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Illinois (IIA of IL) has presented MH Insurance Centre LLC of Marion, Ill., with the IIA of IL Agency of the Year Award.The Agency of the Year Award is presented to an IIA of IL member...
Oct 26 2020 // Nick Gunn of Groveland, Ill., has named Young Agent of the Year by the Independent Insurance Agents of Illinois (IIA of IL).Gunn was presented with the Young Agent of the Year Award for demonstrating exceptional service to...
Oct 26 2020 // Coverys European Holdings (CEH), an agency platform and network specializing in European markets, has completed the 100% acquisition of Bridge Insurance Broker S.R.L, a Lloyd’s wholesale broker and coverholder based...
Oct 23 2020 // Brooke Miano with Brown & Brown of Illinois in Naperville, Ill., has been presented with the Independent Insurance Agents of Illinois (IIA of IL) Agent of the Year Award during the association’s annual...
Oct 22 2020 // George Daly with The Horton Group in Orland Park, Ill., has been elected president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Illinois (IIA of IL). Daly’s term runs until Sept. 30, 2021.As president, Daly will serve as a...
Oct 21 2020 // Global broking business, Brokerslink, has continued the expansion of its global network with three new affiliates from Africa, Central America and Asia-Pacific further demonstrating its multinational capabilities and...
Oct 21 2020 // The Main Street America Group, a U.S. provider of property/casualty insurance through independent agents, has unveiled a new name and brand – Main Street America Insurance. The brand was announced in conjunction with...
Oct 21 2020 // Burns & Wilcox has launched Cyberman365, a new exclusive product line designed to mitigate personal cyber risks for individuals, families and homes.A collaboration between Burns & Wilcox and Node International,...
Oct 20 2020 // LP Risk Inc., a part of national specialty insurance distribution company XPT Partners, has hired Alicia Calhoun as senior vice president. Based in Houston, Calhoun will focus on brokerage business with a specialty in...
Oct 19 2020 // Newport Beach, Calif.-based NARDAC Insurance Services was recently launched by Jatin Sharma and co-founding partners Bill Kost and Brandon Statton. The new brokerage offers general products and services with highly...
Oct 19 2020 // The Nebraska Department of Insurance is planning brief, one-hour, biannual workshops for insurance agents each October and April to discuss the changes in the Flood Insurance Manual. The first such workshop will be held on...
Oct 19 2020 // The industry has long warned of the growing agent shortage and has prescribed more aggressive promotion of career opportunities especially in technology to attract the next generation. As the shortages grow more acute,...
Oct 19 2020 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers Inc. in Woodland Hills, Calif., offered the perfect Hollywood ending for Bill Johnson.Johnson started the brokerage fresh out of college in 1987, then later took a break to get into...
Oct 15 2020 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers has added Wes Bloodgood to the Woodland Hills, Calif., office. Bloodgood has experience in high net worth personal lines risk management, as well as experience with high risk...
Oct 13 2020 // Insurance agent Brenda Cervantes, 31, of Oxnard, Calif., and unlicensed employee Edith Arellano-Quinones, 39, of Ojai, were arraigned on Tuesday on misdemeanor counts of insurance fraud after allegedly selling auto...
Oct 13 2020 // EC3 Brokers has received a new investment from existing shareholder BP Marsh & Partners, which will take its holding in the broker to 35%.This investment will help London-based EC3 Brokers broaden its offering and...
Oct 13 2020 // Wholesaler insurance brokers AmWINS and CRC, along with independent agency Heffernan Insurance Brokers, are the charter members of a new alliance to accelerate technology improvements in the brokerage, wholesale and...
Oct 12 2020 // NFP, a New York City-based insurance broker and consultant, announced the acquisition of Ernest R. Shaw Ltd. in a transaction that closed on Sept. 1, 2020.Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. ER Shaw, located...