All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 10 2020 // Hub International Limited, a global insurance brokerage, has acquired the insurance brokerage assets of Charles R. (Rhett) Butler. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Rhett was part of Nationwide Mutual Insurance...
Sep 9 2020 // Element Risk Management has acquired two new insurance agencies in Pennsylvania. Barrick & Associates of Hanover, Penn., and Danner’s Insurance, with locations in East Berlin and Biglerville, Penn., are now part...
Sep 8 2020 // London Underwriters has released a beta version of its new online platform, Bunch, in the state of Texas.London Underwriters, which has administrated its own proprietary Lloyd’s of London commercial property program...
Sep 7 2020 // Starting an independent insurance agency, or any business, is a risky proposition. You’re moving from a secure position with a regular income and foreseeable future to a place where uncertainty is the new normal....
Sep 7 2020 // The demise of the independent agent has been predicted ad nauseam, however arguably the most hotly debated version came from a 2013 McKinsey report with a section entitled “The End of an Era for the Local Insurance...
Sep 7 2020 // Rulings in two lawsuits originating in Texas over business income losses related to the COVID-19 pandemic were handed down in August in favor of insurance firms.In one, an insurance agency was added to a restaurant...
Sep 7 2020 // For 22 years, the Florida Association of Insurance Agents has been led by Jeff Grady, president and chief executive officer, who admits that when he started all those years ago he did not expect to “fall in love with...
Sep 4 2020 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage, has acquired the insurance brokerage assets of Rockville Insurance Agency Inc. and Jeffrey Preston Zepp. Terms of the transactions were not disclosed.Rockville...
Sep 3 2020 // R-T Specialty, LLC has hired senior property broker J. Mason Johnston to establish the wholesale broker’s Birmingham, Ala., office, where he will serve as president. Johnston is a property and builder’s risk...
Sep 2 2020 // 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...
Sep 2 2020 // Houston International Insurance Group Ltd. (HIIG) has launched an E&S (excess and surplus) brokerage business unit to provide liability and property insurance products and services to the wholesale brokerage...
Sep 2 2020 // U.S.-based global insurance broker Hub International Limited has acquired Elevate Insurance Brokers, a property/casualty independent insurance agency based in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada. Pierce Krol, president, and...
Sep 2 2020 // Specialty insurance brokerages Ryan Specialty Group and All Risks have closed on the merger the two firms into Ryan Specialty Group.The deal unites Chicago-based Ryan Specialty Group and its nearly $12 billion in premium,...
Sep 1 2020 // Atlanta, GA, September 1, 2020 — Breckenridge Insurance Services is pleased to welcome Carrie B. Mudd to the wholesale brokerage and binding firm. Mudd joins the organization as a vice president, underwriter with over 17...
Aug 31 2020 // AXIS Insurance and AllDigital Specialty will launch an insurance platform designed for the U.S. small private company management liability market.AXIS will utilize AllDigital’s technology to quote, bind and issue...
Aug 27 2020 // London-based brokerage Ed announced the appointment of John Head as a broker and producer. Head will support the growth of the professional and executive risk portfolio, a key area of focus and development for Ed, and also...
Aug 27 2020 // For 22 years, the Florida Association of Insurance Agents has been led by Jeff Grady, president and chief executive officer, who admits that when he started all those years ago he did not expect to “fall in love with...
Aug 26 2020 // Lynn “Skipper” Strickland of Parker County, Texas, a former insurance agent who sold policies while claiming his license was still in effect, has been sentenced to 14 years in state prison for fraud, state...
Aug 26 2020 // Johnson & Johnson will expand its presence in Georgia by acquiring the assets of National Program Management (NPM) located in Alpharetta. The parties expect the transaction to close Sept. 1, 2020.National Program...
Aug 25 2020 // Former Westlake Village, Calif., insurance agent has been arraigned on multiple felony counts of grand theft, burglary, and financial elder abuse for allegedly stealing over $55,000 in clients’ insurance premiums,...