All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 3 2020 // Ted Dimitry, a commercial property/casualty insurance broker specializing in the oil and gas industry for 23 years, has joined Higginbotham’s Houston office as its energy and marine practice leader.Dimitry brings...
Feb 3 2020 // The personal umbrella market had been steady for many years, with lots of choices available in the market when it came to finding the right coverage for customers. However, recent changes are turning the market upside down...
Feb 3 2020 // Teams of students from seven universities throughout the U.S. today begin a month-long collegiate competition in which they will run virtual insurance agencies in a computer-simulated environment.The competition, called...
Feb 3 2020 // Online insurance marketplace Policygenius raised $100 million in new financing. The company plans to use the money for hiring, to grow and to broaden the consumer financial protection products it will unveil in...
Jan 31 2020 // USG Insurance Services Inc., a national wholesaler and MGA, has added Faryl Teague as producer/broker, commercial lines, to its Arlington, Texas, team.Teague joins the USG team with 11 years of underwriting and brokerage...
Jan 31 2020 // Integro Insurance Brokers Holdings Ltd., the parent of UK-based firm Risk Transfer Group (RTG), which trades under the RFIB brand, announced that Steven Beard, CEO of RFIB will be stepping down, effective immediately.On...
Jan 31 2020 // Edward J. Chadwick, of Yakima, Wash., was charged this week with first-degree theft in Spokane County Superior Court.Chadwick was an insurance producer and owned an insurance agency called Kelt, primarily selling insurance...
Jan 30 2020 // Peel & Holland Insurance has merged with Riddle Insurance of Madisonville, Ky., and its subsidiary, R. Barga and Company Insurance of Benton, Ky.The companies provide business property and casualty insurance, surety...
Jan 30 2020 // Pro Global Holding Ltd., global re/insurance outsourcing and consulting specialists have formed a partnership with VIPR, a software provider that focuses on delegated authorities. This move will see the two combine their...
Jan 29 2020 // Randy Fricke has joined AAdvantage Insurance Group in Glen Carbon, Ill., as a sales agent, responsible for generating prospects, developing new relationships, handling existing accounts, and creating custom insurance plans...
Jan 29 2020 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Group Brokerage Insurance Agency LLC (GBIA). The transaction became effective January 1, 2020. Located in Waltham, Mass., GBIA is an employee benefits agency primarily providing group...
Jan 29 2020 // A former Tennessee insurance agent facing more than 70 counts of insurance fraud has reached a settlement with the Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) barring her from practicing insurance activities in...
Jan 29 2020 // Everest Insurance has joined with digital broker Embroker to provide an online lawyers’ professional liability program for law firms with up to 10 employed attorneys.Through Embroker’s digitized platform,...
Jan 28 2020 // First Acceptance Corp., a specialty auto insurance carrier with retail locations in 15 states, and Greenwood, Indiana-based Insurance Brokers Inc. (IBI) have made Acceptance auto insurance available to Indiana independent...
Jan 28 2020 // The Georgia Department of Insurance’s multiple enforcement divisions worked on behalf of insurance consumers to combat fraud, return insurance premiums, and approve insurance licenses in 2019, according to a...
Jan 27 2020 // Let me preface this by saying that we work with dozens of dedicated, talented advertising agencies every year. Those that ask the tough questions. Those that review our audit statement. This is not about those agencies. We...
Jan 27 2020 // Worldwide Facilities has named Juliet Carrillo assistant vice president and broker in the Los Angeles, Calif., property department. Carrillo has worked as both an underwriter and surplus lines broker in her 30-year...
Jan 27 2020 // Although parametric solutions have been generally available since the late 1990s, they have more recently found their way into corporate insurance. Parametric insurance solutions offer a means to guarantee direct payout...
Jan 27 2020 // New regulations, insurer pressure and growing consumer alarm about online security will force agents to act this year to protect their data from unfettered use by third-party vendors. The NAIC Insurance Data Security Model...
Jan 27 2020 // Agencies and carriers need to align now more than ever.I will add a condition to this statement: Quality independent agencies and quality carriers need to align now more than ever if they are to thrive. Unfortunately, I...