All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 10 2020 // As we embark upon a new decade, the surplus lines insurance market has never been stronger. Growth in specialty products and demand for insurance protection in an increasingly dynamic, technological climate necessitates a...
Feb 7 2020 // A Smith Center, Kansas, insurance agent has been convicted of insurance fraud and related charges, and ordered to serve 36 months of probation, the Kansas Attorney General’s office reported.Trisha A. Wiehl, 40, was...
Feb 5 2020 // Houston, Texas-based insurance broker Insgroup Inc. (Insgroup), has acquired substantially all of the assets of the Harris F Underwood III Inc. (HFU) agency in Dallas.The deal between the two firms is effective as of Jan....
Feb 4 2020 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers has added Rob Bobyack to the firm as a partner at its Moody Insurance Group office. Bobyack began his career in the insurance industry in 1997 as a workers’ compensation...
Feb 4 2020 // Atlanta, GA, February 4, 2020 — Breckenridge Insurance Services is pleased to announce the promotion of Emily Gosch to vice president, property and casualty broker from associate broker. Gosch has been with the company...
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...