All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 18 2013 // The results from a study commissioned by the Vermont Insurance Agents Association (VIAA) show that Vermont’s economy is positively impacted by the state’s independent insurance agencies.“These phenomenal...
Sep 18 2013 // Independent insurance wholesaler, All Risks Ltd., announced the opening of an office in Metairie, La.This is the twenty-second office for All Risks. With three insurance professionals with extensive and diverse...
Sep 16 2013 // The FBI estimates that in 2012, the number of violent crimes increased 0.7 percent while property crimes decreased 0.9 percent, the tenth straight year of declines for these offenses, collectively.The 2012 statistics show...
Sep 16 2013 // There are times when what agents don’t know can hurt them. And this is one of them. I refer to the all-too-often overlooked, and recently targeted, ownership of policy “expirations” — policy,...
Sep 16 2013 // Two reviews are planned of MNsure, the state’s new online health insurance exchange, after an employee accidentally distributed confidential information about more than 2,400 insurance agents.A legislative panel and...
Sep 16 2013 // Managing general agency and surplus lines wholesaler, U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc., has named Jennie Reed senior broker of the Dallas office of U.S. Risk Brokers. Reed brings with her more than 14 years of experience in...
Sep 16 2013 // BrokersLink, one of the world’s largest independent insurance broker networks, whose members manage premium volumes in excess of $14 billion, announced that its fifth annual global conference will be held in...
Sep 13 2013 // The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has accelerated change and confusion in the health insurance marketplace and businesses and individuals are counting on their insurance agents and brokers to help them understand the...
Sep 13 2013 // Insurance Journal is on the search again for the best independent insurance agencies in the United States to work for and we hope you will consider nominating your agency today.You must be a current employee of the agency...
Sep 13 2013 // Warwick, RI, 9/13/13 – Astonish, a leading technology, marketing, and training company dedicated solely to the needs of insurance agencies, announces the election of David Wroe to its board of directors.Wroe started his...
Sep 12 2013 // An insurance agent from Houston has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for pocketing more than $250,000 in customer premiums, the Texas Department of Insurance reported.TDI said McKinley Shumate, 59, of Houston was...
Sep 12 2013 // Insurance was a great training ground for now State Sen. Bill Ketron, who has been a member of the Tennessee Senate since 2002 while also serving as president of his own independent agency founded by his late father.Ketron...
Sep 12 2013 // Will the third time be the charm?Insurance groups and lobbyists in Washington are hoping so, after the House of Representatives this week overwhelmingly passed a bill (H.R. 1155 ) to streamline the insurance producer...
Sep 12 2013 // Kansas City, MO, 9/12/13 – Imperial PFS Corporation (www.ipfs.com), a leading independent provider of insurance premium financing, is pleased to announce the launch of its Imperial PFS Connect, a Mobile Website. Imperial...
Sep 11 2013 // Former American International Group Inc. chief Maurice “Hank” Greenberg has a new business partner: the U.S. taxpayer.Greenberg’s Starr Indemnity & Liability Co. is one of 18 companies approved to get...
Sep 11 2013 // Loss Control Results Usually Require Disclosure. An agency that uses non-carrier loss control services, regardless of whether it is a third-party firm or an agency’s in-house loss control service, almost always has...
Sep 10 2013 // The Main Street America Group has introduced its commercial product line, featuring its flagship main line business owners policy (Main Line BOP), to independent agents who represent the super-regional property/casualty...
Sep 10 2013 // Running a successful insurance agency business is tough enough by itself but some insurance pros are taking it one step further. They manage to juggle multiple careers in insurance and politics.Pennsylvania State Sen. John...
Sep 10 2013 // From agent to politician, state Sen. Ted Gaines wants back in the insurance business – this time as the state’s top regulator of the industry.Gaines, R-Roseville, recently announced he’s running for...
Sep 10 2013 // When it comes to current or former occupations of state and federal lawmakers, that of insurance producer is not one of the most commonly listed, but perhaps it should be.The variety of skills one necessarily develops...