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#1 Aon Adds to List of Brokers Suing Howden US for Alleged Poaching, Theft

Dec 15 2025 // A new broker is now suing Howden US and a pair of former employees for allegations of poaching and theft of trade secrets.Last week Aon Risk Services Cos. filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New...

#2 Viewpoint: Agentic AI Is Coming to Insurance Industry – Much Faster Than You Think

Dec 3 2025 // There has been much discussion in the insurance industry about artificial intelligence (AI) and how it can take on mundane, laborious tasks and complete them in a fraction of the time it would take a human.But the...

#3 Former CEO of Nonprofit P/C Statistical Agent Sentenced for Stealing Millions

Dec 23 2025 // A former chief executive officer of a statistical agent that compiles data from insurance companies for state insurance departments has been sentenced on charges related to her theft of millions of dollars from the...

#4 Son of Ponzi-Accused Georgia Building & Loan Founder Now an Insurance Agent

Dec 19 2025 // The former co-leader of a collapsed Georgia savings and loan, a lending firm that is now the subject of state and federal Ponzi scheme investigations, has been granted an insurance producer’s license in the...

#5 Man Sentenced for Flashing Three Insurance Agencies in Georgia

Dec 12 2025 // A man convicted of flashing workers at three insurance agencies in Warner Robins, Georgia, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.Demarcus Tyrell Mann, 30, pleaded guilty but mentally ill in October, after he was...

#6 Insurance Tech: Zywave Releases Suite of Specialized AI Agents

Dec 17 2025 // Insurance technology provider Zywave unveiled an agentic AI strategy, and what it calls the industry’s first suite of insurance-specialized AI agents.The agents will help insurance companies transform how they work...

#7 Marsh McLennan Agency Acquires Three Brokerages in Hawaii

Dec 2 2025 // Marsh McLennan Agency acquired three privately owned Honolulu, Hawaii-based insurance brokerages from Tradewind Group.Collectively, Atlas Insurance Agency, Pyramid Insurance Centre, and IC International created an...

#8 Jury Finds Agent Guilty of Twice Misappropriating Client’s Insurance Funds

Dec 9 2025 // A Baltimore County jury has found Michael C. Okolo, of Parkville, Maryland, guilty of two counts of insurance fraud and one count of obstruction of justice.According to Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown Okolo was...

#9 Alliant Named Broker for New York MTA’s $2 Billion Subway Project

Dec 23 2025 // Alliant Insurance Services reported that it was chosen by New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) as the insurance broker for Phase 2 of the Second Avenue Subway project, a $2 billion project that was...

#10 Flood Quotes Aims to Make it Easier for Agents to Compare Premiums and Bind Policies

Dec 3 2025 // A new flood insurance quoting platform aims to streamline the process for insurance agents and brokers, providing real-time quotes from federal and private insurers all in one place. Flood Quotes is owned by National Flood...

#11 CSMV Underwriting Launches in Florida: Part Brokerage, Part Program Manager

Dec 9 2025 // After seeing some of the frustration that insurance agents run into, the head of a well-known south Florida agency has launched a hybrid vehicle – part brokerage and part program manager.CSMV Underwriting Managers, based...

#12 PE Firms EQT, PAI Among Bidders for €2 Billion Insurance Broker Global

Dec 5 2025 // Private equity firms EQT AB, PAI Partners and Stone Point have been shortlisted in the bidding for German insurance brokerage Global Group, people familiar with the matter said.Global Group, which is backed by buyout firm...

#13 Markets/Coverages: CFC New Tool Helps Brokers Engage SMEs on Cyber

Nov 26 2025 // Specialist insurer CFC said it has a new tool available to brokers worldwide to help facilitate client conversations and unlock new streams of SME cyber clients.CFC said its new bite-sized Cyber Threat Review reports hone...

#14 People Moves: CRC Adds New Brokers in Nashville, Birmingham

Dec 23 2025 // CRC Specialty, an independent wholesale specialty insurance distributor, named two new brokers in its Southeast operations. Ron Bussey will be a senior broker based in Nashville, focused on casualty insurance placements...

#15 Register Now for IJ’s ‘AI Tools for Agents’ Demo Day on Dec. 10

Dec 9 2025 // Insurance Journal’s Risky Future series will host the “AI Tools for Retail Agents” Demo Day, which offers free AI tool demonstrations designed exclusively for retail insurance agencies.The latest online...

#16 Big ‘I’ CEO Symington Named Among Top Lobbyists for 2025

Dec 12 2025 // The Hill, a prominent Washington, D.C.-based political newspaper, named Charles Symington, president and CEO of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big “I”), among the top trade...

#17 The EZLynx Solutions Insurance Agents Love Most

Nov 26 2025 // Independent insurance agents are always searching for smarter ways to serve their clients and run their businesses more efficiently. At this year’s Applied Net conference, attendees couldn’t stop raving about...

#18 Strategic Underwriter Bridges Gap for Broker, Securing Critical Coverage for Complex Industrial Risk

Dec 2 2025 // Monrovia, CA – Dec 2, 2025 – When a broker faced a sudden non-renewal on a large and complex account, the expert intervention of an in-house underwriter at Greenwood General Insurance proved instrumental, transforming...

#19 Independent Agencies Win When Retention Comes First

Dec 16 2025 // As an independent agent, you know the truth: acquiring new clients is often much more expensive than keeping the ones you already have. The old saying, “new business is king,” no longer entirely rings true....

#20 Update: PE Firms EQT, CVC Drop $3.44 Billion Pursuit of Australian Broker AUB Group

Dec 1 2025 // Australia’s AUB Group said on Monday its suitors EQT and CVC Asia Pacific had abandoned their pursuit that valued the insurance broker at A$5.25 billion ($3.44 billion), sending its shares more than 17% lower.Shares...