All the headlines from our Independent Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 8 2018 // Patrick Muldowney has been elected president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Illinois.The Chicago-based Muldowney will be responsible for the general leadership functions of the organization. He will also serve as a...
Sep 4 2018 // Specialist corporate insurance broker Verlingue announced it has acquired independent UK broker ICB Group. Financial details of the deal were not released.With the acquisition of Egham, England-based ICB, Verlingue triples...
Aug 27 2018 // Even as they look back on several years of steady growth and success, many owners of independent insurance agencies now find themselves at a crossroad where they are pressed to make critical strategic decisions about the...
Aug 6 2018 // Risk management services firm, Hanover Stone Partners, has tapped Ellen Shew Holland to lead its newly established national higher education practice. She is based in Dallas.Shew Holland will lead a practice that will...
Jul 16 2018 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) elected Jeffrey L. Brady of Brady, Chapman, Holland & Associates (BCH) in Houston to serve as IIAT chair for 2018-19.Brady was elected during IIAT’s 121st Annual...
Jun 28 2018 // Andrew Coard was installed as president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia, on June 8 during IIAG’s 121st annual convention and trade show at Hilton Head Island, S.C. Andrew Coard Coard, a Marietta, Ga....
Jun 26 2018 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) honored Harlingen independent insurance agent Bob Shepard with its Paige Eiland Political Action Award at IIAT’s 121st Annual Conference and Trade Show in San...
Jun 21 2018 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) elected Jeffrey L. Brady of Brady, Chapman, Holland & Associates (BCH) in Houston, to serve as chair for 2018-19.Brady was elected during IIAT’s 121st Annual...
Jun 18 2018 // Even as they look back on several years of steady growth and success, many owners of independent insurance agencies now find themselves at a crossroad where they are pressed to make critical strategic decisions about the...
Jun 15 2018 // Big “I” Markets, the online market access system available exclusively to Big “I” members, has partnered with Coalition to offer its member agents access to cyber and technology errors &...
May 8 2018 // Trusted Choice has awarded the annual Dan Fulwider Award for Community Involvement to Alliance Financial & Insurance in Lowell, Michigan.In recognition of Fulwider’s community involvement, Trusted Choice...
May 4 2018 // Wisconsin-based American Family Insurance group and Florida-based The Main Street America Group will pursue a merger, the companies announced today.The combined equity of the merged entities is expected to be more than $9...
Apr 16 2018 // Independent agents take note – Nationwide may be on your side.Nationwide on Monday announced its intention to shift to an independent agency distribution model over the next two years. The Columbus, Ohio-based carrier,...
Apr 16 2018 // Young agents want change. They want more diversity in the agency sales ranks. They want better paths to grow in their careers. They want other agents to adhere to professional standards and ethics. They want faster and...
Mar 20 2018 // Editor’s Note: On Feb. 21, Insurance Journal reported on online personal lines insurance startup Gabi’s latest fundraising. (Personal Insurance Site Gabi Raises $9.5 Million; Now Selling in 6 States). In its...
Mar 5 2018 // Insurance agencies and brokerage firms ended 2017 with gains in organic growth and profitability in the fourth quarter.The 175 midsize and large agencies and brokerages participating in Reagan Consulting’s Organic...
Feb 19 2018 // Despite the growth of both technology-based and direct-to-customer sales channels in the property/casualty (P/C) insurance industry, independent agents still control the lion’s share of P/C premiums and represent a...
Feb 5 2018 // When I began my career as a journalist covering the insurance industry back in 1981, many of my early stories reported on dire warnings in a series of studies and expert pronouncements predicting the imminent demise of the...
Jan 26 2018 // Despite the growth of both technology-based and direct-to-customer sales channels in the property/casualty (P/C) insurance industry, independent agents still control the lion’s share of P/C premiums and represent a...
Jan 9 2018 // Fort Worth, Texas-based retail insurance broker, Higginbotham, and Independent Insurance Agents of Plainview (IIAP) have merged operations.With the addition of IIAP in Plainview, Higginbotham now has 27 offices in Texas....