IMA News

Professional Benefit Services in Washington Acquired by Parker, Smith & Feek

Parker, Smith & Feek acquired Professional Benefit Services Inc. in Washington. PBS President Jere Meyer and Account Executives Katie Stewart and Lesley Behrndt will join Parker, Smith & Feek’s team of more than 350 associates. PBS provides group employee benefits …

3 Kansas Community Colleges Form Insurance Group

Three Kansas community colleges have created an insurance consortium after their insurance provider raised rates and said it wouldn’t insure schools that allow concealed weapons on campus. The Independence Community College board of trustees voted last week to join Coffeyville …

Signature Select Adds Rasby as Kansas City Market Leader

Signature Select LLC, an IMA company, has added Greg Rasby as the Kansas City market leader. Rasby joins Signature Select from Gallagher, where he had several years of experience prospecting, marketing and servicing a variety of accounts from small commercial …

IMA Adds 2 to Wichita Office Claims Team

Insurance broker IMA Inc. has hired Geoff Baker, claims manager, and Maranda Pike, claims advocate, in the company’s Wichita, Kansas claims office. As IMA’s claims manager, Baker will lead the claims department and will strive to improve clients’ long-term profitability …

IMA Promotes 3 in Wichita, Kansas

Insurance broker IMA Inc. announced it has promoted Craig Schumacher, Tim Smith and Russ Winn in its Wichita, Kan., office. Schumacher is now director of client services, where he focuses on alternative energy, program practice areas, and building new business. …

Rogers Joins Wichita Sales Team for IMA

Retail insurance brokerage IMA Inc. has added Mark Rogers in its Wichita, Kan., office as a business development executive. At IMA, Rogers is responsible for business development and client retention. He is focused on employee benefit solutions and health risk …

Signature Select LLC Acquires Kansas-based Cassell Insurance

Signature Select LLC, a retail insurance broker subsidiary of the IMA Financial Group Inc., has acquired Cassell Insurance of Wichita and Emporia, Kan., an agency specializing in personal lines and business insurance. The acquisition of Cassell adds five talented individuals …

IMA Benefits Adds Tanguay as Account Executive in Dallas

Insurance broker IMA Inc. announced that Robin L. Tanguay joined its Dallas office as an IMA Benefits account executive. Tanguay will lead client services at IMA Benefits in Dallas. She brings more than 20 years of experience, and her significant …

IMA Retains Black to Lead Professional Services Practice

Overland Park, Kan.-based insurance broker IMA Inc. announced that Darren Black joined the firm as director of its professional services practice. The practice will continue to focus on professional liability and risk management consulting for architectural, engineering, design-build and law …

IMA Financial Group Promotes 3 in Benefits Practice

The IMA Financial Group Inc., a diversified financial services company specializing in insurance, asset and risk management, has promoted three in the company’s employee benefits division to vice presidents. Gregg Kamas was promoted to vice president of IMA Financial Group …