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People Moves: Evans Jr. Elected President of Big I Illinois
Oct 28 2025 // Thomas Evans, Jr. of Biglow & Company, Inc, (Assured Partners) in Fox Lake, Illinois, has been elected and formally installed as the President of Big I Illinois at the organization’s annual convention in Peoria...
Swedish PE Firm EQT Offers to Buy Australian Insurance Broker AUB in $3.4B Deal
Oct 28 2025 // Australia’s AUB Group said on Tuesday it had granted Swedish private equity EQT exclusive access to its books after receiving a takeover offer which values the insurance broking company at A$5.25 billion ($3.41...
Business Moves: MNK International Acquires Broker in Turkey; Specialist Risk Group Buys Healthcare Consultancy, Specializing in UK Professional Sports
Oct 24 2025 // MNK International Acquires New Broker in Turkey MNK International, a London-based independent Lloyd’s broker, has acquired a new broker in Türkiye for an undisclosed amount. The business will focus on insurance and...
5 Accounting Mistakes Agencies Make
Oct 20 2025 // Lack of Identifying Revenue Source. Treating all income as commissions will not allow proper analysis and may potentially create false impressions of the actual revenue. Use accrual accounting to distinguish between...
Agent Has No Duty to Tell Insured of Pending Nonrenewal: Connecticut High Court
Oct 20 2025 // A Connecticut insurance agent has no duty to inform clients that their home insurer intends not to renew their insurance policy, the state’s high court affirmed in a case where the homeowners argued their long...
Gallagher Sues Two Former Brokers Who Started Their Own Firm
Oct 20 2025 // Global insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher is suing two former employees who left to start their own New York brokerage firm for allegedly soliciting Gallagher clients and using confidential information in violation of...
Gaps in Awareness of HO Coverage Provides Opportunity for Agents: Survey
Oct 17 2025 // Many U.S. homeowners are missing important insurance protections, offering opportunities for agents to educate insureds on increasingly essential coverages. A new survey commissioned by The Hanover Insurance Group found...
Agents Struggle to Find Capacity, Meet Customer Timing Expectations: Survey
Oct 15 2025 // A new property/casualty insurance industry survey report reveals some of the key challenges that independent agents are facing, including providing quotes within customers’ expected time frames—or finding insurance...
Ex-Insurance Agent Avoids Prison for Being ‘Model Cooperator’ in Menendez Case
Oct 10 2025 // Former New Jersey insurance agent Jose Uribe will not go to prison for his role in the bribery scheme involving former U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, the senator’s wife, and two other businessmen. U.S. District Judge...
Georgia Man Indicted a Year After Arrest for Posing as Insurance Agent
Oct 6 2025 // More than a year after he was charged, a Georgia businessman known as “Dr. Taxes” has been indicted for posing as an insurance agent and swiping hundreds of thousands of dollars in workers’ compensation...
Best Agencies to Work For 2025
Oct 6 2025 // The votes are in for the 2025 Best Independent Insurance Agency to Work For survey by Insurance Journal. Employees in 2025 highlighted the importance of competitive salaries, employee benefits, training and education,...
Keeping the Independent Agent Channel Prominent in a Volatile Market
Oct 6 2025 // To say the independent agent–one of the lynchpins of the insurance industry–is operating in challenging and sometimes unforgiving times would be an understatement. Market volatility has remained a defining...
Texas Insurance Agent Pleaded Guilty After Stealing Premiums
Oct 6 2025 // A Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) investigation led to prison time for a former insurance agent who overcharged almost $300,000 in insurance premiums. Carlyle Poindexter pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire...
Howden Acquires Insurance Broker Gott & Wynne in North Wales
Oct 3 2025 // Howden, the London-based insurance intermediary group, announced the acquisition of Gott & Wynne Ltd., a property-casualty insurance broker based in Llandudno, North Wales, specializing in both personal and commercial...
Agent Allegedly Duped Customer Into Agency Investment in Third Fraud Charge
Oct 3 2025 // For the third time in less than two and one-half years, a western Pennsylvania insurance agent is facing charges regarding fraudulent business practices — this time for deceiving a long-time insurance customer into...
Private Equity Firm B.P. Marsh Takes Minority Stake in UK Broker Oneglobal
Oct 1 2025 // B.P. Marsh & Partners Plc, the specialist private equity investor, announced it has taken a minority stake in Oneglobal, the London-based retail and wholesale insurance broker, which is majority owned by PE firm J.C....
Missouri Insurance Agent Charged With Fraud
Oct 1 2025 // Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced today that her Office has filed felony charges against a St. Peters insurance agent following an investigation into deceptive practices. Pamela Walsh faces nine counts...
Gallagher Sues Two Former Brokers Who Started Own Firm
Sep 29 2025 // Global insurance brokers Arthur J. Gallagher is suing two former employees who left to start their own New York brokerage firm for allegedly soliciting Gallagher clients and using confidential information in violation of...
ALKEME Insurance Acquires New York’s Alliance Brokerage
Sep 26 2025 // California-based ALKEME Insurance announced it has acquired Alliance Brokerage Corp., a Melville, New York-based property/casualty agency. The acquisition strengthens ALKEME’s presence on the East Coast and adds...
People Moves: XS Brokers Promotes Wirkus to CEO, McVicker President
Sep 24 2025 // Independent binding authority and wholesale brokerage XS Brokers recently announced Erik Wirkus has been promoted to chief executive officer. Eric Wirkus Wirkus has served as president of the Quincy, Massachusetts-based...
