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MyNewMarkets.com Upgrades With New Agent Features, Enhanced Search
May 6 2019 // MyNewMarkets.com unveiled a redesign with new features for both agents hunting for markets and providers offering solutions. The site, first launched in 2007, is now the leading search engine helping insurance agents find...
MyNewMarkets.com Upgrades With New Agent Features, Enhanced Search
May 3 2019 // MyNewMarkets.com today unveiled a redesign with new features for both agents hunting for insurance markets and providers offering solutions. The site, first launched in 2007, is now the leading search engine helping...
Future Focused? Research Finds Agents Split on Succession
May 2 2019 // Is succession planning a priority for independent agencies? How prepared are they for transition of ownership? The latest Channel Harvest Research survey, “Agent Voices 2019,” reveals nearly half of agency...
London-Based EC3 Brokers Appoints Murphy from Integro as Head of Broking
May 2 2019 // London-headquartered EC3 Brokers announced the appointment of James Murphy to the newly created role of head of broking. Murphy joined EC3 on May 1 from Integro Insurance Brokers Ltd. and will be responsible for expanding...
Insurance Broking Veterans, Led by McGill, Form Specialty Broker, McGill & Partners
May 2 2019 // Insurance broking veteran Steve McGill and a team of insurance industry veterans have partnered with Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm, to launch McGill & Partners, a new specialty risk solutions...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Australian Insurance Broker AgriRisk Services
May 2 2019 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Australian insurance broker AgriRisk Services Pty Ltd. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Headquartered in North Sydney, New South Wales with offices in...
Weed Killer Chemical Glyphosate Is Not a Cancer Agent, Says EPA, Contradicting Juries
May 1 2019 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday that glyphosate, a chemical in many popular weed killers, is not a carcinogen, contradicting recent decisions by U.S. juries that found that it caused cancer in...
MyNewMarkets.com Upgrades With New Agent Features, Enhanced Search
Apr 29 2019 // MyNewMarkets.com today unveiled a redesign with new features for both agents hunting for insurance markets and providers offering solutions. The site, first launched in 2007, is now the leading search engine helping...
In Race for New Personal Lines Insurance Business, Exclusive Agents at Disadvantage
Apr 26 2019 // Personal lines insurers have only one option when it comes to growing their business: they must steal market share from competitors. That’s because each year brings very few new customers. Only about two to three...
Lloyd’s Innovation Drive Faces Headwinds from Some Brokers, Underwriters
Apr 26 2019 // Lloyd’s of London, the world’s oldest insurer of seafaring vessels, is facing its own perfect storm. Old-fashioned business practices, exposure to natural disasters, competition from rival centers and Brexit...
Former Washington Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty to Theft
Apr 26 2019 // Former Washington insurance agent Abu Ameena Ward has pleaded guilty in Pierce County Superior Court to one count of third-degree theft and was ordered to pay $18,666 in restitution to Farmers Insurance and $700 in court...
Insurtech, Cover, Now Selling Its Own Auto Policies in Texas
Apr 25 2019 // Cover, a mobile-first insurance brokerage, has begun selling its own auto insurance policies in Texas. The new service — an evolution from the company’s nationally-licensed insurance brokerage — combines a...
Direct-to-Consumer Auto Insurers Grabbing Market Share
Apr 25 2019 // Direct-to-consumer auto insurers appear to be gaining serious market traction, according to a report from J.D. Power. The firm reports that auto insurance revenue hit $245 billion in 2018, reflecting industrywide growth of...
Brightway Insurance Opens New Agencies in Florida, Tennessee
Apr 25 2019 // Brightway Insurance opened new stores in Florida and Tennessee on April 15. The new franchise owners include: Steve Moser Steve Moser who opened Brightway, The Steve Moser Agency of Belle Meade in Nashville, Tennessee....
Guest Post: Reading Forms: Is It Really Necessary?
Apr 24 2019 // We are grateful for friend of the Academy, Chris Burand, President of Burand & Associates, LLC for this timely article. Thanks, Chris! Now, let’s get to his question: Is it really necessary to read forms? Of...
Southern California Agent Arrested for Bogus Policy Scam
Apr 23 2019 // Angel Estrada, 22, a formerly licensed insurance producer and owner of Angel Estrada Agency, swindled a national insurer out of more than $140,000 in commissions by writing bogus commercial insurance policies to earn large...
The Lowdown: The Silent Battle Between Agencies and Companies
Apr 23 2019 // Chris Burand, President of Burand & Associates P&C insurance companies are scared. Not all are scared, of course. Some are big enough, some are smart enough, and others are ignorant enough to not be scared about...
Wuthrich Named Executive Director of Houston Independent Agents Group
Apr 22 2019 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Houston (IIAH) has named David Wuthrich as the group’s new executive director. Wuthrich is a native Houstonian and has worked in the insurance industry for many years. Most...
Travelers’ Close to Lead Valent Group’s Alabama P&C Brokerage, Service Dept.
Apr 22 2019 // Valent Group, the risk consulting and insurance division of EBSCO Industries (EBSCO), has hired Kurt Close to lead its Birmingham, Ala.-based property and casualty broking and service departments. Close comes to Valent...
Dodson Named NetVu Executive Director
Apr 17 2019 // The Vertafore technology users network, NetVU, has named Linda Dodson as executive director. Dodson’s career has included work in an insurance agency and with agency carriers. She began her insurance career with Rand...
