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AIG’s Bernal Joins AXA XL’s Broker/Client Management Team in Texas
Jan 17 2019 // Roman E. Bernal has joined AXA XL’s broker and client management team in Houston as client distribution leader for the US South Central region, reporting to Wayne Speeg, US South Central regional leader. Bernal will...
NetVU’s Ambers Named Chief Growth Officer at AVYST in Dallas
Jan 16 2019 // AVYST, a provider of sales and risk management products and services for independent insurance agents and brokers and their carrier partners, announced that Kitty Ambers has joined the insuretech firm in Dallas as chief...
Marsh Places 10,000-Plus Risks During 2018 via London’s Placing Platform (PPL)
Jan 14 2019 // Marsh announced it placed more than 10,000 risks in 2018 through Placing Platform Ltd. (PPL), the electronic insurance placement platform used by Lloyd’s, London market insurers, and brokers. Marsh has now bound more...
Brightway Goes ‘All In’ on Independent Agents, Unveils No-Cost Path to Agency Ownership
Jan 10 2019 // On the heels of celebrating its 10-year anniversary, Jacksonville, Fla.-based Brightway Insurance, a national property/casualty insurance retailer selling through a network of franchised independent agencies, has unveiled...
Clark Joins EPIC Insurance Brokers in Dallas
Jan 8 2019 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has hired Joffrey Clark in the firm’s property/casualty practice as a principal and charter school practice leader. He is based in Dallas and reports to EPIC Southwest Region...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Canadian Broker Jones Brown
Jan 8 2019 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Canadian insurance broker Jones Brown Inc. and its subsidiaries. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Toronto, Jones...
Ohio Insurance Agents Group Creates Data Analytics Company, IntellAgent
Jan 7 2019 // Ohio Insurance Agents Association Inc. (OIA) has launched IntellAgent LLC, an analytics-driven organization that specializes in actionable insights for independent agents. IntellAgents LLC was formed to help independent...
Toon Named Chief Operating Officer at Combined Agents of America
Jan 7 2019 // Combined Agents of America (CAA), headquartered in Austin, Texas, has promoted Nikki Toon as chief operating officer. Toon previously served as production director for CAA. CAA is a privately held agency partner group...
Gallagher Signs Agreement to Buy UK Specialist Broker Stackhouse Poland
Jan 7 2019 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100 percent of specialist UK insurance broker Stackhouse Poland Group Ltd. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is...
Associated Agencies Taps Shapiro to Expand Southeast Presence
Jan 7 2019 // Associated Agencies, Inc. has hired Stuart Shapiro as an account executive on its sales team. Stuart Shapiro Shapiro will be responsible for expanding Associated Agencies’ presence in the Southeast, specifically in...
Southeast Officials Focus on Curbing Fraud, Rising Auto Rates, Flood Insurance, and Distracted Driving
Jan 7 2019 // For the seventh year in a row, the Florida insurance industry, regulators, and consumer advocates will push for reforms to the state’s assignment of benefits issue that has now become an insurance crisis, according...
People
Jan 7 2019 // Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson has appointed Bill Creedon as Construction Industry leader for North America within its Corporate Risk and Broking segment. Creedon, a 30-year insurance and construction risk industry...
Once Upon a Time … Resolving Insurance Coverage and Claims Disputes
Jan 7 2019 // An independent agent in a small rural town insured a farmer whose barn burned down. The agent had failed to schedule the farm structure, so the farm policy did not cover the total loss. The agent routinely placed farm...
2018 Agents of the Year
Jan 7 2019 // Jacob Barzivand Paramount Exclusive Insurance Services Inc. | Encino, California Jacob Barzivand started working as an insurance producer right after college at the age of 20. Now, at just 26, he’s built a sizable...
2019 Insurance Industry Meetings & Conventions Directory
Jan 7 2019 // 2019 CIWA Industry Days Jan 6-8 Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines La Jolla, CA CIWA www.ciwa.net 2019 Big ‘I’ Winter Meeting Jan 9-12 Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch St. Louis, MO Independent Insurance Agents...
Millennial Business Owners Like Agents
Jan 7 2019 // Millennial business owners are more likely to work with insurance agents than those in other generations. What’s more, they’re seeking agent counsel on a variety of financial issues, according to...
The Customer Is in Control
Jan 7 2019 // It’s Time to Get Out in Front and Not Fight Gone are the days of carriers leading the entire purchasing cycle of insurance products and financial services. In an environment of unprecedented change in our industry,...
Future of Agent Distribution
Jan 7 2019 // A funny thing is happening on the way to the future. As consumers’ and carriers’ behaviors, attitudes and expectations have been changing, independent agents are evolving to better serve both customers and...
CoverWallet Opens Its Tech Platform, Carriers to Independent Agents
Jan 7 2019 // “We give you a login and password, and then every time that you talk to a customer, you can use our platform to sell faster, simpler, quicker,” said CoverWallet CEO Inaki Berenguer, referring to insurance...
Arkansas Sees Uptick in the Number of Insurance Agents/Agencies
Jan 4 2019 // There was a 10.8 percent increase in insurance agent licensure in Arkansas in 2018 over the previous year, as well as an uptick in the licensing of insurance businesses, the state insurance department announced. At the end...
