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Ohio Agents Group Adds Fitzsimmons as Customer Experience Manager
Dec 28 2018 // Ohio Insurance Agents Association has hired Ashley Fitzsimmons as customer experience manager. Growing OIA’s vision to be a “change agent for agent change,” Fitzsimmons has a goal to lead the...
Ineffective Anti-Drone Systems Leave U.S. Airports Facing Risks Like London’s
Dec 27 2018 // U.S. airports may be just as vulnerable as London’s Gatwick airport to the kind of illegal drone incursions that shut down the U.K.’s second-busiest hub this week. Counter- drone technology performed so poorly...
Insurance, Banking Groups Balk at Limits on Flood Insurance Operations During Shutdown
Dec 27 2018 // As indicated by a report by Insurance Journal over the holidays, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is limiting the authority of the nation’s flood insurance program to issue new and renewal policies...
Miller Completes Acquisition of London Re/Insurance Broker Alston Gayle
Dec 21 2018 // Insurance broker Miller Insurance Services LLP announced that following receipt of all necessary regulatory approvals, it has completed its acquisition of Alston Gayler and Co. (AG). The transaction strengthens...
Risk Strategies Appoints Manzi as National Brokerage Leader
Dec 20 2018 // Risk Strategies, a privately held national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has appointed Mark Manzi as national brokerage leader. Manzi, an industry veteran with 30 years of experience placing and negotiating...
Harwood Joins AXA XL’s Broker and Client Management Team in Chicago
Dec 19 2018 // Josh Harwood has joined AXA XL’s Broker and Client Management team as client distribution Leader for the US North Central Region. He is based in Chicago and reports to Todd Sutherland, US North Central Regional...
Worldwide Facilities Adds Ives as Broker, Cannabis Specialist in Washington
Dec 18 2018 // Worldwide Facilities has named Norman Ives to the management and brokerage team in its NutraRisk division, which specializes in cannabis, nutraceuticals and dietary supplements insurance coverage. Ives, who is based out of...
Former Texas Insurance Agent Indicted for Scamming Elderly Woman
Dec 17 2018 // Former Texas insurance agent Chia Wang has been indicted for an allegedly defrauding an elderly woman in an insurance scam. Wang is facing up to 99 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine after a grand jury in Marion...
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Dec 17 2018 // XL Catlin has added Kimberly Hans to its Broker & Client Management team as Southeast Regional Leader. Hans is based in Atlanta and reports to Robert Peretti, XL Catlin’s Head of Broker & Client Management in...
Hurricane Michael Recovery Goes On for Florida Agents
Dec 17 2018 // The page has finally turned on the tumultuous 2018 hurricane season, but for the agents who live and work in the Florida Panhandle, the story isn’t over – personally or professionally. “We all still feel...
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Dec 17 2018 // Reliance Partners, which specializes in commercial insurance, added Brandon Richards as chief sales officer and opened a new office in Austin, Texas. Richards is a veteran insurance professional with more than 17 years in...
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Dec 17 2018 // Frenkel & Company – an EPIC Company has hired risk management and insurance professional Michael Power as a principal. Power will be based in Frenkel’s New York, N.Y., office and report to Phil Remig, the...
Pink Agenda Wins Big When Broker Executive Laces Up for His First Marathon
Dec 17 2018 // While the more than 4,000 employees and leaders of Charlotte, N.C.-based wholesale broker AmWINS are involved in various charitable efforts all year long, this year their efforts to support one nonprofit that targets...
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Dec 17 2018 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based American Financial Group Inc. (AFG) hired Anthony W. Dunn as vice president, overseeing the internal audit function for the company and its subsidiaries. Dunn has 20 years of experience in the...
Ohio Insurance Market at a Glance
Dec 17 2018 // With $84 billion in premium volume, Ohio is the 19th largest insurance market in the world and the seventh largest in the United States, the state’s insurance department says in its annual report for 2018. Ohio...
Special Report: The Industry Industry Gives Back
Dec 14 2018 // Safety National Safety National proudly supports Variety the Children’s Charity of St. Louis, an organization that has been helping children with physical and developmental disabilities for more than 80 years. In...
AnaCap Equity Firm to Sell French Broker AssurOne Group
Dec 14 2018 // AnaCap Financial Partners, a private equity firm, has agreed to sell French insurance broker AssurOne Group to Societe Centrale Prevoir SA, an asset management firm based in Paris. AOG specialises in online distribution...
Agents Warned About E&O Risks in Claiming Cyber, Cannabis Expertise
Dec 14 2018 // Insurance agents and brokers who market themselves as experts in cannabis or cyber could wind up regretting that positioning. Because both are relatively new exposures subject to changing regulations and coverages,...
How Different Generations of Business Owners Feel About Insurance Agents
Dec 13 2018 // 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...
Austin Agents, Texas Surplus Lines Assoc. Donate $2,775 to Food Bank
Dec 13 2018 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Austin and the Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc. joined efforts in December to collect food and money for the Capital Area Food Bank located in Austin, Texas. At the IIAA Christmas...