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Kaplansky Insurance Buys 3 Massachusetts Agencies
Jan 21 2025 // Kaplansky Insurance has acquired two central Massachusetts insurance agencies and a third in the western part of the state. The agencies acquired are Buckley Insurance and Mobilio Insurance in Worcester and Pijar Insurance...
Broker Juniper Re Enters London With Industry Veteran Hawke at Helm
Jan 17 2025 // Juniper Re LLC, the specialist reinsurance broking arm of The Baldwin Group, announced its entry into the London market, appointing industry veteran Nick Hawke as head of office. With more than four decades of reinsurance...
FBI Warned Agents It Believes Phone Logs Hacked Last Year
Jan 17 2025 // FBI leaders have warned that they believe hackers who broke into AT&T Inc.’s system last year stole months of their agents’ call and text logs, setting off a race within the bureau to protect the identities...
People Moves: Lockton Re’s International P/C Division Names Moruzzi, Cope as Senior Brokers; Westfield Specialty Int’l Appoints Nugent, Beltran for Professional Indemnity
Jan 15 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Lockton Re and Westfield Specialty International. A summary of these new hires follows here. Lockton Re’s International P/C Division Appoints Moruzzi...
Insurance Journal’s ‘Agents of the Year’ Nomination Deadline Soon
Jan 15 2025 // Are you a top agent/producer? Do you know someone at your agency who is? Insurance Journal is searching for the nation’s leading independent agents and producers to become part of Insurance Journal’s Agents of...
Broker Miller Launches Korean Unit to Aid Asia Expansion
Jan 13 2025 // Miller, the London-based specialist re/insurance broker, announced its further expansion into Asia with the launch of Miller Korea, led by David Kim as head of Korea. Miller Korea will focus on delivering global specialty...
Heffernan Insurance Brokers Acquires Green Financial in Washington
Jan 13 2025 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers acquired Green Financial in Kirkland, Washington. Fred Green, president of Green Financial, and his team have joined Heffernan Insurance Brokers’ small business division,...
People Moves: Film Broker Baratta Joins Front Row Insurance in Los Angeles
Jan 13 2025 // Tony “Anthony” Baratta Front Row Insurance Brokers LLC hired film insurance broker Anthony Baratta to its Los Angeles office. Baratta joins Front Row after a 16-year career at Gallagher Entertainment, where he...
Warner Pacific Completes Acquisition of 5 Acrisure General Agencies
Jan 10 2025 // General agency Warner Pacific said it has acquired five general agencies from broker and fintech specialist, Acrisure, effective Dec. 1 2024. Financial terms were not disclosed. Westlake Village, California-based Warner...
Broker McGill Offers Property War Reinsurance for Ukraine
Jan 9 2025 // Broker McGill and Partners has launched a commercial property war risk reinsurance program for Ukraine, which it said on Thursday was the first of its kind since Russia’s invasion of the country in Feb 2022....
Boosting Insurance Sales Motivation: Tips to Stay Inspired as an Insurance Agent
Jan 9 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Darkhorse Insurance. How can you, as an insurance agent, stay motivated in the dynamic industry? In the fast-paced world of insurance, your motivation is not merely a personal...
10 Must-Ask Questions Before You Choose an Agency Management System
Jan 8 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by EZLynx. Management systems can make or break a new agency. In the best cases, an agency management system (AMS) can be the behind-the-scenes mastermind keeping everything running...
Alabama Now Requiring Quarterly Reports From Surplus Lines Brokers
Jan 8 2025 // Starting this spring, surplus lines brokers in Alabama must file quarterly reports showing all surplus lines transactions, the state Department of Insurance said this week. The rule is in keeping with state law and took...
Agency Network Renaissance Acquires Consolidated Insurance Agents in Buffalo
Jan 8 2025 // Independent insurance agency network Renaissance reports it has has acquired the agency network business of Consolidated Insurance Agents Inc. (CIA), an agency network based in Buffalo, New York. Renaissance said...
Reinsurance Buyers With Good Portfolio Stories See Better Renewal Outcomes: Brokers
Jan 7 2025 // Reinsurance buyers generally found ample capacity during the January renewals as well as increased reinsurer appetite, which led to risk-adjusted rate reductions and improved terms and conditions for clients that could...
Viewpoint: Innovation Enhances Brokers’ Growth and Profits
Jan 7 2025 // Boosting growth and profitability is a goal for all U.S. insurance agents and brokers, but until recently that has been easier to assert than to achieve consistently. Booking organic growth is difficult, even for firms...
Former California Insurance Agent Convicted After Stealing $3.7M
Jan 7 2025 // A former insurance agent plead guilty to stealing premium from a premium finance company. Formerly licensed insurance agent Tonja Van Roy, 59, who currently resides in Las Vegas, but operated an insurance agency based in...
People Moves: XS Brokers Promotes Buccinna in New York; Leadership Changes at Falvey Insurance
Jan 6 2025 // XS Brokers Promotes Buccinna to Regional Leader of New York Peter Buccinna XS Brokers, headquartered in Quincy, Massachusetts, promoted Peter Buccinna to vice president and regional leader of New York. Buccinna has over 26...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Canadian Broker Encore Group
Jan 6 2025 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., the Rolling Meadows, Illinois-based insurance brokerage, announced the acquisition of Waterloo, Ontario-based Encore Insurance Services Inc., dba Encore Group. Terms of the transaction were...
The Captive Agent’s Guide to Independent Insurance Success
Jan 2 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Darkhorse Insurance. Ever felt like a bird with clipped wings, singing the same song for the same company year after year? You’re not alone. Many captive insurance agents,...
