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Broker BMS Taps Gluszkiewicz from InterRISK as Director of Australian Operations
Jul 13 2018 // BMS Group Ltd., the independent specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, announced that Danny Gluszkiewicz is joining the growing BMS Australia team as a director of the Australian operations, effective August...
New Pass-Through Tax Guidance Now Expected by End of July
Jul 12 2018 // U.S. Treasury Department rules outlining which businesses structured as S corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies can claim a 20 percent tax deduction are likely to be delayed until the end of July,...
Former Mississippi Agent Gets 6 Months for Role in Tax Evasion Scheme
Jul 12 2018 // A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a former insurance broker to six months in prison for helping former Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Christopher Epps evade taxes. In handing down the sentence, U.S. District Judge...
Surplus Lines Bill Among Laws Vetoed by R.I. Governor As She Clears Desk
Jul 10 2018 // Among the three laws vetoed by Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo as she cleared her desk of all pending legislation last week was a bill relating to surplus lines insurance. The bill – 2018 – H 7909...
Pennsylvania’s Allied Insurance Brokers Appoints Whitlock as President
Jul 10 2018 // Allied Insurance Brokers has appointed Tres Whitlock as its new president. Most recently serving as vice president of sales, Whitlock has been with the Allied organization for nearly 10 years and is also an Allied...
Lloyd’s Broker Endeavour Appoints Allen from Howden as CEO Designate
Jul 10 2018 // Lloyd’s broker and delegated authority specialist Endeavour Insurance Services announced that Karen Allen is to be appointed CEO designate of Endeavour, and will join the business in October 2018. Allen has spent her...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Australia Broker Milne Alexander
Jul 9 2018 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Milne Alexander, with offices in Sydney, New South Wales and Port Lincoln, South Australia. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1973, Milne...
UK Insurance Sector Launches ‘Inclusive Behaviours Pledge’ to Build Diversity
Jul 5 2018 // Insurers, industry bodies and brokers, together with other organizations across the insurance sector, have joined forces to launch a new industry-wide pledge, designed to change behaviors and create a more inclusive work...
Burand’s State of P/C Insurance Industry: How P/C Insurance is Becoming Less Valuable
Jul 4 2018 // Value is a relative term often specific to a given asset. For example, if the price of gold declines from $1,800 an ounce to $1,250 an ounce, as it has, then gold is less valuable. The price of property/casualty insurance...
EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants Hires Check in Pennsylvania
Jul 3 2018 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property and casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, has hired John Check as a senior consultant in the firm’s Employee Benefits Consulting...
New ACT Website Seeks to Help Agents Improve Customer Buying Experience
Jul 3 2018 // The Agents Council for Technology (ACT) has launched a new Customer Experience Planning Website designed to help agents improve the customer experience lifecycle through technology. The site explains the six phases of the...
AFL Insurance Brokers Acquires Majority Stake in Employer Protection MGA
Jul 2 2018 // AFL Insurance Brokers Ltd. has acquired a controlling stake in specialist employer protection managing general agency (MGA) Concordia Employment Services Ltd., for an undisclosed sum. London-based Concordia was launched in...
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Jul 2 2018 // Cassie Brown has been appointed Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation at the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation. She succeeds Ryan Brannan, who left the division on May 1....
Mississippi Agent Accused of Not Forwarding Premiums to Insurers
Jul 2 2018 // A cease and desist order has been issued to a Mississippi insurance agent accused of failing to forward premiums to the respective insurance companies. The Mississippi Insurance Department said that it issued the order...
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Jul 2 2018 // Trinity Underwriting Managers (TUMI), a division of Worldwide Facilities, has added Bill Acevedo as claims manager and Nick Blankenship as broker. The two will be based in its offices in Savannah, Ga. Acevedo, a former...
The Changing Nature of the Agent-Carrier Relationship in a Customer-Centric World
Jul 2 2018 // Auto insurance shoppers are placing greater importance on having more services provided to them today versus five years ago, underscoring the fact that shoppers are increasingly demanding more product options and more and...
Agency E&O: In Praise of Those Who Know Their Coverages
Jul 2 2018 // I was conducting an errors and omissions (E&O) audit for an agency that needed improvements. The easiest part of the audit was drawing a bright line between the couple of producers who knew their coverages and the 10...
Young Agents Show the Way in Digital Marketing
Jul 2 2018 // Thousands of discussions, debates and arguments are taking place in agency offices across the country between principals and ambitious young producers about the role of digital marketing. There are also more than a few...
California Workers’ Comp Rating Bureau Exploring Blockchain, Behavioral Science
Jul 2 2018 // One wouldn’t normally associate blockchain with workers’ compensation, two completely different industries that seem worlds apart. But as it turns out, the technology is of value to at least one very important...
Nevada-based Insurtech Talage Offering Workers’ Comp, Liability, Property Online
Jun 29 2018 // Talage Inc. is an insurtech to its core – both in function and name. The Reno, Nev.-based software platform designed to help small business owners compare and quickly purchase a range of commercial insurance policies...
