Latest Agencies Headlines
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Brightway Insurance Opens New Agencies in Florida
Mar 28 2018 // Brightway Insurance continues to expand across the country, opening new stores in Florida, Michigan and Texas this month. Two new agencies were opened in Florida: Dave Lego became the new owner of Brightway, Julington...
Ex-AIG Execs Kick-Off New High Net Worth Insurer Vault in Florida
Mar 27 2018 // It was a no-brainer for former thought-leaders from AIG to set up shop for their new high net worth insurer in the Sunshine State, a state known for beautiful beaches, a growing economy and lots of wealthy individuals. A...
CIA-Leavitt in Colorado Adds Sipla as Agent
Mar 26 2018 // Colorado Springs, Colo.-based CIA-Leavitt Insurance Agency has named Kate Sipla as an insurance agent. She specializes in commercial insurance and employee benefits. Sipla previously sold software for SocialChorus, HVAC...
North Carolina Insurance Agent Arrested for Embezzling $18K in Premiums
Mar 23 2018 // A North Carolina insurance agent has been arrested and charged with embezzling more than $18,000 in insurance premiums, according to a statement from North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey. Billie Jo Kennedy,...
Worldwide Facilities Hires New Broker, Claims Manager to TUMI Division in Georgia
Mar 23 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...
Moody’s Projects Stable Outlook for Global Insurance Brokers
Mar 22 2018 // The 2018 outlook for insurance brokers is stable, reflecting good product demand, low capital requirements, significant variable costs, and healthy EBITDA margins and cash flows, which will continue to attract investors,...
UK Broker Group BIBA Forms Agreement with WBN to Help EU Clients After Brexit
Mar 21 2018 // The British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) has formed an agreement with the Worldwide Broker Network (WBN) so that BIBA’s UK-based brokers are introduced to WBN’s EU-based brokers — thereby...
Agency Best Practices for Avoiding, Rather Than Winning, E&O Suits
Mar 21 2018 // Insurance agents and brokers have long been targets of error and omission lawsuits. It’s also true that most agents and brokers have sought advice of counsel as to how to win a lawsuit. They will often be told that...
MarshBerry Talent Acquisition Recruits 400th Producer
Mar 21 2018 // Woodmere, OH, March 21, 2018 – Marsh, Berry & Company, Inc.’s (“MarshBerry”) Talent Acquisition division recently crossed the 400 producers placed in the insurance industry threshold. At...
Startup Agency Gabi CEO: ‘We Don’t Want to Eliminate Agents’
Mar 20 2018 // Editor’s Note: On Feb. 21, Insurance Journal reported on online personal lines insurance startup Gabi’s latest fundraising. (Personal Insurance Site Gabi Raises $9.5 Million; Now Selling in 6 States). In its...
North Carolina Insurance Department Expands Fraud Division, Adds 15 Agents
Mar 19 2018 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance has expanded its criminal investigations division with the addition of 15 new special agents, according to a statement from North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike...
Buyers Aren’t Happy With Their Cyber Insurance: J.D. Power
Mar 19 2018 // On any given day, it is hard not to read an article or report on some type of cyber topic. Cyber insurance is one of the key concerns within the insurance industry today and possibly one of the most misunderstood. In late...
Agent-Inspired Insurtechs ‘Self-Disrupt’ Small Commercial Lines
Mar 19 2018 // Insurance industry technology is experiencing a revolution. While insurance carriers and venture capital firms have been behind much of today’s insurtech innovation, insurance agents and brokers have also jumped into...
Are Agents Finally Taking Up the Digital Challenge?
Mar 19 2018 // When the results of the second Insurance Digital Transformation Survey (www.insurancedigitalrevolution.org) are released in a few weeks, we should see improvement in how agents are adapting to digital technology –...
Lloyd’s Broker Endeavour Taps Bloodstock Specialist Stonehatch as Appointed Rep
Mar 16 2018 // Delegated authority specialist and Lloyd’s broker Endeavour Insurance Services announced that niche broker Stonehatch Risk Solutions has become an appointed representative of the company. Based in London, Stonehatch...
UK Broker BMS Launches Innovation Lab to Drive Company, Industry Transformation
Mar 15 2018 // BMS Group Ltd., the London-based re/insurance broking arm of Minova Insurance, announced the launch of BMS Innovation Labs, a platform that aims to drive change and innovation within the company and the wider insurance...
Doable Dozen: 12 Sales, Marketing and Management Ideas for Agencies
Mar 14 2018 // Eggs, juries, roses, even doughnuts– many good things come in a dozen. On the theory that more than 100 of anything seems like a lot to consider, but a dozen seems doable even on the busiest of days, here are 12 out...
Large Commercial Insurance Brokers Investing in AI, Analytics: Novarica
Mar 14 2018 // Large commercial brokers transacting business with multiple carriers and distributors are seeking to differentiate themselves in a competitive marketplace through improved technology such as artificial intelligenceI,...
Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Re-Elects Distel as President
Mar 13 2018 // Kenneth A. Distel of Avon, Conn., was re-elected president of the Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc. (PIACT), at the association’s Annual Convention held March 8-9 at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in...
Rhode Island’s Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Hires Berry
Mar 13 2018 // Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc., an East Providence, R.I.-headquartered independent insurance agency, has hired Joanmarie Berry as a financial insurance specialist. She is based in Milton, Mass. In her...
