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Michigan Agent Named IIABA Young Agent of the Year
Oct 21 2016 // The National Young Agents Committee (YAC) of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA or the Big “I”) has presented Kelly Hume of the Young Agents Council of the Michigan Association of...
IIABNY Names Lounsbury Interim President and CEO
Oct 20 2016 // Beginning Dec. 1, New York’s oldest insurance producer’s group will be under the leadership of a new state executive for the first time in 20 years. Lisa K. Lounsbury has been named interim President and CEO of...
Brokerslink Completes Private Stock Offering to Support Global Growth Strategy
Oct 20 2016 // Brokerslink, the Zug, Switzerland-based insurance broker, has announced the completion of a private stock offering, creating a broad shareholder base and investment to support the continued growth of its global insurance...
Could Allstate’s ‘5 Minute’ Small Business Policy Transform Commercial Lines Sales?
Oct 19 2016 // At a time when technology startups are also targeting the small commercial insurance market, giant Allstate has debuted a hi-tech business insurance quoting platform that it says makes it possible for small business owners...
New California Workers’ Comp Law on Excluded Employees Causing Headaches
Oct 17 2016 // In advance of a possible headache brewing for workers’ compensation providers, California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Monday notified all workers’ comp insurers writing policies in the state about...
UK’s Century Underwriting Launches Liability Division, Senior Leaders Named
Oct 17 2016 // Century Underwriting, the London-based specialist commercial managing general agent, has launched a new liability underwriting division and made two senior appointments to support its growth. Tony Collman has been...
10 Takeaways from the Future of Insurance and InsureTech Connect Conference
Oct 17 2016 // You’ve probably heard. There is tremendous investor interest right now in technology-first insurance startups, or insurtech firms. The first InsureTech Connect Conference in Las Vegas in early October attracted an...
IMA’s Cohen Elected Chairman of Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers
Oct 14 2016 // Robert L. Cohen, chairman and chief executive officer of The IMA Financial Group Inc., in Denver, Colo., has been elected as 2017 chairman of The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers. He succeeds Bill D. Henry, chief...
Using Big Data to Predict Terrorist Acts Amid Privacy Concerns
Oct 13 2016 // Before Ahmad Khan Rahami planted bombs in New York and New Jersey, he bought bomb-making materials on eBay, linked to jihad-related videos from his public social-media account and was looked into by law enforcement agents,...
Patrick Ryan on Today’s E&S Business and Using Aon Experience to Build RSG
Oct 13 2016 // After a notable 50-year insurance career that has included starting and leading two highly successful insurance brokers, 79-year-old Patrick Ryan didn’t mince words when asked if he will ever...
Canada’s Health Insurance Startup, League, Receives Broker License
Oct 12 2016 // Canadian health benefit startup League Inc said on Wednesday it has teamed up with the insurance arm of backer Royal Bank of Canada as it expands into insurance, targeting the many small businesses offering no such...
Commercial Lines Tech Startup Embroker Now Open for Business
Oct 11 2016 // Technology-inspired startup insurance broker Embroker, which bills itself as the first modern business insurance platform, has officially launched. Embroker is a commercial lines platform that empowers — hence the name,...
Insurance Agent, Industry Leader Bolton Remembered as Friend and Mentor
Oct 11 2016 // William Bolton, head of a large national brokerage, leader of an influential regional brokers group and chairman of Assurex Global during his nearly half-a-century in insurance, is being remembered by those close to him as...
Chicago Insurance Agent Joins National Board of InVEST
Oct 10 2016 // Insurance industry classroom-to-career education program, InVEST, has added Charles Hilson to its national board as an agent member. Hilson is president of the Talent Pipeline Division of Risk Management Solutions of...
Hurricane Matthew More Hype Than Bite So Far But Insurers, Agents Remain on Alert
Oct 7 2016 // While Hurricane Matthew rages along Florida’s coast, with the end potentially still hours away, the insurance industry seems to be breathing a sigh of relief, thus far. As of Friday morning, Matthew seemed to have...
Michigan Agent Named to InVest National Board
Oct 6 2016 // Barbara Walker has joined the national board of the insurance industry classroom-to-career education program, InVEST, as an agent member. Walker is vice president of Hartland Insurance Agency Inc., in Hartland,...
How Uber Plans to Transform the Long-Haul Trucking Business
Oct 5 2016 // With its recent acquisition of self-driving truck startup Otto, Uber Technologies Inc. is plotting its entry into the long-haul trucking business, aiming to establish itself as a freight hauler and a technology partner for...
Hub Acquires California-Based Sweet & Baker Insurance Brokers
Oct 4 2016 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired San Francisco, Calif.-based Sweet & Baker Insurance Brokers Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Bruce Callander, president of Sweet & Baker, will join Hub California and...
Insurers Hiscox, American Family Back Bunker, a Startup Broker for Gig Economy
Oct 4 2016 // Bunker, a Hiscox and American Family-backed startup billing itself as the first contract-related insurance marketplace, has officially left startup mode and unveiled its first product. The target audience: independent...
Hamilton, AIG, Two Sigma Small Business Platform to Launch Q4
Oct 3 2016 // American International Group Inc., Hamilton Insurance Group Ltd. and affiliates of Two Sigma Investments plan to launch Attune, a technology-enabled platform to serve the $80 billion U.S. small to medium-sized enterprise...
