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Ames & Gough Hires Sinks as Broker in Virginia
Mar 29 2016 // Cady M. Sinks Ames & Gough, a specialty insurance brokerage based in McLean, Virginia, has hired Cady M. Sinks as a broker. Sinks has more than 12 years of experience in risk and insurance services. At Ames &...
Get the Full View of M&A and Organic Growth Best Practices
Mar 28 2016 // Woodmere, OH, March 28, 2016 – MarshBerry is excited to once again host the MarshBerry 360 Seminar Series. These educational events provide a comprehensive packet of strategies that help insurance agencies and brokers as...
Ageas UK Appoints Cardinus Risk Management to Provide Risk Surveys & Platform
Mar 25 2016 // Ageas UK has hired Cardinus Risk Management to provide both risk management survey software and on-site survey services to support commercial lines underwriting. Risk surveys, which are obtained by a visit to a...
R-T Specialty to Acquire Hartan Brokerage in New York City
Mar 24 2016 // R-T Specialty LLC, the wholesale brokerage unit of Ryan Specialty Group LLC in Chicago, announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Hartan Brokerage, a wholesale insurance...
Shawn Hall Sr. Promoted to SVP/Director of Business Development of Breckenridge Insurance Services
Mar 24 2016 // Shawn Hall Sr. Atlanta, GA, March 24, 2016 — Breckenridge Insurance Services, the wholesale brokerage division of Breckenridge Insurance Group, announced that Shawn Hall Sr. has been promoted to senior vice president,...
Florida Insurer Launches Company Offering Admitted, Standalone Flood Coverage
Mar 23 2016 // A Florida-based homeowners insurer has beefed up its flood insurance offering with the launch of a new flood-coverage only company called TypTap. The new company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Homeowners Choice Property...
Insurance Journal Survey for Young Agents: Speak Now!
Mar 22 2016 // Are you a young insurance agent, 40 years old or younger? Do you know a young insurance agent? Insurance Journal is searching for young insurance agents to participate in this year’s Young Insurance Agents Opinion...
Worldwide Facilities Expands Its Dallas Office, Adds to Its Leadership and Production Team
Mar 22 2016 // Dallas, TX, March 22, 2016 — National wholesale brokerage and managing general agent Worldwide Facilities, LLC is pleased to announce that its Dallas office is growing—and it is adding two new members to its...
New Chubb’s O’Brien Traverses High Wire of Integrating High Net Worth Businesses
Mar 21 2016 // Its acquisition of Fireman’s Fund’s business in April, 2015 provided ACE Ltd. with an idea of what’s involved in integrating two leading high net worth insurance businesses. Frances D. O’Brien is...
The Missing Link of an Agent’s Digital Proficiency
Mar 21 2016 // When the Internet was still in its infancy, independent agents needed little more than an online address in order to have a website and what’s more, it was more novelty than necessity. Times have changed, however,...
How Technology May Alter Small Commercial Lines Advantage
Mar 21 2016 // As more small business owners become comfortable buying everything including insurance online, exclusive agent carriers will gain an advantage over independent agency carriers in the highly-fragmented and increasingly...
HOT Markets: Drones, Cyber and More
Mar 21 2016 // Looking for new sales and opportunities in 2016? Here are a few of the top market sectors that just might deliver hot opportunities for agents and brokers in the property/casualty insurance industry this year. Sky’s...
Former California Agent Admits to Embezzling from Clients
Mar 21 2016 // Julie Diane Shinar, 44, of Long Beach, Calif., was convicted of theft by embezzlement in Long Beach Superior Court in early March. Shinar was ordered to serve three years of formal probation and pay $29,158 in restitution...
Claims for Broker Negligence Assignable
Mar 21 2016 // A California intermediate appellate court has reaffirmed that a professional negligence claim against a client’s property/casualty insurance broker is freely assignable. It also held that the assigned rights are...
Burns & Wilcox Opens New Office in Orlando, Siegel to Lead
Mar 18 2016 // Burns & Wilcox has opened a new office in Orlando, Fla., extending the company’s footprint to three locations in Florida, which also include Daytona Beach and Tampa. Burns & Wilcox has operated in Florida for...
Gallagher’s Agnew Named Chair, London & International Insurance Brokers’ Assn.
Mar 17 2016 // Arthur J. Gallagher International announced that Andrew Agnew, managing director of specialty and member of its executive committee, has been appointed chairman of the London & International Insurance Brokers’...
Integro Acquires London-Based Broker, Croton Stokes Wilson Holden
Mar 17 2016 // International insurance broker and risk management firm Integro Ltd. announced the acquisition of London-based Lloyd’s broker Croton Stokes Wilson Holden Ltd. Financial considerations of the transaction have not been...
2 Instech Startups Target Small Business Insurance Market
Mar 15 2016 // Small business insurance providers will soon have two new competitors from the technology world. Next Insurance, an online shopper for small businesses, today announced a $13 million seed investment led by investors Zeev...
North Carolina Insurance Dept. Reports $29.8M in Savings, Recoveries in 2015
Mar 15 2016 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance saved or recovered $29.8 million for North Carolinians in 2015, according to a statement from North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin. In 2015, the Department of...
HomeServices of America Acquires Minnesota’s PCG Agencies
Mar 14 2016 // HomeServices of America Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate, has acquired Minnesota-based PCG Agencies Inc., a large independent personal insurance agency. Terms were not disclosed. Headquartered in St. Paul, PCG offers a...
