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Ohio Working with Active Military, Veterans on Insurance Careers
Nov 18 2015 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Insurance Director Mary Taylor is urging Ohioans who are members of the military — both actively serving and veterans — to consider a career in insurance. The state is offering free...
Study: Mass. Independent Agents Have Over $1B Financial Impact on Economy
Nov 17 2015 // Eight years after the introduction of managed competition for private passenger auto insurance and the influx of direct writers and direct response companies into Massachusetts to compete with independent agencies, a new...
The Price of Price Optimization in Insurance
Nov 17 2015 // The use of price optimization in insurance pricing is drawing increased attention and could be the next big industry battle. Or it could not be. Consumer groups and a growing contingent of states are labeling the practice...
Allianz Specialty Names Christie to Head Global Broker Partnerships
Nov 16 2015 // Allianz Group’s specialist corporate insurer Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has named Rani Christie as head of global partnerships, effective Jan. 1, 2016. In this position, Christie will be...
Academy of Insurance Partners with LAAIA to Offer Online Insurance Training
Nov 16 2015 // Miami, FL, November 16, 2015 — The insurance marketplace is ever changing and continued training is the rule of the day. The high cost of off-site training can be prohibitive for a lot of agencies. Today, that all...
Independent Agency Profitability, Organic Growth Dipped in Q3
Nov 16 2015 // Independent insurance agents and brokers posted median organic growth of 4.4 percent for the third quarter of 2015, compared with 6 percent in the third quarter of 2014, as measured by the Reagan Consulting Organic Growth...
E&O Insights: Personal Lines Generates More Errors & Omissions Exposure than You Think
Nov 16 2015 // Most agents’ errors and omissions (E&O) carriers report that commercial lines generates the majority of E&O claims. However, a significant number of E&O claims arise from the sale and service of...
Agent, Cyber-Educate Yourself – and Your Clients
Nov 16 2015 // A recent report showing that cyber insurance premiums will grow globally from $2 billion annually to more than $20 billion over the next 10 years reinforces what most in the insurance industry already know: cyber risks are...
Agent, Cyber-Educate Yourself – and Your Clients
Nov 16 2015 // A recent report showing that cyber insurance premiums will grow globally from $2 billion annually to more than $20 billion over the next 10 years reinforces what most in the insurance industry already know: cyber risks are...
Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford to Sell North American Business
Nov 13 2015 // Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford (CGSC), the U.K.-based global wholesale, underwriting management and reinsurance broking group, announced today that, following a strategic review of its group businesses, the company will...
Integro Acquires Ellis Clowes, UK-Based Motorsports Specialty Broker
Nov 13 2015 // Integro Ltd., the New York-based insurance broker and risk management firm, has become “the world’s leading motorsports insurance broker,” with the acquisition of Lloyd’s broker Ellis...
O’Connor Joins Southwest Risk as Sr. VP, Broker, Underwriter
Nov 12 2015 // Joe O’Connor has joined Texas-based Southwest Risk LP as senior vice president, broker and underwriter with a primary focus on developing new Marine & Energy products. He is based in Houston. O’Connor has...
Westfield Insurance Foundation Scholarship Honors Outgoing CEO
Nov 12 2015 // The Westfield Insurance Foundation is creating the James R. Clay Scholarship to honor its outgoing chairman and CEO. The Ohio Farmers Insurance Co. (OFIC) board of directors authorized the transfer of $100,000 to the...
CAL Insurance Adds Danfoura to Commercial Brokerage Team
Nov 10 2015 // CAL Insurance & Associates Inc. has named Fred H. Danfoura to its commercial brokerage team. Danfoura joins CAL in to increase the firm’s presence in the educational, nonprofit and investment real estate...
Burns & Wilcox Brokerage Names Parks Vice President in Arizona
Nov 9 2015 // Burns & Wilcox Brokerage has named Susie Parks vice president and senior broker in the firm’s Scottsdale, Ariz. office. Parks will focus on real estate, hospitality, products and product recall coverage. Parks...
‘Best Practices’ Agencies Continue to Build Value: Big ‘I Study
Nov 9 2015 // Most “Best Practices” independent insurance agencies have been able to either grow or maintain the value of their businesses while focusing on staff development and technology, according to the latest report by...
CITA Insurance Services Launches Insurance Agents E&O Program
Nov 6 2015 // CITA Insurance Services, a division of Brown & Brown Program Insurance Services Inc., has released a new Insurance Agents Errors & Omissions program. CITA’s new Agents E&O program features vanishing and...
Independent Agency Profitability, Organic Growth Dipped in Q3: Reagan Consulting
Nov 6 2015 // Independent insurance agents and brokers posted median organic growth of 4.4 percent for the third quarter of 2015, compared with 6.0 percent in the third quarter of 2014, as measured by the Reagan Consulting Organic...
KeyCorp Aims to Leverage First Niagara’s Insurance Brokerage Business in N.Y.
Nov 5 2015 // Financial services company KeyCorp, which recently announced its plan to acquire First Niagara Financial Group in Buffalo, New York, said the company would leverage and grow First Niagara’s insurance brokerage...
EPIC Brings on Garcia as Broker in California
Nov 5 2015 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has named Daniel Garcia a property/casualty insurance broker/producer in the firm’s Petaluma, Calif. office. Garcia will report locally to Mike Ryan, the North Bay managing...
