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Growing the Next Generation of Agency Professionals
Oct 5 2015 // Despite low unemployment, competitive salaries and overall job stability, a career within insurance or at an insurance agency, is often overlooked by today’s Millennial generation. However, with the industry in the...
The Case for Independent Agency Optimism
Oct 5 2015 // Today’s Independent Agent Can Be the Agent for the Future Over the past few years, dire predictions about the independent agent’s future have gotten a lot of attention. With consumers increasingly adopting the...
Public’s Perception of Insurance Is Reality – Accept Reality
Oct 5 2015 // Perception is reality. The general public’s perception of reality relative to insurance is that personal insurance, especially auto, is a commodity. Their perception ranges from it being a government conspiracy...
Former Insurance Agent Arrested in Alleged $21M Movie Investment Scheme
Oct 5 2015 // A former insurance agent one of two people who have been charged with operating a Ponzi scheme allegedly bilking investors from Los Angeles and Kern Counties out of $21 million dollars. Michelle Kenen Seward, 42, of...
Ohio Insurance Agent Tax Liens Surpass $15M
Oct 5 2015 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor announced that as of September 2015 the insurance agent tax lien program has collected or set-up payment plans with agents for amounts totaling $15,149,631 in unpaid income tax, sales...
Michigan Insurance Regulator Tells Agents to Stop ‘Sliding’
Oct 5 2015 // Patrick McPharlin, director of the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS), issued a bulletin reminding insurance agents that the practice of insurance “sliding” is not allowed. McPharlin...
Confie Acquires Alabama, New York, Florida Brokers
Oct 2 2015 // National personal lines insurance broker Confie said it has acquired four insurance brokers with locations in Alabama, western New York and Florida. Confie acquired TS Insurance Group which specializes in non-standard auto...
Endeavour Appoints Price to Drive Growth of U.S. & Canadian Specialist Business
Oct 2 2015 // London-based Endeavour Insurance Services* has appointed David Price as divisional director to drive further growth of the company’s specialist business across its U.S. and Canadian accounts. Price’s role will...
Experienced Property Broker Michael Dauth Joins Breckenridge Insurance Services as Vice President
Oct 2 2015 // ATLANTA, Ga., October 2, 2015 — Michael Dauth has joined Breckenridge Insurance Services, a leading specialty wholesale commercial brokerage firm, as vice president, broker. With more than 20 years of insurance...
Industry Chasing Mobile Customers with Ads, Apps, Self-Service Options: NAMIC Convention
Sep 30 2015 // Carriers are spending big on advertising, and agencies are working to become increasingly more sophisticated and reach out to more and more people. In the world of insurance, that’s just doing business as usual. But...
Burns & Wilcox Brokerage Opens Office in North Carolina
Sep 29 2015 // Burns & Wilcox Brokerage has opened a new full service brokerage office in Charlotte, North Carolina. This latest location is the third the company has opened in just nine months. According to Denis Brady, president of...
Lockton Appoints Hammond, Spencer, Nimmo to Leadership Positions
Sep 29 2015 // Privately-held insurance broker Lockton announced expanded leadership roles for Mike Hammond, Glenn Spencer and Neil Nimmo. Spencer has been named chief operating officer of Lockton Inc. and president of Lockton Companies...
Worldwide Facilities Hires Craane as New York Casualty Practice Leader
Sep 28 2015 // Worldwide Facilities, a wholesale broker and managing general agent based in Los Angeles, hired Bill Craane as vice president and New York Casualty Practice leader. He’s based in Worldwide Facilities’ New York...
WSS Hires Gregory Brubaker As New Associate Broker for California Office
Sep 25 2015 // Plano, TX, September 25 2015-Western Security Surplus is pleased to announce its hiring of Gregory Brubaker as a new Associate Broker. Starting Monday, September 28th, Gregory will be working with Wendy Clinton in the WSS...
Tax Liens Against Ohio Insurance Agents Surpass $15M
Sep 24 2015 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor announced that as of September 2015 the insurance agent tax lien program has collected or set-up payment plans totaling $15,149,631 in unpaid income tax, sales tax and workers’...
Brit Invests in Transaction Insurance Specialist Broker Ambridge
Sep 23 2015 // Ambridge Partners LLC, a managing general underwriter of transactional insurance products, announced that specialty insurer Brit Limited has made a “significant strategic investment” in Ambridge. The amount of...
BB&T Insurance CEO Reece to Retire; Howard Named Successor
Sep 23 2015 // Winston-Salem, N.C.-based BB&T said that H. Wade Reece, chairman and CEO of BB&T Insurance Holdings Inc., will retire at the end of the year. Reece will complete a 37-year career with BB&T in which BB&T...
Worldwide Facilities, LLC Appoints New Vice President & New York Casualty Practice Leader
Sep 23 2015 // Leading Wholesale Insurance Brokerage Expands Resources in New York Office New York, NY, September 22, 2015 — Worldwide Facilities, LLC is pleased to announce that Bill Craane has joined the company’s New York City...
Former Florida Insurance Agent Arrested for Stealing $20K in Premiums
Sep 23 2015 // The Florida Department of Financial Services’ Division of Insurance Fraud (DIF) announced the arrest of Lisa Dwyer, 49, a formerly licensed insurance agent employed by Southeast Insurance Agency in Davie, Fla., after...
ACE Takes 24% Stake in CoverHound’s Online Commercial Insurance Plans
Sep 22 2015 // CoverHound has raised $33.3 million in a financing round led by ACE Group, which the company plans to use to build an online commercial insurance platform starting with businessowners policy insurance offerings that could...
