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The Hanover Enhances General Liability, Umbrella Coverages for Business Clients

May 15 2015 // The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. has launched an enhanced suite of general liability and umbrella coverage offerings for independent insurance agents to offer their business clients. These product enhancements include...

Integro Acquires UK’s Kite Warren & Wilson, Marine Broker Specialist

May 15 2015 // Integro Ltd., an insurance brokerage and risk management firm based in New York City, has acquired London-based Kite Warren & Wilson Ltd., which specializes in marine hull & liability coverage and financial...

Confie Seguros Acquires 3 Brokerages in Buffalo, New York

May 15 2015 // Confie Seguros, a national provider of personal lines insurance based in Huntington Beach, California, announced that it has acquired three new insurance brokerages in Buffalo, New York. Confie acquired three agencies in...

ACE’s 10 Tips to Help Brokers Place Effective Multinational Insurance Programs

May 14 2015 // When ACE Group last month launched ACE Multinational Partner, a package cover for UK & Ireland-based companies with one or more overseas subsidiary, it discovered that brokers were concerned about lack of knowledge and...

RSA Appoints Thomas as Broker Relationship Director for UK, Western Europe

May 14 2015 // RSA, one of the largest UK commercial insurers, has appointed Owen Thomas as relationship director, effective May 13. In this newly created role, Thomas will have responsibility for leading the top broker relationships...

Worldwide Facilities Names Altamirano Property Broker in California

May 13 2015 // Worldwide Facilities Inc. has named Marvin Altamirano a property broker in Southern California. Altamirano has more than nine years of experience in placing complex property risks. He has worked as a property broker since...

Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty Names Kadow as Chief Agent for Canada

May 13 2015 // Allianz Group’s specialist corporate insurer, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), has appointed Ulrich Kadow as chief agent for Canada effective immediately. Based in Toronto, Kadow will lead...

California Court Says Staffing Agencies Can’t Self-Insure Workers’ Comp

May 12 2015 // A California Court of Appeals has upheld the state’s decision to exclude temporary staffing agencies from self-insuring for workers’ compensation, a ruling that upholds one of the provisions in the...

Liberty Insurance Associates Joins ANE as Equity Partner in New Jersey

May 12 2015 // ANE (Agency Network Exchange LLC), a network of independently owned and operated insurance agencies, announced that Liberty Insurance Associates Inc., an independent agency based in Millstone Township, New Jersey, has...

Jimcor Agencies Announces 2 Appointments in New Jersey

May 12 2015 // Jimcor Agencies hired Meredith Dyson as branch manager for the firm’s Montvale, New Jersey, office. Dyson brings over 24 years of experience in wholesale, retail and reinsurance brokerage. Prior to joining Jimcor she...

EPIC Acquires Sorci Insurance Brokerage in California

May 12 2015 // Edgewood Partners Insurance Center has acquired Sorci Insurance Brokerage Inc., a specialist in providing comprehensive workers’ compensation insurance services to new car auto dealers in California. Sorci Insurance...

Michigan Regulators Shut Down Unlicensed Madison Heights Agent

May 11 2015 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) has ordered Alicia D. Bonner of Look Insurance in Madison Heights to cease and desist from selling, soliciting, or negotiating insurance policies. The...

WSS Senior Broker Andrea Zenner Awarded IBA Outstanding Company Partner of the Year

May 11 2015 // Plano, TX, May 11, 2015 – In an event held in Glendale, California on April 30th, 2015, the IBA awarded Board Member Andrea Zenner their 10th annual Outstanding Company Partner of the Year Award for her having been...

Scottsdale Names Jordan Associate VP for Program Brokerage

May 8 2015 // Scottsdale Insurance Co. has named Heather Jordan as associate vice president of Brokerage Programs. In this role, she will be responsible for overseeing program business including Casualty, Excess, Workers’...

Integro Acquires Energy Insurance Brokers in New York

May 7 2015 // Integro Ltd., an insurance brokerage and risk management firm based in New York City, announced an addition to its Trade & Logistics practice with the acquisition of Energy Insurance Brokers (EIB) in East Greenbush,...

Progressive Appointing New Independent Agents in Massachusetts

May 7 2015 // The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies announced it is actively appointing new agents for its auto product in Massachusetts. The Mayfield Village, Ohio-based Progressive said Massachusetts became the 50th and final...

Unprecedented Water Cutbacks Approved by California Regulators

May 7 2015 // California water regulators adopted sweeping, unprecedented restrictions on how people, governments and businesses can use water amid the state’s ongoing drought, hoping to push reluctant residents to deeper...

Cornerstone Broker Insurance Services Opens Office in Northeast Ohio

May 6 2015 // Cornerstone Broker Insurance Services Agency announced it has opened a new office in Independence, Ohio. The new office will provide health insurance resources, educational programs, carrier contracting/licensing,...

New Delaware Law to Help Lift Producers’ Surplus Lines Administrative Burden

May 6 2015 // Delaware insurance producers’ administrative burden when placing business in the surplus lines market will be lighter thanks to passage of House Bill 40 on Tuesday in the state General Assembly, the Delaware...

IIABNY: Study Shows N.Y. Insurance Agents Are Growing

May 6 2015 // With deep roots in their communities, New York independent insurance agencies are healthy and growing, Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York Inc. (IIABNY ) said. IIABNY said a recent analysis of New York...