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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...
Agent Support, Ratings Added to Expanding Google Compare
May 5 2015 // The auto insurance comparison website Google Compare is expanding into Texas, Illinois and Pennsylvania, as well as adding ratings and insurance agent support. That announcement was made Tuesday by Stephanie Cuthbertson,...
Orchid Underwriters Agency Acquires Coastal Agents Alliance in New Jersey
May 5 2015 // Orchid Underwriters Agency LLC, a Vero Beach, Florida-based managing general agent providing excess & surplus (E&S) insurance for coastal properties, announced that it has acquired Coastal Agents Alliance, a...
Louisiana’s Eagan Insurance: Carrying on a Family Tradition
May 5 2015 // Marc Eagan says he’s fortunate that his four children grew up in and around the insurance business. For Eagan, president of Eagan Insurance Agency located in the New Orleans-area, it means his firm is well-situated...
Movies and Agencies
May 4 2015 // Did you ever see the movie about the famous ballplayer that did not follow the playbook? How by doing whatever he wanted regardless of the play called, he succeeded and all his teammates were happy? What an inspiring story...
How to Mitigate the Risks of Cloud Computing
May 4 2015 // The technology challenges facing insurance agents today might seem insurmountable: The very tools that could revolutionize the industry – like the cloud – could also compromise their security. Agents are hard-pressed...
How Analytics Technology Can Speed Integration Post-M&A
May 4 2015 // The record number of merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions involving insurance brokers and agents throughout the United States in the past year underscores the imperative for these firms to accelerate growth and...
What Agents Think About Google Compare
May 4 2015 // The independent agency system is no stranger to competition. But one new competitor in the marketplace has some agents and industry experts on watch. Google Compare – which stepped into the insurance ring in March – is...
‘Hungry’ Insurers Continued to Cut Commercial Prices in Q1: CIAB
May 4 2015 // Insurance brokers report that the commercial property/casualty market continued to soften in the first quarter of 2015, with large accounts seeing the biggest price declines. On average, small, medium and large accounts...
Independent Agents Identify Business Opportunities for Carriers
May 4 2015 // Most independent insurance agents are impressed by the carriers they place business with – but most also are interested in adding new company partners. This is one of the preliminary findings of a recent national survey...
Chicago Agent Glad She Made the Captive-to-Independent Leap
May 4 2015 // Making the jump from a being a captive agent to an independent one is not for the faint of heart, says one veteran Chicago-based agent. But Sharon Robles has no regrets, none at all. Sharon RoblesRobles was a successful...
Property Claim Litigation Bill Passed by the Texas Senate
May 1 2015 // The Texas Senate on April 30 passed a bill aimed at stemming the onslaught of property claim litigation that has been occurring with increasing frequency in the state following natural catastrophes. Advocates of Senate...
