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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...
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...
