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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...
RIMS Report: Insurance Gamechangers Include Cyber, Talent, Data
May 1 2015 // Protecting clients against growing and poorly understood risks associated with information technology system failures is a leading concern of the insurance industry today, a group of underwriters and brokers told risk...
Roscoe Appointed Head of London and European Broker Relations for Beazley
May 1 2015 // Specialist insurer Beazley has appointed Will Roscoe to head the company’s broker relations activity in the London and European markets. Roscoe brings extensive experience of the insurance market both as a broker and...
N.Y.’s New Regulations Aim to Reduce Title Insurance Costs
Apr 29 2015 // New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced new regulations Wednesday that would crack down on what officials describe as kickbacks and other improper expenditures in the state’s title insurance industry. These improper...
Edwards Named Senior Broker in U.S. Risk Brokers’ Dallas Office
Apr 29 2015 // U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc. named Brian Edwards a senior broker in the Dallas office of U.S. Risk Brokers Inc. Brian Edwards Edwards has more than 12 years of experience in the insurance industry. He specializes in...
RIMS Report: What Risk Managers Expect from Their Insurance Brokers
Apr 29 2015 // A broker who does not fully understand a client’s business or lacks direct links with insurers may not only fall short in advising on coverage but can cause headaches on all sides of the insurance relationship, a...
Texas All Risk General Agency, Inc. Awarded Exemplary Agent by Nautilus Insurance Group
Apr 29 2015 // Dallas, TX, April 29, 2015 – Texas All Risk General Agency, Inc. has been awarded the rare distinction “Exemplary Agent” by Nautilus Insurance Group (a W. R. Berkley Company). Nautilus gives this...
Could New Insurance Players Disrupt the Market?
Apr 28 2015 // Those with long careers in the insurance industry have seen newer entrants founder on the shoals of our business. Many well-intentioned outsiders don’t understand the innate complexities of the insurance ecosystem...
Michigan Insurance Regulators Suspend Licenses of Agent, Agency
Apr 28 2015 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) has summarily suspended the licenses of insurance agent Daniel Castle and Mears Insurance Agency. Mears marketed business through the website...
Willis Selected as Broker for ‘BLOODHOUND’ Supersonic Car
Apr 28 2015 // Willis Group Holdings announced that it has been appointed lead insurance broker and risk adviser to the BLOODHOUND Supersonic Car (SSC), including the building and testing of the vehicle as well as its forthcoming world...
California’s Armitage Given Big “I” Highest Honor
Apr 24 2015 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers has given Jim Armitage the Woodworth Memorial Award, the highest honor IIABA bestows on one of its members, during the annual Big “I” legislative...
Big ‘I’ Recognizes Top Young Agent, States in Political Fundraising
Apr 23 2015 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) this week presented awards to state affiliates and agents that have been the most effective raising money for the agents’ political...
‘Hungry’ Insurers Continued to Cut Commercial Prices in Q1: CIAB
Apr 23 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...
Willis Makes Firm Offer for Remaining Shares of French Broker Gras Savoye
Apr 23 2015 // Willis Group Holdings plc announced that it has made a firm offer to acquire the remaining 70 per cent that it does not currently own of French insurance broker Gras Savoye, and to accelerate closing the transaction....
Compare.com CEO’s Vision for the Future – Right or Wrong
Apr 21 2015 // As early as 2016 or 2017 commercial insurance will likely be bought and sold regularly over the Internet. That likely-to-be controversial opinion is courtesy of Compare.com CEO Andrew Rose. As he speaks to a reporter, in...
