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ACE Expands Travel Coverage for Religious, Educational Institutions
May 23 2014 // ACE Group has expanded its web-based portal to provide coverage for U.S.-based religious organizations and educational institutions, whose employees, students and volunteers travel internationally. The portal,...
XS Brokers Appoints Chief Sales Officer in Massachusetts
May 22 2014 // Mike McKinleyXS Brokers Insurance Agency Inc., an insurance wholesaler based in Quincy, Mass., has named Mike McKinley as chief sales officer. In this newly created position, McKinley will oversee all sales and production...
Brokerslink Splits EMEA Region to Boost African, Middle East Expansion
May 22 2014 // Independent insurance network Brokerslink announced that it has reorganized its previous Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) trading area by splitting it into two separate regions: Europe and Middle East & Africa...
Higginbotham/Swantner & Gordon Adds Two Brokers in Corpus Christi
May 22 2014 // Commercial property/casualty insurance brokers Arthur Haas and Jeffrey King joined the Swantner & Gordon branch office of Higginbotham in Corpus Christi, Texas. Haas will serve the general business sector while King...
Former Insurance Agents Johnson, Kingston Fare Well in Georgia Primary
May 21 2014 // A former insurance agent who has been active in Democratic Party politics has won her party’s primary for the Georgia insurance commissioner post and will face off against the incumbent Republican in the November...
RSA to Sell Canada Broker Unit Noraxis to A.J. Gallagher for $460 Million
May 20 2014 // The UK’s RSA Insurance Group Plc said on Monday it had reached agreement to sell its majority-owned Canadian brokerage business – Noraxis Capital Corp. – to U.S. insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher &...
Saints-Backed Bill Draws Warning Flag From Players Association
May 19 2014 // The NFL Players Association is asking player agents to warn clients that signing with the New Orleans Saints could subject them to unfavorable workers’ compensation benefits. In an email Friday, NFLPA chief DeMaurice...
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May 19 2014 // Chester A. McPherson, who has been serving as interim commissioner for the Washington, D.C., Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking (DISB), has been appointed as acting commissioner, D.C. Mayor Vincent C....
WIAA Objects to In-House Producer Disciplinary Hearings in California
May 19 2014 // The Western Insurance Agents Association is throwing up some objections to a California Department of Insurance proposal that would enable the department’s hearing bureau to adjudicate agent/broker and carrier...
High Net Worth Carrier PURE Enters California
May 19 2014 // Call it a little luck or a good timing – maybe a bit of both – but an insurer focused on high net worth individuals has added California to the list of states in which it does business at a time when the number of...
Agent Permanently Barred from Selling Insurance in North Dakota
May 19 2014 // A North Dakota administrative law judge on April 28 upheld a cease and desist order issued by Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm against insurance producer Frederick Paul Skoda, formerly of Fargo, N.D., now of Detroit Lakes,...
Health Insurance Broker in N.J. Admits Pocketing Nearly $1M
May 16 2014 // Federal prosecutors say an insurance broker has admitted stealing nearly $1 million while selling health care coverage he knew was fake. Seventy-year-old David Clark of Morristown, N.J., pleaded guilty Wednesday to...
Brown & Brown Buys 2 Florida Agencies Targeting RV Market
May 13 2014 // Insurance agency Brown & Brown has acquired the assets of two agencies specializing in the recreational vehicle market. The businesses acquired are Agency Management Corp. (AMC) and its affiliate, Recreational...
Schinnerer Introduces Residential Builders’ Risk Program
May 12 2014 // Underwriting manager Victor O. Schinnerer & Co. has launched a new residential builders’ risk program. Schinnerer will serve as a program access point for retail agents and brokers. The inland marine line of...
Oklahoma Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty in $300K Fraud Case
May 12 2014 // A Tulsa insurance agent has pleaded guilty to exploitation of the elderly for defrauding a Muskogee couple out of nearly $300,000, the Oklahoma Insurance Department announced. Presley Keith Dennis was arrested in January...
There’s Devils in Big Data, but Help is Available from Inhance
May 12 2014 // Computer technology has revolutionized the collection and use of massive amounts of data, and yet, somewhat ironically, it’s frequently harder to find what one actually needs. Aphorisms abound – “big...
Trusted Choice Consumer Portal Funding Now Tops $50M
May 9 2014 // Project CAP, the organization formed to help local independent agents compete in the digital economy under the Trusted Choice brand, has raised $10 million from two additional carrier investors. The capital from the two...
Martin Elected President of Combined Agents of America for 2014-2015
May 6 2014 // Bill Martin has been elected president of the Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) for 2014 – 2015. Other members of CAA’s newly elected management committee include new Treasurer Pete Bibby, new Second Vice...
North Dakota Permanently Bars Agent from Selling Insurance in State
May 6 2014 // An administrative law judge in North Dakota has made permanent a cease and desist order issued by Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm against insurance producer Frederick Paul Skoda, formerly of Fargo, N.D., now of Detroit...
Declaration Brokerage Acquires RBLA of PA
May 6 2014 // Declaration Brokerage, LLC, a Mahwah, N.J.-based insurance agency, has acquired the business of RBLA of PA, a Stroudsburg, Penn.-based agency that offers commercial and personal lines coverages. Declaration Brokerage was...
