Latest Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
PIA: Agencies See Significant Underwriting Changes in Homeowners Market
May 22 2013 // The Professional Insurance Agents’ (PIA) recent survey of more than 400 independent agencies showed significant market changes in the Northeast — with the homeowners insurance and commercial property market...
Wisconsin Police Aggressive in Redacting Accident Reports
May 22 2013 // Brenda O’Malley figured she’d get the police accident report and file an insurance claim after her teenage daughter got into a car accident in Sheboygan Falls this past spring. But the report turned out to be...
The Main Street America Group Expands Commercial Products into Wisconsin
May 21 2013 // The Main Street America Group has introduced its commercial product line, featuring its Main Line Business Owners Policy (Main Line BOP), to independent agents who represent the super regional property/casualty insurance...
Brokerage Firm Fined $9M for Email Violations, Misstatements
May 21 2013 // LPL Financial LLC must pay a total of $9 million for significant email system failures and making misstatements to Wall Street’s watchdog, the regulator said on Tuesday. LPL, an affiliate of LPL Financial Holdings...
SGB-NIA Insurance Brokers Launches Workplace Safety Program
May 20 2013 // SGB-NIA Insurance Brokers has launched a workers compensation safety program – Three Sixty Safety – designed for implementation into current safety protocol that provides training, education and claim assistance when...
Project CAP Selects Phoenix Agency for Agency 2020 Program
May 20 2013 // Hester, Heitel & Associates, an independent insurance agency in Phoenix, has been chosen as the spotlight agency to represent Project CAP’s Agency 2020 program. Agency 2020 was designed to provide independent...
Maguire Agency’s Sundeen Named Minnesota Agent of the Year
May 20 2013 // Matt Sundeen, vice president of sales and commercial lines producer at Maguire Agency, has been named Agent of the Year for 2013 by the Minnesota Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers (MIIAB). Sundeen was chosen for...
Former Louisiana Insurance Agent Gets 5 Years in Fraud Case
May 20 2013 // A 35-year-old Denham Springs, La., man has been sentenced in Baton Rouge federal court to nearly five years in prison and ordered to pay two life insurance companies more than $1.4 million for frauds he committed against...
Homeowners not the Only Line of Insurance Affected by Texas Weather
May 20 2013 // Nature’s Perils Drive Cost of Agent E&O Coverage, Too It’s well known that Texas has some of the highest homeowners premiums in the nation – in large part due to the state’s vulnerability to...
How Independent Agents Can Use Print Ads in Today’s Digital World
May 20 2013 // The primary purpose of an independent agent is to sell insurance. Nowhere in agency contracts does it mention that marketing and sales must be performed exclusively via social media. That’s a good thing, because if...
E&O Insights: Restaurant and Tavern Risks
May 20 2013 // Chances are just about every town in the United States has a restaurant, tavern or pizza parlor. Pursuing this type of risk, then, is common. Yet before taking that first step, do your homework to help you understand that...
The Time is Now for Agent Licensing Reform
May 20 2013 // Excitement is building for critical legislation, the “National Association of Registered Agents & Brokers (NARAB II) Reform Act.” The Independent Agents & Brokers of America (Big “I”)...
Arizona Insurance Agency Chosen for Agency 2020
May 17 2013 // Hester, Heitel & Associates, an independent insurance agency in Phoenix, Ariz. was chosen to represent “the path to the future for all independent agencies,” announced Consumer Agent Portal LLC, also known...
Former Texas Agent Convicted in Insurance Fraud Scam
May 15 2013 // A former Texas insurance agent has been convicted of a first-degree felony for diverting more than $150,000 in premium payments for personal use, the Texas Department of Insurance reported. The DOI said Leslie Ray Collins...
ProspX Names Former AIG Executive Gold as CEO
May 15 2013 // Austin, Texas-based ProspX Inc. named Steve Gold as president and chief executive officer, bringing to the company more than 27 years of executive management experience in commercial insurance. Co-founder and former...
Oklahoma’s Midlands MGA Joins Trusted Choice
May 14 2013 // Oklahoma-based managing general agent, Midlands, is the newest member of the Trusted Choice consumer branding program for independent insurance agents and brokers, the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America...
TWFG Honors High-Achieving Producers
May 14 2013 // The Woodlands Financial Group’s TWFG Insurance Services division has named 20 as outstanding performers and producers for the year 2012, the company announced. In addition to annual awards in seven categories, seven...
50 Top Apps for Independent Agents
May 14 2013 // Mobility technology is changing the way the insurance industry operates. But when it comes to working on the go, nothing is as important as mobile device applications. But what apps do independent agents use most? What...
E&O Insights: Directors & Officers Liability Is Not Your Normal Insurance Product
May 14 2013 // If you asked 100 insurance professionals on the agency side what one line of business “scares” them the most, it’s likely that directors and officers (D&O) liability would be at the top. The lack of...
Broker’s Insurance Group Announces 2013 Biggie Award Winners
May 13 2013 // Rancho Cucamonga, CA, 05/13/13 – The Brokers Insurance Group announced this year’s winners of the 2013 Biggie Awards. With over 13,000 votes tallied over 10 unique categories, this year’s awards ceremony...
