Latest Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Want to Grow Your Agency, But Just Can’t Quite Make It Happen?
Jan 28 2013 // Almost every agency owner I’ve ever met, and I’ve met maybe thousands, has wanted to grow his or her agency. Many, maybe most, have been stuck. Whether they are stuck at $300,000 revenue, $500,000, $6 million...
How Independent Agents Can Use ‘Being Local’ to Their Advantage
Jan 28 2013 // As an independent agent, you possess many advantages over the national P/C marketers that operate mainly online and over the phone. One strong point, among many, is that you operate out of a local office. Don’t look...
Changing an Agency Management System
Jan 28 2013 // When Brightway Insurance recently changed agency management systems, which took close to a year, it was one of the largest transitions of its kind in the insurance industry in terms of total users accessing a common hosted...
E&O Insights: Differences Between Standard, Excess & Surplus Markets
Jan 28 2013 // For as long as the insurance industry has been around, the excess and surplus (E&S) lines marketplace has served a vital role in writing difficult-to-place, specialty business for which admitted markets don’t...
Confie Eyes More Expansion, Push Into Standard Lines
Jan 28 2013 // In 2013 Confie Seguros plans to up its buying spree and expand into standard personal and small commercial lines, while broadening its demographic from being primarily Hispanic focused, the president of the Buena Park,...
Business Moves – Midwest
Jan 28 2013 // Willis North America Willis North America, a unit of global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings, has relocated its Cleveland, Ohio office to 1001 Lakeside Ave., Suite 1600. Willis established a presence in Ohio more...
Business Moves – East
Jan 28 2013 // ACORD, DISA ACORD (Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development), the nonprofit global data standards organization for the insurance industry, and DISA (Data Interchange Standards Association), the...
Mass. Agents Group Says GEICO Failed to Report Some At-Fault Accident Data
Jan 25 2013 // The Massachusetts Association of Insurance Agents (MAIA) this week has asked the state’s Merit Rating Board and the Division of Insurance to investigate GEICO for allegedly failing to report at-fault accident data to...
Insight Specialty Programs Partners with GoAgents.com
Jan 24 2013 // Insight Specialty Programs (ISP), a developer and marketer of insurance, non-insurance and telematics products and services, has formed a new partnership with GoAgents.com, a cloud-based distribution platform that provides...
Atlas Taps Petersen, Perilman and Alaoui in California
Jan 23 2013 // San Diego, Calif.-based Atlas General Insurance Services named Andrew Petersen executive vice president of business development, Brad Perilman as chief financial officer and Taib Alaoui as business development manager for...
Jimcor Agencies Names Pennsylvania Office Branch Manager
Jan 23 2013 // Jimcor Agencies has appointed Christopher Hofmann to the position of branch manager of the Plymouth Meeting, Penn., office. Hofman brings with him over 15 years of insurance experience, having worked on the agency and...
Burns and Wilcox Is First National Wholesaler to Join Trusted Choice
Jan 23 2013 // Michigan-based property/casualty insurance wholesaler, Burns and Wilcox, is the newest member of the Trusted Choice consumer branding program for independent insurance agents and brokers, the Independent Insurance Agents...
Insurance Journal Co-Sponsors Agency Research Project
Jan 23 2013 // Channel Harvest Research, in partnership with Insurance Journal, has launched a major new study in the independent agency system, probing agents’ attitudes toward insurance carrier relationships and, in particular,...
Who’s Worth What in the Independent Agency System? Find Out Now
Jan 22 2013 // Insurance Journal is polling insurance agents and brokers nationwide in its annual search to find out who’s worth what in the independent agency system. Don’t miss out on your chance to participate. The 2013...
Michigan Broker Pleads Guilty in $1M Fraud Case
Jan 21 2013 // A northern Michigan insurance broker accused of manipulating elderly clients has pleaded guilty to fraud. Prosecutors say William Lowder persuaded clients to change their investments and put money in annuities handled by...
Florida Looks to Restructure Its Hurricane Fund; Federal Option Proposed
Jan 18 2013 // Florida lawmakers are poised to consider restructuring the state-run property reinsurance facility by possibly lowering its mandatory annual capacity by billions due to concerns that one major storm could exhaust its...
Strongwood: Brandeis, Oslie and Dubois to Executive Posts in California
Jan 16 2013 // David Brandeis has been named chief operating officer for Monterey, Calif.-based Strongwood Insurance Holdings, while Larry Oslie was promoted to executive vice president of business development and Laura Dubois was made...
USI Insurance Services Acquires 2 St. Louis, Missouri, Brokerages
Jan 16 2013 // Insurance Services (USI) has acquired Saint Louis, Mo.-based brokerages Welsch Flatness and Lutz Inc. (WFL) and Construction Insurance Partners (CIP). By combining the existing USI office in Saint Louis with WFL and CIP,...
Burand’s Agency E&O Blog: Tip #19
Jan 16 2013 // Knowledge. E&O risk management knowledge can be generally divided into two categories. The first category is coverage knowledge. The second category is procedure knowledge. Coverage knowledge has always been important...
Texas Agency Management Seminar Celebrates 50 Years of Success
Jan 15 2013 // In 1963, a group of insurance agents under the direction of Joseph E. Vincent from Bryan, Texas, began plans for an annual insurance seminar to be presented by Texas Association of Independent Agents (TAIA) for agency...
