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IICF Week of Giving Carries On Volunteerism, Adds ‘Text to Give’
Oct 10 2012 // The property/casualty sector of the insurance industry gave an estimated $500 million in charitable funding in 2010, according to a 2011 study by McKinsey & Company. The research report noted: “Most of this...
Astonish now Integrates with QQ Solutions to Provide a Complete Solution for Insurance Agency Management and Digital Marketing
Oct 10 2012 // Warwick, RI, 10/10/12 – Astonish, a leading insurance digital marketing system in the U.S., today announced its integration with QQ Solutions, Inc.’s agency management system, QQ Evolution 2. QQ Solutions, Inc. is...
Northern California-based Broker Group to Meet in Shanghai
Oct 9 2012 // The Worldwide Broker Network, a group headquartered in San Mateo, Calif., will hold an owners conference in Shanghai, China on Oct. 17 through Oct. 20 12. The event is expected to draw a gathering of roughly 150 owners and...
MJ Insurance Named a ‘Best Practices Agency’ for 9th Consecutive Year
Oct 9 2012 // For the ninth consecutive year, MJ Insurance, a property/casualty and employee benefits agency headquartered in Indianapolis, Ind., has earned “Best Practices Agency” status from the Independent Insurance...
Former QBE CEO O’Halloran to Join Australia Broker Steadfast Group
Oct 9 2012 // QBE’s former CEO Frank O’Halloran’s retirement didn’t last long. Following discussions with the company he headed until last August, it’s been agreed that any anti-competition clause following...
Preferred Concepts Acquires Metro Insurance Services in New Jersey
Oct 8 2012 // Preferred Concepts LLC, a program underwriter and specialty insurance broker based in New York City, has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of Metro Insurance Services in Springfield, N.J. Metro Insurance...
Business Moves – East
Oct 8 2012 // USI, TD Insurance USI Insurance Services, a brokerage and financial services firm in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., said on Sept. 24 that it has completed the acquisition of TD Insurance Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of TD Bank, N.A....
Fracking in N.Y.? Fugetaboutit!
Oct 8 2012 // Hydrofracking has become a hot-button issue in New York State. Government agencies have been researching for the past four years the potential environmental impact of permitting hydrofracking in Marcellus Shale, which is...
Academy of Insurance’s 2012 Fourth Quarter Schedule
Oct 8 2012 // October 11, 2012 The Real Meaning of the Property Damage Exclusion in the CGL Mary Anne Medina, Vale Training Solutions October 17, 2012 Insurance Distribution and Marketing Chris Burand, Burand & Associates...
Business Moves – Midwest
Oct 8 2012 // AmWINS North Carolina-based insurance wholesaler AmWINS Group Inc. has partnered with two insurance industry executives, Terry Younghanz and Richard Parks, to form a new managing general underwriter (MGU) focused on...
Business Moves – South Central
Oct 8 2012 // Texas Wholesale Insurance Coalition A group of Texas-based managing general agents/brokers has formed the Texas Wholesale Insurance Coalition (TWIC) with the goal of enhancing their markets, attracting Texas retail agency...
A Rebounding Economy Spurs Growth in Cargo, Supply Chain Risks
Oct 8 2012 // Nearly All Commercial Sectors Have Vulnerabilities, Experts Say A slow trend toward economic recovery in the United States may bring good news and bad news for insurance agents and brokers who handle commercial accounts...
TWIA Study Recommends Lowering Agent Commissions
Oct 8 2012 // Among the top recommendations made by a consulting firm hired by Texas insurance regulators to investigate and report on ways to restructure the state’s property insurer of last resort in coastal areas is to reduce...
Business Moves – West
Oct 8 2012 // InsureZone, MSI Fort Worth, Texas-based InsureZone announced it has acquired Denver-based MSI Group, with agencies in 20 states. The purchase adds 63 agencies to InsureZone’s network/cluster program. MSI Group...
Union Study Recommends Changes at N.M. Fire Agencies
Oct 8 2012 // A study concludes that firefighters aren’t capable of responding to calls within nationally recommended time frames in certain parts of Albuquerque and Bernalillo County in New Mexico. The Albuquerque Journal...
Allstate Agents Returning to Massachusetts After 25 Years
Oct 5 2012 // Allstate Insurance Co. is reopening brick-and-mortar offices in Massachusetts after a quarter century of absence. Back in 1987, the Northbrook, Ill.-headquartered Allstate closed its offices in Massachusetts and pulled out...
Calif. State Fund May Recommend Workers’ Comp Rate Drop in Days
Oct 4 2012 // Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of articles to look at California’s workers’ compensation reform law in detail and what must be done to implement that law by Jan. 1, 2013. California’s...
Surplus Lines: Regulators Vetting of Alien Nonadmitted Insurers
Oct 4 2012 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) is a non-profit entity that acts as the trade association for state insurance commissioners. Although the NAIC may play a central role in regulation of the...
Insurance Noodle Expands Online Quoting to Personal Lines
Oct 4 2012 // Insurance Noodle, part of Willis North America, has launched its immediate personal lines quoting hub. Expanding on the functionality of the company’s commercial lines quoting hub, the offering allows insurance...
N.J. Brokerage Bollinger Acquires The Morville Agency
Oct 4 2012 // Short Hills, N.J.-based insurance brokerage Bollinger Inc. has acquired The Morville Agency of Newton, N.J. The Morville Agency specializes in insuring New Jersey public entities. The agency’s owner George Morville...
