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Brokerage Ames & Gough Names P/C Operations Manager in Virginia
Sep 26 2012 // Ames & Gough, an insurance broker and risk management consultant specializing in serving design professionals, law firms and other professional organizations and consulting firms, appointed Amy Hotaling as vice...
Service to Retail Agencies Is Aim of Texas Wholesale Insurance Group
Sep 26 2012 // 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 partners, and gaining economic...
Hub International Expands in Caribbean with Puerto Rico Broker Buy
Sep 26 2012 // Chicago-based Hub International Limited announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Carrión, Laffitte & Casellas, Inc. (CLC), a full service insurance brokerage firm headquartered in San Juan,...
Certified Professional Insurance Agent Classes Return to Indiana
Sep 25 2012 // Professional Insurance Agents of Indiana (PIA), a statewide association of local, independent insurance agents, is the newest sponsor of the AIMS Society’s Certified Professional Insurance Agent (CPIA) designation...
Union Study Recommends Changes at N.M. Fire Agencies
Sep 25 2012 // A new 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...
White House Readies Executive Order on Cybersecurity
Sep 25 2012 // The White House is preparing to direct federal agencies to develop voluntary cybersecurity guidelines for owners of power, water and other critical infrastructure facilities, according to people who said they had seen...
Ohio Insurance Agent Sentenced for $39K Theft
Sep 24 2012 // A Cincinnati, Ohio-area insurance agent has been sentenced for theft from Hamilton County residents, the Ohio Department of Insurance announced. Former Ohio insurance agent Cecil Young, of Cincinnati, was sentenced to four...
Best Agency to Work For – South Central
Sep 24 2012 // Right People, Right Fit Makes a Great Place Austin, TexasWalker Myers Insurance Starting a new business in a healthy economy is a challenge. Starting a new business — and succeeding — in a difficult economy is next to...
Doing the Right Things
Sep 24 2012 // Congratulations to the winners of Insurance Journal‘s “2012 Best Independent Insurance Agencies to Work For” survey! As their employees put it: these agencies are doing all the right things. They provide...
First Annual InsurFEST Touts Leadership
Sep 24 2012 // Conference attendees will vote on a recommended name change for the group IBA West is debuting InsurFEST next month in San Diego, Calif., a conference that focuses on leadership. The conference also affords IBA West...
America’s BEST Independent Agencies to Work For
Sep 24 2012 // The votes have been tallied and the results are in for the “2012 Best Independent Insurance Agency to Work For” survey by Insurance Journal. The owners of the “Best Agencies to Work For in 2012”...
Business Moves – East
Sep 24 2012 // Cook, Hall & Hyde, Maran Corp. Risk Two brokerages in the Metro New York region — Cook, Hall & Hyde and Maran Corporate Risk Associates — announced their intention to enter into a merger agreement. Cook, Hall...
Business Moves – Southeast
Sep 24 2012 // CRC|Crump, Preferred Brokerage CRC|Crump has signed an agreement with Preferred Concepts in New York to acquire select assets of the company’s Preferred Brokerage business unit. Terms were not disclosed. J.C....
Business Moves – South Central
Sep 24 2012 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., Sunday and Associates Illinois-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Sunday and Associates Inc. of Sugarland, Texas. Established in 1982, Sunday and Associates...
8 Lessons to Learn from the Presidential Election
Sep 24 2012 // The 2012 presidential election is coming up quickly and the media is outputting endless stories, videos, Tweets and more about it. Pay attention to the ads and the action to pickup some lessons you can apply to your...
Agents Cite Advance in Fight Against Medical Loss Ratio
Sep 20 2012 // A House subcommittee has advanced a bill that would exclude agency commissions from the formula that limits how much health insurers can spend on administrative and other non-medical costs. The U.S. House of...
IIABNY Launches Hydrofracking Task Force
Sep 19 2012 // Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of N.Y. Inc. recently launched a hydrofracking task force to examine insurance coverage issues and to assist New York region’s agents and brokers. IIABNY’s...
How Agents and Carriers Can Find Gold in Personal Lines
Sep 19 2012 // Independent agents and their companies have over the years been beaten in the personal lines market by direct response carriers and captive agents. But being down so long means there is plenty of room for independent...
Towers Watson Inks Joint Venture with Broker MDS for Portugal Benefits
Sep 19 2012 // Global professional services company Towers Watson and Portuguese broker MDS have combined forces to establish a benefits brokerage consulting service in Portugal. MDS was founded in Porto in 1984. It is now the leading...
Tennessee Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty to Stealing Premiums
Sep 19 2012 // A Dyersburg, Tenn., former insurance agent is scheduled for sentencing next month after she entered guilty pleas to felony theft charges. Tina Butler was indicted on charges that she took insurance premium money from 16...
