Latest Agencies Headlines
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2012 Top 100: Privately Held Independent P/C Insurance Agencies
Aug 6 2012 // About This Report: A slow economic recovery didn’t stop the nation’s leading independent insurance agencies from writing more property/casualty premium in 2011. The vast majority (81 percent) of the privately...
Business Moves – Midwest
Aug 6 2012 // Digital Insurance, SEBS of the Midwest Benefits-only agency, Digital Insurance, has acquired Strategic Employee Benefits Services (SEBS) of the Midwest. The firm now operates under the banner of Digital Benefit Advisors...
License of Bismarck Insurance Agent Revoked
Aug 3 2012 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm has revoked the license of Brent Kitzan, a Bismarck insurance agent. The revocation bars him from selling, soliciting or negotiating insurance in North Dakota. Kitzan was...
North Carolina Agent Arrested, Charged With Insurance Fraud
Aug 2 2012 // North Carolina regulators announced this week that a local insurance agent was arrested and charged with one felony count of obtaining property by false pretense. Department of Insurance criminal investigators allege that...
House Passes Tax Rate Extension Act
Aug 2 2012 // The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 8, the “Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act,” that would extend the 2001 and 2003 tax rates through 2013. H.R. 8 includes an extension of current marginal...
What to Know About the New Flood Insurance Program
Jul 31 2012 // If it were a dam or a levee, it would have been replaced ages ago. Yet the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has stayed afloat despite a regular leaking of funds since its inception in 1968. The much-needed,...
5 Ways How Not Using Coverage Checklists Benefits an Agency
Jul 31 2012 // I’ve written extensively about how the use of coverage checklists benefits an agency. The benefits include significantly reduced errors and omission (E&O) exposures, enhanced reputations, better sales, and last...
TWFG Offering New Branch Agent Opportunities
Jul 27 2012 // The Woodlands, Texas-based independent insurance agency, TWFG, announced it is offering a new branch agent program. With a commission split of 80/20 for “TWFG Full Service” branches, the company is targeting...
Growth Through Acquisitions Highlight Quarter for 2 CAA Member Agencies
Jul 27 2012 // Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) announced that two member agencies — Duncan, Fraser & Bridges Insurance Agency Inc. (DFB) and Pinnacle Insurance Group Inc. — have grown through recent acquisitions totaling...
Liberty Mutual Announces Realignment; Names 4 Unit Executives
Jul 26 2012 // Boston-headquartered insurance giant Liberty Mutual said it is realigning its strategic business units. The company — which reported $139 million profit for its 2012 second-quarter earlier Wednesday — also...
WEBCETERA® Integrates Editable ACORD® forms within EZLynx®
Jul 25 2012 // Flower Mound, TX, 07/25/12 – WEBCETERA®, the leading provider of insurance industry software solutions and creator of EZLynx®, today announced the integration of fully editable ACORD® forms into the EZLynx product....
Northern United Agents Alliance Launches New Agency in Massachusetts
Jul 24 2012 // The Northern United Agents Alliance (NUAA), an independent agency partnership based in New Hampshire, has teamed up with a group benefits/financial consulting firm to launch a new property/casualty agency. NUAA said early...
USI Insurance Services Acquires Kelly Insurance Brokerage in New York
Jul 24 2012 // USI Insurance Services, an insurance brokerage and financial service firm in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., completed its acquisition of New York-based Kelly Insurance Brokerage Inc. Terms of the transaction were not...
Costs Driving Changes, Opportunities in New World of Benefits Brokerage
Jul 24 2012 // Group health insurance brokerage is changing but the changes are not primarily due to Congress or the courts. Rather the changes are being driven by costs — the cost of healthcare coverage and the cost of serving...
North Carolina Property Insurance Reform Law Comes Up Short
Jul 24 2012 // North Carolina’s property market problems are well known but thus far answers remain elusive even after lawmakers approved a bill that does little more than what one industry expert said, “just stuck more...
Investing In Your Agents
Jul 23 2012 // Merriam-Webster defines marketing as an “aggregate of functions involved in moving goods from producer to consumer.” What if there was a way for you to truly help this process along while building a stronger...
Willis Creates New Units for Asia, Australasia, Middle East & Africa Operations
Jul 23 2012 // Willis International, the broker’s’ retail division, announced that in “recognition of the size, growth and strategic importance of its Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa operations, it has created...
5 Benefits of an Agency NOT Using Coverage Checklists
Jul 23 2012 // I’ve written extensively about how the use of coverage checklists benefits an agency. The benefits include significantly reduced errors and omission (E&O) exposures, enhanced reputations, better sales, and last...
PFGBest Broker Scandal Leads to Calls for Insurance for Grain Trade
Jul 23 2012 // The largest U.S. grain trade group was stunned by the latest scandal to hit the futures industry when Iowa-based brokerage PFGBest collapsed after regulators accused the firm of misappropriating customer funds. “Even...
Business Moves – South Central
Jul 23 2012 // Agents Alliance Services James King, CEO of Agents Alliance Services Ltd in Denton, Texas, announced that nine new agencies have joined the group during the first half of 2012. They are: Arcadia Insurance Agency LLC of...
