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Aqua Underwriting Enters UK Commercial Market with High Net Worth Products
May 16 2012 // UK-based Aqua Underwriting announced the launch of a range of niche commercial combined products exclusively for brokers, building on its success with high net worth (HNW) products in the personal lines market. Aqua said...
Allstate Looks to Grow Florida Agency Force Again
May 15 2012 // Allstate’s Florida says it wants to add dozens of new agencies along with support staff jobs across the state, mostly in north and central Florida. Allstate said its 2012 agency strategy should create approximately...
Allstate Says It’s Ramping Up Agent Recruiting in Northeast
May 15 2012 // Allstate Insurance Company said on Tuesday that it is looking to appoint 140 new agency owners in Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont. Allstate said the move is part of its strategy to...
Fireman’s Fund Names Chanana to Senior Vice President
May 14 2012 // Novato, Calif.-based Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. named Arun Chanana as senior vice president of distribution and agency management. Chanana will be based in Fireman’s Fund’s Liberty Corner office in New...
Evolution Underwriting in Deal with Beazley to Develop PI Business in UK
May 14 2012 // “Broker only” commercial underwriting specialist Evolution Underwriting announced that it has “entered into an exclusive underwriting and distribution partnership with the Beazley Group. Under the terms...
Agency Revolution Introduces MobiQuote™, the First Fully Integrated Mobile Optimized Website for Insurance Agencies
May 14 2012 // Bend, OR, 05/14/12 – “Consumers are on a virtual stampede to mobile devices and it’s killing lead generation for most insurance agents,” says Michael Jans, CEO of Agency Revolution, a success...
Vanliner Partners with Agents Association on Moving, Storage Agents Program
May 9 2012 // Vanliner Insurance Co., an insurer in the moving and storage industry, introduced a new affinity program developed for moving agents affiliated with the Allied Agents Association (AAA). The AAA program is Vanliner’s...
Submit Today: Top 100 Independent Insurance Agencies
May 9 2012 // Once again, Insurance Journal is on the search for leading privately-held property casualty independent agencies and brokerages for its annual Top 100 Property/Casualty Independent Insurance Agencies report. Top Overall...
Insurance Broker Confie Seguros Acquires 6 Agencies
May 9 2012 // Confie Seguros, a personal lines insurance brokerage network focused on Hispanic consumers, said it has completed the acquisition of six insurance agencies, further expanding its national insurance distribution. The...
Two Dozen Agencies to Host Job Fairs Next Week Near Pittsburgh, Penn.
May 8 2012 // Some two dozen independent insurance agencies will host job fair events next week in the Pittsburgh, Penn., region. The agencies said they are looking to fill jobs in customer service and sales. The agencies are planning...
Oklahoma Insurance Agent Headed to Prison for not Filing Tax Returns
May 8 2012 // An Oklahoma insurance agent has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for not filing his federal income tax returns. Barry G. Brockman of Oklahoma City was sentenced for not filing tax returns for the calendar...
Minnesota Agents Group to Administer Risk Management Program
May 7 2012 // The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research and the Minnesota Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers announced that the agents association will assume administrative leadership of the Certified Risk...
FEMA Halts Agents’ Use of Rebates
May 7 2012 // Federal emergency officials are calling on insurance agents to stop offering clients a cut of their commission if a customer agrees to purchase a flood policy. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is taking aim at...
Silly Notion
May 7 2012 // “My view is that the world is not less complex; it’s getting more complex. And the notion that buyers don’t need help is just crazy; it’s silly. It’s a silly notion.” That’s the...
Business Moves – South Central
May 7 2012 // Arthur J. Gallagher, Bessleman & Little Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Besselman & Little Agency of Baton Rouge, La. Founded in 1986, Besselman & Little Agency offers a wide range of employee...
Business Moves – East
May 7 2012 // Worldwide Facilities, Privett Worldwide Facilities, a Los Angeles-based independent surplus-lines broker and managing general agency, acquired assets of Privett Special Risk Services, a New York City-based...
New Ventures Ready, Waiting for Market to Turn
May 7 2012 // The time appears to be right for new ventures including program managers, wholesaler brokers and retail agencies despite uncertainty with the economy and insurance market. Why are these companies starting these endeavors...
AAMGA President Chaffin Stresses Need for Perpetuation; Cites Effect of Revised Catastrophe Model on E&S Business
May 7 2012 // Relationships are important to the success of any insurance business, but it’s perpetuation that matters most when it comes to survival. R.C. Chaffin, president and CEO of Coral Gables, Fla.-based SeaCoast...
West Insurance Employment: California Job Market to Stay Soft
May 7 2012 // The phrase “Go west young man,” may not apply so well to the insurance industry in the nation’s most populous state. An examination of Bureau of Labor Statistics and Economic Development Department data...
Oil, Economy Fuel Insurance Hiring in Texas
May 7 2012 // Job Outlook Across the nation, employment levels in insurance agencies and brokerages declined at a faster rate than the overall U.S. employment level since the recession began in 2007. The good news: Some independent...
