Latest Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Survey: Agencies Seek Carrier Help to Expand Into New Niches
May 21 2012 // The challenges of today’s economy appear to be driving some independent agents into new niche insurance markets and product lines. Almost 60 percent of independent agents say they have begun to or plan to expand into...
Business Moves – Midwest
May 21 2012 // Neace Lukens, Matrix Benefits Neace Lukens has completed its acquisition of Matrix Benefits and Consulting Group, a Ft. Wayne, Ind.-based consulting firm. Matrix employees will report to the Neace Lukens Indianapolis...
North Dakota Agent Accused of Creating Fake Policy Applications
May 18 2012 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm announced he has served a cease and desist order against Tim Everett, a Grand Forks area insurance agent who is alleged to have created fictitious insurance policy applications...
Northern United Agents Alliance in N.H. Expands, Adding 2 New Agencies
May 18 2012 // The Northern United Agents Alliance (NUAA), an independent agency partnership based in New Hampshire, added two new agency members. The new members are: Maloney Associates Insurance in Hanover, N.H., and Bernier Insurance...
China Broker CNinsure Announces Changes to Board of Directors
May 18 2012 // CNinsure Inc. an independent insurance intermediary company operating in China, announced that the board of directors of the Company has appointed Yunxiang Tang as an independent director of the Board and Yongwei Ma has...
Denver Agencies Holding Major Disaster Drill
May 17 2012 // Nearly a dozen helicopters will fill the Colorado air as Denver-area emergency crews practice for a mass disaster. The exercise Wednesday is a major test of the National Disaster Medical System. It will involve more than...
How Young Insurance Agents Are Changing the Industry
May 17 2012 // There’s a change happening — a big change. And some say young independent insurance agents are the catalyst for that change. They may even be leading a revolution, of sorts, says one young agent leader. Jason D....
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...
