Latest Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Agents Chime In on Social Media
Jul 18 2011 // A recent InsuranceJournal.com poll on agents’ use of social media elicited a number of comments from agents: “Fairly recently, our agency began to embrace social media as a viable tool. We have coordinated FB...
E&O Insights: E&S Market Requires Attention to Detail
Jul 18 2011 // The excess and surplus lines (E&S) marketplace fulfills a huge role in our industry. The exposures it can entertain are virtually limitless. Without this segment of our industry, many risks might very well have gone...
People
Jul 18 2011 // Bob Shepard, board chairman of Shepard Walton King Insurance Group in Harlingen, was installed as president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas for 2011-2012 during the association’s annual business meeting...
Win Ratio
Jul 18 2011 // A task force of state insurance regulators has recommended that states support legislation to protect agent and broker commissions from the expense cap imposed on health insurers by the new federal healthcare law’s...
Floods and Flood Insurance
Jul 18 2011 // While South Central states suffer from drought, the Midwest is paddling upstream against too much water and the flooding has once again put the spotlight on the National Flood Insurance Program with all its faults and...
Think Beyond Technology
Jul 18 2011 // Here’s a bedtime story I tell my little ones. Back in the dark ages when I went to college, there was no Internet. Cell phones, for the few who had them, were called car phones since they were installed in cars....
Top Buyers Remain Interested in Acquiring Agencies: Consultant
Jul 18 2011 // There will be a strong ongoing interest in acquisitions of independent agencies and brokerages through 2012, according to the channel’s most prolific buyers whose views are highlighted in a new report. Reagan...
From Accidental Agent to Insurance Goddess
Jul 18 2011 // Like many insurance agents, Carrie Reynolds never meant to be one. But 15 years after she became, in her own words, an “accidental agent,” Reynolds is now a principal in Alan Galvez Insurance, an agency started...
Florida Seeks Insurance Broker for $1.3 Billion SunRail Project
Jul 15 2011 // After surviving three governors and numerous legislative sessions, Florida’s SunRail commuter rail project that will tie together the city of Orlando with four other counties extending up to the eastern seaboard is...
Head of S&P Germany Rejects Euro Zone Criticism
Jul 14 2011 // Standard & Poor’s hit back at criticism over the credit rating agencies’ role in the euro zone debt crisis on Thursday, with its German operations head saying rating agencies would lose credibility if they...
7 Midwest Insurance Agencies Join SIAA
Jul 14 2011 // Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance (SIAA), a national alliance of independent insurance agents, announced it added 40 new member agencies in June, seven of which are located in the Midwest. Of SIAA total new members, 28...
SIAA Adds 3 South Central Agencies in June 2011
Jul 14 2011 // Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance (SIAA), a national alliance of independent insurance agents, announced it added 40 new member agencies in June, three of which are located in Texas. Of SIAA total new members, 28 are...
B&B Premier Insurance Adds Thayer as Broker-Agent
Jul 13 2011 // B&B Premier Insurance Solutions of Agoura Hills, Calif., has added Maria G. Thayer as an insurance broker/agent, to the B&B Premier Insurance Solutions team. Thayer has worked in marketing and sales for more...
Insurer Wants to Sign 100 Agents in 100 Days
Jul 13 2011 // A commercial lines insurer is on a mission to sign a number of independent agents— as many as 100 of them —within the next 100 days. From July 12 through October 12, South Carolina-based Accident Insurance Co. (AIC)...
Agents’ Licenses Revoked in Ohio
Jul 13 2011 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor has revoked the insurance licenses of several resident and non-resident agents. The following revocations became effective on June 27: The resident...
New York Agents Enjoy Above Average Share of P&C Market
Jul 13 2011 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of New York (IIABNY) said agents in the state fare better than peers in other states when it comes to keeping a share of the P&C market, according to a study. IIABNY...
MetLife Auto Stands By GM Auto Insurance Deal
Jul 13 2011 // MetLife Auto & Home says it sees its direct marketing arrangement with General Motors to provide insurance for new car buyers as a way to increase its brand recognition, which it says should also help its independent...
House Approves Flood Insurance Program Renewal, Reforms
Jul 13 2011 // The House of Representatives has approved a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the federal flood insurance program for five years and change some of its practices to improve its financial operations. The measure to renew and...
Agents Question GM Free Car Insurance Deal With MetLife Auto
Jul 12 2011 // Independent insurance agents are raising concerns over a General Motors promotion that offers car buyers in the Pacific Northwest a year of free liability and damage insurance from MetLife Auto & Home. Hoping to put...
Oklahoma Insurance Department Revokes Agent’s License
Jul 12 2011 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department has revoked the license of an insurance producer after the individual pleaded to a crime related to the breach of fiduciary trust. The department issued the emergency revocation of the...
