Latest Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
BrokersLink Network Expands Number of Specialized Service Providers
Jun 17 2010 // BrokersLink, one of the world’s largest independent insurance broker networks whose members manage premium volumes in excess of $7 billion, has added six new international specialized service providers. “The...
Strong Brand Leads List of Critical Marketing Factors for Agents
Jun 17 2010 // Carrier marketing support matters to independent agents — and having a strong carrier brand is considered especially important. High brand recognition matters more to agents handling personal lines, but is also...
Zangwill-Infantino Forms Insight Insurance Consulting
Jun 17 2010 // Laurie Zangwill-Infantino, former president of the Insurance Skills Center (ISC), has formed a new consulting firm, Insight Insurance Consulting. Insight Insurance Consulting will focus on professional development for...
New York City Agency Buys Brooklyn Competitor
Jun 16 2010 // In a merger of two Brooklyn agencies, Apex Brokerage Inc. has acquired Brighton Brokers Corp. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Apex was founded in 1992 and is headed by Anthony Calafiore, a former president of the...
New Jersey Agents’ Group Elects New President
Jun 15 2010 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey elected Donna M. Cunningham as the trade group’s president. Cunningham has served as vice president, secretary and treasurer for the group. She is also president of...
New Remote Staffing Firm for Insurance Agencies Launched
Jun 15 2010 // A new company that offers domestic, remote staffing services for insurance agencies and brokerages has opened in New York. Work At Home Vintage Employees (WAHVE) says its business model is to employ skilled insurance...
Chemistry Crucial When Mentoring an Agent
Jun 14 2010 // As John Lennon and Paul McCartney could tell you, sometimes you just need a little help from your friends. And in the insurance agency business — where building relationships are key to success — that friend...
Scottsdale Insurance Names Goodloe Brokerage Senior VP
Jun 14 2010 // Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Scottsdale Insurance Co. announced the appointment of John E. Goodloe as senior vice president of brokerage. Goodloe has 27 years of experience in the specialty lines, reinsurance and wholesale...
Producer Development: Combined Agents of America Keeps It In-House
Jun 14 2010 // Mark Bridges and Bry Ewan got the idea for creating a producer development program within the Combined Agents of America (CAA) while attending a producer school in Florida. Bridges explained that during his first year in...
The Competitive Advantage: Opportunity Knocks
Jun 11 2010 // When I first started as an underwriter a few decades ago, I was truly amazed at the coverage knowledge so many of the older underwriters had. The most remarkable underwriters knew their stuff. They were great resources for...
Arkansas Agents Name The Republic Group Company of the Year
Jun 11 2010 // The Republic Group, headquartered in Dallas, has been named 2010 Company of the Year by the Independent Insurance Agents of Arkansas (IIAA). According to the IIAA, this award recognizes the company that most demonstrates a...
Submit Today: Insurance Journal Top 100 Agencies
Jun 11 2010 // 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 Independent...
Big “I” Markets Introduces Pollution/Environmental Product
Jun 10 2010 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America Big “I” Markets program has formed a partnership with the American Risk Management Resources Network (ARMR), LLC to provide Big “I” members...
All Agents Welcome at Texas Session on Health Reform Law
Jun 10 2010 // Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin will join panelists for a discussion of the implementation of the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act at the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas 113th Annual Conference on...
Oregon Insurance Industry To Recognize Customer Service Reps
Jun 10 2010 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Oregon (IIABO) is now accepting nominations for the 2010 Accredited Customer Service Representative of the Year award, which recognizes an employee for his or her...
Temores Named VP at Worldwide Facilities
Jun 9 2010 // Worldwide Facilities Inc. has hired Esmeralda Temores in the Los Angeles headquarters as vice president- broker, responsible for brokering business and underwriting for all lines. Temores began her insurance career in 2000...
Preferred Concepts Buys Wholesale Broker Mercator
Jun 8 2010 // The restructuring of the property/casualty insurance wholesale and specialty brokerage market continues as Preferred Concepts, LLC, a national program administrator, announced it has acquired of Mercator Risk Services, a...
State Farm Won’t Add New Flood Policies but Agents Will Still Sell Them
Jun 8 2010 // State Farm Insurance Co. has decided to discontinue writing new flood insurance policies with the National Flood Insurance Program but the company says it will still service existing policies and State Farm agents will...
Pinnacol Officials Face Colo. Lawmakers
Jun 8 2010 // Officials from Colorado’s state-chartered workers’ compensation insurer Pinnacol Assurance have some explaining to do. The Legislative Audit Committee recently met to go over the company’s financial...
Infinity Insurance Selects Leads360 to Provide Lead Management for Independent Agents
Jun 7 2010 // Infinity Auto Insurance has announced the addition of Leads360 to its Infinity Perks Web site, where Infinity’s appointed independent agents will now have access to Leads360’s lead management software and...
