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Nominations Open for Insurance Journal’s Agents of the Year
Jan 6 2022 // Insurance Journal is now accepting nominations for its annual “Agents of the Year” report. Are you a top property/casualty independent insurance agent? Do you know someone who is? Then submit information to be...
UK Broker Aston Lark Buys Phoenix Healthcare in 2nd UK Acquisition of 2022
Jan 6 2022 // Aston Lark, the London-based insurance broker that is soon to become part of Howden, announced Phoenix Healthcare (UK) as the latest addition to the group. Established in 1996 in Oadby, Leicester, Phoenix Healthcare is a...
People Moves: Amwins Names Baig, McNatt as Brokerage Presidents; TigerRisk Adds Lockton’s Cheney
Jan 5 2022 // Specialty broker Amwins announced the appointments of Sam Baig and Jeff McNatt as presidents of Amwins Brokerage, effective immediately. James Drinkwater, who has served as president of the brokerage division since 2008...
Canada’s Western Financial Group Buys Ontario Insurance Brokerage Wiesner Insurance
Jan 5 2022 // Canadian insurance broker Western Financial Group has acquired Wiesner Insurance Inc., a high-end full-service insurance brokerage located in southern Ontario. Originally founded in 1991 by Jason Wiesner, Wiesner Insurance...
UK Broker Aston Lark Acquires Mainstay Insurance
Jan 4 2022 // Aston Lark, the London-based insurance broker that is soon to become part of Howden, announced the acquisition of UK broker Mainstay Insurance. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2013 by...
UK Broker Ardonagh to Acquire Portugal’s MDS Group
Dec 27 2021 // UK broker Ardonagh Group announced it has agreed to acquire Portuguese broker MDS Group. Headquartered in Porto, MDS has offices in Brazil, where it is the country’s largest independent broker, as well as Angola,...
King Insurance Acquires Three More Agencies
Dec 27 2021 // King Insurance, a Florida-based insurance broker and employee benefits firm, has acquired three agencies in Florida and Georgia, bringing to 11 the number of acquisitions for the company this year. King, headquartered in...
Butler & Messier Insurance Acquires Two Rhode Island Agencies
Dec 22 2021 // Butler & Messier Insurance recently acquired two Cranston, Rhode Island, insurance agencies to add to its expanding statewide footprint. Effective October 1, 2021, Butler & Messier successfully closed on the final...
Program Solutions Designed to Serve Agents
Dec 21 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by The Hanover Insurance Group. The U.S. program market has doubled in size over the past decade, with market research indicating even more accelerated growth in the future. This,...
UK Brokerage Insurtech Eyes U.S. Expansion After $7.9M Capital Raise
Dec 20 2021 // A commercial insurance brokerage technology company that is up and running in the UK is targeting the U.S. after raising more than $7.9 million in a Series A funding round. Broker Insights, which is based in Scotland,...
Wholesale Brokers Look to Continue Offering Value While Addressing Talent Gap
Dec 20 2021 // The wholesale insurance market continues to grow premiums while providing value to retail agents and important options to their customers, according to a report commissioned by the Wholesale and Specialty Insurance...
2022 Holds Promise for Insurance Agents and Digital Carriers
Dec 20 2021 // Technology will continue to influence changes in insurance markets in 2022, especially among agents and digital carriers. So say the people at Agentero, a digital platform and network that uses data and analytics to enable...
Insurance Agents Eye Changes to Support Growth in 2022
Dec 20 2021 // A majority of insurance agents have a very positive outlook for 2022. About 70% expect their business growth to be on track in the new year, while nearly 20% expect that growth to be “off the charts.” According...
Insurance Agent Wins Iowa State Senate Seat
Dec 17 2021 // An Iowa insurance agent has overwhelmingly won a state Senate seat in a northwest Iowa special election. Spirit Lake insurance agent Dave Rowley, a Republican, won the special election Tuesday to fill the Senate District 1...
Insuring Cannabis Summit: Tribal Cannabis Broker in Lonely, Rewarding Space
Dec 17 2021 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv This is part of a series of articles from Insurance Journal’s annual Insuring Cannabis Summit on Oct. 14. You can find more articles from the summit at the bottom of this one. Having a...
5 Ways Insurance Distribution Licensing Software Makes Life Easier for Insurance Agencies
Dec 17 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Investing in technology can be daunting. The thought of setting up an entirely new system, or migrating from an old one, is enough to stop progress in its tracks for...
Unlicensed California Agent Charged with 80 Felony Counts in Alleged Premium Thefts
Dec 16 2021 // Juan Carlos Martinez, 56, of Yorba Linda, California, has been charged with 12 counts of grand theft, 34 felony counts of forgery, 34 counts of insurance fraud, and one count of money laundering, after allegedly collecting...
UK Broker Ardonagh Valued at $7.5B as Abu Dhabi Investment Authority Buys Stake
Dec 15 2021 // Abu Dhabi Investment Authority has acquired a stake in Ardonagh Group in a transaction valuing the U.K. insurance broker at $7.5 billion. The sovereign fund joined as a new investor in Ardonagh alongside several other...
Canada’s StoneRidge Insurance Brokers Acquires John Stark & Co.
Dec 14 2021 // SIB Corp., operating as StoneRidge Insurance Brokers (SIB), the Canadian provider of insurance and consulting services, has acquired John Stark & Co. (Stark), to expand its personal, commercial and life insurance...
Insuring Cannabis Summit: Broker Who Fought Cancer Sees Hope in Cannabis Business
Dec 10 2021 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv This is part of a series of articles from Insurance Journal’s annual Insuring Cannabis Summit on Oct. 14. You can find more articles from the summit at the bottom of this one. Sabrina...
