Latest Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Former Kan. Agent Sentenced for Insurance Theft and Fraud
Aug 17 2007 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger announced today that the Kansas Insurance Department, along with Johnson County authorities and the Kansas Attorney General’s Office, were involved in the case of a former...
USG Insurance Services Adds Brokerage Manager in Mich. Office
Aug 16 2007 // USG Insurance Services, Inc, a national wholesale broker of commercial insurance headquartered in Tampa, Fla., recently announced the promotion of Lucas Bacon to brokerage manager of the company’s Michigan branch. In...
Hiscox Takes 49% Stake in UK Broker Allison & Partners
Aug 15 2007 // The Bermuda-based Hiscox Group has purchased 49 percent of UK Professional Indemnity broker and underwriting agency, Allison and Partners Insurance Services for an undisclosed price. The deal includes an option to buy the...
GAINSCO Sells E&S Writer General Agents Insurance Co. to Montpelier Re
Aug 14 2007 // Dallas-based GAINSCO, Inc. and its insurance subsidiary MGA Insurance Co. Inc. have agreed to sell their affiliate General Agents Insurance Co. of America, Inc. to Montpelier Re U.S. Holdings Ltd. for $4.75 million. The...
Chicago Brown & Sons Names Vice President, Brokerage Operations
Aug 14 2007 // Chicago, Ill.-based Geo. F. Brown & Sons, Inc. recently announced the appointment of Brian J. Murphy as vice president, Brokerage Operations. Mark Strong, president of Geo. F. Brown and Sons, said that...
Interest in Texas Independent Agents’ Small Agency Conference Growing
Aug 14 2007 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas will hold its third annual Small Agency Conference in Waco on Sept. 23 and 24 at the Waco Convention Center and the association expects continuing growth in attendance at the...
Gov. Signs Texas Agents’ Resolution Opposing Federal Regulation
Aug 13 2007 // Gov. Rick Perry recently signed a joint Senate and House resolution passed during the 80th Texas Legislature affirming support for continued state regulation of the insurance industry, the Independent Insurance Agents of...
Mohr Named President of La. Independent Agents Association
Aug 13 2007 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Louisiana announced that Jeffrey M. Mohr, of Lewis Mohr Real Estate and Insurance Agency LLC in Baton Rouge, recently was named president of the organization. Mohr previously...
R&M Reports UK Personal Lines Brokers Losing Business
Aug 10 2007 // Dublin-based analysts Research and Markets has added “The Future Role Of Brokers In UK Personal General Insurance 2007” to their offering. “Insurance brokers have lost market share in UK personal lines...
Westfield Insurance Hosts Workshop to Promote Industry Recruitment
Aug 9 2007 // On July 16-18, nearly 100 insurance industry leaders, school administrators and teachers, representing 22 different states, attended a comprehensive workshop at Ohio-based Westfield Insurance to learn about InVEST, a...
Calif. Surplus Lines Premiums Down 11%
Aug 9 2007 // The Surplus Line Association of California is reporting that premiums in the Golden State are trending down. According to the group, “premiums processed in the first three months of 2007 decreased by 11.75 percent....
8 More Insurers Sign Up as Sponsors for Agent Branding Program
Aug 9 2007 // Eight more insurance companies have signed on as sponsors of the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents’ award-winning agent branding program, Local Agents Serving Main Street America.S PIA announced...
Findmybestagent.com continues to grow and improve
Aug 8 2007 // Findmybestagent.com, a multi-line insurance agent’s directory, is now completely redesigned and has been engineered to reflect a high quality list of insurance companies and agents that can now be found easily,...
La. Independent Agents Group CEO Lauds Flood Limitation Rulings
Aug 8 2007 // The CEO of a major insurance agent trade group in Louisiana says two recent federal appeals court decisions affirming flood limitations in property policies will enhance the state’s recovery from Hurricane...
Texas-based Brokerage Acquired by HUB Transportation Unit
Aug 7 2007 // Hub International Transportation Insurance Services Inc. (HUB Transportation) acquired Templeton Southwest Insurance Agency Inc. and Templeton Southwest of Houston Insurance Agency Inc. (Templeton), according to an...
In the oil and gas sector, all policies are not the same
Aug 6 2007 // In previous articles on this subject I have preached the virtues of watching out for the four “C’s” of insurance protection for the oil and gas operator — contracts, coverages, costs and claims...
Despite firefighting prowess, the Russians aren’t coming
Aug 6 2007 // Global firefighter claims U.S. Forest Service stonewalls on Russian aid while U.S. wildfires burn While the Southeast’s largest wildfire in over a century was still smoldering in Georgia after burning 903 square...
Agents capitalize on soft market opportunities when buying E&O
Aug 6 2007 // Jim Armitage of California and Jonathan Geib of Tennessee are among the numerous independent agents who are looking for higher professional liability limits, and why not. Soft market conditions prevail in today’s...
The Hartford settlement ends agents’ contingent commissions
Aug 6 2007 // The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. announced it has reached a settlement with the New York, Connecticut and Illinois attorneys general resolving matters relating to their investigations of the compensation...
Commercial lines insights of top agencies
Aug 6 2007 // While much of the talk about the current commercial and professional lines market turns to insurers lowering their prices, the soft market is requiring agents to raise their agencies’ level of attention paid to...
