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Best Agency to Work For West: Liberty Company Insurance Brokers
Nov 24 2020 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers Inc. in Woodland Hills, Calif., offered the perfect Hollywood ending for founder Bill Johnson. Johnson started the brokerage fresh out of college in 1987, then took a break to get into...
Howden Buys Cyber and Tech Specialist Broker Safeonline
Nov 23 2020 // Howden, the international insurance broker, announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Safeonline, a London-based cyber and tech specialist broker and Lloyd’s coverholder. The acquisition underlines the...
Kemper to Pay $370M for Specialty Insurer Focused on Hispanic Market
Nov 23 2020 // Kemper Corp. has agreed to pay $370 million in cash for specialty auto insurer American Access Casualty Company and its related captive insurance agency, Newins Insurance Agency Holdings. Driving the deal: Growth potential...
Digital Lloyd’s Syndicate Ki Goes Live with List of Broker Trading Partners
Nov 23 2020 // Ki, the first fully digital and algorithmically driven Lloyd’s syndicate, announced the onboarding of its first trading partners to its proprietary digital platform, providing access to its algorithmic underwriting...
New CSR Podcast Series – Episode 2: I’m Your Agent, Let’s Talk About Sex.
Nov 23 2020 // Austin, TX, November 23, 2020 – The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research recently launched a new podcast series titled Awkward Insurance. The podcast is intended for Insurance Service...
America’s Best Agencies to Work For
Nov 23 2020 // The votes are in for the 2020 Best Independent Insurance Agencies to Work For. While 2020 has been an unusual year for agency employees – many of whom have worked remotely for months – the pressures that have...
The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers Adds Cuevas to Florida Office
Nov 23 2020 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers has added Mike Cuevas to the firm’s Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., office. Mike Cuevas Cuevas has more than 30 years of experience with previous stops at Coastal Premier and Van...
Pace of Broker Acquisitions Picks Up in 2nd Half, After COVID-Linked Lull in Q2
Nov 19 2020 // Insurance brokers have stepped up their acquisition pace in the second half of 2020 after a pause in the second quarter related to the coronavirus and the steep economic decline, according to a report published by...
Several Northern California Agencies Suing PG&E Over 2019 Wildfire
Nov 19 2020 // Sonoma County and several Northern California agencies sued Pacific Gas & Electric Co. on Tuesday over damage caused by a wildfire that burned a large swath of land last year and caused nearly 100,000 people to...
How Lloyd’s Underwriters Are Viewing Today’s U.S. Casualty Insurance Environment
Nov 19 2020 // Today’s Lloyd’s of London market for casualty insurance is marked by rising prices, reduced capacity, and buyers embracing more self-insurance, according to underwriters at Lloyd’s. It is also marked by...
The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers in California Adds Rodgers
Nov 19 2020 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers has named Amanda Rodgers a talent acquisition specialist. Rodgers will be working with Liberty offices nationwide to help fuel their growth strategies. Rodgers was previously with...
Intact, Resilience Insurance to Provide Cyber Risk Coverage, Services
Nov 19 2020 // Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions, the brand for Intact Financial Corporation’s (IFC) U.S. insurance company subsidiaries, has launched cyber insurance options that will be offered in partnership with program...
Minnesota Insurance Agent Charged with Stealing $524K From Clients
Nov 19 2020 // A Minnesota insurance agent has been charged with client theft of approximately $524,000, the U.S. Justice Department says. On Nov. 18, U.S. Attorney Erica H. MacDonald reported that John David Paulson, 56, is under...
Task of Tracking COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Falls to Multiple Federal Agencies
Nov 18 2020 // Monitoring Covid-19 vaccines for safety issues will fall to a group of U.S. health agencies that also will have a hand in their rollout, a potential hurdle in persuading skeptics to get the shots, say former government...
Washington Insurance Agent Charged with Wire Fraud in Alleged $750K Scheme
Nov 17 2020 // A 57-year-old Snohomish, Wash., insurance agent was charged this week in U.S. District Court in Seattle with five counts of wire fraud for her theft of approximately $750,000 in premium payments from various insurance...
Independent Agents Seek Digital, Product Support From Carriers to Battle Direct Writers
Nov 16 2020 // Independent insurance agents and their carrier partners face strong headwinds in their efforts to maintain their dominance among distribution channels due to increased competition and evolving consumer expectations,...
Insurer Not Liable for $200K Georgia Fire Claim After Agent Premium Theft
Nov 16 2020 // A property insurer is off the hook for a $200,000 claim against a policy that it canceled, leaving a lawsuit filed against a former insurance agent who was arrested for pocketing premiums as the only apparent recourse...
How Independent Agencies Can Set Themselves Apart
Nov 16 2020 // For independent agents, building a community-based brand has always been a smart way to set themselves apart from their exclusive counterparts. Now, as the next wave of COVID-19 hits the U.S. economy, it’s more...
Senior Living in a Post-Pandemic World
Nov 16 2020 // Property/casualty insurance for senior living facilities has taken a hit this year. The insurance market has been hardening for the last year or two, and the COVID-19 pandemic brought on a wave of new challenges that has...
Young E&S Professionals Face Toughest Market They Have Ever Seen
Nov 16 2020 // Wholesaler brokers of all ages are facing hard market conditions with rising insurance rates, tighter underwriting and fewer carriers willing to write some tough classes. They, like everyone, are also experiencing fewer...
