Latest Agencies Headlines
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Salesforce Looks at How Growing Agencies Are Using Existing Data to Supercharge Productivity
Aug 18 2020 // San Francisco, CA, August 18, 2020 – The customer relationship management (CRM) company Salesforce, will be holding an exclusive webinar on 8/25/2020. We’ll take an in-depth look at how leading agencies today...
Risman Insurance Agencies Acquires Massachusetts’ Insurance Associates
Aug 14 2020 // Risman Insurance Agencies acquired Insurance Associates Inc. of Burlington, Mass., on August 3, 2020. Insurance Associates has been a family-owned and -operated business and a member of the community for more than eight...
InterWest Insurance Services Adds Aflac’s Brubaker as Commercial Broker in California
Aug 14 2020 // InterWest Insurance Services has named Melanie Brubaker a commercial insurance broker in the Chico, Calif., office. She has more than 17 years of sales experience. She was previously a benefits advisor with Aflac. She...
The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers Adds Newfront’s Merrick in California
Aug 14 2020 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers has named Melissa Merrick director of agency integration and onboarding. She is located in the Los Angeles, Calif., office. Merrick will be heading up the agency partners and producer...
The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers Names Phillips to Head New Office in California
Aug 13 2020 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers has named Clint Phillips to head up its new Bakersfield, Calif., office. Phillips has 19 years of experience in the Bakersfield area, where he has specialized in the construction and...
INSURICA Adds Kansas City’s Broker Source to Online Platform
Aug 12 2020 // INSURICA, a privately-owned insurance agency based in Oklahoma City., has entered into an equity partnership with Kansas City-based Broker Source, to introduce its EnrollSource platform to the agency’s small business...
Viewpoint: Michigan Auto Insurance Reform Is Here. Agents, Are You Ready?
Aug 12 2020 // Finally, there is good reason to believe Michigan will drop the infamous distinction of being the one of the most expensive states in the country in which to insure a vehicle. As of July 2, the state’s drivers now...
Federal Auto Safety Agencies Face Scrutiny by Inspector General
Aug 12 2020 // The Transportation Department’s Office of Inspector General said on Tuesday it would audit oversight of U.S. vehicle safety standards, noting that more than 36,000 Americans were killed in traffic accidents in...
One80 Intermediaries Acquires Canadian MGA, Strategic Underwriting Managers
Aug 12 2020 // One80 Intermediaries, a Boston-headquartered wholesale broker, program manager, and insurance aggregator, announced it has acquired Strategic Underwriting Managers Inc. (SUM), a Canada-based managing general agent. Terms...
McMinimy Joins Liberty Company Insurance Brokers’ Team in Houston
Aug 11 2020 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers has added David McMinimy as a commercial producer in its Liberty White unit in Houston. McMinimy has years of experience specializing in construction risks. He previously was with...
How Growing Agencies Are Using Existing Data to Supercharge Productivity
Aug 11 2020 // San Francisco, CA, August 11, 2020 – The customer relationship management (CRM) company Salesforce, will be holding an exclusive webinar on 8/25/2020. We’ll take an in-depth look at how leading agencies today...
Half of Insurance Agencies Lack a Digital Strategy, Applied Systems Survey Finds
Aug 10 2020 // A little more than half (51%) of independent insurance agencies and brokerages say they have some sort of digital strategy in place, with larger firms more likely than smaller to have one. That’s according to...
Insurance Agents Think They Offer Value. But Some Customers Have a Different View.
Aug 7 2020 // Business owners and consumers are rethinking their finances and insurance needs due to the current economic uncertainty. However, new research suggests insurance customers and their agents are not always on the same page;...
The Future of Insurance Industry Will Not Be Decided by Insurtechs Alone: Viewpoint
Aug 6 2020 // Insurtech was once the Wild West of the insurance industry. Many of insurtech’s early players came from outside insurance after observing the industry struggle to deliver what was, in their view, a competitive...
Lloyd’s Broker Ed Taps Ulhaq from RFIB to Expand Int’l Facultative Reinsurance Offering
Aug 6 2020 // Ed, the London-based reinsurance, wholesale and specialty broker, announced the appointment of Assad Ulhaq as senior broker and producer with immediate effect. In this role Ulhaq will focus on international property...
Gallagher Buys Canada Retail Broker Insight Insurance
Aug 6 2020 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., the Rolling Meadows, Ill.-based broker, announced the acquisition of Edmonton, Alberta-based Insight Insurance & Risk Management Ltd. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded...
Cannabis Broker Spotlight: Flux’s Prince Sees Greatest Value in Being an Advisor
Aug 6 2020 // Editor’s note: This part of a series of profiles on cannabis brokers, in which Insurance Journal explores why and how these folks got into the business, the ups and downs of insuring cannabis, as well as a few tips...
Pie Workers’ Comp ‘Appetite Checker’ Slices Agents’ Wait Time on Risk Eligibility
Aug 5 2020 // Pie Insurance, a technology-driven workers’ compensation provider for small businesses, has a new portal that it says makes it easier for agents to submit their workers’ compensation accounts and track their...
Worldwide Facilities Acquires Clearwater Underwriters of Florida
Aug 5 2020 // Worldwide Facilities, LLC, a national wholesale insurance broker, managing general agent and program underwriter, has acquired Clearwater Underwriters, Inc., a surplus lines MGA based in Clearwater, Fla. Clearwater...
Teri Colburn Promoted to Regional Vice President, Managing Broker of Breckenridge Insurance Services
Aug 4 2020 // Atlanta, GA, August 4, 2020 — Breckenridge Insurance Services is pleased to announce the promotion of Teri Colburn to regional vice president, managing broker for wholesale brokerage and binding operations in the...
