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Hanover Offers Agents Small Business Platform Using CoverWallet Technology
Apr 17 2019 // The Hanover Insurance Group is debuting a digital platform to help independent agents acquire new small business customers including freelancers, contractors and other self-employed professionals. Calleed Insurago, the...
Miami Agent Accused of Pocketing $476K in Homeowners Insurance Scheme
Apr 17 2019 // A licensed Miami insurance agent has been arrested after she allegedly obtained and transferred more than 300 homeowner insurance policies without homeowners’ knowledge or consent and pocketed nearly $476,000 from...
Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Acquires Connecticut’s Wilson Agency
Apr 16 2019 // Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc. (S&S) has acquired The Wilson Agency Inc. of Shelton, Conn. The Wilson Agency is a third generation, family owned and operated agency serving Fairfield County and the...
People
Apr 15 2019 // National American International Group has named Carla Ferrara as head of communications for AIG’s Investments organization. Ferrara will be based in New York and report to Elaine Rocha, chief operating officer of AIG...
Closer Look Patrick Stephens
Apr 15 2019 // If Florida’s Stephens Were Not a Broker, He’d Find Another Job in Insurance Being a young insurance broker in Florida is never boring for Patrick Stephens, who started in the industry three years ago....
Students from Eight Colleges Participate in Virtual Agency Competition
Apr 15 2019 // College students from eight universities recently formed teams and spent a month running a simulated insurance agency as part of a virtual online competition developed by PriSim War Games, a provider of computerized...
Good Training: Why Agencies Should Invest in People
Apr 15 2019 // Employees should have continual training. They should be trained in “conflict resolution, hospitality and emotional intelligence,” according to Richard Branson of Virgin Cos. Employees need to truly understand...
Young Agents Survey: What Young Agents Want
Apr 15 2019 // Young agents don’t always feel supported by their elder peers. They say training is sometimes lacking for newbies in the agency world. They don’t see enough diversity in leadership. And they continue to say...
What Young Agents Think
Apr 15 2019 // This issue of Insurance Journal features exclusive results from the 2019 Young Agents Survey where young agents nationwide shared their views on the insurance industry and their experience as an agent (see page 30 for the...
Closer Look: Heather Rogers
Apr 15 2019 // Virginia’s Rogers Wants Community to Know Her Name for Helping Heather Rogers was working at a local country club when a member called and asked her if she had ever thought about a career in insurance. “To be...
Why the Industry Must Embrace Change
Apr 15 2019 // Change is a great way to build, personally and professionally. If we want to stay relevant in our industry, we have to learn how to embrace change. Today, we are changing at the fastest pace our industry has ever seen....
Canada Insurer The Co-operators Buys Robinson & Associates Insurance Brokers
Apr 12 2019 // Canadian insurer The Co-operators announced it has purchased Robinson & Associates Insurance Brokers in Niagara Falls and Ridgeway, Ontario. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. The brokerage’s...
Young Small Businessowners Don’t Like Insurance Agents. Uh, Not Really.
Apr 12 2019 // Patricia Ross, Raphael Strumlauf and Kate DeNeveu each have at least one thing in common: They’re generally happy with their business insurance. Each owns a business at the downtown pedestrian mall in...
Applied Systems Acquires Agency CRM System TechCanary
Apr 10 2019 // Agency technology firm Applied Systems said it has acquired TechCanary, an insurance customer relationship management (CRM) system built on the Salesforce.com platform. Terms were not disclosed. Applied Systems said...
Digital Commercial Lines Broker Embroker Raises $28 Million
Apr 10 2019 // Digital insurance broker Embroker announced its $28 million Series B funding round. Embroker said it will use the funding to scale adoption of its insurance management platform, data-driven service offering, and...
Combined Agents of America Expands into Colorado, Adds 7 New Agencies
Apr 10 2019 // Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America (CAA) has expanded into Colorado, with the addition of Renaissance Insurance Group in Windsor, Colorado. CAA is an agency partnership organization whose members now include...
Arthur J. Gallagher Completes Acquisition of UK Specialist Broker Stackhouse Poland
Apr 9 2019 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced it has completed its acquisition of UK specialist insurance broker Stackhouse Poland Group Ltd., which was first announced in January 2019. Financial details of the deal were not...
Florida Legislature Considers Reforms to Non-Admitted Insurance Market
Apr 9 2019 // Two bills seeking to change the way Florida surplus lines business is handled are currently working their way through the Florida State Legislature and advocates say the potential laws could bring much needed efficiency to...
North Carolina Insurance Fraud Round-Up: March
Apr 9 2019 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance announced multiple fraud enforcement actions during the month of March 2019. Insurance fraud costs American consumers approximately $80 billion dollars a year. According to North...
UK-Based MGA EPUL Launches Coverage Solution for Unorthodox Property Risks in UK
Apr 4 2019 // European Property Underwriting Ltd. (EPUL), a commercial property managing general agent (MGA), has launched “Solutions,” a package of covers specifically designed to address the challenges that brokers face in...
