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French Broker Verlingue Triples Its Size in UK Market with Acquisition of ICB Group
Sep 4 2018 // Specialist corporate insurance broker Verlingue announced it has acquired independent UK broker ICB Group. Financial details of the deal were not released. With the acquisition of Egham, England-based ICB, Verlingue...
Trireme Insurance Group Announces Acquisition of MGB Insurance Brokers Limited
Sep 4 2018 // London, UK, September 4, 2018—Trireme Insurance Group, the international subsidiary of U.S. Risk Insurance Group, LLC, is pleased to announce that it has acquired MGB Insurance Brokers Limited (MGB). MGB will operate...
EPIC Insurance Brokers Adds Glassford to Energy Practice in Alabama
Sep 4 2018 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has added attorney Jeremy Glassford to the firm’s Birmingham, Ala.-based National Energy Construction practice as a senior client executive, reporting to EPIC Managing Principal...
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Sep 3 2018 // Satellite Agency Network Group Inc. (SAN), a Hampton, N.H.-based alliance of independent insurance agencies in the Northeast, has hired Sondra Collins as a commercial lines placement specialist for its AccessPlus...
How Unemployment Insurance Can Help Nonprofits
Sep 3 2018 // As an insurance broker, you may have a special connection to your nonprofit clients. After all, these organizations undertake some of the most noble work in our society, serving those in need or advancing research that...
5 Ways to Put Customers First and Ice the Cake with Insurtech
Sep 3 2018 // I was surprised to learn I was named one of the 50 most influential people in the United States/Western Europe for Insurtech. The fact that I was the only person, I believe, listed who makes their living on their own name...
The E-merging Risk that Keeps on E-volving: Cyber
Sep 3 2018 // 6 Reasons Cyber Remains Top Emerging Risk Property/casualty insurance experts may not agree on everything but there is a consensus that the most important emerging risk for the industry remains the five-letter word: CYBER....
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Sep 3 2018 // NationsBuilders Insurance Services, Inc. (NBIS), a provider of specialty program insurance to the heavy construction industry, has added Chris Nelson as transportation program manager. Nelson will represent NBIS within the...
Former Illinois Insurance Broker Sentenced to Prison, Must Repay Nearly $1M
Sep 3 2018 // The former owner of multiple property/casualty insurance operations in northern Illinois has been sentenced to more than four years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $1 million in restitution for insurance fraud. U.S....
SIAA Promotes Tombarelli and Holmes, Expands Their Roles
Aug 31 2018 // National independent agency alliance SIAA (Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance) has promoted two executives, Steve Tombarelli and Jeff Holmes, and expanded their roles. Tombarelli is now senior vice president, Business...
Agencies Focus on Growing Larger Accounts: Channel Harvest Survey
Aug 29 2018 // Independent agents and brokers are focusing on growing the average size of their commercial lines accounts, according to “Agent Voices 2018,” a report based on a survey conducted earlier this year and...
THB Announces New Strategy, Leadership for UK Wholesale Broking Operation
Aug 29 2018 // THB, the London-based specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, announced new leadership and a new multi-sector strategy for THB UK Risk Solutions, its wholesale broking operation which places UK risks on behalf of some...
Keystone Insurers Group Adds 2 More Wisconsin Agencies
Aug 28 2018 // Keystone Insurers Group has added Family Insurance Center of Seymour, Wisconsin, and the Walker Agency Inc., with locations in Berlin, Montello and Westfield, Wisconsin, to its growing list of partners in that...
Why Insurance Agencies at Crossroad Are Turning to Aggregators: Viewpoint
Aug 27 2018 // Even as they look back on several years of steady growth and success, many owners of independent insurance agencies now find themselves at a crossroad where they are pressed to make critical strategic decisions about the...
China’s Giant Ping An Insurance Sues U.S. Broker Over Use of Name
Aug 24 2018 // China’s giant Ping An Insurance Group is suing a California-based wholesale brokerage over its use of the name Ping An. The Chinese financial services firm is demanding that Ping An Insurance Center...
AFL Insurance Brokers Appoints Gagg from Towergate Insurance as CFO
Aug 24 2018 // Independent Lloyd’s broker AFL Insurance Brokers Ltd. (AFL) has appointed Chris Gagg as chief financial officer and a member of the AFL board of directors, effective Sept. 1. Most recently group head of Treasury at...
New Hampshire’s Beals Insurance Agency Joins The Northern United Agents Alliance
Aug 23 2018 // Beals Insurance Agency LLC has joined the Northern United Agents Alliance (NUAA) as a participating member. With offices in Bedford and Londonderry, N.H., Beals Insurance is a full-service independent insurance agency...
EPIC Insurance Brokers Adds Morelos, Siddons as Principals in Southwest Region
Aug 22 2018 // Sam Siddons and Craig Morelos have joined the property/casualty practice at EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants as principals, reporting to EPIC Managing Principal and Southwest Region Director KJ Wagner. Siddons will...
How, Why and Where Insurance Agencies Should Use Data Analytics
Aug 22 2018 // As the data insurance agencies and brokerages continues to grow, agency managers are faced with having to answer how, why and where they can successfully analyze and use all of this data. The answer to the...
Millennials in Insurance Talk Age and Tech Gaps, Insurance Being a ‘Well-Kept Secret’
Aug 20 2018 // What is the best part about working in insurance? For a group of millennials speaking with Insurance Journal at a July roundtable, the answer was simple. “The people,” roundtable participants agreed. At the...
