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Another Use for Drones: Investigating Car Wrecks
Aug 13 2018 // When police investigators tried to figure out what caused a multi-vehicle crash that killed an elderly woman in Morton, Illinois, last month, they looked to the sky for help. Like a growing number of police agencies...
CCC to Host Webinar on Technology Change Agents and the Future of Auto Insurance
Aug 10 2018 // Join CCC Industry Analyst Susanna Gotsch and Jason Verlen, SVP Product Management on Wednesday, August 15th. Chicago, IL, August 10, 2018– CCC Information Services Inc. (CCC) announced today that executives from the...
IRS Proposals Clear Way for Trump Tax Cut for Insurance Brokers
Aug 9 2018 // The Treasury Department has moved to clear up some confusion in the Trump tax cut law by proposing that the full 20 percent deduction for pass-through businesses be made available to a broad spectrum of small businesses,...
Hub International Buys Canadian Broker Blackstone Insurance, Benefits & Bonding
Aug 9 2018 // Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based insurance broker, has acquired Canada’s Blackstone Insurance, Benefits & Bonding Inc. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Headquartered in Saskatoon,...
Hub International Acquires Ontario-Based Benefit Broker Services Inc.
Aug 8 2018 // Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based insurance broker, announced it has acquired Benefit Broker Services Inc. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Located in Wallaceburg, Ontario, Benefit Broker provides...
Aligning Sales and Marketing to Go from ‘Just Dating’ to ‘Happily Married’
Aug 8 2018 // CNA’s Emily Hathcoat launched a sales and marketing therapy session that promised tabloid-worthy confessions. Here is how she set the stage: “If you were to give your marketing and sales teams a relationship...
Insurance Agent, Former WWE Wrestler Wins Mayor’s Race in Tennessee
Aug 7 2018 // A former WWE wrestler known as Kane has won a “no-holds-barred, last-man-standing” round, this time in the political ring. Glenn Jacobs went by Kane in the WWE. Now the 6-foot-8, 300-pound Republican has the...
Hub International Buys Ontario-Based Southland Insurance Brokers
Aug 6 2018 // Hub International Limited (Hub), the Chicago-based insurance brokerage, announced it has acquired Southland Insurance Brokers Inc. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. With Ontario offices in Leamington, Tecumseh...
People
Aug 6 2018 // Risk management services firm, Hanover Stone Partners, has tapped Ellen Shew Holland to lead its newly established national higher education practice. She is based in Dallas. Shew Holland will lead a practice that will...
Congratulations Top Agencies
Aug 6 2018 // This year marks the 14th annual publication of Insurance Journal’s Top 100 Agencies special report. This year’s Top 100 welcomes 12 newcomers and returning agencies: EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants;...
Surplus Lines Bill Among Laws Vetoed by R.I. Governor As she Cleared Desk
Aug 6 2018 // Among the three laws vetoed by Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo as she cleared her desk of all pending legislation in early July was a bill relating to surplus lines insurance. The bill – 2018 – H 7909...
Hub International Buys P/C Business of Ontario Broker Cypher Systems Group
Aug 3 2018 // Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based insurance broker, announced that it has acquired the property and casualty insurance business of Cypher Systems Group Inc. (CSG) and certain of its affiliates, an insurance broker...
RSG Completes Acquisition of Certain Assets of New York’s ARC Specialty Brokerage
Aug 2 2018 // Ryan Specialty Group LLC (RSG) has completed its acquisition of certain assets of ARC Specialty Brokerage LLC, the property and casualty division of ARC Excess & Surplus LLC, a wholesale insurance brokerage based in...
Insurtech Firm Wefox Seeks New Funding with Softbank Among Investors: Sources
Aug 2 2018 // Wefox, one of Europe’s fastest-growing insurance technology firms, is close to settling on a new “triple-digit million” euro funding round, with Softbank’s Vision Fund among the suitors, three...
Hong Kong Insurance Market Attracts Mainland Chinese Seeking Lucrative Pay
Aug 2 2018 // May Zhang, a 28-year-old from the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, holds a master’s degree in engineering from the University of Oxford, but now makes her living selling insurance in Hong Kong. Drawn by lucrative...
U.S. Appeals Court Takes Up American Family Agent/Employee Classification Case
Aug 1 2018 // A federal appeals court in Ohio on July 31 heard arguments by opposing attorneys in a class action involving whether agents working for an insurance carrier on an exclusive basis should be classified as independent...
New Louisiana Law Allows Insurance Agencies to Employ Convicted Felons
Aug 1 2018 // A law that goes into effect today in Louisiana allows insurance producers to employ convicted felons if the producer obtains permission or consent in writing from the state insurance commissioner. The Louisiana Department...
Broker THB Taps Bertelkamp from Ansvar Insurance as European Operations Director
Aug 1 2018 // THB, the London-based specialist re/insurance broker and AmWINS subsidiary, announced the appointment of Ko Bertelkamp as operations director of THB Europe, effective immediately. Ko Bertelkamp is based in Amsterdam and...
Broker Ed Appoints Jordan from Lloyd & Partners as Divisional Director, Marine
Jul 31 2018 // Ed, the global reinsurance, wholesale and specialty broker, today announced the appointment of Patrick Jordan as divisional director, Marine. Based in London, he takes up his role with immediate effect and reports to...
RSG to Acquire Certain Assets of New York’s ARC Specialty Brokerage
Jul 30 2018 // Ryan Specialty Group LLC (RSG) and ARC Excess & Surplus LLC (ARC) have entered into a definitive agreement in which RSG will acquire certain assets of ARC Specialty Brokerage LLC, the P&C Division of ARC, a...
