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Hawaii Insurance Agent Busy Sorting out Coverage Mess from Lava Flows
Jun 6 2018 // It could be an understatement to say Amber Lopez, principal at Pacific Island Insurance LLC in Hawaii, has been busy over the past month as the island state’s erupting Kilauea sends lava flows throughout...
Wisconsin Orders Agent to Repay More than $1M; License Revoked
Jun 6 2018 // A Wisconsin insurance agent has been ordered to repay more than $1 million after state regulators found she engaged in multiple unfair trade practices involving an elderly consumer. Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of...
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Jun 4 2018 // Casey W. Connor has been named president of Dempsey & Siders Insurance Agency in Madeira, Ohio. Dempsey & Siders is a member of Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group. Connor succeeds Randy Denker,...
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Jun 4 2018 // Morrison Mahoney LLP, a litigation firm, is expanding its Workers’ Compensation and General Liability Team in Providence, R.I., by adding two attorneys. Jonathan R. Myhre joined the team last December, and Joelle M....
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Jun 4 2018 // Smart Choice has named Chris Reisdorf, formerly of All Risks, to lead the company’s efforts in North Carolina as state director. A 25-year veteran of the insurance industry, Reisdorf has worked in a number of areas...
South Carolina Passes First Insurance Industry Cybersecurity Law
Jun 4 2018 // South Carolina has become the first state to pass a model cybersecurity bill requiring any insurance entity operating in the state to establish and implement a cybersecurity program protecting their business and their...
I Used to Walk to School and Home Uphill Both Ways
Jun 4 2018 // An interview was recently published in a major industry publication with a notable ex-CEO of a prominent insurance company. Throughout the article, the ex-CEO bemoaned how power and profit has shifted to brokers from...
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Jun 4 2018 // Doug Slape has been promoted to second-in-command at the Texas Department of Insurance. Slape has been at the agency since 1988 and has served as deputy commissioner for the Financial Regulation Division the past three...
Some Texas Insurance Wholesalers Find Strength in Independence
Jun 4 2018 // There’s no denying the robust mergers and acquisition trend among wholesale brokers in the property/casualty insurance industry nationwide, and Texas is no exception. But some Texas wholesale brokers and managing...
Former Iowa Insurance Agent Sentenced in Fraud Case
Jun 1 2018 // Nicholas Menough, a former insurance agent in Grimes, Iowa, has been sentenced after pleading guilty to fraud and theft charges. The Iowa Insurance Division reported that Menough pled guilty in late May to Theft in the 3rd...
Distribution Overpowers Underwriting. How CNA Ex-CEO Chookaszian Views Industry’s Past, Present and Future
Jun 1 2018 // The former chief executive of an insurance company believes the center of value of the property/casualty industry has shifted away from one of the activities that would seem to define an insurance risk-taking enterprise:...
Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage, East Boston Savings Bank Form Alliance
Jun 1 2018 // Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc. (S&S) and East Boston Savings Bank (EBSB) have formed a strategic alliance, offering a full line of commercial, personal and life insurance products. The two firms...
Black Promoted to Brokerage Underwriter at J.M. Wilson
May 31 2018 // Portage, Michigan-based wholesale insurance organization, J.M. Wilson, has promoted Braden Black to brokerage underwriter. Black is responsible for quoting new and renewal brokerage business and servicing accounts for...
Wisconsin’s SECURA Insurance Honors Agents with Donations to 27 Fire Departments
May 31 2018 // Appleton, Wisconsin-based SECURA Insurance has presented 27 fire departments with donations earned by its local independent agents in eight states. The donations ranged from $500 to $1,500, with some agencies choosing to...
Breckenridge Insurance Services Promotes Two Senior Team Members
May 31 2018 // Atlanta, GA, May 31, 2018 — Breckenridge Insurance Services recently promoted two senior team members within the wholesale brokerage team. Trevor Pierce is now the division vice president and managing broker of multiple...
South Carolina Passes First Insurance Industry Cybersecurity Law
May 31 2018 // South Carolina has become the first state to pass a cybersecurity bill requiring any insurance entity operating in the state to establish and implement a cybersecurity program protecting their business and their customers...
How to Succeed in Today’s Small Business Insurance Market
May 30 2018 // The small business market is big. The U.S. small commercial market represents about one-third of the total commercial lines market and generates between $99 billion and $103 billion in direct written premium, according to...
Burand’s State of the P/C Insurance Industry 2018: Pricing Cycle Effects on Agents
May 29 2018 // The property & casualty insurance and group benefits industry is changing faster than ever, or at least faster than any time in any reader’s history. Many factors are the parents of such change. In part one of...
Insurance Broker Ed Wins License to Transact Business in Jersey
May 29 2018 // Insurance and reinsurance broker Ed has been granted a license to carry out general insurance mediation business by the Jersey Financial Services Commission. This follows on from last year’s announcement by the...
Southern California Agents Arrested for Fraud
May 25 2018 // California-based life insurance agents, Samuel Tadlock III, 32, of Eastvale, Marlene Ramirez, 42, of Murrieta, Daniel Herrarte, 34, of Sylmar, and Jorge Lopez Jr., 38, of San Fernando, were arrested this week on multiple...
