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Former California Agent Admits To Embezzling From Clients
Mar 7 2016 // Julie Diane Shinar, 44, of Long Beach, Calif., was convicted of theft by embezzlement in Long Beach Superior Court. Shinar was ordered to serve three years of formal probation and pay $29,158 in restitution to her...
Kansas Agency Joins Combined Agents of America
Mar 7 2016 // The Texas-based agency partnership Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) announced that Kansas-based United Agency joined CAA as its 53rd member. Offering both insurance and real estate solutions to Oklahoma and Kansas...
Mark Walker Joins Breckenridge Insurance Services in Pivotal Leadership Role
Mar 7 2016 // Atlanta, GA, March 7, 2016 — Mark Walker has joined Breckenridge Insurance Services wholesale brokerage division to oversee the market development efforts as SVP, chief market officer and casualty practice leader. Walker...
Fraud Report
Mar 7 2016 // Florida’s Citizens Launches Campaign to Combat Abuse Claims Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has launched a multi-faceted education campaign in an attempt to combat what it has called a disturbing increase of fraud...
5 Tips for Agents Serving the Agricultural Community
Mar 7 2016 // Due to the complexity and variety of businesses that comprise the agriculture industry in the United States, the knowledge and experience needed by insurance agents serving agribusiness and farm risks extends well beyond...
Finding Producers in Small Towns
Mar 7 2016 // How did agencies in small towns ever get started? Someone wanted to work on their own, in sales, and blaze their own future. People don’t usually get into insurance on purpose, and especially not into the insurance...
How to Attract, Retain Next Generation of Brokers
Mar 7 2016 // It is no secret that many insurance professionals, especially those in sales, tend to be at more advanced stages in their careers. But how do you attract and lead a new generation of brokers when insurance is not near the...
Untested Cyber Coverage Remains ‘Volatile,’ Experts Say
Mar 4 2016 // With cyber insurance premiums expected to grow from around $2 billion in 2015 to an estimated $20 billion or more by 2025, insurers and reinsurers are continuing to work out underwriting requirements, and the market can be...
Reed Joins Midlands Management at Sr. Broker/Underwriter in Texas
Mar 4 2016 // Wholesale insurance broker Midlands Management Corp. has added Jennie Reed to the Texas property/casualty excess and surplus team as a senior broker/underwriter. With more than a decade in the industry, Reed began her...
Why Small Commercial Lines May Not Be So Bright for Agency Carriers
Mar 3 2016 // As more small business owners become comfortable buying everything including insurance online, exclusive agent carriers will gain an advantage over independent agency carriers in the highly-fragmented and increasingly...
McCasland Joins Texas-Based LevelFirst as Vice President
Mar 2 2016 // LevelFirst, the service-based wholesale broker and MGA binding facility owned by IIAT Services Co., has appointed Heath McCasland as vice president. McCasland will assume the responsibility of brokering new business...
House Committee Passes Private Flood Insurance Bill
Mar 2 2016 // The House Financial Services Committee this morning approved a proposal intended to encourage more private insurers to write flood insurance. The committee approved the Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act...
Ironshore Establishes Private Client Group, Launches Coverage in Select States
Mar 1 2016 // Ironshore Inc. has established a dedicated Private Client Group to introduce its new insurance plan, the Ironshore Private Insurance Portfolio. Ironshore’s personal lines policy will be available for high net worth...
EPIC Adds Hall as P/C Broker in California
Feb 29 2016 // EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants has hired Steve Hall as a property/casualty insurance broker/producer. Hall will be based in EPIC’s Concord, Calif. office and report to Curt Perata, regional director of...
Software Provider Vertafore Acquires Canada’s Keal Technology
Feb 29 2016 // Vertafore, the Bothell, Wash.-based insurance software provider, announced the acquisition of Keal Technology, a leading provider of broker and commercial management systems in Canada. The move extends Vertafore’s...
MassMutual Agrees to Buy MetLife Retail Adviser Network for $300M
Feb 29 2016 // Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. agreed to buy MetLife Inc.’s adviser-force business and affiliated broker-dealer for about $300 million. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. has agreed to buy MetLife...
MassMutual Emerges as Potential Buyer of MetLife Retail Group
Feb 26 2016 // MetLife Inc., the life insurer that is reshaping its business mix to limit government oversight, is in talks with Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. about a possible sale of MetLife Premier Client Group, the...
Keystone Insurers Group Adds 3 Missouri Agencies
Feb 26 2016 // Keystone Insurers Group announced it has added three new partners in Missouri: Scott Agency of Montgomery City, Harrison Agency of Columbia and Anderson & Green Insurance Agency of Sikeston. Harrison Agency was...
Huczek Joins Compass Specialty Risk Assistant VP, Broker
Feb 25 2016 // Middleton, Wis.-based wholesale broker and managing general agent, Compass Specialty Risk LLC, has added Matt Huczek as assistant vice president and broker. Based in Middleton and focused on casualty lines with an emphasis...
With Google Gone, What’s the Future for Online Insurance Shopping?
Feb 25 2016 // The demise of Google’s online insurance comparison site Google Compare is being hailed by some in the industry as a victory for the traditional agency system. But agents may want to hold off on breaking out the...
