Latest Agencies Headlines
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Bridgepoint to Buy Majority Stake in German Insurance Broker HBC
Jul 30 2025 // Bridgepoint Group Plc agreed to acquire a majority stake in German insurance broker Hanseatic Broking Center GmbH from Preservation Capital Partners. The transaction sees Bridgepoint partner with HBC’s management...
Former Baltimore County Insurance Agent Charged With Crimes for 4th Time
Jul 30 2025 // In the fourth set of criminal charges filed against him since last September, a former Baltimore County insurance agent and financial advisor has been charged with obstruction of justice and fabricating physical evidence,...
People Moves: DOXA Expands Brokerage Vertical Naming Curry EVP
Jul 29 2025 // Sean Curry DOXA, headquartered in Fort Wayne, Indiana, hired Sean Curry as executive vice president of its brokerage vertical. Curry guides DOXA’s expansion of its product expertise and rapid responsiveness in new...
Michigan Suspends 2 Title Insurance Agents Over Escrow Fund Mismanagement
Jul 25 2025 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services this week announced the suspension of two title insurance agents after an investigation found they allegedly mismanaged customers’ escrow funds. DIFS...
Brown & Brown (Europe) Agrees to Acquire UK-Based Bloodstock Broker
Jul 24 2025 // Brown & Brown (Europe) Ltd., part of Brown & Brown, Inc., has agreed to acquire Weatherbys Hamilton LLP, a leading UK-based insurance broker specializing in private client, bloodstock, and farm & estate...
Big I: Independent Agencies’ Market Share Shows Small Decline
Jul 23 2025 // The independent agency channel placed 61.5% of all property/casualty insurance written in the U.S. in 2024, a slight decline from 2023 where independent agents placed 62.2% of property/casualty lines...
Heffernan Insurance Brokers Acquires Pac Global Insurance Brokerage
Jul 23 2025 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers acquired Pac Global Insurance Brokerage in El Segundo, California. Pac Global joins Heffernan’s marine cargo specialty practice. Heffernan Insurance Brokers is headquartered in Walnut...
Business Moves: Coverys Agrees to Sell Italy MGA to AnaCap-Backed Edge Group; Portuguese Insurance Broker Universalis Rebrands as Acrisure
Jul 22 2025 // Coverys, the Boston-based medical professional liability and healthcare insurer, has signed an agreement for the sale of its Italian managing general agent, AEC Agenzia di Assicurazione e Riassicurazione SpA (AEC), to Edge...
Stop the Tech Juggle: Why Insurance Agencies Need a Single System to Thrive
Jul 22 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by EZLynx. You work hard to give your clients a smooth insurance experience — and the way your agency runs behind the scenes should be just as streamlined. Even with the right...
Big ‘I’ Celebrates Continued Tax Deduction for Many Independent Agents
Jul 21 2025 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big “I”) on July 4 celebrated the passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill.” “The Big ‘I’ would like to thank the U.S....
Reinsurance Renewal Prices Moderate as Capacity Exceeds Cedent Demand: Brokers
Jul 21 2025 // Strong returns in the reinsurance sector are attracting capital and leading to favorable pricing outcomes for buyers–but underwriting discipline continues, according to renewal reports from three reinsurance...
Turning Non-Standard Risks Into New Revenue: How Agents Can Capitalize
Jul 21 2025 // Independent agents could be turning away nearly half of their prospective clients. The years of independent agents chasing “standard and preferred” home and auto risks are quickly coming to an end. As the risk...
Former Tennessee Agent Sentenced For Continuing to Sell Insurance Products
Jul 18 2025 // A former Tennessee insurance agent who lost his license in 1999 but continued to sell insurance products has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Most of that jail time was suspended by a judge. Johnny Ray Jackson, 55, of...
People Moves: Liberty Company Insurance Brokers Launch Liberty Naranjo; King Joins Alliant’s Employee Benefits Team in Utah
Jul 17 2025 // Jonathan Naranjo The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers launched a new Northern California, San Francisco Bay Area office, Liberty Naranjo, led by managing partners and brothers, Jonathan and Michael Naranjo. Liberty...
California Surplus Lines Take-Up Soars as Brokers Work to Find Coverage for Clients
Jul 15 2025 // The best way to tell that the California homeowners insurance market has been a bear is to see where buyers facing higher rates and lack of options in traditional markets are going for alternatives. One choice is the...
London Market Brokers, Associations Welcome Move to Create UK Captive Domicile
Jul 15 2025 // The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves announced today that the UK will introduce a captive insurance company regime – a decision that was welcomed by brokers and trade associations across the London...
How Carriers Can Win More Retail Broker Biz: Report
Jul 11 2025 // By segmenting retail brokers into tiers using premium volume, profitability and strategic alignment as factors to define top tiers, carriers can start to win more business, according to a new consulting firm report. The...
Texas Agencies Missed Opportunities to Fund Flood Warning System
Jul 10 2025 // Over the last decade, an array of Texas state and local agencies missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system intended to avert a disaster like the one that killed dozens of young campers and scores of others in...
Former California Insurance Agent Sentenced for $3.7M Fine Art Policy Scam
Jul 10 2025 // A former California insurance agent was sentenced to 50 months in federal prison for defrauding a lender out of $3.7 million with bogus applications for fine art insurance policies. Tonja Van Roy, 59, of Las Vegas, but who...
People Moves: Hull & Company-Texas Promotes Wilkins, Hires Gambino to Underwriter/Broker Roles
Jul 8 2025 // Hull & Company-Texas, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, promoted Brandt Wilkins to underwriter/broker. Wilkins has an extensive background in the commercial wholesale business. He has been with Hull Texas for the last...
