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WSS Hires Gregory Brubaker As New Associate Broker for California Office
Sep 25 2015 // Plano, TX, September 25 2015-Western Security Surplus is pleased to announce its hiring of Gregory Brubaker as a new Associate Broker. Starting Monday, September 28th, Gregory will be working with Wendy Clinton in the WSS...
Tax Liens Against Ohio Insurance Agents Surpass $15M
Sep 24 2015 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor Mary Taylor announced that as of September 2015 the insurance agent tax lien program has collected or set-up payment plans totaling $15,149,631 in unpaid income tax, sales tax and workers’...
Brit Invests in Transaction Insurance Specialist Broker Ambridge
Sep 23 2015 // Ambridge Partners LLC, a managing general underwriter of transactional insurance products, announced that specialty insurer Brit Limited has made a “significant strategic investment” in Ambridge. The amount of...
BB&T Insurance CEO Reece to Retire; Howard Named Successor
Sep 23 2015 // Winston-Salem, N.C.-based BB&T said that H. Wade Reece, chairman and CEO of BB&T Insurance Holdings Inc., will retire at the end of the year. Reece will complete a 37-year career with BB&T in which BB&T...
Worldwide Facilities, LLC Appoints New Vice President & New York Casualty Practice Leader
Sep 23 2015 // Leading Wholesale Insurance Brokerage Expands Resources in New York Office New York, NY, September 22, 2015 — Worldwide Facilities, LLC is pleased to announce that Bill Craane has joined the company’s New York City...
Former Florida Insurance Agent Arrested for Stealing $20K in Premiums
Sep 23 2015 // The Florida Department of Financial Services’ Division of Insurance Fraud (DIF) announced the arrest of Lisa Dwyer, 49, a formerly licensed insurance agent employed by Southeast Insurance Agency in Davie, Fla., after...
ACE Takes 24% Stake in CoverHound’s Online Commercial Insurance Plans
Sep 22 2015 // CoverHound has raised $33.3 million in a financing round led by ACE Group, which the company plans to use to build an online commercial insurance platform starting with businessowners policy insurance offerings that could...
Monte Carlo 2015: Reinsurers Reexamine How They Do Business
Sep 21 2015 // The annual Rendez-Vous de Septembre in Monte Carlo, Monaco traditionally focuses on one or two signatory concerns within the industry. This year, things were different. The 2,700 registered attendees were faced with...
Building Relationships vs. Pushing Transactions
Sep 21 2015 // Most agents work hard to maintain strong relationships with clients, however, all too often business gets in the way. Agents need to take steps, digitally speaking, to stay connected continually with the right messages...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires North Alabama Insurance
Sep 20 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired North Alabama Insurance, Inc. in Florence, Ala. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1982, North Alabama Insurance, Inc. (NAI) is a managing general agent...
IA&B in Pennsylvania Announces Officers for 2015-16 Administrative Year
Sep 18 2015 // The fall marks a new administrative year for the Insurance Agents & Brokers Service Group (IA&B) in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and its partnership of agents’ associations. The following directors have...
Former California Insurance Agent Who Scammed Church Members Sentenced
Sep 18 2015 // Constance Gail Fortune, 61, pleaded guilty this week to one felony count of grand theft by embezzlement and one felony count of theft from an elder or dependent adult in a case in which she was charged with scamming...
Former Insurance Agent Arrested in Alleged $21M Movie Investment Scheme
Sep 17 2015 // A former insurance agent one of two people who have been charged with operating a Ponzi scheme allegedly bilking investors from Los Angeles and Kern Counties out of $21 million dollars. Michelle Kenen Seward, 42, of...
North Carolina Insurance Agent Accused of Embezzlement
Sep 17 2015 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced the arrest of David Mark Blanton, 50, Leland, N.C., who is charged with six counts of embezzlement by an insurance agent, two counts of forgery of an instrument...
Hanover Insurance CEO Eppinger to Exit
Sep 16 2015 // Frederick H. Eppinger is stepping down as president, chief executive officer and a director of the Worcester, Mass.-based The Hanover Insurance Group. The announcement said Eppinger, 56, is leaving to pursue other...
Marsh Makes Offer for Jelf Group, UK-Based Independent Broker
Sep 11 2015 // Marsh announced it has made an offer to acquire the entire ordinary share capital of Jelf Group plc, a UK-based independent insurance broker and financial services consultancy. The transaction, which is subject to...
How Independent Agents Can Give Customers What They Expect
Sep 11 2015 // Whether you are the owner of a local agency or the CEO of a large public broker – it feels like there is less and less oxygen in the room. Organic sales growth is tough; merger & acquisition activity in 2014 was near...
AssuredPartners Acquires Nashville Broker Bandy Van Cleave & Williamson
Sep 10 2015 // AssuredPartners Inc. has acquired Bandy Van Cleave & Williamson of Nashville, Tenn. The agency’s staff will continue to operate from their Nashville location under the local leadership of Bob Van Cleave and Chuck...
Allied Insurance Brokers, ProSight Launch Program for Crane Industry
Sep 10 2015 // Allied Insurance Brokers has partnered with ProSight Specialty Insurance to offer an all-lines insurance program specifically tailored for the crane industry. The program includes risk management tools, loss control...
EPIC Adds Connelly in Greyling Insurance Brokers Division
Sep 9 2015 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property/casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, hired Jeff Connelly as senior vice president/client executive in EPIC’s Greyling Insurance...
