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Insurance Association to Hold 45th Annual Convention and South Florida’s Largest Insurance Trade Fair
Jul 21 2015 // The convention will run from August 5-9 at the Diplomat Resort & Spa Hollywood with the Trade Fair on Friday, August 8th. Miami, FL, June 21 2015—Over 1,000 insurance agency owners, brokers, agents, customer service...
Zywave Acquires Insurance Agency Digital Marketing Firm Intygral (Astonish)
Jul 20 2015 // Insurance software provider Zywave said it has completed the asset purchase of Intygral, formerly Astonish, a provider of automated marketing for property/casualty personal lines brokers. Terms of the transaction were not...
Breckenridge Insurance Services Adds Regional Vice President Patricia Berry and Two Vice President Brokers
Jul 20 2015 // Pictured left to right: Patricia Berry, Chris Holmes, Paul Hamilton Atlanta, GA, July 20, 2015 — Breckenridge Insurance Services, a leading specialty wholesale commercial brokerage firm, has added three brokers with...
Nevada School District to Settle Insurance Broker Suit for $1.65M
Jul 20 2015 // The Clark County School District in Nevada says it will pay a former insurance broker $1.65 million to settle a lawsuit that claimed the public agency ended the broker’s contract prematurely. Business Benefits Inc....
California Agents Get Creative to Sell Rideshare Endorsement
Jul 20 2015 // Kathy Lamm, an insurance agent in Costa Mesa, Calif., over the past month or two has been busy selling a ridesharing endorsement that Farmers Insurance Group introduced in California in late May. Lamm started spreading the...
Utah Agent Sentenced to Prison and $1.3M in Restitution
Jul 20 2015 // Utah insurance agent Brent Hilton was sentenced to serve one to 15 years in prison and has been taken into custody from the Third District Court in West Jordan. Hilton in July pled guilty to one count of a pattern of...
New Regulatory Guidance Affects Insurers, Producers
Jul 20 2015 // detailed illustration of a compass with Cyber Security text, eps10 vector Producers, brokers and insurers are all targeted by cyber attackers looking for personal identifiable information (PII) that can be used to open...
Arizona Supreme Court Ruling May Expose Agents to Lawsuits
Jul 17 2015 // An Arizona Supreme Court ruling may expose agents who write auto policies to malpractice lawsuits if they are accused of failing to inform their customers about uninsured and underinsured motorists coverage – even with a...
Willis to Acquire PMI Health Group, UK-Based Healthcare Adviser & Broker
Jul 16 2015 // Willis Group Holdings plc announced an agreement to acquire PMI Health Group (PMIHG), an independent healthcare adviser and broker in the UK. Willis said the deal will significantly raise the company’s presence in...
Fairfax Offers to Buy 26% of Indian Brokerage IIFL for $255 Million
Jul 14 2015 // Fairfax India Holdings Corp., the $1 billion fund created by Toronto-based investor Prem Watsa, offered to buy 26 percent more in Indian brokerage IIFL Holdings Ltd.* for $255 million. Fairfax India announced an offer to...
Nevada School District to Settle Insurance Broker Suit for $1.65M
Jul 13 2015 // The Clark County School District in Nevada says it will pay a former insurance broker $1.65 million to settle a lawsuit that claimed the public agency ended the broker’s contract prematurely. The Las Vegas Sun...
Willis Appoints Aubert to Executive Committee of London & Int’l Brokers’ Assn.
Jul 13 2015 // Willis Group Holdings has appointed Nicolas Aubert, CEO of Willis GB, to the executive committee and board of the London & International Insurance Brokers’ Association (LIIBA)*. In addition, Aubert was named...
California Agents Get Creative to Sell Rideshare Endorsement
Jul 9 2015 // Kathy Lamm, an insurance agent in Costa Mesa, Calif., over the past month has been busy selling a ridesharing endorsement that Farmers Insurance Group introduced in California in late May. Lamm started spreading the word...
Keystone Adds 3 Missouri Agencies to Network
Jul 9 2015 // Keystone Insurers Group added three new partners in Missouri. The partners are: Jerome L. Howe Inc. of St. Louis; Schroepfer Bauer Insurance Agency of Union; and Custom Insurance Services Inc. of Crystal City. Jerome L....
Agents in Indiana Say Insurance Increased Prior to Home Explosion
Jul 9 2015 // The girlfriend of a man accused of blowing up an Indianapolis, Ind. house, devastating a subdivision and killing two neighbors, nearly doubled the insurance coverage for the contents of her home 11 months before the...
Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford Appoints Padilla Gen’l Manager-Parts of Lat. Am.
Jul 9 2015 // Independent wholesale broker Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford (CGSC) has appointed Alejandro Padilla as General Manager and Head of Broking for Mexico, Central America, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, effective...
Utah Agent Sentenced to Prison and $1.3M in Restitution
Jul 8 2015 // Utah insurance agent Brent Hilton was sentenced to serve one to 15 years in prison and has been taken into custody from the Third District Court in West Jordan. Hilton pled guilty to one count of pattern of unlawful...
AmWINS Launches New Cyber Liability Product
Jul 7 2015 // AmWINS Group, Inc., a global distributor of specialty insurance products and services, announced today the launch of a new dedicated excess facility designed to meet the rapidly growing demand for cyber liability...
Agents Need to Know About Texas Workers’ Comp E-Mod Changes
Jul 6 2015 // The number 1.00 means different things to different people. In baseball, 1.00 represents a perfect batting average. But in college, a 1.00 grade point average is about as bad as it gets. In workers’ compensation, a...
How to Prioritize ‘Going Digital’ in a Digital Age
Jul 6 2015 // Going digital for any agency may seem overwhelming, however experts point to strategies that help set priorities, ease the transition and simplify the process. “One of the biggest hurdles for agents is simply knowing...
