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Calling All Young Agents: Tell Us What You Think
Mar 17 2014 // Are you a young insurance agent, 40 years old or younger? Do you know a young insurance agent? Insurance Journal is searching for young insurance agents to participate in this year’s Young Insurance Agents Opinion...
Kinetic Insurance Brokers to Provide New Surety Bond Facility for UK, EU
Mar 14 2014 // Lloyd’s broker, Kinetic Insurance Brokers Limited announced that it has “entered into a multi-million pound underwriting agreement with Gable Insurance AG to underwrite Specialist Commercial Surety Bonds within...
Senate Approves Bill to Curb Flood Insurance Hikes
Mar 13 2014 // The Senate today went along with the House of Representatives by passing a bill to reverse flood insurance reforms and curb flood insurance premium increases. The Senate approved H.R. 3370, the “Homeowner Flood...
Agency M&A in 2013 Reverted to Norm After Busy 2012: OPTIS Partners
Mar 13 2014 // Mergers and acquisitions of insurance agencies fell in 2013, with 248 reported transactions in the United States and Canada, according to a new semi-annual survey by OPTIS Partners, an investment banking and financial...
Brokerslink Chairman Stresses ASEAN Opportunities for Independent Brokers
Mar 13 2014 // “Independent insurance brokers, attending the Brokerslink Asia Pacific regional conference in Thailand,” have been advised to “grasp with both hands the significant opportunities generated by the...
Johnson to Lead Oklahoma Insurance Agents Group; Ramsey to Retire
Mar 12 2014 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Oklahoma named Denise Johnson to lead the association upon the retirement of long time IIAO President/CEO Dan Ramsey. Johnson will join the IIAO on June 1 and take over the leadership...
USG Insurance Services Hires Finkelstein as Producer/Broker in N.Y.
Mar 12 2014 // USG Insurance Services Inc., a Tampa, Fla.-based national wholesaler and managing general agent, announced the expansion of their Staten Island, N.Y., operations with the addition of Eric Finkelstein as a...
Insurance Agent Classes Offered at McNeese State in Louisiana
Mar 11 2014 // A property/casualty insurance pre-licensing course will be offered in Louisiana April 4-5 and April 11-12 at McNeese State University. The classes will be held from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. and are offered in partnership with by the...
Bianchi Named Sales Leader Of Swett & Crawford’s Los Angeles Office
Mar 10 2014 // Swett & Crawford, part of Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford, named Jeff Bianchi as sales leader for its Woodland Hills, Calif. office. Bianchi will continue to be based in Swett’s San Francisco office and will...
The Upcoming Windows XP Apocalypse
Mar 10 2014 // The end of the world is coming. The world of Windows XP that is. A significant event is happening in the technology industry that will affect insurance agents. On April 8, 2014, Microsoft will no longer support Windows...
Carriers Committed to D&O Segment
Mar 10 2014 // Several turbulent years of increased claims, more regulation and additional oversight of directors and officers have not deterred carriers from the directors and officers (D&O) liability segment. As more carriers beef...
E&O Insights: Put the Power of the Signed Application to Work
Mar 10 2014 // With few exceptions, an application is a necessary document to secure a proposal or to bind coverage, and can actually possess tremendous power. When an errors and omissions (E&O) matter develops, all of the various...
4-State PIA Survey Shows Prices Rising, But at Slower Pace
Mar 10 2014 // In January 2014, the Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) affiliates in Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey and New York conducted their second-annual Market Trends Survey and found that the heralded hard market may not...
Secret Service Agent Says Many Cyber Breaches Go Unreported
Mar 7 2014 // Many breaches in data security may be going unreported by American businesses. That’s according to Kirk Arthur, supervisory special agent for the U.S. Secret Service’s San Francisco field...
Vertafore Launches Updated Agency Cloud, Mobile Technology
Mar 7 2014 // Insurance software provider Vertafore unveiled its next step cloud and mobile innovations for its premier agency technologies – Vertafore Agency Platform, Sagitta Suite and Vertafore Producer Advantage. The products were...
Florida Lawmakers Turn Attention to Privatizing Commercial Business in Citizens
Mar 7 2014 // One year after enacting reforms designed to reduce the amount of homeowners business in the state’s insurer, state lawmakers are now looking to further shrink Citizens Property Insurance Corp. by targeting its...
AgentLink Acquires Indiana’s Consolidated Brokerage Services
Mar 6 2014 // Louisville, Ky.-based insurance broker AgentLink announced it has acquired 100 percent ownership of Consolidated Brokerage Services (CBS) in Indianapolis, Ind. Founded in August of 2005 and originally owned by John...
Vertafore, StoneRiver Partnership Aims to Make Selling Flood Insurance Easier
Mar 5 2014 // Insurance software firm Vertafore has formed a partnership with flood insurance policy processing firm StoneRiver National Flood Services (NFS) to provide independent agents a new way to quote and cross-sell flood...
Iowa Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty to Crafting Bogus Policies
Mar 5 2014 // An insurance agent in northeast Iowa accused of creating fake life insurance policies to make more money has pleaded guilty to mail fraud. U.S. Attorney Kevin W. Techau says in a press release that 46-year-old Melissa...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Tudor Risk Services in Massachusetts
Mar 5 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Tudor Risk Services, LLC located in Woburn, Mass. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2009, Tudor Risk Services is a retail insurance broker...
