Latest Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Federal Insurance Office Releases Long-Awaited Modernization Report
Dec 12 2013 // After nearly two years of delay, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Federal Insurance Office (FIO) today released its report on how to modernize and improve the system of insurance regulation in the United...
Northern California Agent Nabbed For Bogus Insurance Certificates
Dec 12 2013 // Property/casualty agent Rodger Edward Winkler, 64, a was arrested by Shasta County District Attorney investigators in Northern California and charged with numerous felonies, including grand theft, insurance fraud and petty...
Keystone Insurers Group Adds Konen Insurance and Dasco Insurance in Illinois
Dec 12 2013 // Konen Insurance of Aurora, Ill., and Dasco Insurance Agency of Northbrook are now partners in Keystone Insurers Group. The addition of the two agencies increases to four the number of Keystone partners in the state since...
Big Brains at Big ‘I’, Insurance Information Institute Give Their Take on 2014
Dec 11 2013 // Most economists are upbeat about next year, but just what does that mean for insurance agents in 2014? For independent agents 2013 was a year in which one entity forecasted their eventual demise, and for the rest of the...
Florida Agents Near Deadline to Accept Citizens’ Appointment
Dec 11 2013 // Florida insurance agencies and agents have just a few days left to decide whether or not to agree to the state-backed property insurer’s new appointment guidelines. Citizens Property Insurance Corp. revamped its...
Audit Finds Issues with Data Protection at Kansas State Agencies
Dec 11 2013 // Weak computer passwords and vulnerable software have left some Kansas state agencies vulnerable to hackers gaining access to confidential data or internal breaches, according to a new information technology audit. Some of...
The Agency Producer Activity Gap and How to Close It: Survey
Dec 11 2013 // Agency producers are not spending enough of their time on the sales-related activities that they and their managers think they ideally should. Instead they are spending more time than they think they should on...
Study Forecasts Growth for Professional Indemnity Insurance in Europe
Dec 10 2013 // New research by market research consultancy London-based Finaccord forecasts that the market for professional indemnity insurance across ten European countries – namely, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy,...
Frustrated Insurance Brokers Say They Can Help Obamacare If Allowed
Dec 10 2013 // When insurance agent Kelly Fristoe recently spent 30 minutes helping a client pick a mid-level health plan and the federal marketplace website froze, he called the government’s hotline and tried to finish the...
Allstate Picks ING to Sell Fixed Annuities to Its Home, Auto Customers
Dec 9 2013 // ING U.S. Inc. will begin selling fixed annuities through Allstate Corp. agencies as the largest publicly traded U.S. auto and home insurer ceases to offer its own brand of the retirement products. The deal gives ING U.S....
Trinity Risk Opens New Office in Kansas City
Dec 6 2013 // Trinity Risk LLC, a program manager and wholesale broker specializing in owner operator lines of insurance, has opened a new office in Kansas City, Mo., and hired Amy Milburn as account executive. An experienced trucking...
Texas Independent Insurance Agents, Wholesalers Team Up for Community Service
Dec 6 2013 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Austin and the Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc. joined efforts in December to collect food and money for the Capital Area Food Bank located in Austin, Texas. Food and money were...
Southwest Taps Zerarka in Arizona, Nevada
Dec 6 2013 // Southwest Insurance Agents Alliance named Patrick Zerarka regional vice president of western Arizona and southern Nevada. Zerarka is responsible for membership service, development, and insurance company relations for all...
U.S. Insurance Broker Sector Outlook Positive for 2014: Fitch
Dec 6 2013 // Revenue and earnings growth for U.S. insurance brokers in 2014 is expected to improve modestly over 2013, according to a report by Fitch Ratings. Fitch issued a stable rating outlook and positive sector outlook for the...
Esser Hayes Insurance Group Agent Again Among Top Professionals in Chicagoland
Dec 5 2013 // Five Star Professional has named local Naperville insurance agent, Thomas D. Evans from Esser Hayes Insurance Group, as a recipient of the 2013 Five Star Home/Auto Insurance Professionals Award. This is the second year...
Insurance Agent Thompson Wins Georgia State Senate Election
Dec 5 2013 // Northwest Georgia insurance agent Bruce Thompson has been elected to represent District 14 in the Georgia state Senate. Thompson won about 68 percent of votes in Tuesday’s general election runoff over Cartersville...
Left and Right Are Both Wrong About Regulation: Viewpoint
Dec 5 2013 // In 1981, President Ronald Reagan instructed federal agencies that they could issue regulations only after demonstrating that their benefits justified their costs. With modest changes, Reagan’s successors, both...
Insurance Technologies Corp. to Hold First User Group Conference in April
Dec 3 2013 // Carrollton, Texas-based Insurance Technologies Corporation (ITC), a provider of agency marketing, rating and management software and services, announced that AgentCon, its user group conference, will be held for the first...
MarshBerry: Decreasing Agency Balance Sheet Value – Positive Impact?
Dec 3 2013 // Despite significant optimism about key market fundamentals, year-over-year agency valuation increases and agency performance metrics, ownership perpetuation continues to be the biggest long-term challenge to...
ECC Insurance Brokers Names Elliot Senior VP in Colorado
Dec 3 2013 // ECC Insurance Brokers Inc. named Debbie Elliott senior vice president of financial services. Elliott will be in charge of opening and developing the ECC office in Denver, Colo. Before ECC Elliot was the assistant vice...
