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Cooper Gay Help Launch New Lloyd’s Coverholder Business in The Bahamas
Jul 23 2013 // Cooper Gay & Co Ltd, part of the Cooper Gay Swett and Crawford (CGSC) Group, has participated in the establishment of the first Lloyd’s of London coverholder plaque in the Bahamas, as the broker joined an event...
Social Media: It’s Here to Stay
Jul 22 2013 // The Most Successful Users Know Their Markets The value of social media as a tool for marketing and selling property/casualty insurance may be a matter of debate but one thing is for certain: While the nature of social...
Agencies of the Future
Jul 22 2013 // A report from McKinsey & Co., titled “Agents of the Future: The Evolution of Property and Casualty Insurance Distribution,” warns that the division of labor between carrier and agent is blurring....
Here Comes Berkshire Hathaway
Jul 22 2013 // Interview with BHSI’s Peter Eastwood on Building a New E&S Giant When a veteran of CNA joined Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance to lead the new venture’s professional liability division a few weeks...
Florida Agents Challenged to Profit on Homeowners Business: FAIA
Jul 22 2013 // Many Florida independent insurance agencies are challenged to make money on the initial placement of the homeowners insurance policies. That’s a finding from The Agent Compensation Study commissioned by the Florida...
Lance Surety Launches New Program to Meet FMCSA Bond Increase Requirement
Jul 19 2013 // Lance Surety Bond Associates, Inc. has launched a new program addressing the $75,000 Freight Broker Bond requirement that will take effect later this year. The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP 21)...
Companies Must Disclose CEO-to-Worker Pay Ratios Under SEC Proposal
Jul 19 2013 // Public companies would be required to disclose how much more their chief executives are paid than rank-and-file workers under a rule to be proposed next month by U.S. securities regulators, according to two people familiar...
Hargrove Tapped to Lead New Dallas Branch for All Risks Ltd.
Jul 18 2013 // Independent insurance wholesaler, All Risks Ltd., announced that Glenn Hargrove and several production teams have joined its organization effective July 1, 2013. Hargrove, hired as managing director, has opened an All...
Health Insurance Navigators in Missouri to Need Licenses
Jul 18 2013 // A new Missouri law will require insurance counselors to get state licenses before they can help people search for health plans on an online marketplace. The legislation, Senate Bill 262, signed recently by Gov. Jay Nixon...
Kneeland Promoted to Acting General Counsel for Agents Association
Jul 17 2013 // Scott Kneeland has been promoted to acting general counsel for the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA). He has served as the IIABA’s senior counsel for the past four years. Kneeland succeeds...
Texas-Based LevelFirst Adds Harris as Senior Broker
Jul 17 2013 // LevelFirst, a wholesale insurance broker and managing general agency based in Dallas, Texas, announced that Lawana Harris has joined the firm as a senior broker. Harris brings 27 years of insurance experience, with 12 of...
SIAA Signs 11 Midwest Agencies in June
Jul 16 2013 // The Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance (SIAA) announced that among the 25 new member agencies that signed with the group during June, 11 are located in the Midwest. New SIAA members based in the Midwest are: Grand Slam...
Former Oklahoma Insurance Agent Sentenced for Wire Fraud
Jul 16 2013 // A former Bixby, Okla., insurance agent has been sentenced to ten months home confinement after pleading guilty to wire fraud that allowed him to illegally take commissions earned by other insurance agents, the Oklahoma...
Astonish Hosts Sales & Marketing Training for Insurance Professionals in Los Angeles on July 18, 2013
Jul 16 2013 // Warwick, RI April 2013 – Astonish, a leading technology, digital marketing, and training provider for insurance agencies, encourages local insurance agency principals, CEOs, and presidents in California and surrounding...
Reinsurance Brokers Holborn, Lehrke Merge
Jul 15 2013 // Reinsurance brokers Holborn Corp. of New York and W.J. Lehrke Co. of Edina, Minnesota, have agreed to merge. Details were not disclosed. The combined firm is operating under the Holborn name, and all current Lehrke...
Leavitt Group to Buy United Valley; a Collective 150 Agencies in West
Jul 12 2013 // United Valley Insurance Services and Leavitt Group Enterprises have agreed to a merger, giving the two firms a collective 150 insurance agencies and counting under one owner. The deal was announced late Friday. Under the...
Georgia Regulators’ Meals, Golf Paid by Insurance Agents Under Scrutiny
Jul 12 2013 // Georgia’s top insurance regulator and two senior staffers accepted $100-per-head meals and, in one case, a round of golf last month funded by the industry they oversee, according to recent financial disclosures. That...
Kaufman Financial Taps Brady To Lead Burns & Wilcox Brokerage
Jul 11 2013 // The Kaufman Financial Group named Denis Brady president of Burns & Wilcox Brokerage, an independent business unit that will be solely dedicated to wholesale insurance brokerage. Brady joins Burns & Wilcox Brokerage...
Randall Named ACSR of the Year by Texas Independent Agents
Jul 11 2013 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) has named Delia (Dee) Randall, personal lines ACSR at Duncan Fraser & Bridges Insurance Agency in Pampa, the Accredited Customer Service Representative (ACSR) of the...
As Political Risks Proliferate, Insurers Increase Coverage Options
Jul 10 2013 // Could it happen to us? Tourism, manufacturing and resources companies surveying an unpredictable world are increasingly having to consider insurance against political risks, and the insurance industry is gearing up to...
