Latest Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Unitrin CEO Southwell Sees Growth, Value in New Kemper Name
Aug 17 2011 // Unitrin Inc. is counting on added success as it takes on a new name — the well-known and legendary Kemper name — for the future of the company. Effective Aug. 25, Unitrin Inc. will officially become Kemper Corp. and...
Got Regional?
Aug 15 2011 // Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Insurance Journal’s Satire Issue, August 15, 2011. The content in this issue is not real and is not to be taken seriously. It’s supposed to be humorous....
How One Independent Agent Tried to Off the Gecko
Aug 15 2011 // Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Insurance Journal’s Satire Issue, August 15, 2011. The content in this issue is not real and is not to be taken seriously. It’s supposed to be humorous....
Managing Agency, Company Relationships the Easy Way
Aug 15 2011 // Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Insurance Journal’s Satire Issue, August 15, 2011. The content in this issue is not real and is not to be taken seriously. It’s supposed to be humorous....
Easy Ways to Increase Revenue and Profits with Little and Preferably No Effort
Aug 15 2011 // Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Insurance Journal’s Satire Issue, August 15, 2011. The content in this issue is not real and is not to be taken seriously. It’s supposed to be humorous....
State Agencies Not Exempt from Age Bias Claims, Says Mass. Court
Aug 11 2011 // The Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled state agencies aren’t exempt from age discrimination lawsuits, even when the discrimination is the result of a policy that doesn’t explicitly target older workers. The...
Agents Say Insurers Out of Touch with Needs of Small Businesses
Aug 11 2011 // Insurance agents and brokers think that their insurance carriers may be out of touch with what the small business segment needs. For one, carriers have been busy coming out with new products and coverage enhancements for...
Florida Eases Surplus Lines ‘Due Diligence’ Rule for Agents
Aug 10 2011 // Florida insurance agents should have an easier time placing commercial policies with surplus lines carriers under a new law that allows them to offer the coverage without first scouring the admitted market for the...
Are Bounce Houses Too Difficult a Risk?
Aug 10 2011 // In the last two months alone the media has reported at least 10 bounce house or inflatable amusement rides nationwide that were toppled by wind or collapsed under weight of too many kids. The U.S. Consumer Products Safety...
Don’t Miss This Year’s Best Agencies to Work For Survey
Aug 9 2011 // Do you love your boss? Do you love your agency? Do you think your independent insurance agency or brokerage firm is a GREAT place to work? If so, don’t miss this opportunity to recognize your agency as one of the...
Santa Monica’s White & Co. Hires Agent
Aug 9 2011 // White & Company Insurance Inc., of Santa Monica, Calif., has added Dane Lupe to its staff. Lupe is coming to White Sutton as a producer, responsible for new and renewal business. Lupe has three years of experience in...
California’s PacWest Expands with Two New Agencies
Aug 9 2011 // PacWest Alliance Insurance Services, Inc. welcomes two new members: Hooper, Spuhler & Sturgeon Insurance Services and Moore & Miller Insurance Agency. Hooper, Spuhler & Sturgeon Insurance Services is located in...
Ohio and Nebraska Agencies Join Iroquois Group
Aug 9 2011 // Mittelstadt Agency of Nebraska and Nelson Insurance of Ohio joined the Iroquois Group. The agency was founded in June of 2000 and recently went independent after 11 years of being affiliated with Farmers Insurance...
Bank Insurance Brokerage Income Marks New Record; Up Amost 20%
Aug 8 2011 // Bank holding companies (BHC) set a new record, marking the highest quarterly results ever recorded for first-quarter insurance brokerage income. BHCs posted $3.98 billion in insurance brokerage income in the first quarter...
IBA San Diego Hosts Luncheon Discussion August 17th, 2011: “State of the Reinsurance Industry-How Changes Could Affect the Agent and Insured!”
Aug 8 2011 // San Diego, August 8, 2011 – The Insurance Brokers & Agents of San Diego in partnership with the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation’s San Diego Steering Committee, will be hosting a lunch discussion on...
Minn. Supreme Court Rules Against Agent in Negligent Procurement Case
Aug 5 2011 // An insurance agent in Minnesota lost an appeal asking to the state Supreme Court to dismiss a case against him over “negligent procurement of insurance coverage.” Robert M. Swendra with the Robert M. Swendra...
Washington State Agent Pleads to Bilking Doctors
Aug 4 2011 // Brenda MacLaren-Beattie, a longtime insurance agent in Des Moines, Wash., has pleaded guilty to first-degree theft for selling fake insurance to oral surgeons in two states. An investigation by Insurance Commissioner Mike...
Massachusetts Agents Seek Ballot Measure to Ban Insurers’ Use of Credit Scores
Aug 4 2011 // Massachusetts independent insurance agents who oppose the use of credit scores, occupation and education level in auto insurance pricing by the insurance companies they represent are pushing to put a petition to ban such...
When Rating Agencies Judge the World – an Analysis
Aug 3 2011 // The man who holds in his hands the fate of U.S. credit, and with it potentially the global economy, favors small tie knots, sports a bushy mustache and smokes his fair share of cigarettes. Beyond that, he is a mystery,...
Insurance Journal Searches for the Best Agencies to Work For
Aug 2 2011 // Is your independent insurance agency or brokerage firm a great place to work? Insurance Journal is on the search again for the best independent insurance agencies in the United States to work for and we hope you will...
