Latest Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
PCF Insurance Agencies Create Western Pacific Partners Group
Sep 15 2022 // Washington-based agencies Fortiphi Insurance and Western Pacific Insurance, both agency partners of PCF Insurance Services, announced the formation of the Western Pacific Partners Group led by Michael Ebert and Gabe...
Biz Moves: King Insurance Acquires Two More Agencies in Florida
Sep 12 2022 // King Insurance, a rapidly expanding brokerage based in Gainesville, Florida, has announced the acquisitions of two more Florida agencies. King officials said that it bought Tallahassee-based Brad Burns Insurance, which...
Last Chance to Nominate for Best Agencies to Work For 2022
Sep 6 2022 // Is your agency a Best Place to Work? Then it’s time to nominate your agency as a “Best Agency to Work For.” To nominate your agency, you must be a current employee of the agency you are nominating. A...
Round out a home’s protection with a new “stand-alone” earthquake option for Independent Agents in WA & OR
Sep 6 2022 // MILL CREEK, WA, September 6, 2022 — Pacific International Underwriters® (PIU) is partnering with American Modern® to offer a standalone earthquake insurance policy in Washington & Oregon. “One of the...
XPT Unifies Binding and Brokerage Division
Sep 6 2022 // September 6, 2022 – XPT announced today the launch of the binding and brokerage division unifying Western Security Surplus, Sierra Specialty, and LP Risk to one consolidated brand, XPT Specialty – your eXpert Partner...
Former California Insurance Agent Arrested for Theft, Operating Fraudulent Agency
Sep 5 2022 // Francis Okyere, 70, a previously licensed insurance agent in Westlake Village, California, was arrested in relation to a scheme that involved him allegedly stealing multiple victims’ identities and using them to open...
Markets/Coverages: Beazley, Paragon Partner on Weather Guard; Praedicat, Experian Collaborate on D&O Models; Armadillo Expands With 100 Agencies
Sep 1 2022 // Beazley to enter distribution partnership with Paragon for Weather Guard Specialty insurer Beazley announced a new, efficient and effective online portal solution for its leading Weather Guard product. The new robust...
First MainStreet Adds Pair of Partner Agencies in Iowa
Aug 31 2022 // First MainStreet Insurance L.C. (FMSI), an affiliate of TrueNorth Companies L.C., announced it has added two Iowa-based partner agencies. Joining the First MainStreet platform in June was Hagge Insurance Agency. As a...
FTC Accuses Data Broker of Selling Sensitive Location Data
Aug 31 2022 // Federal regulators have sued a data broker they accuse of selling sensitive geolocation data from millions of mobile devices, information that can be used to identify people and track their movements to and from sensitive...
World Insurance Acquires 2 Massachusetts Agencies: Tarpey and Rush-Kent
Aug 26 2022 // Insurance broker World Insurance Associates acquired two Massachusetts agencies: Tarpey Insurance Group of Wakefield, and Rush-Kent Insurance Agency Inc. of Arlington, on August 1. Tarpey is a family-owned and operated...
Georgia Insurance Agent Charged with Keeping Premium Refund Checks
Aug 25 2022 // A Georgia insurance agent is facing additional charges after she was arrested in July for allegedly keeping premium refund checks that were intended for policyholders. Kerri Monroe, 48, of Lyons, Georgia, in late July was...
One80 Intermediaries Acquires Pennsylvania Wholesale Broker Agentic
Aug 24 2022 // Boston-based specialty insurance broker One80 Intermediaries reports that it has acquired wholesaler broker Agentic Insurance of Radnor, Pennsylvania. Agentic is a privately owned specialty operation providing professional...
Aston Lark Acquires UK Broker AJ Insurance Service
Aug 24 2022 // Aston Lark, a Howden company, announced the acquisition of AJ Insurance Service Ltd. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Based in Tilbury in Essex, England, AJ Insurance Service was established in 1979 by...
Round out a home’s protection with a new “stand-alone” earthquake option for Independent Agents in WA & OR
Aug 22 2022 // MILL CREEK, WA, August 22, 2022 — Pacific International Underwriters® (PIU) is partnering with American Modern® to offer a standalone earthquake insurance policy in Washington & Oregon. “One of the advantages...
Former California Insurance Agent Arrested for Theft, Operating Fraudulent Agency
Aug 19 2022 // Francis Okyere, 70, a previously licensed insurance agent in Westlake Village, California, was arrested in relation to a scheme that involved him allegedly stealing multiple victims’ identities and using them to open...
Jensten Group Buys UK-Based Broker J. Bennett & Son
Aug 16 2022 // The Jensten Group, the London-based independent insurance broking group, has acquired J. Bennett & Son Insurance Brokers, based in High Wycombe, England, and its Oxford-based subsidiary, Mathews Comfort & Co., for...
AgentSync CTO and Co-founder Jenn Knight Talks Startups, Scaling, and SaaS at Collision 2022
Aug 15 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Collision, one of the world’s largest technology conferences, wrapped up its annual tech extravaganza in June. Founded by Paddy Cosgrave, David Kelly and Daire...
Hub International Acquires Canada Broker Jaimac Risk Management
Aug 15 2022 // Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based insurance brokerage and financial services firm, announced it has acquired Jaimac Risk Management Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in Ottawa, Ontario,...
Agents Expects Big Jump in Online Commercial Insurance Shopping: Survey Reports
Aug 15 2022 // A majority of independent insurance agents (53%) are expecting a significant increase in online commercial insurance buyers over the next three years, according to a survey from Semsee, a platform for small-commercial...
101 Sales, Marketing & Agency Management Ideas
Aug 15 2022 // Be Kind. No matter how educated, talented, or rich you are, how you treat people ultimately tells all. – Jonathan Friedland, Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Company Be happy! Be happy with who you are! Be...
