Latest Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
HUB International Acquires Assets of BC’s Falkenberg Agencies
Jun 10 2008 // Chicago-based Hub International Limited has acquired the Managing General Agency assets of Falkenberg Agencies Ltd., a British Columbia-based agency specializing in life and investment products. Terms of the transaction...
Grow your Business through Increased Insurance Lead Production
Jun 9 2008 // If you are serious about your job as an insurance agent, you must realize that it is essential to collect as many leads as possible. A high quality lead is much easier to turn into a sale than a cold call. For this reason,...
Texas Agent Group’s Recruiting Manager to Help Members Find Staff
Jun 9 2008 // Colleen O’Sullivan has joined the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas as the organization’s first-ever recruiting manager. Sullivan’s duties will include assisting the IIAT’s Trusted Choice...
Willis Sees Deal to Buy HRH Raising U.S. Revenue
Jun 9 2008 // Willis Group Holdings, the third largest global insurance broker, said Monday it sees its $2.1 billion deal for a rival broker boosting growth, especially in the United States. Willis said late Sunday it would buy...
American E&S Appoints Broker in Irvine, California
Jun 6 2008 // American E&S Insurance Brokers named James Lassiter a professional and financial lines broker. He will be working in the Irvine, Calif., branch. Lassiter has spent nearly 15 years in the insurance industry,...
U.S. Risk Names Siceloff a Senior Broker
Jun 6 2008 // U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc. named Mark J. Siceloff as a senior broker with U.S Risk Brokers, the company’s wholesale excess and surplus lines insurance brokerage operations. He will be based in U.S. Risk’s...
Mass. Agents, Arbella Challenge Managed Competition Rules
Jun 6 2008 // Massachusetts insurance agents and one of the state’s biggest auto insurers are going to court seeking to overturn rules that they say give new carriers an unfair advantage under the state’s new managed...
Insurance Agency Joins Mo. Auto Dealer in 1st Time Partnership
Jun 5 2008 // When buying a new or used car, cost is always an issue and car insurance shopping is always a stressful task. Just as banks now have agencies connected to mortgage lending, a new day has dawned when shoppers for...
Why Thousands of Agents are Buying Insurance Leads
Jun 4 2008 // Do you know why thousands of insurance agents are taking the time to buy leads? If not, there is a good chance that your competition is earning more money than you in less time. Of course, you can join in on this by taking...
How Hartford-Progressive Alliance for Banks Works
Jun 4 2008 // Agents submitting community bank risks to the new alliance between The Hartford and Progressive should expect to work with underwriters from each carrier but the companies promise quick turnaround. According to the...
North Carolina Insurance Broker Adds Account Manager
Jun 4 2008 // Amy Smith joined Raleigh, N.C.-based TriSure as an account manager in the firm’s property and casualty insurance division. In her new capacity at TriSure, Smith will serve as the first point of contact with clients....
States Allow Firms Purchased by Aon to Phase-Out Contingent Commissions
Jun 4 2008 // Insurance broker Aon Corp. reported today that the five government agencies to its 2005 regulatory settlement agreement have agreed to an amendment that will permit companies it acquires to continue to accept contingent...
Quantum Offers Online Version of Popular RealTimeExpress SEMCI Product
Jun 3 2008 // Quantum Integrated Systems, Inc., has expanded its popular RealTimeExpress™ to include a “software as a service” offering. This eliminates the expense of custom development and installation and makes...
PHLY Launches Coverage for Home Health Care Agencies
Jun 3 2008 // Philadelphia Consolidated Holding Corp. (PHLY) has launched a new line of insurance products aimed at home health care and hospice services. The new line offers general liability, professional liability, property,...
4 Texas Agencies Picked for Big ‘I’ Best Practices Study Group
Jun 3 2008 // Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) announced four of its member agencies, Bigham-Kliewer-Chapman-Watts, Bryan Insurance, Pierson & Fendley and Weatherby-Eisenrich, were selected to participated...
Court Turns Maryland Condo Insurance Upside Down
Jun 3 2008 // A dispute over $6,400 in damage to a Maryland townhouse led to an unexpected court decision that has reversed 26 years of standard industry practice, and left insurers, agents, lawmakers and condominium associations...
Agents and Brokers: Rate Your Regional vs. National Insurers
Jun 3 2008 // How do you rank your relationships with regional and national property/casualty insurers? How do their services compare? How would you rate underwriter knowledge, experience and stability for regional and national...
Authorities Find Insurance Investigator’s Body; Agent Charged
Jun 2 2008 // Authorities searching a wooded area on May 20 found the body of a North Carolina insurance investigator who prosecutors believe was killed by the owner of an agency she was auditing. Police searched for Sallie Rohrbach,...
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Jun 2 2008 // Appleton, Wis.-based Integrity Mutual Insurance Co. named Darin L. Kath as president-designate. Richard J. Schinler, current president and chief executive officer, will retire after 25 years with the company on Dec. 31. He...
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Jun 2 2008 // Markel Corp. named Anthony F. (Tony) Markel vice chairman and Paul W. Springman president and chief operating officer. Markel has been associated with Markel Corp. for more than 40 years, most recently serving as president...
