Latest Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Calif. Regulator Reaches Settlement with Marsh to End Secret Commissions
Mar 13 2006 // California’s Department of Insurance (CDI) has reached an agreement with Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. requiring the giant broker to fully disclose commission agreements and put a halt to harmful practices...
Beecher Carlson Initiates Developer, Builder Program
Mar 10 2006 // An integrated brokerage and captive solution for residential developers and builders has been launched by Beecher Carlson, an Atlanta-based brokerage and risk management consulting company. The firm’s Precision...
HUB International Shifts Management in New England Brokerage
Mar 10 2006 // Hub International Limited has made several management changes in its New England operation. Charles (Charley) J. Brophy will assume the role of president and chief executive officer of insurance brokerage Hub International...
Round Table Discussions to Focus on Miami-Dade County Market
Mar 10 2006 // ‘Speed-meeting’ round table discussions in which members will sit at tables and have an opportunity to talk with underwriters and discuss the current market, products and services, sponsored by the Independent...
Poe Financial Group Cancels New, Renewed Fla. Homeowners, Commercial Policies
Mar 9 2006 // Florida agents have been notified by Poe Financial Group that thousands of policyholders with its Southern Family Insurance Company will no longer be able to renew or insure new homeowner or commercial lines business. The...
Agents and Brokers: Top 10 Reasons to Join the Top 100 … and Let Your Success be Known
Mar 9 2006 // Insurance Journal’s search for the nation’s top privately-owned independent insurance agencies and brokerages has begun but some qualified firms have not yet sent in their entry forms. The final deadline has...
Agents, Brokers Encourage Calif. Supreme Court to De-Publish Opinion
Mar 9 2006 // Insurance Agents and Brokers of the West (IBA West) has urged the California Supreme Court to “depublish” an unprecedented appellate court opinion suggesting that insurance broker-agents owe a legal duty of...
N.C. Big ‘I’ to Present Check for UNC Endowment on March 8
Mar 7 2006 // A check for $54,000 for a scholarship endowment will be presented at 1 p.m. March 8 to the Belk College of Business at the University of North Carolina by the Young Agents Committee of the Independent Insurance Agents of...
PIA: Federal Proposal Will Be Trojan Horse for Optional Federal Charter
Mar 7 2006 // The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents has reaffirmed its opposition to any proposals that call for a so-called “optional” federal charter for insurers. “Those who want to dismantle...
Ala. Commissioner: ‘End Air Force One Policy’
Mar 6 2006 // An effective National Disaster Program has to be found so that if there is a catastrophe, we won’t have to rely on an “Air Force One Policy,” in which Air Force One flies in and brings us $20 billion,...
Rayborn outlines Florida insurance agency requirements to Latin Association
Mar 6 2006 // The requirements for Florida insurance agencies to be licensed by the state before Oct. 1, with fines of up to $10,000 for not licensing, were discussed in a presentation “Agency Licensing, Are You Prepared? That is...
Alabama Big ‘I’ supports five bills, rejects two
Mar 6 2006 // Alabama HB627 defining insurance fraud and making it easier for the Insurance Commission to join with neighboring states to crack down on fraud has gained the support of the Alabama Independent Insurance Agents. During...
Gather Around
Mar 6 2006 // Insurance agents and brokers seem to go to more meetings and conferences than most people can imagine. Just in the property and casualty arena, there are a host of educational and networking events across the country...
How agents can meet the affluents’ expectation of a luxury experience
Mar 6 2006 // Luxury used to be associated with a price, a label on a product and acquiring expensive items. Today, luxury is about service. The experience is defined by services that make the consumer feel pampered and unique. The more...
The “secrets” to affluent market success
Mar 6 2006 // Independent agents, like companies, are increasingly under pressure with increasing costs and decreasing revenues. One way around this dilemma is to segment the agency’s personal lines business and to focus on the...
Agents push for a technological sea change
Mar 6 2006 // Tides continue to turn on the automation frontier and agents and brokers riding the waves may be pushing a sea change in the way they communicate with insurance carriers, according to the results of a recent survey of...
Utah’s GBS Benefits Affiliates with the Leavitt Group
Mar 3 2006 // GBS Benefits, a Utah employee benefits brokers and consultant, became part of the Leavitt Group effective Jan. 1. The Leavitt Group is the largest Utah-based insurance brokerage and the 20th largest insurance sales...
Former San Diego Broker Sentenced in Premium Theft Scam
Mar 3 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi on Friday reported the sentencing of former San Diego insurance broker Roberto Molina Jr., 55, to 180 days in jail and three years of probation stemming from an...
Ark. Agent Awarded More Than $2.5M in Aon Risk Services Case
Mar 3 2006 // A Pulaski County Circuit Court jury awarded a Little Rock, Ark., insurance agent more than $2.55 million dollars in alleged unpaid salary and commissions in a case involving Aon Risk Services of Arkansas Inc. and Aon Risk...
S.C. Big ‘I’ Conference: Officials to Discuss Insurance Fraud, ‘Hot Topics’
Mar 2 2006 // Insurance fraud and “hot topics” facing the insurance industry will be discussed by South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster and Director of Insurance Elanor Kitzman during the March 22 and 23 annual...
