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#1 Florida Bill Advances, Would End Board of Engineers, Other Professional Agencies
Apr 21 2025 // Elon Musk’s age of government efficiency has spread to Florida, with legislation advanced last week that would abolish at least 22 state boards that oversee licensing and disciplinary reviews for engineers,...
#2 Allstate Agent Can Be Sued Over Nonrenewal of ‘Grandfathered’ Flood Insurance Policy
Apr 15 2025 // A Connecticut agent for Allstate Insurance may be sued by an insured who faults the agent for not renewing a flood insurance policy in a timely fashion, thereby depriving the insured of the benefit of...
#3 South Florida Insurance Broker Pleads Guilty to Fraud in $133M ACA Enrollment Scheme
Apr 22 2025 // A south Florida insurance broker is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty last week to a $134 million scheme that fraudulently enrolled thousands of people in Affordable Care Act health insurance plans. Dafud Iza, 54,...
#4 NC Committee Approves Bill to End Education Requirements for Insurance Agents
Apr 17 2025 // A North Carolina House of Representatives committee voted Wednesday to do away with educational course requirements for insurance agent licenses, a move that could help address what has been called a shortage of producers...
#5 NAMIC, Big ‘I’ Join Call to Do Away With Federal Insurance Office
Apr 11 2025 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies and the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America are the latest from the industry to join a call in support of a measure to abolish the Federal Insurance...
#6 Former Texas Insurance Broker Charged in Alleged Scam
Apr 17 2025 // A former Friendswood, Texas insurance agent turned himself into authorities last week over charges that he fraudulently brokered insurance policies, the Friendswood Police Department announced. Edgar Peralta of Edgar...
#7 Higginbotham Adds Agencies in Georgia, Tennessee to the Team
Apr 14 2025 // Higginbotham, one of the largest insurance agencies headquartered in Texas, has expanded its footprint in the Southeast by adding agencies in Georgia and Tennessee. The firm announced that Tidwell & Hilburn Insurance...
#8 Pet Insurance, Agents Gets a Shorter Leash Under Bill DeSantis Signed Into Law
Apr 23 2025 // Pet insurance is considered property insurance, and pet coverage and pet wellness programs will soon face new regulations and disclosure requirements under a bill signed into law by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. House Bill...
#9 Today’s Commercial Property Market in ‘Better Place’ Brokers Assess 4 Current Trends: Vacancies, Alternatives, Valuations, Wildfires
Apr 7 2025 // Commercial property insurance rates continue to fall for most accounts after most property insurers saw profitable books in 2024. That’s good news for insureds, commercial property brokers say, as clients begin to...
#10 MEMIC Recognizes Three NE Agencies for Service to Policyholders
Apr 3 2025 // Workers’ compensation specialist insurer MEMIC, based in Maine, has recognized three agencies in the Northeast for top service to policyholders. HUB International Northeast, with offices in New York City; Brown &...
#11 Lloyd’s Broker Charged Over Alleged Ecuador Bribes
Apr 17 2025 // UK fraud cops have charged an insurance broker with bribery, after a four-year probe into alleged corruption involving state-run insurance contracts in Ecuador. The Serious Fraud Office accused United Insurance Brokers...
#12 Insurtech 1Fort Raises $7.5M to Support AI Binding Tech for Brokers
Apr 17 2025 // 1Fort, the AI platform for business insurance, announced it raised $7.5 million in an oversubscribed funding round led by Bonfire Ventures. The round also included Draper Associates (Tim Draper); Karim Atiyeh, the founder...
#13 The Good and Bad About Being an Independent Insurance Agent
Apr 21 2025 // What’s so great about being a young independent agent today? Freedom, quality of life, opportunities to grow, challenges and the ability to solve them, the people and relationships built, the compensation, and, of...
#14 Buyer-Friendly April Reinsurance Renewal Bodes Well for Mid-Year Renewals: Brokers
Apr 4 2025 // The April reinsurance renewals saw a competitive, buyer-friendly market with plentiful capacity and price reductions for loss-free accounts – in a continuation of the favorable market conditions seen in January,...
#15 Brokers Aon and WTW Each Report Steady Organic Growth of 5% in Q1
Apr 28 2025 // The brokers Aon and WTW both reported organic revenues of 5% for the first quarter of the year, level with Q1 2024. Aon’s total revenue in the first quarter increased 16% to $4.7 billion compared to $4.1 billion...
#16 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Brokers in UK and Australia
Apr 3 2025 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. this week announced two acquisitions – of the UK’s Bircroft Insurance Services and Australia’s Tresidder Insurance Brokers. Financial details of the transactions were not...
#17 Capital Farm Credit Acquires Two Texas Agencies
Apr 21 2025 // The Board of Directors for Capital Farm Credit recently supported the purchase of two crop insurance agencies in the Texas Plains Region in an acquisition agreement aimed at serving as a long-term provider of critical crop...
#18 Ascend Releases AI-Powered Smart Inbox for Retail Agencies
Apr 14 2025 // Smart Inbox automates processing of documents for both agency bill and direct bill workflows San Francisco, April 14, 2025 – Ascend, the leading financial operations automation platform for the insurance industry, today...
#19 Business Moves: Dutch Broker HW International Completes MBO; Jewelers Mutual Buys Australia’s Q Report; Ardonagh Advisory Buys UK Broker ALP Holdings
Apr 7 2025 // Dutch Broker HW International Completes Management Buyout HW International BV (HWI BV), the privately held, Dutch insurance broker, has completed a management buyout with the backing of OBL Investments BV, a privately held...
#20 Idaho Bail Agent Convicted of Insurance Fraud for Mishandling Funds
Apr 15 2025 // An Idaho man pleaded guilty to one count of felony insurance fraud for diverting fiduciary funds for personal use. Johnny Mateo Robles, Jr. of Twin Falls, pleaded guilty to one count of felony insurance fraud for diverting...
