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#1 Gallagher Sues Two Former Brokers Who Started Own Firm
Sep 29 2025 // Global insurance brokers Arthur J. Gallagher is suing two former employees who left to start their own New York brokerage firm for allegedly soliciting Gallagher clients and using confidential information in violation of...
#2 Agent Has No Duty to Tell Insured of Pending Nonrenewal: Connecticut High Court
Sep 9 2025 // A Connecticut insurance agent has no duty to inform clients that their home insurer intends not to renew their insurance policy, the state’s high court recently affirmed in a case where the homeowners had argued that...
#3 Missouri Insurance Agent Charged With Fraud
Oct 1 2025 // Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced today that her Office has filed felony charges against a St. Peters insurance agent following an investigation into deceptive practices. Pamela Walsh faces nine counts...
#4 Lincoln International Agrees to Buy Insurance Brokerage Advisory MarshBerry
Sep 10 2025 // Lincoln International, a global investment banking advisory firm, said it has a definitive agreement to acquire MarshBerry, an advisory firm serving the insurance brokerage, insurance distribution, and wealth management...
#5 Insurance Agent Next After Florida Farm Manager Pleads in ‘Insurance Farming’ Scheme?
Sep 10 2025 // In a wide-ranging scheme that prosecutors are calling “insurance farming,” a former manager for one of the larger agricultural operations in Florida is now awaiting a sentencing hearing in December. Christopher...
#6 Texas Insurance Agent Pleaded Guilty After Stealing Premiums
Sep 19 2025 // A Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) investigation led to prison time for a former insurance agent who overcharged almost $300,000 in insurance premiums. Carlyle Poindexter pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire...
#7 Renaissance Introduces the First in a Suite of AI Solutions for Independent Agents
Sep 8 2025 // Agency network Renaissance said it has become the first of its kind to deliver an exclusive suite of artificial intelligence solutions built specifically for independent insurance agents. “Independent insurance...
#8 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Minnesota’s Bremer Insurance Agencies
Sep 10 2025 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of St. Paul, Minnesota-based Bremer Insurance Agencies, Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Bremer Insurance Agencies, a subsidiary of Old National...
#9 Agent Allegedly Duped Customer Into Agency Investment in Third Fraud Charge
Oct 3 2025 // For the third time in less that two and one-half years, a western Pennsylvania insurance agent is facing charges regarding fraudulent business practices — this time for deceiving a long-time insurance customer into...
#10 FTC Says Live Nation, Ticketmaster Joined With Ticket Brokers to Exploit Fans
Sep 22 2025 // The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and seven states accused Live Nation and its ticketing arm Ticketmaster of costing fans millions of dollars by tacitly allowing ticket brokers to scoop concert tickets and sell them to at...
#11 Howden Acquiring Entertainment Broker Gravitas in California
Sep 18 2025 // Howden is acquiring Gravitas Insurance Agency LLC, a Los Angeles-based retail brokerage specializing in contingency insurance for music, sports and live events. The deal, which is subject to customary closing conditions,...
#12 ALKEME Insurance Acquires New York’s Alliance Brokerage
Sep 26 2025 // California-based ALKEME Insurance announced it has acquired Alliance Brokerage Corp., a Melville, New York-based property/casualty agency. The acquisition strengthens ALKEME’s presence on the East Coast and adds...
#13 Georgia Man Indicted a Year After Arrest for Posing as Insurance Agent
Oct 6 2025 // More than a year after he was charged, a Georgia businessman known as “Dr. Taxes” has been indicted for posing as an insurance agent and swiping hundreds of thousands of dollars in workers’ compensation...
#14 ALKEME Acquires New York City Real Estate Specialist Gotham Brokerage
Sep 24 2025 // California-based ALKEME Insurance reports it has acquired Gotham Brokerage Co., a New York City insurance agency specializing in insurance for condos, co-ops, and apartments with a concentration in the high-value real...
#15 AI for Agents
Sep 8 2025 // Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are creating exciting times for just about everyone. The insurance industry is standing on the cusp of an exhilarating technological revolution, primarily driven by AI, writes Anupam...
#16 People Moves: XS Brokers Promotes Wirkus to CEO, McVicker President
Sep 24 2025 // Independent binding authority and wholesale brokerage XS Brokers recently announced Erik Wirkus has been promoted to chief executive officer. Eric Wirkus Wirkus has served as president of the Quincy, Massachusetts-based...
#17 VW Brown Owner Ripley Takes Over as Chair of Big ‘I’
Sep 16 2025 // Angela Ripley, owner and president of Maryland-based VW Brown Insurance Service, is the new chair of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”). Ripley became the second woman to...
#18 Ardonagh Europe Agrees to Acquire French Broker, Groupe Leader Insurance
Sep 22 2025 // Ardonagh Europe, part of The Ardonagh Group and headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, has agreed to acquire Groupe Leader Insurance (GLI), one of the top 10 wholesale and multi-specialist brokers in France. Founded in 2003 by...
#19 People Moves: CRC Group Names Paris CRO, USG Adds Smith as Broker
Sep 16 2025 // The CRC Group, based in Charlotte, has named Brennan Paris chief revenue officer of CRC Specialty. Brennan will also remain president of CRC Select, CRC Specialty’s binding operations, the company announced. Paris...
#20 Private Equity Firm B.P. Marsh Takes Minority Stake in UK Broker Oneglobal
Oct 1 2025 // B.P. Marsh & Partners Plc, the specialist private equity investor, announced it has taken a minority stake in Oneglobal, the London-based retail and wholesale insurance broker, which is majority owned by PE firm J.C....
