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Relief But Questions on Agents’ Duties to Insureds After Florida Court Ruling
Jan 7 2026 // Florida insurance agents and brokers can breathe at least a little easier after a state appeals court effectively reversed hefty damages in a case that had threatened to expand agents’ duties to insureds as well as...
Howden Buys M&A Insurance Broker Atlantic Group in US Expansion
Jan 5 2026 // UK insurance broker Howden agreed to buy M&A protection specialist Atlantic Group as the City firm presses ahead with a rapid expansion in the key US market. Atlantic Group’s founders — Richard French, Joe...
Freight Broker Says $400K in Lobster Meat Stolen in Fictitious Pickup
Dec 30 2025 // A shipment of lobster meat worth $400,000 that was being held in a Massachusetts cold storage facility never made it to the Costco stores in the Midwest where it was supposed to be delivered. Instead, it appears it was...
Former CEO of Nonprofit P/C Statistical Agent Sentenced for Stealing Millions
Dec 23 2025 // A former chief executive officer of a statistical agent that compiles data from insurance companies for state insurance departments has been sentenced on charges related to her theft of millions of dollars from the...
People Moves: CRC Adds New Brokers in Nashville, Birmingham
Dec 23 2025 // CRC Specialty, an independent wholesale specialty insurance distributor, named two new brokers in its Southeast operations. Ron Bussey will be a senior broker based in Nashville, focused on casualty insurance placements...
Alliant Named Broker for New York MTA’s $2 Billion Subway Project
Dec 23 2025 // Alliant Insurance Services reported that it was chosen by New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) as the insurance broker for Phase 2 of the Second Avenue Subway project, a $2 billion project that was...
Son of Ponzi-Accused Georgia Building & Loan Founder Now an Insurance Agent
Dec 19 2025 // The former co-leader of a collapsed Georgia savings and loan, a lending firm that is now the subject of state and federal Ponzi scheme investigations, has been granted an insurance producer’s license in the...
Insurance Tech: Zywave Releases Suite of Specialized AI Agents
Dec 17 2025 // Insurance technology provider Zywave unveiled an agentic AI strategy, and what it calls the industry’s first suite of insurance-specialized AI agents. The agents will help insurance companies transform how they work...
Independent Agencies Win When Retention Comes First
Dec 16 2025 // As an independent agent, you know the truth: acquiring new clients is often much more expensive than keeping the ones you already have. The old saying, “new business is king,” no longer entirely rings true....
Aon Adds to List of Brokers Suing Howden US for Alleged Poaching, Theft
Dec 15 2025 // A new broker is now suing Howden US and a pair of former employees for allegations of poaching and theft of trade secrets. Last week Aon Risk Services Cos. filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New...
Drowning in Busywork? Tech to Help Agencies Reclaim Time and Boost Efficiency
Dec 15 2025 // With the winter holidays quickly approaching, independent agencies are looking for ways to reclaim precious time—to unwind and recharge. Between client requests, policy servicing, sales demands, carrier logins, and...
Man Sentenced for Flashing Three Insurance Agencies in Georgia
Dec 12 2025 // A man convicted of flashing workers at three insurance agencies in Warner Robins, Georgia, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Demarcus Tyrell Mann, 30, pleaded guilty but mentally ill in October, after he was...
Big ‘I’ CEO Symington Named Among Top Lobbyists for 2025
Dec 12 2025 // The Hill, a prominent Washington, D.C.-based political newspaper, named Charles Symington, president and CEO of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big “I”), among the top trade...
Jury Finds Agent Guilty of Twice Misappropriating Client’s Insurance Funds
Dec 9 2025 // A Baltimore County jury has found Michael C. Okolo, of Parkville, Maryland, guilty of two counts of insurance fraud and one count of obstruction of justice. According to Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown Okolo was...
CSMV Underwriting Launches in Florida: Part Brokerage, Part Program Manager
Dec 9 2025 // After seeing some of the frustration that insurance agents run into, the head of a well-known south Florida agency has launched a hybrid vehicle – part brokerage and part program manager. CSMV Underwriting Managers,...
Register Now for IJ’s ‘AI Tools for Agents’ Demo Day on Dec. 10
Dec 9 2025 // Insurance Journal’s Risky Future series will host the “AI Tools for Retail Agents” Demo Day, which offers free AI tool demonstrations designed exclusively for retail insurance agencies. The latest online...
People Moves: Aon Names Norman as Senior Broker in Global ReSpecialty Property Team; AHJ Miller Taps Carpenter’s Ehrencrona as Head of Nordic Fac
Dec 8 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the brokers Aon plc and AHJ Miller. A summary of these new hires follows here. Aon Names Norman as Senior Broker in its Global ReSpecialty Property...
PE Firms EQT, PAI Among Bidders for €2 Billion Insurance Broker Global
Dec 5 2025 // Private equity firms EQT AB, PAI Partners and Stone Point have been shortlisted in the bidding for German insurance brokerage Global Group, people familiar with the matter said. Global Group, which is backed by buyout firm...
Viewpoint: Agentic AI Is Coming to Insurance Industry – Much Faster Than You Think
Dec 3 2025 // There has been much discussion in the insurance industry about artificial intelligence (AI) and how it can take on mundane, laborious tasks and complete them in a fraction of the time it would take a human. But the...
Flood Quotes Aims to Make it Easier for Agents to Compare Premiums and Bind Policies
Dec 3 2025 // A new flood insurance quoting platform aims to streamline the process for insurance agents and brokers, providing real-time quotes from federal and private insurers all in one place. Flood Quotes is owned by National Flood...
