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West Penn Power Settles Coal Ash Discharge Complaints With Environmental Agencies
Jan 12 2022 // West Penn Power of Greensburg, Pennsylvania will pay a $610,000 penalty under a settlement to resolve water discharge violations at two coal ash landfills in southwestern Pennsylvania. The settlement was announced by the...
King Insurance Buys Up Two More Florida Agencies: DMI and Insurance Den
Jan 12 2022 // King Insurance announced it has added two more Florida insurance agencies to its rapidly growing stable of firms in the Southeast. Don Martin Insurance, known as DMI agency, has offices in Orlando, Fanning Springs and...
One80 Buys Wholesale Comp Broker PMC Insurance
Jan 12 2022 // One80 Intermediaries, a specialty insurance wholesale broker based in Boston, has acquired PMC Insurance Group, a workers’ compensation wholesale broker and program manager. With offices in Bedford, Massachusetts,...
U.S. Security Agencies Issue Advisory on Russian Cyber Attacks on Infrastructure
Jan 12 2022 // Federal cybersecurity officials are again warning of Russian cyber attacks and urging critical infrastructure networks in particular to be on alert. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the Federal Bureau...
Movo Partnership Acquires 3 Commercial UK Brokers
Jan 10 2022 // Movo Investment Group Ltd., the parent company of the Movo Partnership network (Movo), announced it has completed the acquisition of three commercial brokers in the UK. Chiltern Insurance Group, based in Reading; FLS...
Patriot Growth Insurance Adds Six Agencies in Florida
Jan 7 2022 // Patriot Growth Insurance Services, a national agency, has acquired six Florida agencies, greatly expanding Patriot’s footprint in the Southeast. Pennsylvania-headquartered Patriot said in a news release that it had...
Nominations Open for Insurance Journal’s Agents of the Year
Jan 6 2022 // Insurance Journal is now accepting nominations for its annual “Agents of the Year” report. Are you a top property/casualty independent insurance agent? Do you know someone who is? Then submit information to be...
UK Broker Aston Lark Buys Phoenix Healthcare in 2nd UK Acquisition of 2022
Jan 6 2022 // Aston Lark, the London-based insurance broker that is soon to become part of Howden, announced Phoenix Healthcare (UK) as the latest addition to the group. Established in 1996 in Oadby, Leicester, Phoenix Healthcare is a...
People Moves: Amwins Names Baig, McNatt as Brokerage Presidents; TigerRisk Adds Lockton’s Cheney
Jan 5 2022 // Specialty broker Amwins announced the appointments of Sam Baig and Jeff McNatt as presidents of Amwins Brokerage, effective immediately. James Drinkwater, who has served as president of the brokerage division since 2008...
Canada’s Western Financial Group Buys Ontario Insurance Brokerage Wiesner Insurance
Jan 5 2022 // Canadian insurance broker Western Financial Group has acquired Wiesner Insurance Inc., a high-end full-service insurance brokerage located in southern Ontario. Originally founded in 1991 by Jason Wiesner, Wiesner Insurance...
UK Broker Aston Lark Acquires Mainstay Insurance
Jan 4 2022 // Aston Lark, the London-based insurance broker that is soon to become part of Howden, announced the acquisition of UK broker Mainstay Insurance. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2013 by...
UK Broker Ardonagh to Acquire Portugal’s MDS Group
Dec 27 2021 // UK broker Ardonagh Group announced it has agreed to acquire Portuguese broker MDS Group. Headquartered in Porto, MDS has offices in Brazil, where it is the country’s largest independent broker, as well as Angola,...
King Insurance Acquires Three More Agencies
Dec 27 2021 // King Insurance, a Florida-based insurance broker and employee benefits firm, has acquired three agencies in Florida and Georgia, bringing to 11 the number of acquisitions for the company this year. King, headquartered in...
Butler & Messier Insurance Acquires Two Rhode Island Agencies
Dec 22 2021 // Butler & Messier Insurance recently acquired two Cranston, Rhode Island, insurance agencies to add to its expanding statewide footprint. Effective October 1, 2021, Butler & Messier successfully closed on the final...
Program Solutions Designed to Serve Agents
Dec 21 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by The Hanover Insurance Group. The U.S. program market has doubled in size over the past decade, with market research indicating even more accelerated growth in the future. This,...
UK Brokerage Insurtech Eyes U.S. Expansion After $7.9M Capital Raise
Dec 20 2021 // A commercial insurance brokerage technology company that is up and running in the UK is targeting the U.S. after raising more than $7.9 million in a Series A funding round. Broker Insights, which is based in Scotland,...
Wholesale Brokers Look to Continue Offering Value While Addressing Talent Gap
Dec 20 2021 // The wholesale insurance market continues to grow premiums while providing value to retail agents and important options to their customers, according to a report commissioned by the Wholesale and Specialty Insurance...
2022 Holds Promise for Insurance Agents and Digital Carriers
Dec 20 2021 // Technology will continue to influence changes in insurance markets in 2022, especially among agents and digital carriers. So say the people at Agentero, a digital platform and network that uses data and analytics to enable...
Insurance Agents Eye Changes to Support Growth in 2022
Dec 20 2021 // A majority of insurance agents have a very positive outlook for 2022. About 70% expect their business growth to be on track in the new year, while nearly 20% expect that growth to be “off the charts.” According...
Insurance Agent Wins Iowa State Senate Seat
Dec 17 2021 // An Iowa insurance agent has overwhelmingly won a state Senate seat in a northwest Iowa special election. Spirit Lake insurance agent Dave Rowley, a Republican, won the special election Tuesday to fill the Senate District 1...
