Latest Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Agencies Announce Leavitt Benefits Insurance Services of Southern California
Nov 10 2008 // Barlocker Insurance Services-Laguna Hills, PrideMark-Everest and Valley Insurance Service are merging their benefits operations to create a new entity, Leavitt Benefits Services of Southern California. The property and...
California Warns Consumers of Brooke Policies
Nov 7 2008 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner encouraged consumers who have purchased insurance policies through Brooke franchises to verify their coverage, in light of recent closures at Brooke. It is unlikely that an...
Lockton Insurance Brokers Names Baker Health Risk Management Director
Nov 7 2008 // Jesica Baker has joined Lockton Insurance Brokers LLC, the Southern California subsidiary of Lockton Companies, as director of health risk management. Baker’s expertise in the healthcare industry spans more than 20...
Louisiana Agents Arrested on Fraud Charges
Nov 6 2008 // Two Ferriday, La., area insurance agents recently were arrested and issued cease and desist orders, summary suspensions and fine notices for violating various provisions of Louisiana’s insurance code. The Louisiana...
Rhode Island Agency Recognized by National Trade Group
Nov 6 2008 // Hunter Insurance Inc., an independent agency in Lincoln, Rhode Island, has been named the Trusted Choice Agency of the Month by the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America. Trusted Choice is a branding effort...
Collaboration With Insurance Agents Aids in State Regulation
Nov 5 2008 // The property/casualty insurance marketplace could not function without insurance agents and brokers. Consequently, it’s important for state regulators to work with agents within their states. Recently, several...
Willis Expands UK Independent Broker Network
Nov 5 2008 // Willis Group Holdings announced that 10 new members have joined its Commercial Network, a partnership with local, independent insurance brokers in the UK. Including the new members who joined this year, total membership is...
SoCal Insurance Agent Gets 10 Years for Scam
Nov 5 2008 // A Southern California insurance agent has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to a $2.5 million fraud scheme. Prosecutors say Anthony Medina, who operated Prompt Insurance Agency in Newport Beach,...
Survey: Agents Report Rise in Agency E&O Premiums
Nov 5 2008 // A near majority of agents and brokers responding to the 2008 Insurance Journal Agency E&O Survey said they experienced increases in their agency’s errors and omissions premium this year. Some 44.1 percent of...
A Winning E&O Defensive Strategy: How Agents Can Block Claims
Nov 4 2008 // In sports, the best offense is a great defense, right? When it comes to preventing errors and omissions claims defensive measures are also the best offense in protecting an insurance agency. Defensive strategies, or risk...
Program Administrators Earn Best Practices Honor
Nov 3 2008 // The Target Markets Program Administrators Association (TMPAA) awarded member agencies, Willis Programs, Glatfelter Insurance Group, Oryx Insurance Brokers, and Synergy Professional Associates the Association’s Best...
Custom Video Generates More Traffic to Agent Websites
Nov 3 2008 // SAN DIEGO – (November 3, 2008) – Online video is booming. By 2012 nearly 50 percent of all Internet traffic will be to online videos, according to Cisco Systems. This online video boom can be a benefit to...
Two New York Agencies Named Top Performers
Nov 2 2008 // Reagan Consulting and the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big “I”) announced the Best Practices Agencies for 2008-2009. A total of 189 agencies from around the country maintained their...
Opportunity Management
Nov 2 2008 // As the impact of the global economic crisis takes hold, a quarter of large U.S. employers say they expect to make layoffs in the next 12 months. However, most companies are focusing on increased employee communication and...
People
Nov 2 2008 // Tonya I. Sylvester has been named a sales executive at Rogers & Gray Insurance Agency Inc. of Massachusetts. Sylvester will specialize in personal lines sales, and work out of the agency’s Canton and Plymouth...
Mass. Agents Contribute $1.9B to the State’s Economy
Nov 2 2008 // As employers, taxpayers, consumers and charitable contributors, Massachusetts’ independent insurance agents make a $1.9 billion cumulative contribution to the Bay State’s economy last year, according to a new...
Brooke Corp. Troubles Continue as Stock is Sold
Nov 2 2008 // Kansas Franchise Group Faces Lawsuits in Multiple States Amid the flurry of lawsuits leveled by franchisees, now an Illinois company connected to a bank involved in the lawsuit of the parent company of Brooke Corp. has...
Declarations
Nov 2 2008 // Formaldehyde Concerns “Only mobile homes and only park models that fell below (the state’s formaldehyde threshold) and validated through that testing were provided to the state of Iowa.” —Assistant...
People
Nov 2 2008 // Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina named Kelley L. Erstine chief executive officer. Erstine assumed the association’s CEO responsibilities Oct. 15 and replaces Bob Bird upon his retirement after 25 years...
Opportunity Management
Nov 2 2008 // As the impact of the global economic crisis takes hold, a quarter of large U.S. employers say they expect to make layoffs in the next 12 months. However, most companies are focusing on increased employee communication and...
