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Alabama Insurance Agent Charged with $600,000 in Fraud, Elder Exploitation
Mar 1 2023 // Authorities have charged an Alabama insurance agent, who formerly worked for Alfa Insurance, with more than $600,000 in fraud, theft and exploitation of the elderly. Bret Chappell, 43, of Warrior, Alabama, was arrested...
Jensten Group Acquires UK’s Specialist Schemes Broker Darwin Clayton
Mar 1 2023 // The Jensten Group has announced its acquisition of the schemes broker, Darwin Clayton, for an undisclosed amount. The deal, which is subject to regulatory approval, brings 44 staff, 2,300 clients and more than £20 million...
Howden Buys Specialist Entertainment Broker Franz Gossler in Germany
Mar 1 2023 // Howden, the international insurance broker, announced an agreement to acquire Franz Gossler Insurance Group, one of the leading insurance brokers focusing on film and entertainment insurance in Germany and beyond. The...
How Agentsync Helps Insurance Producers and Adjusters Manage Carrier Requirements for Paper Licensing
Feb 27 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. While modern insurance infrastructure allows insurance carriers to access to-the-day reporting for insurance producers’ and adjusters’ licenses, many still...
Tysers Sells Bloodstock Broking Team and Bloodstock Managing Agent to Howden
Feb 22 2023 // Tysers, the independent Lloyd’s broker and part of AUB Group, announced the sale of its bloodstock broking team and the bloodstock managing agent, Galileo, to Howden. “We had built an exceptional bloodstock...
Former Michigan Insurance Agent Convicted of Filing False Tax Returns
Feb 16 2023 // A former Michigan insurance agent was convicted of filing false tax returns and making false statements to both a bankruptcy court and the Department of Justice. According to court documents and evidence presented at...
Krause Acquires LTCI Brokerage Services in California
Feb 16 2023 // Krause Brokerage Services, LLC acquired USA-LTC in California. USA-LTC is a brokerage firm that specializes in long-term care insurance, including employer-sponsored worksite LTCI for businesses offering LTCI as a benefit...
AgentSync Co-Founders Jenn Knight and Niji Sabharwal on the Future of Insurance and AgentSync’s Place in the Industry
Feb 15 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Recently, AgentSync Co-Founders Jenn Knight and Niji Sabharwal sat down with Judy Shaw, host of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) video series Floor Talk to discuss...
BriteCo Launches Independent Agent Program
Feb 15 2023 // BriteCo jewelry insurance today launched its new Agent Program, which will enable independent insurance agents in the United States to offer BriteCo jewelry insurance to their clients. Per a press release, agents in the...
Caribbean Risk Group Launches in London, Partners With Lloyd’s Broker Ramon Int’l
Feb 15 2023 // Caribbean Risk Group LLC. (CRG), the U.S. Virgin Islands-based insurance agency, announced the launch of its London operations, CRG International Ltd. The brokerage in London will act as an appointed representative of...
Former Alfa Agent Named Alabama Deputy Insurance Commissioner
Feb 15 2023 // Larry Chapman Jr., recently an agent with Alfa Insurance, is the new deputy insurance commissioner for Alabama. The state Department of Insurance announced that Chapman will fill the spot left vacant by Mark Fowler, who...
BMS Acquires Spanish Broker Viafina, a Surety Insurance Specialist
Feb 14 2023 // BMS, the London-based independent specialty re/insurance broker, announced that BMS Iberia has signed a deal to acquire Seguros Viafina (Viafina), the Spanish specialty insurance and reinsurance broker. The acquisition is...
Risk Strategies Acquires High-Net Worth Broker Bullen Group
Feb 13 2023 // National specialty insurance broker Risk Strategies reports it has acquired Bullen Insurance Group, a national specialist focused on high-net-worth families, individuals and their businesses. Bullen operates five offices...
Howden’s Aston Lark to Acquire UK Broker Allegiance Insure
Feb 13 2023 // Aston Lark, a Howden company, announced it has agreed terms to acquire the independent broker Allegiance Insure Ltd. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. London-based Allegiance Insure was established by...
Independent Insurance Agents of Texas Endorses CISR Designation
Feb 13 2023 // Austin, TX., February 14, 2023 –– The Certified Insurance Service Representative (CISR) designation provided by The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research is now endorsed by the Independent Insurance...
Unlicensed California Insurance Agent Sentenced for Stealing $140K from Business Owners
Feb 10 2023 // Robert Meseer, 69, of Westminster, California, was sentenced this week after pleading guilty to 55 felony counts of grand theft, insurance fraud and forgery. Meseer was sentenced to three years of supervised formal...
Brothers in Fraud: Carolina Insurance Agents Plead Guilty to Ponzi Scheme Charges
Feb 9 2023 // Two brothers, longtime insurance agents in Whiteville, North Carolina, are on their way to several years in prison after pleading guilty to running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded friends, family and other members of the...
Highstreet Partners Adds 2 Pennsylvania Agencies
Feb 6 2023 // Michigan-based independent insurance agency Highstreet Insurance Partners reports it has acquired two Pennsylvania insurance agencies: Lock Haven-based Davis Insurance Agency and Bensalem-based Michael Pigott Agency. Both...
Amwins Global Risks Acquires UK Broker Roberts Armytage & Partners
Feb 3 2023 // Amwins Global Risks, the London-based international arm of global specialty insurance broker Amwins, announced the acquisition of Roberts Armytage & Partners (RAP), the specialist, energy and marine-focused London...
Hackers of ION Trading Also Hit UK Postal Service, Canada Hospital, U.S. Local Agencies
Feb 3 2023 // The hacking group behind a cyberattack against the software firm ION Trading UK has recently conducted a series of breaches throughout the world, with its victims including the UK’s postal service and local...
