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Insurtech Agentero to Expand Digital Network for Agents After Raising $13.5M
Jul 29 2021 // Agentero raised $13.5 million in new financing designed to boost and help expand its digital insurance network for agents. The California-based insurtech, launched in 2017, is designed to help insurance agents access...
Howden Acquires Independent Italian Broker Andrea Scagliarini SpA
Jul 29 2021 // Howden, the London-based insurance broker, announced an agreement to acquire Italian broker Andrea Scagliarini SpA. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. By establishing operations in Italy, Howden adds...
Keystone Agency Investors Partners with 2 Midwest Agencies
Jul 28 2021 // Keystone Agency Investors (KAI), a private equity backed investment firm that is a majority owner of independent insurance agencies, entered into equity partnerships with Arachas Group LLC in Bartlett, Illinois, and Mason...
NFP in Canada and Aviation Broker Piiq Risk Form Exclusive Partnership
Jul 28 2021 // NFP, a New York-based insurance broker and consultant, announced the formation of an exclusive strategic partnership in Canada with aviation re/insurance broker Piiq Risk Partners. The NFP Complex Risk Solutions Group will...
Broker Ardonagh Group Launches Ardonagh Europe to Expand Buy-and-Build Strategy
Jul 27 2021 // The Ardonagh Group announced the creation of Ardonagh Europe as it prepares to take its buy-and-build model to Europe. Ardonagh Europe will be headquartered in Dublin and led by Conor Brennan, who will also continue to...
Former California Insurance Agent Sentenced for Embezzling Nearly $200K
Jul 26 2021 // Anna Gabriela Garcia, also known as Anna Nuno-Garcia, 48, of Capistrano Beach, Calif., was sentenced in Orange County Superior Court in Santa Ana after pleading guilty to two felony counts of embezzlement and grand theft...
Iowa Agent Placed on Probation Owes $30K, Has License Revoked
Jul 23 2021 // Des Moines, Iowa, Chad Mackland, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, recently submitted an Alford plea to the charge of Ongoing Criminal Conduct (Class B Felony) in Pottawattamie County District Court following an investigation by...
Relation Insurance Services Acquires Assets of SIG Insurance Agencies
Jul 23 2021 // Relation Insurance Services Inc. acquired the assets of The SIG Insurance Agencies. The partnership with SIG strengthens Relation’s existing capabilities and further expands the platform’s geographic presence...
Bradenton, Florida Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Elderly Investors
Jul 21 2021 // Kenneth Murry Rossman, a certified public accountant and licensed insurance agent, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud and aiding and assisting in the preparation and filing of a false income...
UK Broker Price Forbes Acquires 100% Stake of Chile Business
Jul 21 2021 // Price Forbes, a London-based insurance broker, announced it has increased its shareholding in Price Forbes Chile to 100% as part of its commitment to invest in growing its presence in Latin America. Price Forbes has grown...
People Moves: Miller’s Higgins Joins New Broker Inver Re; Hartford Hires AXA XL’s Brodzinski for Global Specialty; Bayman to MS Amlin for Aviation Reinsurance
Jul 20 2021 // This edition of International People Moves covers appointments at a new reinsurance broker, Ardonagh’s Inver Re; The Hartford’s Global Specialty business unit, and the aviation reinsurance division of MS Amlin...
People Moves: Island Insurance Names Kadomoto Assistant Vice President; The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers in California Names Arricale Chief Financial Officer
Jul 20 2021 // Island Insurance Co. has promoted Denise Kadomoto to assistant vice president of accounting and finance. Kadomoto will continue to serve as the company’s controller, a position she has held since 2015. Kadomoto...
Burns & Wilcox Brokerage Opens Massachusetts Office, Adds Five in Northeast
Jul 14 2021 // Burns & Wilcox Brokerage, a business unit of H.W. Kaufman Group solely dedicated to complex wholesale property/casualty brokerage, has opened its newest office in Boston, Massachusetts, and added five brokers to its...
Broker Ardonagh Opens Data and Risk Management Center in Ireland, Bringing 60 Jobs
Jul 13 2021 // The Ardonagh Group, a top 20 global insurance broker and the UK’s largest independent insurance broker, announced it will open the Ardonagh Global Data and Risk Management Centre this month, bringing 60 new highly...
Texas Outlines Changes to Insurance Agent Licensing Requirements
Jul 12 2021 // A bulletin released by the Texas Department of Insurance summarizes the changes to the requirements for agent licensing contained in HB 4030, passed this year by the 87th Texas Legislature. TDI outlined the revisions as...
Goldman Sachs-Backed Broker Aston Lark Acquires UK Golf Club Specialist Linkscover
Jul 12 2021 // Aston Lark, the London-based insurance broker that is backed by Goldman Sachs, announced the acquisition of the Linkscover brand to further strengthen its sports and leisure expertise. Financial details of the transaction...
New Study of Independent Agents Reveals Real World Methods Applied to Achieve Breakthrough Success
Jul 7 2021 // Whitepaper details surprising statistics on success measures including close ratios based on national interviews conducted with agents GREENSBORO, NC—July 7, 2021— A new study of independent agents reveals real-world...
Aston Lark Acquires UK Broker ES Risks
Jul 6 2021 // London-based broker Aston Lark continues with its buying spree with the purchase of ES Risks Ltd. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Established in 2007 and based in London, ES Risks is a 45-strong...
Allstate CEO Strategy: More Independent Agents But No More ‘Human Modems’
Jul 5 2021 // Allstate Corp. wants to buy more independent insurance agencies this year to build the business it acquired with its purchase of National General, Allstate Chief Executive Tom Wilson told Reuters last month. But the agents...
The Cybercrime Challenge for Agents
Jul 5 2021 // Ransomware is all over the news of late — Colonial Pipeline, CNA and JBS plus hospitals, municipalities and many other businesses. If only reading the headlines, you might conclude that ransomware affects primarily...
