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NFP Acquires Toronto-Based EdgeHill Insurance Brokers
Jan 14 2021 // NFP, a New York-based insurance broker and consultant, announced the acquisition of EdgeHill Insurance Brokers Ltd., in a transaction that closed on Dec. 16, 2020. Financial details of the acquisition were not...
Applied Systems to Acquire EZLynx, Comparative Rating, Agency Management Vendor
Jan 14 2021 // Insurance technology firm Applied Systems has agreed to acquire EZLynx, an agency management system vendor and pioneer in real-time comparative rating . Applied said the acquisition is complementary and will expand its...
Brokerslink Expands Global Network with Brokers in Europe, Asia-Pacific and Africa
Jan 14 2021 // Global broking business, Brokerslink, starts 2021 with the continued the expansion of its global network and the addition of independent broker JDB in North Macedonia. Trading since 2009, JDB is a growing broker with a...
Hickman Joins AUI’s Brokerage Division, Energy Practice in Dallas
Jan 13 2021 // Appalachian Underwriters Inc. (AUI) has added Dustin Hickman to its brokerage department as a casualty broker in Dallas. Hickman joins the AUI organization as part of the Energy Practice Group, specializing in heavy...
Insurance Broker Aon Drops Trump Organization
Jan 12 2021 // Insurance broker Aon has ended its business relationship with the Trump Organization, Insurance Journal has learned. The Trump Organization is the hotel, luxury residence and golf course business of the Trump family that...
Digital E&S Broker Pathpoint Offers Multiple Cyber Quotes to Retail Agents
Jan 12 2021 // Pathpoint, a digital excess and surplus lines insurance broker, said it is offering a new capability to independent retail agents: access to multiple cyber insurance quotes through a single online application containing...
Agent Standards Among Texas Windstorm Insurer’s Legislative Proposals
Jan 12 2021 // In its recently published report to the legislature, the windstorm insurer of last resort for properties along the Texas coast has proposed several operational changes, including one that would allow it to develop...
California Insurance Agents Arraigned in $687K Grand Theft Scheme
Jan 12 2021 // Licensed insurance agents Robert Farmer, 65, of Camarillo, Calif., and Marion Urcan, 67, of Agoura Hills, Calif., were arraigned this week in Los Angeles County Superior Court on multiple counts of grand theft after...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. to Acquire UK Broker The Bollington Wilson Group
Jan 12 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., the Rolling Meadows, Ill.-based broker, announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of specialist UK insurance broker The Bollington Wilson Group. The transaction will close...
Broker New Dawn Risk Launches UK Division as Alternative to Big Brokers
Jan 11 2021 // New Dawn Risk, the international specialist insurance intermediary, announced the launch of a new division focused on the UK market. It will provide liability and specialty solutions direct to insurance buyers, as well as...
2020 Agents of the Year
Jan 11 2021 // Welcome to Insurance Journal’s Agents of the Year report. This report features 25 agents who define what it means to be a successful independent agent today. These agents are more than top sellers. While they have...
Cannabis Broker Spotlight: Sherman with PSA Saw Cannabis as Natural Step from Professional Liability
Jan 7 2021 // Editor’s note: This part of a series of profiles on cannabis brokers, in which Insurance Journal explores why and how these folks got into the business, the ups and downs of insuring cannabis, as well as a few tips...
Heffernan Insurance Brokers Merges with Porter & Curtis, Establishes Penn. Office
Jan 7 2021 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers, a full-service, independent insurance brokerage firm, has merged with Porter & Curtis LLC, a consultative commercial property/casualty insurance broker, effective December 31, 2020. Porter...
White Named Communications Director for Wisconsin Insurance Agents Group
Jan 6 2021 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Wisconsin (PIAW) has hired Natalie White as the association’s new communications director. White joins PIAW after several years of working in the Wisconsin Legislature. In...
UK Broker Specialist Risk Group Acquires KBIS British Equestrian Insurance
Jan 5 2021 // Specialist Risk Group (SRG), a London-based specialist insurance broker, announced it has acquired KBIS British Equestrian Insurance, a well-established broker within the equestrian market. Financial details of the...
AmWINS Rebrands, Integrates Networked Insurance Agents with AmWINS Access
Jan 4 2021 // Wholesale insurance brokerage AmWINS Group has rebranded its agency aggregator subsidiary Networked Insurance Agents to AmWINS Access – Admitted Placement Services. AmWINS Access is a nationwide binding platform for...
How Agents Can Help Floridians Navigate Hurricane Season Aftermath
Dec 30 2020 // The 2020 hurricane season was one for the books. From ferocious storms battering the Gulf Coast to heavy rains inundating the Florida Panhandle, the Atlantic saw an unprecedented amount of activity this year. The Weather...
Tennnessee High Court: Presumption Law Protects Agents, Carriers
Dec 23 2020 // Under Tennessee law, policyholders who pay their premiums create a legal presumption that they have accepted the terms of coverage. The statute limits lawsuits by underinsured policyholders who thought they had enough...
Aon’s Eldredge Named General Counsel at Broker TigerRisk
Dec 23 2020 // Insurance broker/advisor TigerRisk has appointed Daniel J. “Tad” Eldredge as partner and general counsel. He is located in Minneapolis, Minn. Eldredge comes to TigerRisk from Aon where he was chief counsel,...
Brown & Brown Agrees to Acquire Irish Broker O’Leary Insurances
Dec 22 2020 // Brown & Brown Inc., the Daytona Beach, Fla.-based broker, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire the general insurance operating companies of O’Leary Insurances (OLI) in Ireland. The transaction is...
