Latest Assurance Headlines
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Huber to Lead Southeast Expansion for Core Assurance Partners
Dec 3 2020 // Core Assurance Partners, Inc. has hired Rob Huber to the firm as deputy managing director of Core Assurance Atlanta, LLC, a newly formed subsidiary. Rob Huber In this role, Huber will be responsible for strategic growth in...
Plymouth Rock Assurance Launches Motorcycle Insurance in N.J., Pennsylvania
Oct 1 2020 // Plymouth Rock Assurance launched motorcycle insurance for riders across New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The launch of the product comes than a year after the company acquired Rider Insurance Co., which has focused on the...
Rust-Ewing, Assurance One Changing Name to Texas First Insurance
Aug 31 2020 // Rust-Ewing, Watt, & Haney Inc., a Texas City, Texas-based provider of personal and commercial insurance products, has reported that Rust-Ewing Insurance and Assurance One Insurance are being renamed Texas First...
Allianz Benelux Sells Closed Life Insurance Book to Monument Assurance Belgium
Aug 18 2020 // Allianz Benelux in Belgium reported it will transfer a closed book of life retail insurance business together with 4.500 mortgage loans to Monument Assurance Belgium (MAB) within 18 months after regulatory approvals. The...
Northeast Insurer Plymouth Rock Assurance Launches Umbrella Coverage
Jul 23 2020 // Plymouth Rock Assurance, an auto and home insurance provider in the Northeast, has launched a new umbrella insurance product for customers across the six states in which it does business. Plymouth Rock’s new umbrella...
London Workers Seek Assurance Transport System Is Safe Before Returning to Offices
Jul 9 2020 // Workers in the City of London need to have greater confidence that traveling on the capital’s public transport system is safe before they will return to their offices amid “mixed messages” from officials,...
Business Moves
Apr 20 2020 // East The Hilb Group, D.F. Dwyer & Associates The Hilb Group LLC has acquired certain assets of Rhode Island-based D. F. Dwyer & Associates LLC. The transaction became effective February 1, 2020. Based in Newport,...
Marsh & McLennan Acquires Illinois Independent Agency, Assurance
Apr 1 2020 // Marsh subsidiary Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA) has acquired Schaumburg, Illinois-based Assurance Holdings Inc. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Founded in 1961, Assurance is a full-service brokerage...
Pinnacol Assurance Distributing $70M in Dividends to Colorado Companies
Mar 26 2020 // Pinnacol Assurance announced it is distributing general dividend checks to its customers totaling $70 million. This is the fifth straight year Colorado’s largest workers’ compensation provider has distributed...
Markel to Combine Two Divisions to Create Markel Specialty
Mar 2 2020 // Markel is combining its Markel Specialty and Markel Assurance divisions into one division called Markel Specialty, which launches on April 1. The new division will preserve the company’s current regional model and...
Agency M&As: Private Equity Still in Driver’s Seat; Digital Agencies Attract Attention
Mar 2 2020 // The private equity bandwagon continued to roll through the insurance agency and brokerage mergers and acquisitions territory in 2019. As many as two-thirds of all deals involved private equity, according to experts. Most...
Plymouth Rock Assurance Expands Home, Auto Coverage to New York
Dec 24 2019 // Plymouth Rock Assurance, a data-driven home and auto insurance provider in the Northeast, has expanded its home and auto insurance coverage to residents and agents in New York. This marks the first time the 37-year old...
Special Report: The Charity Issue – Photos of Giving
Dec 16 2019 // Frank Winston Crum Insurance FWCI has an enterprise philosophy of philanthropy with a primary focus on helping people who cannot help themselves. FWCI has supported the Tampa Bay community for more than a decade with a...
Plymouth Rock Assurance Direct Group President and CEO Wilson to Retire
Dec 11 2019 // Plymouth Rock Assurance, an east coast-based insurance company, announced that Gerry Wilson, president and CEO of Plymouth Rock Assurance Direct Group, has informed company leadership of his decision to retire. “It...
Plymouth Rock Assurance Finalizes Acquisition of New Jersey’s Rider Insurance
Oct 21 2019 // Plymouth Rock Assurance has finalized its acquisition of Rider Insurance Company. New Jersey-based Rider is the largest motorcycle insurance provider in the state and the only carrier serving the motorcycle community...
Assurance Hires Warren to Mid-Atlantic Office in Virginia
Sep 12 2019 // Assurance, an independent insurance brokerage in the U.S., has hired Chris Warren. Warren will be based in the Assurance Mid-Atlantic office in Arlington, Va., and serve as a risk management consultant for...
Prudential to Pay $2.35 Billion for Insurtech Startup Assurance IQ
Sep 6 2019 // Prudential Financial Inc. is set to buy online insurance startup Assurance IQ Inc for $2.35 billion, the latest in a series of moves by traditional insurers to up investment in technology and data crunching by buying...
Insurance Broker, Assurance, Relocates Illinois Headquarters
Aug 16 2019 // Citing a 15-year organic growth trajectory and commitment to an engaging and collaborative employee culture, the national insurance brokerage, Assurance, announced it has moved its headquarters down the street to a new...
Assurance Names Schwarz VP in Employee Benefits Unit
Jul 22 2019 // Chicago-based insurance brokerage, Assurance, has added Abby Schwarz as a vice president in the Employee Benefits division. Schwarz brings over 20 years of experience in the insurance industry. Before joining Assurance,...
Plymouth Rock Assurance to Acquire New Jersey’s Rider Insurance Company
Jul 17 2019 // Plymouth Rock Assurance has agreed to expand its investment in the motorcycle insurance segment with the acquisition of Rider Insurance Company, subject to regulatory approvals. A New Jersey-based motorcycle insurance...
