Latest Insurance Wholesale Headlines
All the headlines from our Insurance Wholesale Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Professional Liability: Will the Cycle Remain Unbroken’
Oct 25 2004 // Some say it’s over—the hard market, that is. Certainly in some areas of professional liability this is true. Many renewal premiums in 2004 are flat, or are even dropping by 10 percent or more. Not withstanding the...
AAMGA University Aims Fundamentals Class at Newbies
Sep 6 2004 // Something different was definitely in the air at a seminar put on by the American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) last June. As the group of MGAs and wholesale brokers settled in for the introductory dinner...
New Texas Broker/MGA Targets Contracting, Equipment
Jul 20 2004 // A.D. Carlton Insurance is a new specialty wholesale broker and MGA located in Irving, Texas, formed to assist agents in placing crane accounts, equipment rental/distribution companies, steel erection, millwright and a...
IMMS Launches Online Market Service
Jul 12 2004 // Insurance Marketing & Management Services (IMMS) has announced the launch of IMMSmarkets.com, an online service that allows retail insurance agencies to submit their markets needs, free of charge, to a network of...
Another Soft Market Creates a Hard Reality
Jul 5 2004 // Like a commercial airline scrambling to squeeze out a profit in the face of increased competition and skyrocketing fuel prices, many insurance agents find themselves caught in the downward spiral of another soft market...
Strategic Advisory Boards Can Help Handle the Unexpected
Jun 21 2004 // As the producer of an insurance agency or brokerage, your business means everything to you. Years of hard work have finally paid off to ownership of your agency—but are you prepared to deal with the unexpected challenges...
CIS Enters Into Deal with FinancePro
May 21 2004 // Custom Insurance Solutions (CIS)has entered into a marketing and product integration agreement with FinancePro (FP), a developer of web-based premium finance software. Under the terms of the contract, CIS will retain...
Business Made Easy Integrated Technology Solutions Key to Success
May 17 2004 // Just what are independent agents looking for when it comes to technology? That was the question posed to a number of industry experts who all seemed in agreement—in order to compete in today’s workplace...
Rounds and Rounds We Go
May 17 2004 // It was a weekend in early 2002 and Pierre, S.D.-based agent Michael Rounds was having trouble sleeping. He tossed and turned and started to feel sick to his stomach. All the bed-hopping was making it tough for...
The Market Will Always Be ‘The Market’
May 17 2004 // Our “market” is still essentially no different than what it was a century ago. We are still in the business of protecting the assets of our insureds while generating a profit. For as long as I have been in the...
Red River Services Launches in Texas
Apr 28 2004 // Red River Services recently announced the launch of its risk management, loss control and property inspection business in Houston and Dallas, Texas. The organization is up-and-running, ready to help insurance companies,...
Get With the Program
Apr 19 2004 // Ooh! We’ve got a biggie for you this time, folks. One hundred and twenty pages, the bulk of that taken up by volume two of our 2004 program directory. Along with this expansive, inclusive directory comes a very...
Agents Cry Foul Over Crop Insurance Premium Discounts
Apr 5 2004 // Independent agents are up in arms over the federal government’s decision to expand a pilot program they say threatens to cut them out of the crop insurance loop. The Risk Management Agency (RMA), the U.S. Department...
Agents Cry Foul Over Crop Insurance Premium Discounts
Apr 5 2004 // Independent agents are up in arms over the federal government’s decision to expand a pilot program they say threatens to cut them out of the crop insurance loop. The Risk Management Agency (RMA), the U.S. Department...
Agents Cry Foul Over Crop Insurance Premium Discounts
Apr 5 2004 // Independent agents are up in arms over the federal government’s decision to expand a pilot program they say threatens to cut them out of the crop insurance loop. The Risk Management Agency (RMA), the U.S. Department...
Surplus Lines Products For Homeowners – Salvation or Cause for Concern’
Apr 5 2004 // In 2004, the California homeowners and dwelling marketplace continues to erode. In October 2003, catastrophic wildfires destroyed 790,000 acres of brush and forest land, and along the way destroyed 3640 homes, 1141...
nuServe Expands Software Services for MGAs
Mar 18 2004 // nuServe, a San Francisco-based provider of technology-related risk management tools, announced the expansion of a new service called nsBusiness Network. The expanded nuServe software aims to provide managing general...
CIS Notes Availability of Two-Way Integration Between AIM and AMS-Rackley PolicyRater
Mar 12 2004 // Custom Insurance Solutions (CIS) announced the availability of integration between Agency Information Manager and AMS-Rackley PolicyRater for all 50 states. The two-way integration seamlessly transfers policy, risk,...
New Jersey Broker Acquired By American Wholesale Insurance Group
Mar 2 2004 // American Wholesale Insurance Group, a large independent wholesale insurance broker, has acquired New Jersey-based Property Risk Services, LLC. (PRS), a property wholesale brokerage group. “The addition of PRS...
American Wholesale Insurance Group Forms San Francisco Brokerage Operation
Feb 27 2004 // American Wholesale Insurance Group, the nation’s largest independent wholesale insurance broker, announces the formation of a new wholesale brokerage operation in San Francisco, California to be led by Roger...
