HCI Group’s Home and Flood Insurtech TypTap Files for Possible IPO August 5, 2021 By Andrew G. Simpson HCI Group, Inc. announced that its insurtech subsidiary, TypTap Insurance Group, Inc., a Florida-based writer of private market homeowners and...
Submit Your ‘Best’ Tip for Sales, Marketing & Agency Management August 5, 2021 Want to be a part of Insurance Journal’s 101 Ideas issue? Submit your best tip or advice for agency owners...
Oklahoma City Landlords Settle Federal Sex Harassment Claims for $1.25M August 5, 2021 Federal officials and several Oklahoma City-based landlords have reached an agreement to settle claims of sexual harassment of their tenants...
2 Louisiana Parishes Designated Agriculture Natural Disaster Areas August 5, 2021 Farmers in two south Louisiana parishes who lost property during extreme weather in April through June may be eligible for...
Disaster Emergency Declared for Detroit Suburbs After July Storms August 5, 2021 Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has declared a state of emergency for three suburban Detroit cities after they requested state aide...
Worker Crushed to Death in Accident at Nebraska Poultry Operation August 5, 2021 A man has been killed at a poultry operation near the village of Lindsay in northeastern Nebraska, officials there said....
Alliant Acquires Benefit Concepts in Texas August 5, 2021 Alliant Insurance Services acquired group and individual benefits agency, Houston-based Benefit Concepts Inc. (BCI). Founded in 1983, BCI provides a...
New Agency, Emergent Insurance Solutions, Launched in Texas August 5, 2021 Doug Phenix, founder of Texas Printers Insurance Agency (TPIA), is now leading a newly established agency, Emergent Insurance Solutions (EIS),...
People Moves: Miller Named Partner at Kapnick Insurance; Betts Joins Great American’s Dempsey & Siders Insurance August 5, 2021 Kapnick Insurance Douglas Miller is now a partner at Ann Arbor, Michigan-based Kapnick Insurance. Miller is an experienced advisory specialist...
U.S. West Consumer Survey: 4-in-10 Policyholders Don’t Talk to Insurer About Wildfire Risks August 5, 2021 Most residents of the wildfire-plagued Western U.S. believe in mitigation efforts, but fewer are actually taking such steps – while...