Agents & Brokers News

You Can Attend an Insurance Trade Show without Leaving your Desk!

What if you could get all the benefits of attending an insurance trade show without any expense or leaving your office? Find New Markets, connect with existing markets, learn from the experts in the lecture hall, network with other producers …

Barney & Barney Adds Sanborn as Client Executive

Barney & Barney, a California insurance brokerage, has added Jennifer Sanborn to the Property & Casualty Division of its Bay Area office in Oakland. As a client executive, she will be responsible for new business development. Sanborn has spent 18 …

New Jersey School Chief Charged in Insurance Kickback Scheme

The superintendent of New Jersey’s fourth-largest school district surrendered to the FBI on Thursday and was charged with fraud and bribery over an alleged insurance-kickback scheme that federal officials called “staggering” in its scope. Toms River Schools Superintendent Michael Ritacco, …

Brown & Brown Buys Some Business from Pennsylvania’s Greystone

Insurance broker Brown & Brown has acquired part of the business of Berwyn, Pa.-based Greystone Benefits, Inc. The company said that the acquired book of business, with annual revenues of approximately $1.2 million, consists primarily of employee benefits products and …

Agents Put $300,000 Behind Wash. Workers’ Comp System Privatization

A recent poll shows that Washingtonians are divided over whether to open the state workers’ compensation system up to the private market. Elway Poll results indicate 31 percent of voters are in favor of passing voter initiative I-1082, 31 percent …

IronHealth Launches Program for Medicare Reporting Requirements

IronHealth, the specialty healthcare unit of Ironshore Inc., has developed a insurance program to address the risk exposure created by the specific reporting requirements of Section 111 of the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (MMSEA). IronHealth’s new …

Liberty Mutual Enhances Commercial Umbrella Policy

Enhanced coverages, the need for fewer endorsements, and language that is easier to understand are some of the key ingredients of the new umbrella liability policy now available through Liberty Mutual’s Commercial Markets strategic business unit. “Agents and brokers played …

Junge & Co Renames Reinsurance Division ‘Cooper Gay Germany’

International marine insurance specialist broker, Junge & Co, has rebranded its reinsurance broking operations as “Cooper Gay Germany.” Both Cooper Gay and Junge are part of the global independent wholesale & reinsurance broker, Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford, which was …

Swiss Re is ‘Well Placed’ for Baden-Baden Renewal Discussions

Swiss Re has issued a bulletin noting that it is “well placed for the upcoming 2011 renewal negotiations with its European clients.” The talks, which begin this week in the German resort of Baden-Baden, bring together brokers and reinsurers (and …

Navigators to Offer Online Pollution Liability Coverage for Small Contractors

Navigators Management Co., Inc., has introduced an online platform offering pollution liability insurance for small general service and trade contractors. Agents and brokers can obtain real-time bindable quotes for contractors with up to $5 million in annual revenues at premiums …