Agents & Brokers News

Integro Merges with Nashville Agency

The insurance brokerage and risk management firm Integro today announced it has completed a merger with Frost Specialty, LLC, a third generation insurance agency specializing in serving the music industry and located on historic Music Row in Nashville. Financial terms …

All Risks Ltd. Launches Home Health Product Through Rockhill Insurance

All Risks, Ltd. has introduced an exclusive insurance program designed to meet the evolving challenges of the hospice and home health industry with Rockhill Insurance Company. The Home Health Program specifically targets medical home care of the elderly, home health …

Employee-Owned Insurance Brokerage Opens Akron Office

Ohio’s oldest independent and largest employee-owned risk management and insurance brokerage firm has opened an office in Akron. Oswald Companies serves more than 50 clients collectively in Akron and Canton. Oswald’s newest Ohio location will be led by Paul Catania, …

Goss Re Names Brock as CEO; Fox as VP, Senior Broker

Scott Brock has been appointed as CEO of Goss Reinsurance Brokers Inc., the reinsurance brokerage division of U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc. Brock will work with Chris Turner, president of Goss Re, to provide highly focused, personalized reinsurance program and …

Bibby, Brilling & Associates Joins CAA as Member Agency

Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) has added a new member agency, Bibby, Brilling & Associates LLP, in Dallas. Based in Dallas, Bibby, Brilling & Associates (BBA) is a full service insurance agency that began in 2000 when two agencies …

8 Traits Top 100 Agencies Have in Common

Over the course of the past decade, our firm, C. R. Ekern & Co. has worked closely with over 25 percent of the Insurance Journal Top 100 Agencies. Providing either sales training, leadership training, or consulting to these firms has …

Signature Select Adds 2 to Personal Lines Practice in Denver

Signature Select LLC, a retail insurance broker subsidiary of The IMA Financial Group Inc., has expanded its personal lines insurance practice in Denver. Nate Bell joined the company as development executive, and Debbie Marmitt came on board as private client …

How to Establish an Agency Growth Culture

Why is agency growth important? Agents and brokers are faced with a continued economic downturn combined with sustained soft market conditions; insurance companies continue to tier agents based on future growth; acquisitions are costly; expense cuts are short-term profit enhancing …

Towerstone Adds Walker as Account Representative

Dallas-based wholesale insurance broker and managing general agency, Towerstone Inc., announced that Mattie Walker has joined the company as an account representative. Walker is a skilled administrative support person and is looking forward to expanding her insurance knowledge as she …

Lloyd’s Exchange Continues to Gain London Market’s Acceptance

Lloyd’s electronic Exchange has been in development for nearly two years, but it’s now increasingly a tool in more general use. A bulletin on the Lloyd’s web site (www.lloyds.com) states that the Exchange is already “seeing encouraging results, but the …