It’s all in the family for Timothy Gaspar and the new Timothy Gaspar Insurance Services in Los Angeles. Gaspar built a book of property/casualty clients with another agency for five years before deciding he wanted to have more control over …
Three northeast states have the lowest crime rate, while Nevada, Louisiana and South Carolina have the highest crime rate, according to a new study. New Hampshire (1) received the lowest crime rate ranking again this year, followed by Vermont (2) …
Against economic and soft markets odds, independent insurance agents have been starting up new property/casualty agencies from Florida to California and states in-between since 2007. For years, the number of agencies in the country had been declining but that trend, …
Kevin VanDyke and Andy Norman opened their St. Augustine agency around Thanksgiving last year but already they are thinking big. They plan to grow their business in the Jacksonville metropolitan area not just by outselling other agencies but also by …
Tennessee: Chattanooga Insurance Agency Having been both a captive agent and a producer in an independent insurance agency, John Witty knows the feeling of bringing in business and being paid well for it. But for him the experience was not …
GSN Insurance in Madison, South Dakota, only opened its doors on January 5 but already it has a veteran staff, a stable of loyal customers, and a carrier roster that would be the envy of many long-time independent agencies. GSN …
Jeff Turner had long harbored ideas on how to operate an independent insurance agency so when he and his business partners Tommy Saxon and Ryan Perry opened Bridge Insurance Partners in Dallas a little more than a year ago, they …
In the end, a volunteer rescue squad in northeast Tennessee was unable to save itself. The Bristol Herald Courier reported the Hickory Tree Rescue Squad in Sullivan County has ceased operation after 20 years. Former squad president Jerry Craig said …
Auto Club Insurance, MEEMIC Auto Club Insurance Association, a Dearborn, Michigan-based insurer, reported it has agreed to acquire MEEMIC Insurance Co. and its insurance agency affiliate, MEEMIC Insurance Services Corp. ACIA is the second largest provider of auto insurance in …
BrickStreet Mutual Workers’ compensation insurer BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. wants to expand into Kentucky, Virginia, Alabama, Pennsylvania and Illinois. President and Chief Executive Officer Greg Burton says the West Virginia-based company plans to apply in those states over the next …
