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Insurance Business Magazine | February 11, 2020

Following its mid-2019 acquisition of Smart Harbor – which delivers digital technology to insurance agencies – Insurance Technologies Corporation (ITC) has announced another deal that will put more capabilities into the hands of agents. The provider of websites, marketing, comparative rating, and management software and services revealed this week that it has acquired Agency Matrix, whose offerings include its agency management system, insurance agency websites, document management, ...

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Woodruff Sawyer | February 10, 2022

Woodruff Sawyer, one of the largest independent insurance brokerages in the US, announced Bill Urick has joined the company to lead the Northern California Employee Benefits Practice. Bringing over 35 years of Commercial and Benefits brokerage experience to the role, Bill most recently led a large Healthcare Benefits Practice in California for a division of Assured Partners and held previous leadership roles at Johnson & Higgins, Marsh and A.J. Gallagher. As Northern Californi...

Marsh | April 01, 2020

Insurance brokerage and risk advisory giant Marsh has today announced its acquisition of Assurance Holdings, Inc. a Schaumburg, Illinois-based independent insurance agency. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Assurance is a full-service brokerage providing business insurance, employee benefits, private client insurance, and retirement services to businesses and individuals across the United States. The firm, which was founded in 1961, was officially acquired by Marsh & McLennan Agen...

Cision PR Newswire | October 19, 2020

MAPFRE and Shift Technology, a provider of AI-native fraud detection and claims automation solutions for the global insurance industry, have come together to radically transform the way customers deal with insurance claims. Shift, who had already disrupted the insurance world with their acclaimed AI-powered fraud solution, is now leveraging its experience in claims to create a state-of-the-art, end-to-end claims automation solution. Together with MAPFRE, the company aims to deliver an instant, f...