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Marsh | January 14, 2020

Throughout the insurance sector, 2019 was a year of challenges and opportunities and 2020 is promising to be more of the same. Recapping the key moves within the broking sector that occurred throughout the year, Ailsa King (pictured), chief client officer, UK & Ireland at Marsh outlined to Insurance Business how 2019 was a year of tremendous change and opportunity for the broker, with the acquisition and integration of JLT. Turning her attention to the wider broking sector, King stated that ...

USI Insurance Services | March 02, 2020

Only a few months have passed since USI Insurance Services announced its acquisition of a South Carolina-based insurance agency and now, the brokerage giant is at it again. This time, the purchased business is Tennessee-based Full Service Insurance Agency. Full Service Insurance was founded in 1975 and specializes in commercial insurance, employee benefits, and personal risk solutions for businesses and individuals. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. This deal will help USI to expand i...

Core Insurance, Insurance Technology

PR Newswire | August 21, 2023

The team from Houston's Iscential, a premier independent insurance agency, risk management and financial services firm, has joined forces with Fort Worth's Higginbotham, the largest independent insurance, financial and HR services firm headquartered in Texas and one of the top firms in the country. This strategic move allows access to enhanced services for Iscential clients and adds a second Houston team to the Higginbotham roster. As Higginbotham celebrates its 75th ann...

Swiss Re | February 20, 2020

It’s Swiss Re’s turn to unveil its full-year numbers for 2019, and the major reinsurer has a $727 million reason to be merry. In a release this morning, Swiss Re said its group net income for last year rose 73% from $421 million in 2018. Much of the result was attributed to the group’s Life & Health Reinsurance (L&H Re) unit, net income of which went up 18% to $899 million. As for the other segments, Property & Casualty Reinsurance (P&C Re) posted a 7% increase ...