A Northumberland, Pa.-based company with more than 230 independent insurance agency franchise partners in seven states, intends to add partners in Georgia in the second quarter.

Atlantic/Smith, Cropper & Deeley, an independent insurance agency in Willards, Md., retained its status as part of an elite group of independent insurance agencies around the United States participating in the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America “Best Practices” Study Group.

SIAA Inc., the largest alliance of independent property-casualty insurance agencies in the country, announced that its Master Agency partner Potomac Insurance Network (PIN), based in Baltimore, Md., signed its 100th member agency. PIN now has a total of 3,767 signed members.

Liberty Mutual Agency Corp., a property-casualty insurance provider, filed paperwork May 10 to go public with a $100 million initial public offering.

Harleysville Insurance’s back-to-basics approach appears to be working, according to the company’s chief executive.

Midlothian, Va.-based Auto Insurers of Virginia is now offering an AARP-branded auto insurance program from The Harford Financial Services Group.

One of the nation’s largest independent broker-dealer networks, National Planning Holdings, set a record with the number of financial professionals with which it was affiliated in the second quarter.

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A 25-year claims representative who retired in 1978 and died last year left half of his estate to his former employer, State Auto, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

Jack Boyle left the …  Read →