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Insurance Agency Mergers & Acquisitions in Massachusetts | 2020
Agency Checklists’ exclusive listing of insurance agencies bought and sold during all four quarters of 2020.
Permanent Injunction Ends Raynham Producer’s Claim Employer’s Sale Allowed Him to Compete
Suit settles with the producers agreeing to permanent injunctions barring them for three years from operating an insurance business within one-hundred miles of Raynham.
Defying All Expectations 2020 Ends Up Being A Boom For Insurance Agency Mergers & Acquisitions
Deals surpassed past pre-pandemic levels, OPTIS Partners reports.
Duffy Insurance Announces 10th Acquisition With Purchase Of The Barry & O’Connor Agency
Both buyer and seller are well-known independent agencies based in Wyoma Square in Lynn.
Hub Acquires The Alpha Pension Group
This latest acquisition serves to strengthen Hub’s retirement and wealth management services in New England.
AssuredPartners Northeast Acquires Fessenden & Sykes
The national broker adds another Massachusetts agency to its growing portfolio in the Northeast.
First Circuit Holds Total Pollution Exclusion Does Not Apply Where An Endorsement May Provide Separate Grant Of Coverage
An insurance coverage lawsuit in Massachusetts confirming the importance of reading an insurance policy as a whole versus in parts.
Insurance Coverage Cases
First Circuit Holds Total Pollution Exclusion Does Not Apply Where An Endorsement May Provide Separate Grant Of Coverage
Raynham Agent’s Non-Compete Escape Clause Included In Agency Sale Still Valid After Subsequent Stock Sale
Boston Red Sox and MLB Aim Legal Beanball At Insurers With Billion-Dollar Lawsuit
Court Rules An Obscure Statute Cured Contract Breach For A Three-Year Delay In Undisputed Claim Payment
Interviews
Concord Group To Focus On Growth Through Agency Appointments
Shop Talk With S Bank’s Senior Vice President, Kevin Joyce
Leading By Example – An Interview With Antonio Huertas, Chairman and CEO of MAPFRE
CNA’s Commercial Underwriting Officer Charlie O’Donnell Talks About Being Back in Boston and His Plans for New England
Progressing Further With Progressive: A Primer For Mass. Agents
Infusing New Ideas and Energy Into One of Boston’s Oldest Insurance Institutions
Joe Leahy’s Journey From Mass. Agent To Big “I” Chairman
How WinRater Came To Be: A Chat With Boston Software’s Charlie Walsh
Insurtech Profiles
Openly Secures $40M in Series B Funding Round to Accelerate Rapid Growth
Hi Marley Closes Series A1 Round With $8 Million
Lemonade Launches Its IPO
A Sign Of The InsurTech Times? Funding Drops 54% From Q4-2019 to Q1-2020
Insurify Raises $23 Million To Expand Into Home & Life
Boston Insurtech Corvus Secures Another $32 Million in Funding
InsurOp-Eds
InsurOp-Ed: What Does “Direct Physical Loss Of Or Damage To Property” Mean?
Bouncing Back: Working to Recover and Rebuild Following COVID-19
InsurOp-Ed: Certificates of Insurance: What Limits to Show?
InsurOp-Ed: Biden Tax Plan’s Impact on Insurance Agencies
Insur OpEd: Four Ways To Improve Your Agency’s Digital Image In No Time At All
Should Agents Advocate For Insureds In Claim Denials?
May A Mass. Statute Bar COVID-19 Business Interruption Claims?
InsurOp-Ed: How “Skills-Based Hiring” Could Transform The Insurance Industry
Insurer News & Announcements
New Leadership Team Takes The Helm At MAPFRE USA
The new MAPFRE North America Leadership Team lead by Jaime Tamayo and Jose Corral starts work.
Cyber Risks Become The Number One Business Risk According To Allianz
A new free report from Allianz argues that Cyber Risks is now businesses number one business risk.
Mass. AG Sues UnitedHealth Over Deceptive Sales To Its Consumers In The Commonwealth
The AG alleges that the Defendants misled consumers into buying $43.5 million worth of unnecessary health insurance products.
Farmers Group Buys MetLife’s P&C Business For $3.94 Billion In Cash
Pending regulatory approvals, the deal is slated to close in the second quarter of 2021.
