Around the P&C insurance industry: April 22, 2020

News from SAP, One80 Intermediaries, Keenan, Arbella, NJM, Pramila Jayapal, Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, Acuity, Sedgwick, Liberty Mutual+Safeco Insurance and more. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Strategic Agency Partners insurance network has launched to support independent agents in New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania. The founding agencies, located in southern New Jersey, include BCA Group of Northfield, The Stanton Insurance Group of Cherry Hill, J.S. Braddock Agency of Medford and The Barclay Group of Riverton. “The impact of the Coronavirus is going to be significant on the economy, independent insurance agents and their clients,” said John Latimer, managing partner of SAP and president of The Barclay Group, in a statement. “We think now more than ever, agency owners need to consider joining an agency network.”

One80 Intermediaries, a national wholesale insurance broker and program manager, has acquired International Excess Program Managers, a wholesale insurance brokerage and program manager operating in all fifty states. Established in 1998 and headquartered in Beachwood, Ohio, IEPM provides access to a full range of insurance products and specializes in property, liability, inland marine, errors and omissions, directors and officers, commercial auto and umbrella coverage.