Agency Management

Back in January, a top broker said we were entering our "first 'invisible' hard market," with price hikes hidden by shrinking insurable exposures. NU Editor Sam Friedman examines how that prediction played out in his blog at www.NUSamSoapBox.com.

Was the stubbornly soft market, reform efforts on health care and financial services regulation or developments at AIG the biggest p&c news story of 2009? Go to www.property-casualty.com to respond to NU's Reader Poll.

New York-based insurance broker Integro said it has acquired William E. Kelly Agency, Inc., of Mamaroneck, N.Y.

Aon's founder and former chief executive is embarking on a new insurance venture with the launch of a brokerage firm specializing in errors and omissions coverage for niche risks.

Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC, announced its second acquisition of this year saying it has acquired The NIA Group, LLC. Financial terms of the deal were not released.

The Independent Agents & Brokers of America's Agents Council for Technology will be host a free Web seminar titled "Protecting Independent Agent Clients with Secure E-mail Using Transport Layer Security."