February 5, 2018
Insurance Journal West Magazine

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2017 Agency Mergers & Acquisitions Report; Markets: Nonprofits, Garage & Repair

In this Issue

• Features
  Report Calls out California Wildfires Among 2017 U.S. Hazards
  CoreLogic's annual Natural Hazard Risk Summary and Analysis released...
• Features
  Registration for California Seismic Retrofit Grants Open
  Registration opened in January for eligible homeowners to receive...
• Features
  Coalition of Businesses Challenges Fee on Montana Workers’ Comp Assets
  A business coalition is asking a judge to stop state officials from...
• People & Places
  People
  CAL Insurance & Associates Inc. has added Elian Boukhalil as an...

National Coverage

• Features
  Still an Uphill Climb for Commercial Auto Market
  The difficult job of moving commercial auto insurance to a profitable...
• Editor's Note
  Americans and Autonomous Cars
  Times are changing when it comes to how U.S. drivers feel about...
• Features
  Compliance or Opportunity? Understanding Cyber Security in Health and Human Services Sector
  If you live outside of New York State and haven't heard of the New...
• Features
  2017 Yields Highest Recorded Number of Announced Deals: MarshBerry
  The number of announced U.S. insurance broker deals in 2017 was the...
• Features
  Insurance Agency M&As Soared 31% in 2017: OPTIS
  Mergers and acquisitions of insurance agencies last year broke all...
• Features
  Still Hot… M&As to Date in 2018
  M&A activity in the insurance industry was hot in 2017, and thus...
• Features
  Cyber Risk Ranks as Most Feared BI Trigger for Global Firms: Allianz
  Business interruption (BI) and cyber incidents interlink as the major...
• Features
  Bermuda’s Re/Insurance Model to Be Tested Following U.S. Tax Reforms: Fitch
  The Bermuda re/insurance model will be tested following U.S. tax...
• Idea Exchange
  The Competitive Advantage: The Value of an Employee Handbook
  Most small agencies, and quite a few middle-to-large agencies, lack a...
• Features
  Bringing the Next Generation into the Fold
  Time and again, I hear that our industry lacks young talent. I read...
• Idea Exchange
  Why Independent Agents Remain Alive and Well
  When I began my career as a journalist covering the insurance...
• Features
  January Reinsurance Renewals Saw Hikes of Up to 5%, with More Expected: S&P
  Global reinsurance pricing in aggregate was flat to up about 5...
• Features
  Top 10 Employment Discrimination Charges in 2017
  A total of 84,254 workplace discrimination charges were filed with...
• Declarations
  Declarations
  School District Ransom "I don't know legally if a school district can...
• New Markets
  New Markets
  Excess Liability Commercial Market Detail: R-T Specialty, LLC...
• Business Moves
  Business Moves
  Insurance Center of New England, Eastman & Davis Insurance Agency...