Agency Management

Lockton Companies, based in Kansas City, Mo., said it has named Thomas J. Schaffler to the newly created position of president of the brokerage's Chicago office employee benefits practice.

The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York honored three agents recently for their work in the association and political activity on behalf of agent interests.

Aon Corp. announced it has integrated Paragon Strategic Solutions into Inpoint, an Aon company recently formed to help insurance carriers improve their performance.

The Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. said New York State's final compensation disclosure regulation for agents and brokers is not stringent enough and called on officials to gather more information.

Independent insurance agents give the bulk of their business to insurers who provide contact people, prices, products, and other factors they like, according to a survey released by marketing information firm J.D. Power and Associates.

The insurance industry has the tools and experience to provide needed coverage when the storage of carbon emissions becomes the primary method to prevent build-up of gases in the atmosphere, according to a broker executive.