Monthly Archives: <span>September 2003</span>

IASA Announces New Location for Oct. Luncheon

Independent Insurance Agents of San Antonio will hold its October 16 membership luncheon in a new location—Maggie’s Restaurant, 9715 San Pedro, San Antonio, Texas. The featured luncheon speaker, Rosemarie Marshall, a vice president at Heath Insurance Brokers will address the …

MaximInsurance Goes 24/7

MaximInsurance, based in League City, Texas, announced it will now service customers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The company said it is one of the first agencies in the Houston area to respond to growing consumer interest …

New CPCUs Welcomed by Central Texas CPCU Society

The Central Texas Chapter of the CPCU Society (Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters) congratulates the following property and casualty insurance professionals on obtaining the CPCU designation: James Beene, Texas Mutual Ins.; Heather Brown, State Farm Ins.; Scott Cole, Germania Ins.; Shane …

Long Urges Consumers to Become Educated About Adjusters

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long cautioned consumers about the use of “public adjusters” to process Hurricane Isabel-related claims. Public adjusters are not the same as the adjusters sent by insurance companies, and Long urges citizens to be aware of …

Canter to Rely on Established Big “I” Programs in Meeting New Challenges

Louise “BeBe” Canter, the new president of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA), announced she is prepared to address the changing reality of independent agencies and brokerage firms and meet new industry challenges through such dynamic Big …

Farmers Group to Leave Med-Mal Business

The Farmers Insurance Group of Companies’ Truck Insurance Exchange® unit will reportedly discontinue its medical malpractice insurance line of business. According to the company and effective immediately, Farmers will no longer write new medical malpractice coverage and will begin the …

Igneous Deploys Internet Strategy to Enable Greater Efficiencies Between NIA Brokers, Members

The Igneous Group, Inc. (Igneous) and Nonprofits Insurance Alliance (NIA) Group of Companies announced that they have successfully deployed the new NIA Web sites (www.niac.org and www.ani-rrg.org) that provide a complete e-business environment for brokers and members to conduct insurance …

ISO’s New Policywriting Support Forms to Help Insurers Comply with Legal, Regulatory Requirements

A new service developed by Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO) reportedly helps insurers comply with state legal and insurance regulatory requirements. ISO will begin making its new Policywriting Support Forms available to participating insurers on Oct. 1. ISO will maintain …

Ore. WC Rates Flat for 2nd Straight Year

Oregon Governor Theodore Kulongoski announced this week that two state business fees used to pay for workers’ compensation and workplace safety programs will be reduced next year, in part to reflect administrative cost savings by the agency that manages those …

CDS Releases Updated Version of Hail Model

CDS Business Mapping, a provider in online hazard mapping for the insurance industry, announced the release of version 2 of the CDS Hail Model. The model predicts the severity of hail for any location in the Continental United States. Key …