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Questions, Research on Possible Synthetic Turf Link to Athletes’ Cancer Continue
Aug 26 2016 // Their son is gone. Luke Beardemphl, a standout Tacoma, Washington soccer player during his years at Stadium High School, died last year at 24, following a seven-year battle with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. But Luke’s...
Former Oklahoma Insurance Agents Charged with Exploiting Elderly Man
Aug 25 2016 // Oklahoma officials have charged two former insurance agents with exploitation of an elderly person for fraudulently taking over an 89-year-old man’s financial affairs. The Oklahoma Insurance Department says the two...
Expert Gives Agents C- on Understanding of Cyber Insurance
Aug 23 2016 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv Eduard Goodman, chief privacy officer of Scottsdale, Ariz.-based IDT911, an identity theft protection firm, isn’t too high on the industry’s knowledge of cyber insurance,...
North Carolina Agent Accused of Submitting Fraudulent Auto Policies to Allstate
Aug 22 2016 // A North Carolina insurance agent has been arrested and accused of creating false auto policies, according to a statement from North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin. Eddie Ray Butler, 29, formerly of...
Executive Leadership Changes Support Growth Strategy for Breckenridge Insurance Group
Aug 22 2016 // Atlanta, GA, August 22, 2016 — Breckenridge Insurance Group has filled several key leadership positions due to planned growth. The wholesale specialty insurance provider continues its efforts to strengthen operations and...
Miami Insurance Agent Sentenced to 2 Years for Issuing Fake Policies
Aug 22 2016 // The Florida Department of Financial Services’ Division of Investigative and Forensic Services (DIFS) announced Mandy Rodriguez, 36, was convicted in July on multiple felonies, including insurance fraud, grand theft,...
101 Sales, Marketing, and Agency Management Ideas
Aug 22 2016 // Emotional Connections.Great brands avoid selling products. Great salespeople cultivate emotional connections with customers. —Harvard Business Review, August 2016 How to Increase Sales.Discuss all coverages applicable...
Agent-Broker Organic Growth Slows to 5-Year Low: Reagan Consult
Aug 22 2016 // Organic revenue growth in independent insurance agencies and brokerage fell to 4.0 percent for the second quarter of 2016, down sharply from 5.9 percent for the second quarter of 2015, and the lowest rate since 2011, as...
Small Business Satisfaction
Aug 22 2016 // No longer able to compete primarily on price, insurers are now focusing their efforts on pleasing customers, with the payoff being a significant increase in satisfaction among their small business commercial customers,...
The Top 10 Things Sharp Brokers Should Consider When Placing Cyber Liability
Aug 22 2016 // The insurance marketplace for cyber liability is constantly evolving. Technology is always improving, the level of data security and awareness is escalating and the tools used by the criminals and the bad actors are...
Former Oklahoma Insurance Agent Sentenced to Federal Prison
Aug 18 2016 // A former Oklahoma insurance agent has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for fraud, the Oklahoma Insurance Department announced. Gary Edward Hibbing, 53, was sentenced after pleading guilty to two counts of wire...
Americans Put Too Much Faith in Homeowners Insurance
Aug 18 2016 // Too few Americans take steps to prepare for disasters and too many assume their home insurance policies will bail them out if one strikes. As disaster season peaks, a new national consumer survey commissioned by Trusted...
Boston Insurance Brokerage’s Lynch Heads Opening of D.C. Office
Aug 18 2016 // Boston Insurance Brokerage Inc. (BIB), a provider of commercial insurance, tapped Brian Lynch, vice president of high value personal lines, to head the opening of its office in Washington D.C. Lynch initially joined the...
Independent Insurance Agents of New York Promotes MacConnell
Aug 12 2016 // Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York Inc., an insurance producer trade organization based in Syracuse, N.Y., has promoted Julie MacConnell from director of marketing and communications to assistant vice...
Former Idaho Agent Sentenced for Insurance Fraud
Aug 12 2016 // The insurance license of Zane Amy was revoked following an investigation by the Idaho Department of Insurance that showed he altered documents to get his clients premium discounts. Ae was sentenced for insurance fraud, a...
New U.S. Laws Back Still Doubted Climate Change
Aug 12 2016 // A federal appeals court in Chicago gave a thumbs-up this week to an obscure regulatory practice that helps the U.S. government account for projected costs of climate change. The decision comes less than a week after the...
Georgia Agent Arrested for Premium Theft
Aug 12 2016 // An investigation by the Georgia Department of Insurance’s Fraud Division has resulted in the arrest of an agent in Gwinnett County insurance for fraud, according to a statement from Commissioner Ralph Hudgens. Julia...
Insurer Focus on Customers, Unique Policies Boosts Satisfaction Among Small Business Owners
Aug 9 2016 // No longer able to compete primarily on price, insurers are now focusing their efforts on pleasing customers, with the payoff being a significant increase in satisfaction among their small business commercial customers,...
PartnerRe Names Bruniecki as Head of Global Client & Broker Management
Aug 8 2016 // Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. has appointed Jörg Bruniecki as head of Global Client & Broker Management, effective August 1. Responsible for ensuring that PartnerRe’s largest multinational clients experience a...
Top 100 Independent Property/Casualty Agencies
Aug 8 2016 // About This Report: Welcome to the 12th annual Insurance Journal Top 100 Independent Property/Casualty Agencies report. The Top 100 list is ranked by total property/casualty agency revenue for 2015 and comprises only...
