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50 Top Apps For Independent Agents
Apr 22 2013 // Mobility technology is changing the way the insurance industry operates. And when it comes to working on the go, nothing is as important as mobile device applications. But what apps do independent agents use most? What...
SoDA, IPISC to Offer IP Defense Insurance for Digital Agencies, Production Cos.
Apr 19 2013 // SoDA, an association focused on the digital agency and production company community, has partnered with IPISC to offer intellectual property (IP) coverage tailored specifically to its member companies. The insurance is...
Professional Risk Solutions to Offer Product Liability, Life Sciences Coverages
Apr 19 2013 // Wholesale Brokerage Professional Risk Solutions (PRS) has launched a new venture that extends its offerings to general and product liability coverages, as well as insurance options for the life sciences industry. Through...
One-Day Modern Consumer Training for Insurance Professionals Hosted by PIA of Michigan on Thursday, April 25th
Apr 19 2013 // Warwick, RI, 4/19/13 – Astonish, a leading digital marketing solutions and sales training provider for insurance agencies, encourages local insurance agency principals, CEOs, and presidents in Michigan and surrounding...
Billhartz Promoted to Senior VP in Heffernan’s St. Louis Branch
Apr 18 2013 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers promoted Brian Billhartz to senior vice president and branch manager in its St. Louis, Mo., office. Billhartz has over 22 years of experience in property and casualty underwriting, production...
N.Y. Reaches Settlement With QBE Over ‘Force-Placed’ Insurance Business
Apr 18 2013 // New York officials announced this morning that a New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) investigation produced an additional settlement with a major “force-placed” or “lender-placed”...
Shark Proof – Revisited
Apr 17 2013 // In 2010, I wrote an article on shark proofing new clients for the Insurance Journal. Because of it’s popularity, this topic expanded into webinars, and 1/2 day seminars. I thought I should revisit and update the...
RSG’s Sapphire Blue, Catlin Agencies Launch Rural, Specialty Hospital Program
Apr 17 2013 // Ryan Specialty Group’s (RSG) Sapphire Blue and Lloyd’s Catlin Underwriting Agencies Ltd. have launched a new liability insurance program specifically for U.S. small rural and specialty hospitals. The program...
Sullivan Brokers Taps Janes, Murphy in California
Apr 16 2013 // Sullivan Brokers Wholesale Insurance Solutions named Brian Janes to the firm’s property practice group as assistant vice president, and Suzann Murphy as broker assistant. Sullivan Brokers is a nationwide wholesale...
U.S. Risk Acquires Texas Brokers’ Staffing/Employee Leasing Business
Apr 12 2013 // Dallas-based U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc. announced it has acquired the renewal rights to the book of staffing and employee leasing accounts of CIC Insurance Brokers LLC, based in Abilene, Texas. This business will be...
Man Pleads Guilty in Oklahoma to Pocketing Agent Commissions
Apr 12 2013 // The owner of a company in Bixby, Okla., has pleaded guilty to taking commissions earned by insurance agents working for his company, the Oklahoma Insurance Department announced. Christopher Bland, with Business Consulants...
Agency Gives $75K Boost to Disabled Veterans Insurance Careers Nonprofit
Apr 11 2013 // The nonprofit Disabled Veterans Insurance Careers received $75,860 from the employees of insurance agency BB&T-Oswald Trippe and Co. along with Jim and Kathy Pender, Marc Brynes and The Oswald Companies. DVIC is a...
As Gun Sales Soar, Insurance Sales Follow Suit
Apr 11 2013 // Proposed federal and state gun legislation is having an unintended effect on growth in the gun insurance market across the country. Experts in this segment say new policy submissions dealing with all aspects of guns,...
Baltazar to Head New BrokersLink Global Employee Benefits Group
Apr 11 2013 // Independent insurance broker network BrokersLink has launched a Global Employee Benefits Practice Group and appointed Gerard Baltazar as its first Chairman. The group “will drive business development in the area of...
Chicago-Based MGA Joins Trusted Choice
Apr 10 2013 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA) announced that Chicago-based managing general agent Donald Gaddis Co. Inc. has joined the Trusted Choice consumer branding program for independent insurance...
New Willis Unit to Help Clients Meet Women, Minority Business Requirements
Apr 10 2013 // Willis has started a new practice group called Willis Open to help public entities and corporate businesses build alliances with minority-owned business enterprises (MBE) and women-owned business enterprises (WBE). The...
Strickland Acquires Va.-Based MGA Tower Transportation Underwriters
Apr 8 2013 // Strickland Insurance Brokers Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Goldsboro, N.C.-based Strickland Insurance Group Inc., announced it has acquired the assets of Palmyra, Va.-based Tower Transportation Underwriters Inc. Tower...
W.R. Berkley Corp. Divests, Connecticut Bank Acquires InsurBanc
Apr 8 2013 // InsurBanc — a federal savings bank founded by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America and W.R. Berkley Corp. a dozen years ago — has joined Connecticut Community Bank N.A., based in Westport,...
Former Missouri Agent Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud Charges
Apr 8 2013 // A former St. Louis County insurance agent has pleaded guilty to 20 counts of fraud and theft charges, the Missouri Department of Insurance. After an investigation by the St. Louis County Police Department with the support...
Insurance Agent Charged with Workers’ Comp Fraud in Oklahoma
Apr 8 2013 // A Norman, Okla., insurance agent has been charged with fraudulently obtaining workers’ compensation insurance policies for roofing companies. Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s office on April 5 filed...
