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California State Fund Restructures Broker Distribution
Sep 4 2012 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund has changed its broker distribution model, requiring most of the roughly 5,000 brokers and agents the entity deals with to go through one of two wholesalers. The change,...
AmWINS Buys Wisconsin School Insurance Broker, Smic
Sep 4 2012 // Insurance broker AmWINS Group Inc. has acquired Special Markets Insurance Consultants, Inc. Smic is headquartered in Stevens Point, Wisconsin with a sales office in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1985 by Nora Stransky, Smic...
Leavitt Group Agencies Combine, Re-brand
Aug 31 2012 // The Leavitt Group is combining the capabilities of six of their top California agencies along with their Las Vegas, Salt Lake, and Atlanta offices. These agencies will re-brand collectively as the Leavitt Group. The...
Lockton Enters Strategic Relationship with Ecuador Broker Security Re
Aug 31 2012 // Privately-owned global insurance broker Lockton announced that it “plans to strengthen its position in Latin America by entering into a joint venture with facultative reinsurance broker, Security Re, in...
All Risks, General Star Enhance Insurance Agents E&O Program
Aug 30 2012 // All Risks, Ltd. has enhanced its exclusive insurance agents errors & omissions program through General Star Management Co. Specialized coverage now features additional insolvency options, revised rates, no minimum...
Jones Annual Report Details Consumer Protection
Aug 28 2012 // The California Department of Insurance has issued California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones’ annual report for 2011 that details CDI’s progress on its “ambitious consumer and business protection...
3 Maine Agencies Included in State’s Annual ‘Best Places to Work’ List
Aug 28 2012 // Three independent insurance agencies in Maine have made the state’s seventh annual “Best Places to Work in Maine” list. The list is published by the Maine State Council of the Society for Human Resources...
Insurance Marketing Boot Camp Hosts Umberto Fedeli, Other Top Agents
Aug 28 2012 // Bend, OR, 08/28/12 – “We’re so excited to announce Umberto Fedeli will be among seven other ‘million dollar plus’ agency owners and producers at this year’s Insurance Marketing Boot...
Man Pleads Guilty in Missouri Insurance Agent’s Death
Aug 27 2012 // A 33-year-old St. Louis man has pleaded guilty in the 2007 death of a Missouri insurance agent. Cleo S. Hines pleaded guilty on Aug. 24 in St. Charles County Court to charges of robbery and second-degree murder. Hines and...
Stenzhorn, Bateman Join Lloyd’s Broker Howden’s Energy Division
Aug 24 2012 // UK-based Howden Insurance Brokers announced the second phase in the development of its Energy division with the appointments of Greg Stenzhorn and Richard Bateman. Stenzhorn will join Howden from Aon Benfield on the 15th...
New York Gov. Cuomo Vetoes State Agency Mailing Bill
Aug 23 2012 // New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo vetoed a bill (S.6285-A/A.9034B) last Friday that would have banned state agencies from disseminating ads to the public for products that relate to the subject matter of the agency — such...
North Carolina Does Poor Job Tracking Workers’ Comp, Tax Scofflaws: Newspaper
Aug 22 2012 // North Carolina state agencies do a poor job communicating with each other to identify employers who are possibly breaking the law because they don’t have workers’ compensation insurance or fail to pay...
Lawsuit Says Travel Agencies Conspired With Hotels
Aug 22 2012 // A California lawsuit claims online travel agencies like Travelocity conspired with hotels to fix room prices nationwide. The suit filed Monday in San Francisco federal court claims the Hilton Hotels, Sheraton Hotels &...
Hard Market Generates New E&O Challenges for Insurance Agents
Aug 22 2012 // The soft market has made the job of insurance agents very difficult the last few years. Competition has been extremely fierce, and premiums so low that agents have had to fight for business and write more accounts just to...
Markel FirstComp Unveils New Name, New Agent Portal
Aug 21 2012 // Markel and FirstComp have announced a new brand – Markel FirstComp – and a new independent agent portal. Founded in 1997, FirstComp was the small business workers’ compensation insurance arm of Aspen Holdings. It...
BOLT Buys 2 Agencies, Opens Florida Office
Aug 20 2012 // The Business Owners Liability Team (BOLT) insurance agency is opening a regional office in Sarasota after acquiring two Florid agencies. BOLT has acquired the Sarasota-based PRG Insurance Agency and Florida Direct...
Iowa Brokerage Founder Pleads Not Guilty to Fraud
Aug 20 2012 // The founder of an Iowa-based brokerage pleaded not guilty on Aug. 17 to fraud charges in a suspected $200 million embezzlement scheme that drove his firm to bankruptcy and left thousands of customers without their...
Chip Shot
Aug 20 2012 // Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Insurance Journal’s Satire Issue, August 20, 2012. The content in this issue is not real and is not to be taken seriously. It’s supposed to be humorous....
Want to Experience an E&O Claim? Here’s How
Aug 20 2012 // Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Insurance Journal’s Satire Issue, August 20, 2012. The content in this issue is not real and is not to be taken seriously. It’s supposed to be humorous....
Cigar Fires, Love Damages, Cat Surcharge, Pump Plan and More
Aug 20 2012 // Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Insurance Journal’s Satire Issue, August 20, 2012. The content in this issue is not real and is not to be taken seriously. It’s supposed to be humorous....
