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8 Lessons to Learn from the Presidential Election
Sep 24 2012 // The 2012 presidential election is coming up quickly and the media is outputting endless stories, videos, Tweets and more about it. Pay attention to the ads and the action to pickup some lessons you can apply to your...
Agents Cite Advance in Fight Against Medical Loss Ratio
Sep 20 2012 // A House subcommittee has advanced a bill that would exclude agency commissions from the formula that limits how much health insurers can spend on administrative and other non-medical costs. The U.S. House of...
IIABNY Launches Hydrofracking Task Force
Sep 19 2012 // Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of N.Y. Inc. recently launched a hydrofracking task force to examine insurance coverage issues and to assist New York region’s agents and brokers. IIABNY’s...
How Agents and Carriers Can Find Gold in Personal Lines
Sep 19 2012 // Independent agents and their companies have over the years been beaten in the personal lines market by direct response carriers and captive agents. But being down so long means there is plenty of room for independent...
Towers Watson Inks Joint Venture with Broker MDS for Portugal Benefits
Sep 19 2012 // Global professional services company Towers Watson and Portuguese broker MDS have combined forces to establish a benefits brokerage consulting service in Portugal. MDS was founded in Porto in 1984. It is now the leading...
Tennessee Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty to Stealing Premiums
Sep 19 2012 // A Dyersburg, Tenn., former insurance agent is scheduled for sentencing next month after she entered guilty pleas to felony theft charges. Tina Butler was indicted on charges that she took insurance premium money from 16...
Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford – Looking Forward, Not Back
Sep 19 2012 // Don’t tell Toby Esser, Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford’s CEO, that the global economy is in the doldrums. “We’ve had substantial organic growth over the last 12 months with property up around 20...
Court Orders Rehabilitation for Home Value Insurance Co.
Sep 18 2012 // Home Value Insurance Co. was ordered into rehabilitation by an Ohio court on Aug. 31, 2012, and has been prohibited from selling insurance in the state due to its failure to maintain minimum capital and surplus. The...
SIAA Adds Agencies in Pennsylvania, New York
Sep 17 2012 // The Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance (SIAA), a national alliance of over 4,000 independent insurance agencies, said four new agency members signed up in the Northeast region last month. The new members are: Capital...
North Dakota Yanks Insurance Agent’s License over Alleged Forgery
Sep 17 2012 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm has revoked the license of Bismarck agent Samuel Neutgens for alleged forgery. Hamm says Neutgens improperly signed a customer’s name on an insurance policy cancellation...
SIAA Adds Midwest Agencies
Sep 17 2012 // The Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance (SIAA) announced 30 new member agencies in August; among them are several agencies located in Midwest states. August’s new members in the Midwest include: Francis Insurance...
US Brokers’ Employees Attend London’s Beazley Broker Academy at Lloyd’s
Sep 17 2012 // A bulletin from Lloyd’s notes that “high potential employees from US broking firms will spend the coming week in London, standing in the shoes of the Lloyd’s underwriter and gaining a detailed...
Insurance Agent is Face of Anti-Muslim Film Inflaming Middle East
Sep 14 2012 // A California insurance agent and Vietnam War veteran is the public face for the anti-Muslim film inflaming the Middle East, several news sources are reporting. Film promoter and insurance agent Steve Klien, who ran in 2002...
PIANY Elects New Officers, Board Directors for 2012-13
Sep 13 2012 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. elected new officers and board directors for the 2012-2013 administrative year at its annual business meeting on Sept. 9. • Michael Skeele of DeRuyter, N.Y., was...
1 N.D. Agent Pleads not Guilty, 1 Sentenced in Separate Cases
Sep 13 2012 // A Dickinson, N.D., insurance agent accused of stealing $30,000 from a client has pleaded not guilty to five felony theft counts. Meanwhile, a former Bismarck insurance agent is headed to prison for stealing money from...
Q&A with Florida’s Citizens CEO Gilway: Leading in the Public Sector
Sep 13 2012 // Two months ago when Barry Gilway took over as president of Florida’s state-run property insurer, Citizens Property Insurance Corp., he quickly learned there would be no honeymoon period. He was thrust into debates...
Willis UK Broker Networks Add 12 New Members
Sep 13 2012 // Willis Group Holdings announced that 12 new members have joined its two UK broker networks, Willis N2 and Willis Commercial Network, both of which ally with local, independent insurance brokers in the UK. Willis Commercial...
CRC/Crump Acquires Preferred Brokerage Unit of Preferred Concepts
Sep 11 2012 // CRC|Crump has signed an agreement with Preferred Concepts in New York to acquire select assets of the company’s Preferred Brokerage business unit. Terms were not disclosed. J.C. Sparling, who led Preferred Brokerage,...
InsureZone Acquires MSI Group, Adds Agencies to New Direct Program
Sep 10 2012 // Fort Worth, Texas-based InsureZone announced it has acquired Denver-based MSI Group, with agencies in 20 states. The purchase adds 63 agencies to InsureZone’s network/cluster program. MSI Group provides agency...
Judge Lets Claim Against U.S. Over Stanford Ponzi Scheme Go Ahead
Sep 10 2012 // A lawsuit claiming U.S. securities regulators were negligent in failing to respond earlier to Allen Stanford’s $7 billion Ponzi scheme can go forward for now, a federal judge ruled in Florida on Friday. U.S. District...
