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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....
Essentials: Do Brokers Have to Offer the Cheapest Coverage?
Aug 16 2012 // The question of whether insurance brokers are required to obtain the lowest cost insurance that meets the insured’s needs was answered recently by the Missouri Supreme Court in the case of Emerson Electric Co. v....
Vanliner Expands Captive Program to North American Moving Agents
Aug 16 2012 // Vanliner Insurance Co., an insurer in the moving and storage industry, has expanded the Forum Captive Insurance Program to moving agents affiliated with North American Van Lines, a moving and storage company with more than...
Illinois Regulators: Agent Conducting Business on Revoked License
Aug 16 2012 // The Illinois Department of Insurance is alerting consumers that David Griffith Morrow of Morrow Insurance of Decatur is continuing to act as an insurance producer although his license was revoked effective June 8,...
General Star Expands Admitted Real Estate Product to California Agents
Aug 15 2012 // General Star Management Co. has made its admitted professional liability coverage for real estate agents available in California. Underwritten by General Star’s Professional E&O Division, the new offering is...
eAgent Announces Dr. William Hold as Speaker and National Alliance as Gold Sponsor
Aug 15 2012 // Orlando, FL, 08/15/12 – Astonish, the leader in digital marketing for local insurance agencies, is very pleased to announce The National Alliance, www.TheNationalAlliance.com, as a Gold Sponsor at the annual eAgent...
