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LexisNexis Insurance Exchange Connects With Assurex Global’s Technology Platform
Aug 26 2011 // LexisNexis Risk Solutions has partnered with one of the largest networks of independent agencies and brokers to offer interconnectivity between two technology platforms. The LexisNexis Insurance Exchange platform and the...
Willis Acquires Polish Broker to Expand Employee Benefits, Construction
Aug 26 2011 // Willis Europe B.V., a division of Willis Group Holdings plc, has acquired 100 percent of the shares of Polish insurance broker, Brokerskie Centrum Ubezpieczeniowe (AMA) Sp. Zoo. Willis said the deal, effective immediately,...
Amarillo Insurance Agent Faces Prison Over Investment Scam
Aug 24 2011 // A Texas Panhandle woman has been convicted in a more than $600,000 investment scheme that targeted elderly investors. Prosecutors say 60-year-old Janice Edwina Demmitt of Amarillo was convicted of conspiracy to commit...
U.S. Risk Names Greer a Senior Broker in Austin Office
Aug 24 2011 // Managing general agency and surplus lines wholesaler U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc. has appointed Tony Greer as senior broker in its Austin, Texas, office. Greer has five years of experience in the insurance industry and...
Abacus Insurance Brokers Launches Online Jewelers Block Program
Aug 22 2011 // Abacus Insurance Brokers, Inc., a Los Angeles-based program manager that distributes specialty insurance products online, has launched an online jewelers block program. The program is available in all 50 states on an...
Oklahoma Commissioner Revokes Agent’s License, Files Charges Against Couple
Aug 22 2011 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak has revoked a Stigler woman’s license to sell insurance, and the agent and her husband have been charged with crimes including the embezzlement of more than $37,000 from...
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Aug 22 2011 // Is your independent insurance agency a GREAT place to work? If so, don’t miss this LAST CHANCE to recognize your agency as one of the best places to work. The deadline to nominate your agency for Insurance...
Towers Watson Hires Reinsurance Agent in San Francisco
Aug 19 2011 // Global professional services company Towers Watson, the global professional services company has appointed Conrad Lagasca vice president in its reinsurance brokerage business. Lagasca, who will be based in San Francisco,...
AIR Chief on Cat Models: ‘What’s All The Fuss About?’
Aug 19 2011 // When it comes to revised hurricane models, AIR Worldwide CEO Ming Lee has one basic question, “What really is all this big fuss about?” Lee, whose Boston company launched the catastrophe modeling industry in...
Group of Allstate Agents Votes to Unionize
Aug 18 2011 // A group of Allstate agents who say the insurer controls them like employees rather than as independent contractors voted to affiliate with a union — a move the agents hope will help dissolve some of their concerns...
The Truth About Why Independent Agents Love Regional Companies
Aug 17 2011 // Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Insurance Journal’s Satire Issue, August 15, 2011. The content in this issue is not real and is not to be taken seriously. It’s supposed to be humorous....
Unitrin CEO Southwell Sees Growth, Value in New Kemper Name
Aug 17 2011 // Unitrin Inc. is counting on added success as it takes on a new name — the well-known and legendary Kemper name — for the future of the company. Effective Aug. 25, Unitrin Inc. will officially become Kemper Corp. and...
Got Regional?
Aug 15 2011 // Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Insurance Journal’s Satire Issue, August 15, 2011. The content in this issue is not real and is not to be taken seriously. It’s supposed to be humorous....
How One Independent Agent Tried to Off the Gecko
Aug 15 2011 // Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Insurance Journal’s Satire Issue, August 15, 2011. The content in this issue is not real and is not to be taken seriously. It’s supposed to be humorous....
Managing Agency, Company Relationships the Easy Way
Aug 15 2011 // Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Insurance Journal’s Satire Issue, August 15, 2011. The content in this issue is not real and is not to be taken seriously. It’s supposed to be humorous....
Easy Ways to Increase Revenue and Profits with Little and Preferably No Effort
Aug 15 2011 // Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Insurance Journal’s Satire Issue, August 15, 2011. The content in this issue is not real and is not to be taken seriously. It’s supposed to be humorous....
State Agencies Not Exempt from Age Bias Claims, Says Mass. Court
Aug 11 2011 // The Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled state agencies aren’t exempt from age discrimination lawsuits, even when the discrimination is the result of a policy that doesn’t explicitly target older workers. The...
Agents Say Insurers Out of Touch with Needs of Small Businesses
Aug 11 2011 // Insurance agents and brokers think that their insurance carriers may be out of touch with what the small business segment needs. For one, carriers have been busy coming out with new products and coverage enhancements for...
Florida Eases Surplus Lines ‘Due Diligence’ Rule for Agents
Aug 10 2011 // Florida insurance agents should have an easier time placing commercial policies with surplus lines carriers under a new law that allows them to offer the coverage without first scouring the admitted market for the...
Are Bounce Houses Too Difficult a Risk?
Aug 10 2011 // In the last two months alone the media has reported at least 10 bounce house or inflatable amusement rides nationwide that were toppled by wind or collapsed under weight of too many kids. The U.S. Consumer Products Safety...
