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Who’s Worth What in the Independent Agency System? Find Out … Join IJ’s Survey
Mar 18 2011 // Insurance Journal is polling insurance agents and brokers nationwide in its annual search to find out who’s worth what in the independent agency system. Don’t miss out on your chance to participate. The 2011...
Best Practices – Training and Implementation
Mar 18 2011 // We have spent the past several weeks discussing Best Practices – Standards, Procedures and Workflows. I know, you say: “My staff already knows how to use the agency management system. We have this new document...
Unrest in Captive Insurance World Benefits the GlobalGreen Agency
Mar 17 2011 // Ray Spears, Jeff Wilson and Charles Donaldson in 2007 established GlobalGreen Insurance Agency as the brand name for the franchise network of independent agencies developed and operated by St. Louis, Mo.-based Equity One...
Georgia Seeks Waiver from Medical Loss Ratio Rule
Mar 17 2011 // Georgia is requesting a waiver from a key element of the federal healthcare overhaul that sets how much of health insurance premiums must be spent on medical care. Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens said he wants a...
James to Lead Fireman’s Fund’s National Broker Team
Mar 16 2011 // Novato, Calif.-based Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. announced that Andrea James has assumed the role of vice president, national sales leader. She will lead the National Broker team, which is responsible for...
Allstate Seeks 88 Agents in West
Mar 16 2011 // Allstate has launched a recruitment campaign across the West, seeking 15 exclusive agents in New Mexico, 34 in Arizona, 19 in Nevada and 20 in Utah. In New Mexico, targeted areas for agents include Albuquerque, Santa Fe...
Accident Fund Honors 23 Agencies with 2010 President’s Club Award
Mar 14 2011 // Lansing, Mich.-based Accident Fund Insurance Co. of America has honored 23 agencies with its 2010 President’s Club Award. The annual award is presented to a select number of independent insurance agencies who meet...
Business Groups Back Expanding Federal Flood Insurance Options
Mar 14 2011 // Expanding a federal program that is already $17 billion in debt might seem like a non-starter of an idea on budget-sensitive Capitol Hill these days. However the idea is included in a Republican-drafted reform of the...
Hispanic Affiliates General Agency Expanding, Recruiting Agents in Texas
Mar 11 2011 // Dallas-based Hispanic Affiliates General Agency LLC (HAGA) announced it is actively recruiting Hispanic independent agents in Texas. According to the company’s announcement, HAGA provides independent agents marketing...
Ohio Reveals Top Insurance Fraud, Enforcements for 2010
Mar 11 2011 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor has announced the agency’s top insurance fraud and enforcement cases of 2010.The DOI opened more than 160 consumer insurance fraud cases last...
Vredenburg Heads Acquisitions for Florida’s Assured Agencies
Mar 11 2011 // Paul Vredenburg has joined Assured Agencies in Lake Mary, Fla. as senior vice president of business development. In this position, Vredenburg will be responsible for identifying acquisition opportunities for Assured...
Guy Carpenter Selected as New CCRIF Placing Broker
Mar 11 2011 // The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) has announced the appointment of Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC as the new Placing Broker for the Facility, beginning immediately in “preparation for the...
West Virginia’s BrickStreet Won’t Insure Firefighters, State Agencies
Mar 10 2011 // The company created by West Virginia to provide workers’ compensation insurance no longer wants to cover state agencies, prompting lawmakers to consider alternative policy options. The Senate Finance Committee...
Heffernan Insurance Brokers Adds Murphy to Board
Mar 10 2011 // Walnut Creek, Calif.-based Heffernan Insurance Brokers has added Leslie Murphy to its board of directors. Murphy has been the CEO of W. Bradley Electric Inc. for nearly 20 years. With more than 200 employees, WBE is the...
Intercare Specialty Risk Insurance Mergers with PRM Insurance
Mar 9 2011 // Rocklin, Calif.-based Intercare Specialty Risk Insurance Services Inc. and PRM Insurance Services Inc. have inked a contractual agreement for the companies to work together under the management of newly formed Phoenix Risk...
Young Agents: What Are YOU Thinking? Exclusive Survey
Mar 9 2011 // Young property/casualty insurance agents and brokers across the U.S. are being called upon to answer some questions … and have some fun. Gen X, Gen Y agents: who are you? What do you really think about your career?...
FERMA Calls for ‘Mandatory’ Protocol for Broker/Company Transactions
Mar 9 2011 // The Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) has issued a response concerning the revised European Insurance Mediation Directive (IMD), which states that it “should incorporate binding standards of...
How California Bill Implements Federal NRRA Surplus Lines Reform
Mar 8 2011 // The Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act (NRRA), Subtitle B, Part I, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, reaches out and touches California on July 21, 2011. In anticipation of its effective date,...
West Virginia Agents Balk At Health Insurance Exchange
Mar 8 2011 // With the Legislature’s minority Republicans already opposing the pending bill, West Virginia’s independent insurance agents are wary of this session’s bid to create a state-run health insurance...
Republican Flood Insurance Bill Gets Positive Initial Reception
Mar 8 2011 // A Republican draft of legislation to reform the federal flood insurance program would renew the program for five years, phase out most rate subsidies, tie coverage limits to the rate of inflation, vary the deductible by...
