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Mar 7 2011 // Jennifer McPhillips has been promoted to senior director of federal government affairs for the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) and will serve as one of the...
How Agents Can Serve Their Local Technology Sector
Mar 7 2011 // Late last year, Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, filed a lawsuit over alleged patent infringement against some of the biggest names in technology, including Facebook, Google and Apple. For some, the lawsuit may appear...
Kansas Studying Impact of Health Insurance Act on Agents, Insurers
Mar 3 2011 // Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger will conduct a public fact-finding hearing March 14 regarding the impact on Kansas insurance companies and agents of a medical loss ratio (MLR) provision in the federal...
Main Street Insurance Agencies Elects New Officers
Mar 3 2011 // Main Street Insurance Agencies, an alliance of agencies in Massachusetts, has elected new officers. Colleen Herlihy, Herlihy Insurance Group in Worcester, was elected president. Vice presidents are Thomas F. Bagley III, of...
Align Adds Parrish to Professional Liability Unit
Mar 3 2011 // Align Financial Group Inc. announced that Joshua Parish has joined the firm as vice president of the company’s newly acquired professional liability subsidiary, E.L.M. Insurance Brokers. Parrish will establish and...
Maritime General Agency Rebrands, Consolidates All Entities
Mar 3 2011 // Maritime General Agency announced its newly formed business identity, which it said “combines three niche marine insurance underwriting facilities: Maritime Program Group; Maritime General Agency, Marine MGA, and...
North Carolina Insurance Agent Arrested on Embezzlement Charges
Mar 2 2011 // A North Carolina insurance agent for Nationwide Insurance voluntarily surrendered her license after being arrested on embezzlement charges, according to state officials. Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin reported the...
NFL Players’ Agents Calling Insurance Plays as Lockout Looms
Mar 2 2011 // Indianapolis Colts linebacker Gary Brackett promises to be ready for the start of next season — whenever it is. He also wants to be smart in these uncertain times. Indianapolis’ 30-year-old defensive captain,...
Independent Agents: Tell Carriers What You Think
Mar 1 2011 // Agents: There is still time to tell insurance carriers what you think! Take this quick survey. What are the most important factors in the independent agents’ relationship with insurance carriers—and which ones rate...
R-T Specialty Names Booth Inside Broker
Feb 25 2011 // R-T Specialty LLC announced it has hired Michele Booth as an inside broker for the company’s La Jolla, Calif., office. Booth will work directly with Eileen Jolly on professional and executive liability placements....
RISC Opens Energy, Construction Programs to Wholesale Brokers
Feb 25 2011 // RISC, Inc.’s exclusive nationwide programs for energy and construction are now open for access by other wholesale brokers. RISC offers these specialty programs through “A” rated carriers on an admitted...
L.A.Xcess Insurance Brokers Now Independently Owned
Feb 24 2011 // Richard Rutkin, president of L.A.Xcess Insurance Brokers Inc. announced that L.A.Xcess has become an independently owned national wholesaler by purchasing itself back from DeWitt Stern Group, an entertainment insurance...
Capitol Insurance Companies Promote Three
Feb 24 2011 // Middleton, Wis.-based Capitol Insurance Companies has announced three promotions. Kevin A. Klestinski has been named vice president of property and casualty underwriting, Richard F. Boettner has been promoted to director...
CAA Names Top Insurance Company Partners for 2010
Feb 24 2011 // Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) has named its 2010 Top Insurance Company Partners. This year, CAA expanded its annual “Top 4 Insurance Partner” awards to include the top four insurance...
Wisconsin’s Capitol Insurance Promotes 3
Feb 24 2011 // Capitol Insurance Cos. of Middleton, Wis., announced that Kevin A. Klestinski has been named vice president of Property & Casualty Underwriting, Richard F. Boettner has been promoted to director of Underwriting –...
Austen to Head Cooper Gay Singapore Brokerage Operations
Feb 24 2011 // London-based Cooper Gay, the independent wholesale, reinsurance and specialist retail insurance broker, has appointed Jeremy Austen as Head of Broking for its Singapore office. He reports to Asia Pacific Regional Managing...
Crouse & Associates Adds Cardoso as Senior Broker
Feb 23 2011 // Crouse and Associates Insurance Services has added Frank Cardoso to its Production Team as a senior property and casualty broker in the company’s Fresno, Calif., office. Cardoso recently worked in the Fresno office...
Kneser Named Customer Service Rep of the Year
Feb 23 2011 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA or the Big “I”) and The Institutes is reminding the insurance industry to honor customer service representatives today, designated as Annual...
Next for IBM’s Watson: Insurance Jobs in Jeopardy?
Feb 22 2011 // IBM wasted no time in parlaying the winning performance of its artificially intelligent Watson on the TV game show “Jeopardy!” into real business. Last week, it announced a deal to commercialize Watson’s...
Texas Windstorm Insurance Litigation Costs Too High, Lawmaker Says
Feb 22 2011 // The amount the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) has paid out in litigation costs as a result of lawsuits stemming from Hurricane Ike claims is far too high, says one Texas lawmaker who’s working on...
