Latest Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Louisiana Agent Joins National Big “I” Leadership Team
Oct 1 2010 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) announced that Randy Lanoix of Donaldsonville, La., has been installed as the newest member of the association’s executive...
Michigan Young Agents Earn ‘Outstanding’ Award from Big ‘I’
Sep 30 2010 // The National Young Agents Committee (YAC) of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA or the Big “I”) presented its Outstanding Young Agents Committee of the Year for 2010 award to the...
Best Independent Agencies to Work For
Sep 30 2010 // The results are in from the 2010 Best Independent Insurance Agency to Work For survey by Insurance Journal. The owners of the Best Agencies to Work For in 2010 accent different programs or benefits depending upon their...
Best South Central Agency to Work For: Bryan Insurance Agency
Sep 30 2010 // “I would never consider leaving this agency for another job.” That’s what one obviously very happy employee said of Bryan Insurance Agency in Graham, Texas, one of Insurance Journal’s 2010 Best...
Insurance Agent for Mississippi School System Denies Complaint
Sep 30 2010 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney said his office is looking into a complaint that a retiree benefit adviser in the Pascagoula school system steered retirees to private plan she was selling. Chaney told The...
Post-Katrina Duties and Liabilities of Insurance Agents and Brokers
Sep 30 2010 // Following Hurricane Katrina, many insurance agents and brokers found themselves being sued by their customers when they realized that they were underinsured for their losses caused by the hurricane. It is fair to say that...
Training Part II – Small Agencies in Small Towns
Sep 29 2010 // In my previous post Training Part I – Small Agencies in Small Towns I promised that we would discuss meeting and greeting prospects and customers in your office. While we all functionally know how to meet and greet...
Former Illinois Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty to Theft of $375K
Sep 29 2010 // A former insurance agent in Illinois has pleaded guilty to charges of theft of more than $375,000 in insurance premiums, state Attorney General Lisa Madigan has announced. Larry Chouinard, 56, entered guilty pleas in...
Jennings Joins Wholesale Trading Co-Op as President and CEO
Sep 29 2010 // Wholesale Trading Co-Op LLC has announced that John Jennings has joined the firm as president and CEO. He is an experienced wholesale brokerage industry veteran and will lead the WTC founding team managing retail broker...
Abacus Insurance Brokers Expands Online Builder’s Risk Program
Sep 28 2010 // Abacus Insurance Brokers, Inc., a Los Angeles-based program manager that distributes specialty insurance products online through www.abacus.net, has expanded its Abacus Online Builder’s Risk program. With the...
Independent Agent Association Names New Leadership
Sep 28 2010 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”), named J. Michael “Mike” Miley as the new chairman of the association. Mike Donohoe was named as the chairman elect, Bobby...
Surplus Lines Premiums Fall, Again, But Brokers Remain Optimistic
Sep 28 2010 // The surplus lines industry continues to experience a decline in direct premiums written (DPW). For a third consecutive year in 2009, the surplus lines industry’s DPW fell 4.1 percent, an improvement over 2008 where...
Nolan Named President of New Hampshire Agents’ Group
Sep 28 2010 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Hampshire (PIANH) has elected Lisa Nolan as president. She is senior executive vice president of the Watson Insurance Agency in Manchester, New Hampshire, and served as the...
Liberty Mutual Adds Commercial Lines Service Centers for Agents
Sep 27 2010 // Liberty Mutual Agency Markets said that its agents can now use one of two commercial lines service centers to help with a range of services for policyholders. The centers – located in Ohio and Washington — will...
California Modifies Privacy Regulations, Makes Insurance Shopping Easier
Sep 27 2010 // In what’s being called “a major victory for insurance agents and brokers,” the California Department of Insurance has notified the California Office of Administrative Law of its intention to repeal...
Independent Agencies Named for ‘Best Practices’ Study
Sep 27 2010 // Some 224 independent insurance agencies from across the country have been selected for the for the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s (the Big “I”) 2010 Best Practices Study. Once...
Bartosh Elected ASCnet Chair, Boeing Vice Chair
Sep 24 2010 // Independent agent Brian Bartosh, president of Alpena, Mich.-based Top O’ Michigan Insurance, has been elected to serve as 2011 chair of Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet), the users group for Applied Systems...
Michigan Officials Seek to Force Broker to Remit $1.3M Owed to Insurers
Sep 23 2010 // Michigan insurance officials have gone to court to force a Troy insurance broker to remit $1.3 million in premiums he owes to multiple insurance companies. The Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation (OFIR) has...
North Carolina Agent Accused of Embezzlement
Sep 23 2010 // Godfrey Gray Bell, Sr., of Greenville, N.C., has been arrested and charged with one count of embezzlement by an insurance agent, according to state officials. Department of Insurance criminal investigators allege that from...
You Can Attend an Insurance Trade Show without Leaving your Desk!
Sep 23 2010 // What if you could get all the benefits of attending an insurance trade show without any expense or leaving your office? Find New Markets, connect with existing markets, learn from the experts in the lecture hall, network...
