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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...
Eligibility for Preferred Risk Flood Insurance Pricing to Be Extended
Sep 23 2010 // Since 2008, many homes and businesses in the United States have been rezoned on Federal Emergency Management Administration flood hazard maps from low-to-moderate flood risk areas into higher risk areas, and vice versa....
Menegus joins E.L.M. Insurance Brokers in San Diego
Sep 22 2010 // Michael Menegus has recently joined E.L.M. Insurance Brokers as a new broker in San Diego. He will call on retail agents and brokers in the San Diego area. Menegus has expertise in employment practices liability, errors...
High Value Homeowners Market Healthy Despite Tough Economy
Sep 21 2010 // One of the most important features of writing high net worth business is high value homeowner’s coverage — but these policies can be complicated for agents to understand because they have many more components...
Roth to Lead Brown & Brown’s Professional Liability Brokerage
Sep 21 2010 // Brown & Brown, Inc. announced that Rob Roth has been named director and practice leader of Professional Liability for the company’s wholesale brokerage division. Roth began his career with ECC Insurance Brokers,...
6 Ways Agents Fail Their Workers’ Compensation Customers
Sep 20 2010 // Agents Can Easily Fall into the Trap of Poor Service and Not Even Know It Like most agents, you work hard at writing new accounts, what salespeople through the years have referred to as “getting the fish in the...
Florida Insurer Blames Exit on Fraud
Sep 20 2010 // With a letter sent out a few weeks ago, Explorer Insurance announced that it will no longer write private automobile policies in Florida because there is too much fraud. “The company is taking this action in light of...
6 Ways Agents Fail Their Workers’ Comp Customers
Sep 20 2010 // Agents Can Easily Fall into the Trap of Poor Service and Not Even Know It Like most agents, you work hard at writing new accounts, what salespeople through the years have referred to as “getting the fish in the...
People
Sep 20 2010 // Scott Brock was appointed CEO of Dallas-based Goss Reinsurance Brokers Inc., the reinsurance brokerage division of U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc. Brock will work with Chris Turner, president of Goss Re, to provide focused,...
Post-Katrina Duties and Liabilities of Insurance Agents and Brokers
Sep 20 2010 // The Louisiana Supreme Court Weighs In Following Hurricane Katrina, many insurance agents and brokers were sued by customers who found they were underinsured for their losses caused by the hurricane. It is fair to say that...
6 Ways Agents Fail Their Workers’ Compensation Customers
Sep 20 2010 // Agents Can Easily Fall into the Trap of Poor Service and Not Even Know It Like most agents, you work hard at writing new accounts, what salespeople through the years have referred to as “getting the fish in the...
