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E&O Insights: ‘Let Me Think About It’
Jun 21 2010 // Why Agents Should Stress Importance of Umbrella Coverage When uttered together by a client, the five words in the headline of this article are – potentially – very dangerous words. Note the following claim and...
Specialized Independence
Jun 21 2010 // Top 100 Agency Profile Agency Name: The Horton Group Inc. Headquarters: Orland Park, Ill. Year Founded: 1971 Locations: 15 2009 Total P/C Premiums: $258.3 million Commercial Lines: $221.4 million Personal Lines: $36.8...
NAS Lowers Rates, Minimum Premiums for Insurance Agents E&O
Jun 18 2010 // NAS Insurance Services, Inc. has released new rates for insurance agents and brokers E&O. Agents managing 100 percent personal lines have new reduced rates and a new minimum premium starting at $2,000. Agents handling...
Worldwide Facilities Names Sawyer VP/Broker for Healthcare Practice
Jun 18 2010 // Worldwide Facilities Inc. in Phoenix has named Eric Sawyer a vice president and broker for the healthcare practice group. Sawyer brings more than 10 years of medical malpractice experience to the group. He will be working...
BrokersLink Appoints Chartis Senior V.P. Battifarano as CEO
Jun 18 2010 // BrokersLink, one of the world’s largest independent insurance broker networks whose members manage premium volumes in excess of $7 billion, announced the appointment of Leonard J. Battifarano as its CEO, effective...
Connecticut Warns Agents over Surplus Lines Placements
Jun 18 2010 // The Connecticut Insurance Department is warning producers against placing coastal homeowners in the surplus lines market if an admitted insurer has offered to renew their policies. Doing so violates state law. In a...
New York Agents Urge Defeat of Auto Insurance Reform Bills
Jun 18 2010 // A trade group for New York agents is urging lawmakers to defeat a bill it says would weaken the state’s no-fault auto insurance system by expanding juries’ role in deciding whether a lawsuit can proceed. The...
BrokersLink Network Expands Number of Specialized Service Providers
Jun 17 2010 // BrokersLink, one of the world’s largest independent insurance broker networks whose members manage premium volumes in excess of $7 billion, has added six new international specialized service providers. “The...
Strong Brand Leads List of Critical Marketing Factors for Agents
Jun 17 2010 // Carrier marketing support matters to independent agents — and having a strong carrier brand is considered especially important. High brand recognition matters more to agents handling personal lines, but is also...
Zangwill-Infantino Forms Insight Insurance Consulting
Jun 17 2010 // Laurie Zangwill-Infantino, former president of the Insurance Skills Center (ISC), has formed a new consulting firm, Insight Insurance Consulting. Insight Insurance Consulting will focus on professional development for...
New York City Agency Buys Brooklyn Competitor
Jun 16 2010 // In a merger of two Brooklyn agencies, Apex Brokerage Inc. has acquired Brighton Brokers Corp. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Apex was founded in 1992 and is headed by Anthony Calafiore, a former president of the...
New Jersey Agents’ Group Elects New President
Jun 15 2010 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey elected Donna M. Cunningham as the trade group’s president. Cunningham has served as vice president, secretary and treasurer for the group. She is also president of...
New Remote Staffing Firm for Insurance Agencies Launched
Jun 15 2010 // A new company that offers domestic, remote staffing services for insurance agencies and brokerages has opened in New York. Work At Home Vintage Employees (WAHVE) says its business model is to employ skilled insurance...
Chemistry Crucial When Mentoring an Agent
Jun 14 2010 // As John Lennon and Paul McCartney could tell you, sometimes you just need a little help from your friends. And in the insurance agency business — where building relationships are key to success — that friend...
Scottsdale Insurance Names Goodloe Brokerage Senior VP
Jun 14 2010 // Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Scottsdale Insurance Co. announced the appointment of John E. Goodloe as senior vice president of brokerage. Goodloe has 27 years of experience in the specialty lines, reinsurance and wholesale...
Producer Development: Combined Agents of America Keeps It In-House
Jun 14 2010 // Mark Bridges and Bry Ewan got the idea for creating a producer development program within the Combined Agents of America (CAA) while attending a producer school in Florida. Bridges explained that during his first year in...
The Competitive Advantage: Opportunity Knocks
Jun 11 2010 // When I first started as an underwriter a few decades ago, I was truly amazed at the coverage knowledge so many of the older underwriters had. The most remarkable underwriters knew their stuff. They were great resources for...
Arkansas Agents Name The Republic Group Company of the Year
Jun 11 2010 // The Republic Group, headquartered in Dallas, has been named 2010 Company of the Year by the Independent Insurance Agents of Arkansas (IIAA). According to the IIAA, this award recognizes the company that most demonstrates a...
Submit Today: Insurance Journal Top 100 Agencies
Jun 11 2010 // Insurance Journal is on the search for leading privately-held property casualty independent agencies and brokerages for its annual Top 100 Property/Casualty Independent Insurance Agencies report. Top Overall Independent...
Big “I” Markets Introduces Pollution/Environmental Product
Jun 10 2010 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America Big “I” Markets program has formed a partnership with the American Risk Management Resources Network (ARMR), LLC to provide Big “I” members...
