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The Times They Are A-Changin’
May 3 2010 // How Agents Can Manage Technology Change Changes in technology such as real-time processing and more competition coming from every side are spurring agency owners to change their operations in order to survive and thrive....
New York Agents’ Groups Join Forces to Fight Pay Disclosure Rules
May 3 2010 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of New York (IIABNY) and the Council of Insurance Brokers of Greater New York (CIBGNY) say they will team up to sue the state over new rules that will require agents to disclose...
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May 3 2010 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based American Empire Surplus Lines Insurance Co. (AESLIC) has named Frederick J. Woebse president and chief operating officer. He succeeds Robert Nelson, who was named chairman and chief executive...
AmWINS CEO DeCarlo on Colemont Merger, Texas and Going Global
May 3 2010 // The acquisition of wholesale insurance broker Colemont Insurance Brokers by its competitor AmWINS Group gives AmWINS entry into international markets for the first time and a bigger presence in Texas, where Colemont is...
Agents Aren’t Quite Ready for the Social Media Revolution
May 3 2010 // The insurance industry is not as quick to adapt to change as other industries,” but independent insurance agents need to acknowledge that having “a Web presence is non-negotiable,” said Michael LaRocco,...
For Tennessee Agent, NCAA Referee Maxwell, Teamwork Is Essential
May 3 2010 // While NCAA men’s basketball tournament referee and insurance agent Gary Maxwell won’t tell you which team was his pick to win (it’s against NCAA rules), he can share what he’s learned on the court...
AmWINS CEO DeCarlo on Colemont Merger and Going Global
May 3 2010 // The acquisition of wholesale insurance broker Colemont Insurance Brokers by its competitor AmWINS Group gives AmWINS entry into international markets for the first time and a bigger presence in Texas, where Colemont is...
AmWINS CEO DeCarlo on Colemont Merger, Texas and Going Global
May 3 2010 // The acquisition of wholesale insurance broker Colemont Insurance Brokers by its competitor AmWINS Group gives AmWINS entry into international markets for the first time and a bigger presence in Texas, where Colemont is...
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May 3 2010 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers headquartered in Walnut Creek, Calif., hired Keith W. Newell as senior vice president, Southern California Construction Practice Leader in its Los Angeles office. Newell will expand...
AmWINS CEO DeCarlo on Colemont Merger, Texas and Going Global
May 3 2010 // The acquisition of wholesale insurance broker Colemont Insurance Brokers by its competitor AmWINS Group gives AmWINS entry into international markets for the first time and a bigger presence in Texas, where Colemont is...
Master Agency Launched in New Jersey
Apr 29 2010 // Two New Jersey insurance agencies have joined forces to launch a master agency named Consolidated Insurance Agents. Pavese McCormick Insurance Agency, of Monmouth Junction, and Valvano Insurance Agency, of Linden, say the...
Barney & Barney Insurance Brokerage Launches Women’s Initiative
Apr 29 2010 // Women are under-represented in leadership positions in the insurance industry. Consequently, San Diego-based Barney & Barney LLC has launched a women’s initiative — B&B G.R.O.W., which stands for Growth...
Allstate To Appoint 51 New Agents in Colorado in 2010
Apr 29 2010 // Allstate Insurance Co. has sannounced it is looking to appoint 51 exclusive agency owners in Colorado in 2010. “We see a significant opportunity in the current economy to attract mid-career, mid-level managers to own...
New Mississippi Insurer to Compete for Coastal Home Insurance Business
Apr 29 2010 // A newly-formed Mississippi company with backing from a Florida insurer and local private investors including six independent agencies will begin writing homeowners policies on the coast in Mississippi. Gulfport-based...
Employers Direct Relaunched as PacificComp to Work With Independent Agents
Apr 28 2010 // Agoura Hills, Calif.-based Pacific Compensation Insurance Co. (PacificComp), formerly Employers Direct Insurance Co., has relaunched its business with a new name and transformation from a direct writer of workers’...
Willis Urges Risk Managers to Fight Against Contingent Commissions
Apr 27 2010 // Global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings, which has vowed to not accept contingent commissions, is urging risk managers to insist that all brokers they do business with also drop the controversial revenue...
Insurance Agents Not Quite Ready for Social Media Revolution
Apr 26 2010 // “The insurance industry is not as quick to adapt to change as other industries,” but independent insurance agents need to acknowledge that having “a Web presence is non-negotiable,” said Michael...
Mixed Ruling in Connecticut Contingent Commissions Case
Apr 26 2010 // A Connecticut court has ruled that Wells Fargo-owned insurance brokerage Acordia Inc. broke the law by failing to disclose it received contingent commissions from five insurers. At issue in the case was an internal...
Why Captive Solutions Might Grow Your Hospitality Book, and Revenue Too
Apr 23 2010 // Compare the estimated $30 billion in after tax profits that the U.S. property and casualty marketplace will likely book for 2009 to the year end results of the hospitality industry, whose lodging (occupancy near 56...
Liberty Mutual Surety Introduces Liberty SuretyFirst
Apr 22 2010 // Liberty Mutual Surety has introduced Liberty SuretyFirst as its new operating unit exclusively serving independent agents whose customers have small to mid-sized bonding capacity needs. Liberty SuretyFirst provides the...
