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President Obama Signs Jobless Aid, Flood Insurance Extension
Apr 15 2010 // Congress Thursday voted to restore jobless benefits for hundreds of thousands of Americans who had lost them during a partisan standoff in the Senate over spending. [The bill also reauthorizes the federal flood insurance...
AmWINS CEO DeCarlo on Colemont Merger, Texas and Going Global
Apr 14 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...
Allstate Seeking to Appoint 130 Agents in Texas in 2010
Apr 14 2010 // Allstate Insurance Company appointed 122 exclusive agents in Texas in 2009 and is seeking to appoint another 130 agents in the state in 2010. “We see a significant opportunity in the current economy to attract...
40% of Agents in South Carolina Could Lose Licenses May 1
Apr 13 2010 // May 1, 2010 is the deadline for agents licensed in South Carolina to complete their first-ever producer license renewal process and become compliant with their ongoing continuing education requirements. Compliance...
Calif. Proposes Agent/Broker Regs To Alleviate Under-Insurance
Apr 9 2010 // To alleviate concerns about homeowner under-insurance, the California Department of Insurance has informed Insurance Journal that it has scheduled a hearing for May 17 in Los Angeles to discuss proposed regulations...
Wholesale Insurance Brokers AmWINS, Colemont Merge
Apr 9 2010 // AmWINS Group, Inc. and Colemont Insurance Brokers today announced that the two companies will be combined to form a specialty insurance distributor placing more than $4.8 billion in annual premiums with over 1,800...
Tennessee Association Insurance Agents Deny Wrongdoing
Apr 8 2010 // Representative of two Tennessee companies accused by authorities of selling phony medical insurance policies to thousands of people nationwide said Tuesday that they are not to blame for piles of unpaid medical...
Halyburton Promoted to Broker in Colemont’s Dallas Office
Apr 8 2010 // Colemont Insurance Brokers announced that Chrys Halyburton has been promoted to broker in the company’s Dallas office as part of the transportation team. Halyburton joined Colemont in September 2007 and has since...
Traditional Property Policies Can Leave Green Buildings Exposed
Apr 8 2010 // With the U.S. Green Building Council forecasting growth in the green building market to double between now and 2013, agents and brokers can expect to see increasing client demand for green insurance coverage. Because...
Young Joins Big ‘I’ Agents’ Lobbying Staff
Apr 8 2010 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) announced that Ryan Young has joined the team as senior director of federal government affairs. Young, a native of Denver, N.C., joins the...
Chartis Brokerage Launches Web Site for Brokers with Small and Mid-sized Risks
Apr 7 2010 // Risk Specialists Companies Insurance Agency, Inc. (RSCIA), a brokerage subsidiary of Chartis, has launched RiskSpecialistsCompanies.com, a new website providing web-based access to property, casualty and specialty lines...
When Main Street Met Washington
Apr 7 2010 // Amid wind-whipped exhaust fumes and an early March cold front, Connecticut insurance agent Michael Gergler ducks inside the lobby of the Wardman Park hotel in Washington, D.C. and surveys the lobby where roughly 150 other...
Why Keystone Insurers Expanded in Kentucky and Where It’s Going Next
Apr 6 2010 // Pennsylvania-based insurance agency franchisor Keystone Insurers Group has more than 200 agency owner-partners and it’s not done yet, says Colin Buzzard, Keystone’s executive vice president of sales and...
Declarations
Apr 5 2010 // A Negative Impact “A return to the failed FAIR and Coastal Plans could have a serious, detrimental impact on the state’s private insurance market and leave thousands of properties at risk.” —John...
New Insurance Association Forms in California
Apr 5 2010 // A new Broker Insurance Group (BIG) has formed in California, starting with a flagship chapter to serve insurance professionals of the Inland Empire area. Under the leadership of President Sharron Varga, a broker and...
People
Apr 5 2010 // New York-based USI Holdings Corp. has named Sandra Usleman, former president of USI’s Austin, Texas, operating company in the Southwest region, as senior vice president and chief sales officer. Other changes in...
New York Agents’ Group Declines to Join Lawsuit Against State over Pay Rules
Apr 5 2010 // A schism is emerging between New York’s trade groups for insurance agents over how best to challenge rules requiring agents to reveal their pay. The Professional Insurance Agents of New York (PIANY) says it will not...
When Main Street Met Washington
Apr 5 2010 // Agents Make Grassroots Lobbying Campaign Amid wind-whipped exhaust fumes and an early March cold front, Connecticut insurance agent Michael Gergler ducks inside the lobby of the Wardman Park hotel and surveys the lobby...
When Main Street Met Washington
Apr 5 2010 // Agents Head to D.C. as Part of Grassroots Lobbying Campaign Amid wind-whipped exhaust fumes and an early March cold front, Connecticut insurance agent Michael Gergler ducks inside the lobby of the Wardman Park hotel in...
Making Continuous Coverage Auto Insurance Discount Portable Is Good for Consumers
Apr 5 2010 // The Alliance of Insurance Agents & Brokers supports Proposition 17 on the June 2010 statewide ballot because it will make the auto insurance market more competitive, offer drivers more choices and lead to lower rates...
