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Insurance Journal Launches Academy of Insurance
Jan 6 2010 // San Diego – (January 6, 2010) – After months of planning and preparation, Insurance Journal has launched its latest product for the property/casualty insurance industry: The Academy of Insurance. Led by...
Willis Commercial Network Expands into Northern Ireland
Jan 6 2010 // Willis Group Holdings announced that it is expanding its highly successful UK Willis Commercial Network (WCN) business model into Northern Ireland with the addition of three new independent brokers: McCausland Light &...
CNA Chief Motamed: What’s Ahead for CNA, Economy, Industry
Jan 6 2010 // After 30 years at Chubb Corp, Thomas Motamed joined Chicago-based commercial lines insurer CNA Financial in January 2009 as chairman and CEO. In this edited interview with Insurance Journal’s Andrew Simpson, Motamed...
Paula Cobbett Joins Sullivan Brokers
Jan 5 2010 // Los Angeles, CA, January 5, 2010 – Sullivan Brokers Wholesale Insurance Solutions, Inc. is pleased to announce that on Monday, January 4, 2010, Paula Cobbett, CPCU, ARM joined the firm in the Northern California...
Washington To Tackle Credit Scoring, Streamline Agent/Broker Licensing
Jan 5 2010 // Bills to improve health care, protect consumers, ban the use of credit scoring , streamline the licensing of agents and brokers, and broadening the definition of what’s considered “emergency care” are all...
Cap on Fines Against Insurance Agents Rises in North Dakota
Jan 4 2010 // Possible insurance department fines against insurance agents who violate North Dakota laws governing their conduct are increasing from a maximum of $1,000 to $10,000 per incident. Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm said the...
Has to Get Better
Dec 31 2009 // It’s no secret. 2009 was a tough year. Just as tough as 2008; maybe even more so. The economy continued to tank. More businesses shut their doors. Revenues dropped for just about every business. Independent insurance...
U.S. Risk Opens New Reinsurance Broker Goss Re
Dec 31 2009 // U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc., based in Dallas, Texas, has expanded into the specialty reinsurance brokerage marketplace. Goss Reinsurance Brokers Inc. will operate as a specialty reinsurance broker for medium to small...
North Dakota Insurance Agent’s License Revoked
Dec 31 2009 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm has revoked the insurance license of Patricia Howard, a Dunn Center, N.D., insurance agent who the insurance department says engaged in deceitful and dishonest practices...
Motorists Insurance Creates Agent and Policyholder Services Division
Dec 30 2009 // Columbus, Ohio-based Motorists Insurance Group has created a new division to focus resources on agent-facing technology, agency interface priorities and develop call center best practices for all companies in the group. In...
Captives Fuel Growth and Income for Agency Owners
Dec 30 2009 // In times like these, where the insurance industry is now in its fifth year of a soft market, the use of an agency captive insurance company can spark both revenue and profits to improve an agency’s overall financial...
Rocky 2009 Leaves P/C Agents Hoping for a Better 2010
Dec 29 2009 // Once again, agents and brokers are wishing for a harder insurance market in the New Year. But while most agents hope for firmer insurance pricing in 2010, just slightly more than a quarter (26.9 percent) predict a harder...
Aon Realigns Global Brokerage Services to Enhance Client Access
Dec 28 2009 // Global insurance broker Aon Corp. is taking what it says is its most significant step ever in realigning its brokerage operations to meet its retail clients’ needs for access to insurance markets, risk transfer...
North Dakota Alleges Agent Fraud in Farm, Homeowners Insurance Sales
Dec 28 2009 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm has issued a cease and desist order against Patricia Howard, a Dunn Center insurance agent, who is alleged to have engaged in deceitful and dishonest practices against her...
S. California Agent In Jail for Pocketing Premium
Dec 24 2009 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner today announced that Rosa De Romero De Rosa (AKA Rosa D. Rosa), 53, of Huntington Park, was arrested Dec. 22 and faces one felony count of grand theft after allegedly taking...
Combined Agents Names Top 4 Insurance Company Partners
Dec 22 2009 // Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) reports that Central Insurance Companies, Texas Mutual Insurance Company, Travelers Insurance and The Hartford have been named the 2009 “Top Four Company...
Torus Names Fillingham UK COO
Dec 22 2009 // Torus announced the appointment of Tim Fillingham as Chief Operating Officer for Torus UK. His primary role is to “ensure superior service delivery to clients and brokers accessing the London and UK markets and...
Insurance Agents Move to Beat of Rock ‘n Roll Marketing
Dec 22 2009 // How Adam DeGraide, a rock ‘n roll bass player and band promoter who founded Astonish Results, plans to transport independent insurance agents into marketing cyberspace with his own digital elixir. Will agents drink...
Narragansett Bay Gets R.I. Renewal Rights from Quincy Mutual
Dec 22 2009 // Narragansett Bay Insurance Co. will begin offering homeowners coverage to Rhode Island policyholders of Quincy Mutual Fire Insurance Co. as part of a renewal right agreement between the two insurers. Narragansett Bay will...
Georgia Father, Son Agents Charged with Defrauding Goodwill, Insurer
Dec 21 2009 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine said two Macon insurance agents — a father and son– have been arrested after being charged with keeping premiums paid to them for auto and business liability...
