Latest Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
ACE Europe Reorganizes Business Structure in UK and Ireland
Sep 25 2009 // The ACE European Group has announced a new operating structure in the UK and Ireland with the creation of two distinct business segments, a new senior regional management structure and the launch of a suite of cross-class...
Louisiana Insurance Agents Fined for Alleged Fraud
Sep 24 2009 // Two Denham Springs, La., insurance agents have been accused of committing insurance fraud, and were served with cease and desist orders, summary suspension notices and fine notices by the Louisiana Department of...
Oregon Investigates Phony Agent
Sep 24 2009 // The Oregon Insurance Division is asking dentists and oral surgeons to contact the division if they purchased business owners’ insurance through Brenda L. MacLaren-Beattie, a Washington-based agent who allegedly sold...
Iowa Insurance Agent Gets 15 Years for Bilking Elderly
Sep 24 2009 // A federal judge in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has handed a 15-year prison sentence to a Waterloo insurance agent convicted of fraud in the bilking of elderly clients. U.S. District Judge Linda Reade opted to go beyond the maximum...
Dibb Joins North Carolina’s Trisure Brokerage
Sep 23 2009 // Kirby Dibb has joined independent insurance brokerage TriSure in Raleigh, North Carolina, as client services manager for safety and risk management. In her new capacity, Dibb is responsible for the design, training and...
Insurance Agent Jailed for Falsely Representing Lloyd’s in Kentucky
Sep 23 2009 // A financial service worker in South Carolina was sentenced today to two years in prison for using a scheme to dupe mortgage companies and homeowners in Eastern Kentucky. David C. Thomas, of Greenville, S.C. admitted he...
Newest Florida Carrier, Prepared Insurance, Targets ‘Older’ Homes
Sep 23 2009 // Florida has given the go-ahead to a new homeowners insurance company that plans to focus on what it says is the underserved market of homes built before 2002. Prepared Insurance Co., headquartered in Tampa, intends to use...
Noted California Insurance Lobbyist Passes Away
Sep 23 2009 // Long-time Sacramento lobbyist for California insurance agents and former Federal Bureau of Investigations investigator, Fred G. Dupuis, died last week in Marin County, where he had lived for 60 years. Dupuis was 93 years...
Washington State Bars Iowa-Based Agent
Sep 22 2009 // Washington’s Office of the Insurance Commissioner has ordered a Des Moines-based, former insurance agent to immediately stop selling what are apparently fake insurance policies. Brenda L. MacLaren-Beattie and The...
States Give a ‘Thumbs Up’ to Fingerprinting Insurance Producers
Sep 21 2009 // Regulators Say Fingerprinting Keeps Criminals Out of the Business Don’t be alarmed, but there are convicted criminals roaming around the country acting as insurance producers. They could be robbers, forgers, possibly...
People
Sep 21 2009 // Wells Fargo Insurance Services of Minnesota Inc. named Gina Samland managing director for its Nebraska, Iowa, and Kansas City, Kan., operations. She is based in the Omaha, Neb., office. In her new role, Samland is...
Virginia Agents Present Award to Lawmaker
Sep 21 2009 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Virginia (IIAV) has given its Commonwealth Award to Republican lawmaker Frank D. Hargrove Sr. The award recognizes outstanding service for the insurance industry, independent insurance...
New York Issues New Draft of Disclosure Rules for Agents
Sep 21 2009 // The New York State Insurance Department released proposed new rules mandating how and what insurance agents must reveal to clients about how they are compensated in the sale of policy. The so-called transparency rules...
Lead Nurturing Proves Valuable
Sep 21 2009 // Top Insurance Agencies Sell 26% of Policies Due to Follow-Up Using X-Dates Shows New Data An analysis of over 180 insurance agencies using Leads360’s lead management and lead nurturing software provides decisive...
Florida’s Newly-Formed Ascendant to Rescue First Commercial Policies
Sep 21 2009 // The new company will use independent agents and brokers for sales. Florida officials announced that a new Miami-based insurance company will pick up the insurance for about 15,000 of the policyholders now with First...
How to Create a Client Retention Culture
Sep 21 2009 // Insurance agency owners are always looking for ways to generate more income and grow their business. This typically involves spending a lot of time, effort and money on marketing and selling to new prospects. As...
Florida’s Newly-Formed Ascendant to Rescue First Commercial Policies
Sep 21 2009 // The new company will use independent agents and brokers for sales. Florida officials announced that a new Miami-based insurance company will pick up the insurance for about 15,000 of the policyholders now with First...
People
Sep 21 2009 // Insurance broker Marsh announced the appointment of Gary Grose as U.S. marketing director. Grose joins Marsh with 20 years of insurance industry marketing and sales experience. He reports to Jack Butcher, U.S. sales and...
Changing of the Guard
Sep 21 2009 // It’s a remarkable coincidence that several state regulators in the Northeast seem to be moving on to greener pastures just as key reform efforts are winding into place. This past month, Massachusetts Insurance...
Agent Group Installs New President, President-Elect
Sep 21 2009 // J. David Daniel was inaugurated as the chairman of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) at the recent Big “I” Leadership Conference in New Orleans, La. He will...
