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Jimcor Agencies Adds Workers’ Comp Program
Jun 30 2009 // Montvale, New Jersey-based Managing General Agent Jimcor Agencies has begun selling a workers’ compensation insurance program as part of its admitted markets division, Zaloom Associates. Jerry Zaloom, president of...
Abacus Insurance Brokers Expands Online Stunt Coverage Offering
Jun 30 2009 // Abacus Insurance Brokers Inc., a Los Angeles-based program manager that distributes specialty insurance products online, has enhanced its portfolio of production programs by expanding the range of eligible stunts. Coverage...
Agents, Brokers To See 6% Fee Reduction in California
Jun 29 2009 // California insurance agents, brokers and adjusters will see a reduction in fees, thanks to California Department of Insurance (CDI) changes that take effect July 1, 2009. The 6 precent reduction in fees will apply to...
Oklahoma Insurance Department: Scammers Targeting Agents
Jun 29 2009 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland has warned insurance producers and adjusters across the state to be on the lookout for imposters posing as Oklahoma Insurance Department employees seeking confidential personal...
Apex Global Partners Acquires Dallas Insurance Broker
Jun 29 2009 // Dallas-based Apex Global Partners (AGP) has acquired the Corrigan Jordan Insurance Agency, a privately owned insurance and risk management brokerage also headquartered in Dallas. Corrigan Jordan has been providing...
CGM Gallagher Appoints Tomlin and Rocheford to Sr. Management Positions
Jun 26 2009 // The CGM Gallagher Group, one of the largest and oldest insurance brokers in the English-speaking Caribbean, announced that it has appointed William Tomlin as President following Thursday’s meeting of the...
Daniel Named Texas Independent Agents’ ACSR of the Year
Jun 25 2009 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) has awarded Patricia Ann Daniel, assistant vice president and insurance consultant with Extraco Banks N.A. dba: Extraco Insurance in Waco,Texas, with its Accredited Customer...
Agents Advised to Know How Work Comp Trusts Differ From Typical Insurance Companies
Jun 25 2009 // To start off, what exactly is a workers’ compensation group trust? Per the New York State Insurance Department Web site, it is: [A] group of employers who perform related activities in an industry who agree to be...
California Broker Lawson-Hawks Acquires Truckee Insurance
Jun 25 2009 // Mountain View, Calif.-based Lawson-Hawks Insurance Associates Inc., a regional independent insurance broker based in Mountain View, Calif., has acquired Truckee, California Insurance Agency. Terms of the transaction were...
Illinois Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty to Fraud
Jun 25 2009 // Zion, Ill., resident Reuben Collier Jr. has pleaded guilty to four Class 3 felony charges in Lake County Court, the Illinois Department of Insurance announced. Collier, an insurance agent licensed by the Department,...
South Texas Brokers Charged with Multi-Million Dollar Insurance Fraud
Jun 25 2009 // Two licensed insurance brokers with offices in the Brownsville, Texas, area have been charged with conspiracy, mail fraud and wire fraud in a multi-million dollar scheme, according to U.S. Attorney Tim Johnson. The U.S....
Wisconsin’s Capitol Insurance Adds Commercial Auto Coverage
Jun 25 2009 // Capitol Insurance Companies (Capitol) based in Middleton, Wis., has launched a commercial automobile insurance product. The company said the product is available for appointed insurance agents and brokers through a newly...
Lawyer Says Alabama Agent Trying to Clean Up Ex-Employees’ Fraud
Jun 24 2009 // The lawyer for a Gulf Shores insurance agent has asked state officials to grant her a probation period to allow her to make repayments to customers victimized by fraud. Richard Lively said that revoking the license of...
Henry Honored with Texas Agents’ Political Action Award
Jun 24 2009 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) has named Bill Henry, CEO of Dallas-based McQueary Henry Bowles Troy LLP, winner of the Paige Eiland Award for Voluntary Political Action. As a regional vice president for...
Willis UK Broker Networks Mark 10 Years, 100 Members
Jun 24 2009 // Willis Networks, a partnership between Willis Group Holdings and local, independent brokers in the UK, is this week celebrating its 10th anniversary and 100th member at its annual forum which starts tomorrow. Willis...
Wholesale Brokerage NAPCO Relocates New Jersey Headquarters
Jun 24 2009 // Wholesale commercial insurance brokerage NAPCO has relocated its corporate headquarters to an 11,000-square foot office inside the Woodbridge Hotel and Conference Center complex in Iselin, New Jersey. NAPCO says the move...
TWFG General Agency, Universal NA to Accept Lincoln General Policies
Jun 24 2009 // The Woodlands, Texas-based TWFG General Agency has entered into an agreement with Universal North America Insurance Company to offer renewal policies to Lincoln General Insurance Company’s Texas...
Houston Agency Names Persha Dir. of Environmental Risk Management
Jun 23 2009 // Houston-based insurance agency Bowen, Miclette & Britt has named Dan Persha as director of Environmental Risk Management. With 30 years of commercial insurance brokerage experience, Persha specializes in heavy...
Specialty Underwriters’ Alliance Extends Partner Agent Agreements
Jun 23 2009 // Chicago-based Specialty Underwriters’ Alliance Inc. has amended its Partner Agent Program Agreements with its three largest Partner Agents – Risk Transfer Programs LLC (RTP); American Team Managers Insurance...
Louisiana Agent Accused of Fraud
Jun 23 2009 // A Baton Rouge, La., insurance agent has been arrested, served with a cease and desist order, summary suspension order and fine notice for alleged fraud. Henry Leo Beard, Jr., 36, was arrested by agents with the Louisiana...
