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North Dakota Commissioner Revokes Insurance Agent’s License
May 19 2009 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm has revoked the license of Rex Graves, a Jamestown insurance agent who the insurance department says engaged in deceitful and dishonest practices involving his insurance...
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May 18 2009 // Zurich Financial Services Group appointed Francis Bouchard head of the Climate Office. Bouchard will succeed Mike Kerner, who was appointed CEO of Global Corporate in North America. Bouchard will work to institutionalize...
Recession Increasing Insurance Fraud
May 18 2009 // Areas Where Agents Might See an Increase in Fraud Does a bad economy increase crime? Analysts have debated that question for years, according to Mike McKee, senior special agent for the National Insurance Crime Bureau....
P/C Insurance Agents Battle Public Health Care Reform Option
May 18 2009 // Lobbyists for property/casualty insurance agents have elevated health care reform to the top of their political agenda. P/C agents have addressed health insurance legislation in the past but the issue has taken on new...
AAMGA Meeting <em>LIVE</em>: Dealing With Ups and Downs; <em>IJ</em> Reports on Twitter, Facebook
May 18 2009 // Managing general agents have a positive attitude about the soft market and recession, figuring what went down must come up again, according to Curtis Anderson, incoming president of the Association of Managing General...
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May 18 2009 // W. R. Berkley Corp. appointed Richard M. Baio to the newly created office of vice president – treasurer. He will manage the investment accounting and tax departments, global currency, banking relationships and all...
Merry Crist Mess
May 18 2009 // Not all deregulation measures are good; some are a mixed blessing. Consider HB 1171 that passed the Florida House and Senate and was sent to Gov. Charlie Crist, a regular critic of the industry who was reportedly hesitant...
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May 18 2009 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers (the Big “I”) has awarded Alex Soto with the Woodworth Memorial Award, the highest honor the association bestows on one of its members. Soto is president and CEO...
Every Agency Can Measure and Maximize Its Performance
May 18 2009 // Clear Roles, Documentation, Communication Among Lessons Shared By Consultants for High-Performing Agencies Use your agency management system to the max. Measure your productivity. Communicate consistently and effectively...
Workers’ Compensation Group Trusts: E&O Friend or Foe?
May 18 2009 // Agents Advised to Know How Trusts Differ From Typical Insurance Companies 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...
What Agents Want
May 18 2009 // Money is the lifeblood of any business. But when it comes to running insurance agencies, money isn’t the main thing that principals look for when they do business with a certain carrier. Claims handling, it turns...
What Do Agents Want?
May 18 2009 // What do agents want from their insurance carriers? Surprisingly, compensation is not No. 1 on the list. Rather, independent insurance agents would rather have a good relationship with a carrier that is responsive. One...
Amid Obstacles, Opportunities Exist
May 18 2009 // In today’s environment, the value of personal relationships, soar. Nobody fosters these better than insurance agents. You don’t need to get too deep into conversation these days to find out people are afraid....
Outside the Beltway-Big ‘I’ CEO on Carrier Relations, AIG and Agent Grassroots
May 18 2009 // Bob Rusbuldt, president and CEO of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big “I”), sat down with Insurance Journal‘s Andrew Simpson at the association’s recent legislative...
Inside the Beltway-Federal Regulation Threat Remains Priority
May 18 2009 // Health care reform hasn’t completely overwhelmed federal regulation as a concern in Washington, at least for insurance agents. They believe that given all of the current financial turmoil, some type of financial...
Benefit by Experimenting With a Second Agency Brand
May 18 2009 // Enjoy the Freedom of Marketing Experimentation Property/casualty agencies can learn something valuable from successful car dealers. And no, it has nothing to do with waxing and buffing. It’s something even shinier,...
A Practical Guide to Workers’ Compensation
May 18 2009 // Prepare Clients for Premium Audits by Knowing the ABCs of Audits Insurance agents and brokers are charged with many duties on behalf of their clients. One often neglected duty is working with insureds to prepare them for...
Inside the Beltway-Why Health Care Reform Matters to P/C Agents
May 18 2009 // P/C Agents Join Fight Against Competing Government Health Plan Property/casualty insurance agents have elevated health care reform to the top of their political agenda; the matter is now just a notch below the perennial...
Insurance Brokers & Agents of San Diego Honor Two
May 15 2009 // Insurance Brokers & Agents of San Diego has named Jeffrey W. Cavignac Agent of the Year, and Regina Lemanowicz San Diego Insurance Woman of the Year Cavignac is president and principal of Cavignac & Associates,...
Top 100 Agencies: Deadline to Submit, June 1
May 15 2009 // Insurance Journal is on the search for the nation’s leading privately-held property casualty independent agencies and brokerages for its annual Top 100 Property/Casualty Independent Insurance Agencies report. Now,...
