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California House Evaluates Health Insurance Compensation Disclosure Bill
Mar 30 2009 // California Assembly Member Dave Jones, D-Sacramento, has introduced AB 1521, “Health care coverage: solicitation,” that would establish a fiduciary duty for persons or entities that submit an application to a...
Westrope Adds Hol as Property Broker in Los Angeles Office
Mar 27 2009 // Kansas City, Mo.-based Westrope has added Joost Hol to its West Coast office in downtown Los Angeles. Joost is a property insurance professional who handled national and international property risks for AIG until 2007....
Texas Independent Agents Urge Adequate Windstorm Funding
Mar 27 2009 // Since funding for the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) has become a top priority for the Texas Legislature, statewide lawmakers have debated several solutions that will impact policyholders in Texas, according...
Study: Agency Satisfaction Linked to Amount of Business Sent to Insurers
Mar 26 2009 // When it comes to an agency’s satisfaction with its personal lines insurance companies, commissions do not rank as tops. Nor do commissions rank second. In fact, out of six satisfaction factors, compensation from an...
Florida’s New VanDyke Norman Insurance Agency Thinks Big
Mar 25 2009 // Kevin VanDyke and Andy Norman opened their St. Augustine agency around Thanksgiving last year but already they are thinking big. They plan to grow their business in the Jacksonville metropolitan area not just by outselling...
New Insurance Agencies Defy Hard Economy, Soft Market
Mar 25 2009 // Against economic and soft markets odds, independent insurance agents have been starting up new property/casualty agencies from Florida to California and states in-between since 2007. For years, the number of agencies in...
New Bridge Insurance Partners Paying Off for Texas Agents
Mar 25 2009 // Jeff Turner had long harbored ideas on how to operate an independent insurance agency so when he and his business partners Tommy Saxon and Ryan Perry opened Bridge Insurance Partners in Dallas a little more than a year...
New Chattanooga Insurance Agency Satisfying for Witty Entrepreneur
Mar 25 2009 // Tennessee: Chattanooga Insurance Agency Having been both a captive agent and a producer in an independent insurance agency, John Witty knows the feeling of bringing in business and being paid well for it. But for him the...
Westrope Adds Morris as Casualty Broker in Dallas Office
Mar 25 2009 // Kansas City, Mo.-based wholesale insurance broker Westrope announced that Christopher Morris has joined the Westrope Southwest Team in Dallas. Morris, who joins Westrope as a vice president in Casualty, produced and...
Travelers Agribusiness Introduces New Automated System for Agents
Mar 25 2009 // Travelers launched a new automated system that allows agents to rate, quote and issue policies electronically and more efficiently for agribusiness insurance. The new interface — Travelers Agribusiness System (TAgS)...
Allstate Agents Back in Court over Claims of Age Bias by Insurer
Mar 25 2009 // A group of insurance agents asked a federal appeals court on Monday to revive an age discrimination lawsuit over the Allstate Insurance Co.’s decision to switch thousands of them from employees to independent...
Insurance Agents Alliance Adds Commercial Workers’ Comp Market
Mar 24 2009 // Sacramento, Calif.-based Alliance of Insurance Agents & Brokers has added a new commercial carrier relationship with ACE Complete. The ACE Complete program provides workers’ compensation coverage with hundreds...
Insurance Agents 40-and-Younger: What Are YOU Thinking? Exclusive Young Agents Survey
Mar 24 2009 // Young property/casualty insurance agents and brokers across the U.S. are being called upon to answer some questions … and have some fun. Who are you? What do you really think about your career? about your industry?...
People
Mar 23 2009 // Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is President Barack Obama’s choice for secretary of health and human services. Sebelius, 60, is seen as a solid choice to head HHS because as a governor responsible for the Medicaid...
The Case for Confronting Fear
Mar 23 2009 // Study Shows Policyholders Eager to Address Economic Crisis With P/C Agents With the parallels being drawn between the nation’s new Administration and President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Administration during the...
Defending Data
Mar 23 2009 // Data Security Breaches Present Emerging Risks and Opportunities for Agents Data security represents both a new market opportunity to sell insurance coverage and a new risk — especially for independent insurance...
Five Reasons Why Agents Should Pay Attention to the Stimulus Package
Mar 23 2009 // The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, or the Stimulus Package, is the largest infusion of government funds into the private sector in history. Although it does not include direct benefits to the insurance...
MetLife Auto & Home Eyes California for Expansion
Mar 23 2009 // Snoopy is moving to California and is bringing with him opportunities for independent insurance agents. MetLife Inc., which uses the famous beagle in its advertising, said it plans to expand its MetLife Auto & Home...
States Gear Up for Stimulus Package
Mar 23 2009 // Impact on Insurance Industry May be Minimal, Experts Say The $787 billion stimulus package passed by Congress looms as the largest mountain on the country’s newly changed economic landscape. But despite hope that the...
Fastest Growing Industries to Focus On
Mar 23 2009 // Top 7 High-Growth Industries’ Risks and Unique Exposures Planning for the “upside” must begin now. The soft insurance market will end, and the rebound from the financial bottom will happen. But...
