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Independent Agent 2.0
Sep 22 2008 // Branding through Blogging and Beyond Real time technology is giving agencies immediate access to carrier information on their clients, allowing agencies to quickly and efficiently transact quotes, billing inquiries,...
People
Sep 22 2008 // The Chubb Corp has named Richard G. Spiro executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective Oct. 1. Spiro, 44, succeeds the retiring Michael O’Reilly, who will remain at company until the end of 2008 to...
How Agents Prepared and Fared as Gustav Hit Gulf States
Sep 22 2008 // On the morning of Sept. 1, Gustav’s eye made landfall on the Louisiana coast just shy of Category 3 status. Experts estimate Gustav caused about $8 billion to $10 billion in insured damage. On Aug. 29 as Hurricane...
People
Sep 22 2008 // Jacksonville, Florida-based Harden & Associates, an insurance brokerage company, promoted Dustin Theilacker to chief information officer. As CIO, Theilacker will continue to provide technology vision and leadership...
Agents Weigh in on Gustav
Sep 22 2008 // In response to e-mailed inquiries from Insurance Journal, a number of Louisiana-based insurance operations reported they had prepared for Hurricane Gustav. Some had evacuated; most had recovery plans in place. Thomas J....
Why Agents Need to Know If Their Clients Blog
Sep 22 2008 // Getting ‘SLAPP’ed: Individuals Blog at Their Own Risk; Exposure of Business Clients Depends on Policy Endorsements Blog-related personal injury suits have produced judgments ranging between $7,500 and $11.3...
IIAT Disaster Response Team Heads to Coast
Sep 22 2008 // In the aftermath of Hurricane Ike, the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas initiated its catastrophe response plan to offer assistance to member agencies that have been severely affected by the massive storm. The plan...
Hope is Not an Agency Plan
Sep 22 2008 // Despite current market conditions, as I travel from state to state, I find the goal of almost every independent agent is to grow personal lines business. The basis of this organic growth strategy is adding new clients or...
Hope is Not an Agency Plan
Sep 22 2008 // Despite current market conditions, as I travel from state to state, I find the goal of almost every independent agent is to grow personal lines business. The basis of this organic growth strategy is adding new clients or...
People
Sep 22 2008 // Swiss Re appointed Walter A. Bell chairman of Swiss Re America Holding Corp. He will provide supervisory governance of the Americas businesses and also will oversee and direct regulatory and public affairs for all of Swiss...
Hope is Not an Agency Plan
Sep 22 2008 // Despite current market conditions, as I travel from state to state, I find the goal of almost every independent agent is to grow personal lines business. The basis of this organic growth strategy is adding new clients or...
Hope is Not an Agency Plan
Sep 22 2008 // Despite current market conditions, as I travel from state to state, I find the goal of almost every independent agent is to grow personal lines business. The basis of this organic growth strategy is adding new clients or...
The Road to a Paper-Free Environment Goes Beyond Technology
Sep 22 2008 // Paperless Agencies Create Better Workflows, Enhance Service, Security and Save Money, Too On the side of a Utah highway, the client had been pulled over by a state trooper at a traffic stop. It was a frustrating...
Credit Rating Agencies’ Cuts on AIG Signal Downgrades Ahead
Sep 21 2008 // Credit rating agencies, criticized for moving too slowly in cutting ratings on Wall Street firms and the complex instruments they devised, are now accused of acting too quickly. As the credit crisis enters a new phase, the...
Funeral Held for Insurance Agent, California Bans Train Operators from Texting
Sep 19 2008 // The first memorial service for a victim of the Sept. 12, 2008, Metrolink train collision was held in Simi Valley, Calif. Howard Pompel, 69, an insurance agent and father of three from Moorpark, Calif., was among the 25...
Program Broker NSM Insurance Appoints McKernan President
Sep 19 2008 // NSM Insurance Group has appointed Bill McKernan as president of the national insurance program administrator and brokerage company headquartered in Conshohocken, Pa. Geof McKernan will continue in his role as chief...
Heffernan Insurance Brokers Appoint Maciorowski Vice President in Missouri
Sep 16 2008 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers today announced the appointment of Greg Maciorowski as vice president in its Midwest practice group, based in Missouri. In this role, Greg will be charged with new business development for...
For Independent Agents, Carriers’ Claims Service is Top Performance Measure
Sep 15 2008 // Independent insurance agents want their property/casualty insurance carriers to provide quality claims service above all else, according to an exclusive survey of agents’ attitudes about the insurers their agencies...
NYMAGIC Builds Surplus Lines Brokerage Network
Sep 15 2008 // NYMAGIC, Inc. reported that its MMO Agencies unit has begun to write new business through 10 offices of surplus lines agents in Florida, New York, New Jersey and Kentucky, and that it expects to add offices of surplus...
Texas Agents Group Gears up Disaster Response Team
Sep 15 2008 // In the aftermath of Hurricane Ike, the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas has initiated its catastrophe response plan to offer assistance to member agencies that have been severely adversely affected by the massive...
