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N.D. Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty to Fraud and Theft
Feb 11 2008 // A Fargo, N.D. insurance agent has pleaded guilty to 38 felony charges as part of a plea agreement recommending that he serve a total of two years in prison. Sixty-one-year-old David Skjerven (SHUR’-ven) also would...
Arson Suspected at Tenn. Mosque, Federal Agents Investigate
Feb 11 2008 // A mosque in Columbia, Tenn., was destroyed by a fire last week that federal investigators say appears to have been caused by arson. Investigators also found drawings of swastikas and other graffiti at the Islamic Center of...
La. Bail Bond Agent Arrested
Feb 11 2008 // A Shreveport, La., bail bond agent has been arrested, issued a cease and desist order, a notice of revocation of his license and fine notice for misappropriation and unfair trade practices, the Louisiana Department of...
RPS Names Anderson Underwriter/Broker at Scottsdale Office
Feb 11 2008 // Risk Placement Services, Inc., a national excess and surplus lines wholesaler, announced that it has promoted T.C. Anderson, IV, to underwriter/broker at the company’s office in Scottsdale, Ariz. Since joining RPS in...
Wis. Senate Squeaks Through Bill to Ban Credit Scoring
Feb 10 2008 // With the 2008 legislative sessions now in full swing, many states are taking another look at the issue of insurers using credit scoring to underwrite or rate auto or homeowners insurance. Insurance trade groups are...
AIG Reaches $12.5M Settlment With States Over Bid-Rigging Allegations
Feb 10 2008 // American International Group, Inc. (AIG) has reached settlements with Florida, West Virginia, seven other states and the District of Columbia relating to their investigations into alleged bid-rigging and price-fixing and...
Teacher, Gypsy, Even an Insurance Agent Make Fraud Hall of Shame List
Feb 10 2008 // A glass-eating gypsy, a teacher who faked terminal cancer, and an insurance agent who killed homeless clients are among the top insurance swindlers of 2007. These convicted thieves were inducted into the Insurance Fraud...
AIG to Pay $12.5M in Settlement with States Over Bid-Rigging Allegations
Feb 10 2008 // American International Group Inc. (AIG) confirmed in late January that it reached settlements with nine states and the District of Columbia relating to their investigations into alleged bid-rigging and price-fixing, and...
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Feb 10 2008 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation hired Michael Page as director of safety and loss prevention. Page previously was director of loss prevention services for Workforce Safety and Insurance in North Dakota...
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Feb 10 2008 // The Nonprofits Insurance Alliance Group in Santa Cruz, Calif., appointed Kim Aday to vice president finance/treasurer. Aday joined the group in 1997 in the position of accountant. In early 2001, she was promoted to...
Colo. Legislation to Ban Use of Credit Scoring in Underwriting Defeated
Feb 10 2008 // Agents, insurers praise legislation’s defeat but say the battle is not over yet As the issue of credit scoring continues to be the subject of state legislative proposals, insurance agents in Colorado are celebrating...
AIG to Pay $12.5M in Settlement with States Over Bid-Rigging Allegations
Feb 10 2008 // American International Group Inc. (AIG) confirmed in late January that it had reached settlements with nine states and the District of Columbia relating to their investigations into alleged bid-rigging and price-fixing and...
From Insurance to Candy
Feb 10 2008 // For former insurance pro, life really is a box of chocolates Although it’s been many years since See’s Candies President Brad Kinstler was at the helm of an insurance company, and even longer since he was...
Home-Based Business Boom
Feb 10 2008 // The risks of remote workplaces Americans’ houses have increasingly become a hodgepodge between a home and an office. It’s believed that there are more people working out of their homes now than at any time in...
BOP Opportunities Abound in Fla., Ga., N.C., Texas and Wash.
Feb 10 2008 // The U.S. business owners policy (BOP) market consists of nearly 21 million enterprises and produces more than $20 billion in premiums. Within this broad market sector, 44 percent of the premium opportunity is concentrated...
South Central Agencies Recognized by Big ‘I’ for ‘Best Practices’
Feb 8 2008 // Two independent agencies from South Central states were among the six insurance firms from across the country recognized as “Top Performing Agencies” by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of...
Revells Joins Universal’s Arizona and Nevada Operations
Feb 8 2008 // Wanda Revells, CIC, has joined Universal North America Insurance Co. as assistant vice president of marketing and agency relations for Arizona and Nevada. She will oversee development and execution of market strategy to...
Targeted High Quality Insurance Leads Offered by QuotesAuction.com
Feb 7 2008 // QuotesAuction.com is offering high quality insurance leads by separating them into individual categories. North Hollywood, CA – February 7, 2008 – QuotesAuction.com specializes in partnering with agents and...
Royal & SunAlliance Acquires Broker Fyfe Group
Feb 7 2008 // The UK’s Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group plc has acquired the Fyfe Group, a UK retail and wholesale intermediary specializing in motor trade products for small businesses. “In 2007 it delivered £10.1...
Teen May Be Ind.’s Youngest Licensed Insurance Agent
Feb 7 2008 // A Pendleton Heights High School senior is believed to be the state’s youngest licensed insurance agent. Heather Gaskill, who turned 18 in December, is licensed to sell life, car or homeowner’s insurance. She...
