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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...
Insurance Agents Can Now Receive Live Transfer Insurance Leads
Feb 6 2008 // QuotesAuction.com, nations leading insurance marketing is now offering live transfer leads to interested insurance companies and agents. North Hollywood, CA – February 6, 2008 – QuotesAuction.com has launched a...
Uncertainty Over Bond Insurer Downgrades Leaves Investors Wary
Feb 6 2008 // Municipal bond investors were in a wary frame of mind Monday as they waited to learn whether ratings agencies will downgrade some ailing bond insurers. Uncertainty about the fate of the companies that insure municipal...
Lockton Expands Brokerage Operation to Phoenix
Feb 6 2008 // Lockton, a large privately held insurance brokerage firm headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., has opened a Phoenix office. The new office marks its twentieth in the United States and its forty-sixth location globally. Todd...
Professional Program Insurance Brokerage Enhances MediSpa Program
Feb 5 2008 // Professional Program Insurance Brokerage of Novato, Calif., has announced the latest enhancements to its MediSpa program. The policy now includes laser coverage for all skin types at no additional premium for technicians...
ELM Brokers Open North Calif. and Orange Cty. Offices
Feb 5 2008 // ELM Insurance Brokers, Inc., has opened two new offices – one in Concord, Calif., which will be managed by Michele Epstein, and a second in Mission Viejo, to be run by Gregg E. Higgins. Epstein began her insurance...
Jackson Becomes President of the Alliance
Feb 5 2008 // Jackson Becomes President of the Alliance The board of directors for the Alliance of Insurance Agents and Brokers has elected Debra Jackson as the association’s new president/CEO. Jackson replaces Joe...
Reinsurance Broker BMS Names Buysse as CEO for North America
Feb 4 2008 // BMS, a reinsurance intermediary based in Philadelphia, has appointed James T. Buysse as chief executive officer of its North American operations, BMS Intermediaries, Inc. Buysse will be based in Philadelphia and will...
USI Acquires Conn.’s Webster Bank Insurance Brokerage
Feb 4 2008 // USI Holdings Corp. has acquired Webster Insurance, Inc., from Webster Financial Corp., the holding company for Webster Bank, N.A. The parties also signed marketing agreement to provide expanded products and services to...
Heath Promoted to Broker in Colemont’s Chicago Office
Feb 4 2008 // Colemont Insurance Brokers recently announced that Lori Heath has been promoted to the position of broker in the company’s Chicago office. “As a broker, Lori will be able to serve our agents more...
IBA West Installs New Officers
Feb 4 2008 // H. Scott Kerns, president of Bay Risk Insurance Services of Alameda, Calif., was installed Friday as president of the Insurance Brokers & Agents of the West during the association’s 2008 Annual Business...
How E&S Brokers Thrive and Survive in Today’s Soft Market
Feb 1 2008 // For excess and surplus lines brokers, identifying available insurance markets not sought by the standard market may be the key to surviving and thriving in the soft market. The answer to growth in a soft market is simple,...
N.Y. Agents and Insurers Laud Workers’ Comp Loss Cost Rating Bill
Feb 1 2008 // New York State agents and insurers praised the passage late last month of a key workers compensation reform that will extend the rate-making authority of the New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board, and move the...
Canadian Ski Patrol, Insurance Brokers Issue Safety Warning
Feb 1 2008 // In the wake of recent skiing and boarding tragedies, the Canadian Ski Patrol System (CSPS) and the Insurance Brokers Association of Canada (IBAC) are advising Canadians to take precautions when skiing and riding this...
China’s CNinsure Buys Majority Interests in 2 P/C Insurance Agencies
Feb 1 2008 // CNinsure Inc., a leading independent insurance agency and brokerage company operating in China, is acquiring majority interests in Changsha Lianyi Insurance Agency Co., Ltd. (Lianyi) and Jiangmen Fanhua Zhicheng Insurance...
Wood Gutman & Bogart Open Office
Jan 31 2008 // Calif. Broker Wood Gutmann & Bogart Opens Redlands Office Wood Gutmann & Bogart Insurance Brokers, based in Tustin, Calif., announced that it is now the broker of record for Pacific Risk Management and Services...
Colo. Agents Praise Credit Scoring Ban Defeat; Next Up: Wisc.
Jan 31 2008 // As the issue of credit scoring continues to be the subject of state legislative proposals, insurance agents in Colorado are celebrating the defeat of a bill that would have prohibited property/casualty insurers from using...
Farmers to Add 400 Agents in Wis.
Jan 31 2008 // Farmers Group Inc. says it plans to recruit and train 400 new agents in the Milwaukee and Madison areas in an expansion that the insurer says could ultimately create 1,000 new jobs in Wisconsin. The company will invest...
Chartwell Expands with New Arizona Office
Jan 30 2008 // Chartwell Independent Insurance Brokers, LLC, a Los Angeles-based wholesale and specialty insurance broker focusing on high-risk, hard-to-place coverage, has opened a new office in Scottsdale, Ariz., to help meet the...
Arthur J. Gallagher to Sell Reinsurance Unit, Ireland Brokerage; Layoff 400
Jan 30 2008 // Itasca, Illinois-based insurance brokerage Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. reported a drop in profit for the fourth quarter and announced it would sell its global reinsurance operation and its small Ireland-based wholesale...
