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How to Hire a New Producer
Mar 10 2008 // Hiring employees is a process crucial to the success of a business. Finding and keeping a good producer is even more crucial, since that person is responsible for growth in new sales. Therefore, the right selection and...
Who’s Worth What?
Mar 10 2008 // Agency Salary Survey: Survey reveals fewer pay raises in 2007 but most agencies’ salaries hold firm Fewer independent agencies gave salary increases to managers, sales producers and support personnel in 2007 compared...
The Basics About Appraisals
Mar 10 2008 // Agents should know when and why to refer clients to appraisers for their prized possessions Although like many insurance agents you may have worked with appraisers when insuring a client’s art, antiques or...
Special Policies For Special Cars
Mar 10 2008 // How to find new and existing leads in the collector auto market Everyone knows a car guy. Maybe he’s the neighbor who spends entire weekends in his driveway — armed with a toothbrush, cotton swabs and chamois...
Yates & Associates Names Vaglienty Underwriter/Broker
Mar 7 2008 // Tustin, Calif.-based Yates & Associates has hired Cynthea Vaglienty as commercial transportation underwriter/broker. Vaglienty began her insurance career in 1995 at Roger Stone Insurance. After a few years on the...
GlobalGreen Insurance Offers Independent Agents Franchise
Mar 7 2008 // St. Louis-based Equity One Franchisors, LLC recently announced it is offering independent insurance agents an opportunity to franchise GlobalGreen Insurance Agencies. The first three established franchises are located in...
Arrowhead Announces New Carrier For Insurance Agents E&O Product
Mar 6 2008 // San Diego, CA, 03/06/2008 – ARROWHEAD General Insurance Agency, Inc. has announced its independent property and casualty insurance agents errors and omissions product will be underwritten with an “A”...
Wisconsin’s Straka Named Young Agent of Year by PIA National
Mar 6 2008 // Bart Straka has been named the 2008 PIA National Young Insurance Professional of the Year. The award was presented March 1, 2008 by the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA). Straka is vice president...
CNinsure Adds Two More Agencies
Mar 6 2008 // CNinsure Inc. remains in an acquisitive mode. The Chinese agent/broker announced that it has acquired majority interests in Shenzhen Huameng Insurance Brokerage Co., Ltd. and Fuzhou Guoxin Insurance Agency Co., Ltd. The...
N.Y. Agents’ Group: Spitzer’s Fine Proposals Are Out Of Whack
Mar 6 2008 // Empire State lawmakers should reject increased fines for breaking insurance laws sought by Gov. Eliot Spitzer in his proposed state budget, an agents’ group said. The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of New...
Mo. Department Announces New Exam Procedures for Agents
Mar 6 2008 // Effective March 1, 2008, Pearson VUE will be the state’s new provider of insurance producer exams for individuals seeking licensure in Missouri. Openings to schedule testing through the current vendor are no longer...
PWIB Announces Change of Name and Launch of New Divisions
Mar 5 2008 // ATLANTA, March 5, 2008 – Insurance Specialty Group, LLC (“ISG”) is the holding company, which owns Pacific Wholesale Insurance Brokers, LLC (“PWIB”). ISG is pleased to announce the change of...
Brown & Brown Inc. Launches London Wholesaler, Decus Insurance
Mar 5 2008 // Florida-based Brown & Brown Inc. opened a London-based wholesale brokerage, Decus Insurance Brokers, Limited (D.I.B.) on March 1. According to Regional Executive Vice President Anthony T. Strianese, D.I.B. is Brown...
Legislators Adopt Resolution in Support of Agent Licensing Registry
Mar 5 2008 // The National Conference of Insurance Legislators’ Executive Committee unanimously adopted a widely supported Resolution in Support of the National Insurance Producer Registry (NIPR) and urged all states to fully...
Tenn.’s Bowles Honored as 2008 Agent of Year by PIA National
Mar 5 2008 // Kenneth A. Bowles as been named the 2008 PIA National Professional Agent of the Year by the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents. Bowles was honored for his work on behalf of professional insurance agents,...
Insurance Among Washingtonians’ Top 20 Complaints
Mar 4 2008 // Washington consumers filed 19,686 complaints with the Attorney General’s Office in 2007, with insurance ranking among the top 20 complaints. Complaints about collections agencies climbed to the No. 2 spot, bumping...
Insurance Marketing Companies Evaluated
Mar 3 2008 // Sifting through the countless amounts of insurance marketing websites found on the internet can be a daunting task. How do you determine which insurance marketing company is best? An insurance agent will want to find an...
Calif. Broker Offers Retro Coverage for MediSpas
Mar 3 2008 // Professional Program Insurance Brokerage in Novato, Calif., has announced new reduced rates for retro coverage for MediSpas coming off of another carrier. The premium charge is now subject to market practicalities and how...
Court: Ex-N.J. School Board Member Took Bribes from Insurance Brokerage
Feb 29 2008 // Former Pleasantville, N.J. Board of Education member James T. McCormick has been convicted on federal bribery charges. A federal jury on Wednesday found that McCormick accepted a $3,500 bribe from an insurance brokerage...
Ohio Casualty Offers New Personal Lines Technology Products for Agents
Feb 28 2008 // Ohio Casualty, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, recently announced the introduction of its new personal lines product offering in Ohio, including enhanced rating capabilities via Personal IQ, the...
