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Clark Joins Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers in Dallas
Jan 10 2008 // Jason Clark has joined the Dallas office of Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers Inc. (WSS) as an associate broker, the company announced. Reporting to WSS President and CEO Kyle Stevens, Clark will be responsible...
Crowley Appointed to IIABNY Board
Jan 10 2008 // Thomas J. Crowley, vice president of Maran Corporate Risk Associates in Southampton, N.Y., has been appointed to the board of directors of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of New York. Crowley will represent...
Colemont’s San Francisco Office Appoints Conlon VP
Jan 9 2008 // Colemont Insurance Brokers has named Tim Conlon vice president and broker specializing in equipment maintenance insurance (EMI) in the San Francisco office. EMI is a niche insurance business that provides an alternative to...
Web Site, Ads to Help Agents Keep Mass. Auto Market Share
Jan 9 2008 // Massachusetts independent insurance agents, who now write more than 80 percent of the auto insurance market in the state, are getting some marketing help to protect that market share as they enter a new competitive rating...
Dunn Promoted to Broker in Colemont’s Dallas Office
Jan 8 2008 // Colemont Insurance Brokers announced that Craig Dunn has been promoted to broker in the company’s Dallas office. Craig joined Colemont in June 2005 and has served as a marketing associate as part of the Financial...
Kentucky Insurance Agent Arrested on Fraud Charges
Jan 8 2008 // The Kentucky Office of Insurance Fraud Division arrested a Somerset, Ky., insurance agent last month following an indictment on 11 felony counts of insurance fraud and four felony counts of possession of a forged...
S&P Revises Swett & Crawford’s Rating Outlook to Negative
Jan 7 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has revised its outlook on HMSC Corp., the intermediate holding company of Swett & Crawford Group Inc., to negative from stable, while also affirming its ‘B’...
I.I.I.’s Hartwig Slated to Wrap Up Texas Agency Management Seminar
Jan 7 2008 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas’ 45th Annual Joe Vincent Management Seminar, to be held in Austin Jan. 27 – 29, will feature a motivational presentation by an Olympic speedskater and a rapid-fire wrap...
Professional Program Insurance Brokerage to Speak on Medispas
Jan 4 2008 // SAN DIEGO – January 3, 2008 – Susan Preston, president of Professional Program Insurance Brokerage (PPIB) will be speaking on Medispas, Laser Businesses, Tanning/Beauty salons, Permanent Makeup and Tattoo/Body...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Wholesaler AVRECO
Jan 4 2008 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. recently announced the acquisition of AVRECO, based in Chicago, from The Park Group, Inc. The transaction was effective Dec. 31, 2007 and terms were not disclosed. Founded in 1962, AVRECO is...
N.J. Relaxes Rules for Writing Personal Auto Insurance
Jan 4 2008 // New Jersey auto insurance agents will have a lot easier time quoting and writing new policies under a bill signed yesterday by Gov. Jon S. Corzine. The bill, which had awaited his signature since last month, eliminates the...
Georgia Insurance Agent Group Names Associate Director
Jan 3 2008 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Georgia announced the promotion of Carolyn B. Dodd to associate director. Dodd will have a key role in the association’s management and will direct PIAGA’s education...
Travelers Settles with States over Brokers’ Contingent Commissions
Jan 3 2008 // The Travelers Cos. Inc. will pay $6 million to settle investigations in 9 states and the District of Columbia over how it paid brokers. The St. Paul-based company said it had reached agreements with attorneys general in...
Swett & Crawford Group Acquires Ark. Workers’ Comp Brokerage
Jan 3 2008 // Wholesale insurance intermediary Swett & Crawford Group Inc., reported the acquisition of Little Rock, Ark.-based Risk Reducers LLC, a wholesale insurance broker specializing in workers’ compensation. Based in...
Ohio Temporarily Changes Agent Background Check Procedures
Jan 3 2008 // The Ohio Department of Insurance recently announced that until further notice, the department will be temporarily allowing insurance agent license applicants to complete the fingerprint/background check requirement at any...
U.S. Risk Names Dolan as Senior Broker in Boston
Jan 3 2008 // Managing general agent U.S. Risk Insurance Group, Inc. has named Brendan Dolan a senior broker in the workers compensation department at Boston Insurance Brokerage, Inc., a subsidiary of U.S. Risk. In this position, Dolan...
Top Insurance Stories in 2007
Dec 31 2007 // The debate over climate change captured the world’s attention, including the insurance industry’s, in 2007, while major hurricanes spared the United States’ coastline. The soft market took hold of...
Top Insurance Stories in 2007 in East
Dec 31 2007 // New leaders tackled old issues and the region battled fire and rain. 1. No day at the beach Insurance markets for coastal properties continued to challenge insurers, agents, policymakers and property owners, despite an...
Mich. Orders Agent to Stop Selling Bogus Auto Insurance Certificates
Dec 28 2007 // The Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services (OFIS) has issued a “cease and desist” order against a Flint insurance agent for selling bogus Michigan no-fault auto insurance certificates. Chris...
BB&T Broker McGriff, Seibels & Williams Names Senior VP
Dec 28 2007 // McGriff, Seibels & Williams of Irvine, Calif., a BB&T Co. broker has appointed Timothy J. Mooney senior vice president in its Northern California operations. Mooney has more than 20 years of insurance experience...
