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Ark. Woman Settles with Insurer in Agent Theft Case
Dec 12 2007 // A settlement in the amount of $435,298.25 has been reached between Reba Irons of Fort Smith, Ark., and Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America in a case involving John Phillip Middleton, an insurance agent who sold...
Colemont Adds Broker in Chicago Office
Dec 11 2007 // Colemont Insurance Brokers recently announced that it had promoted Andrea Watkins to broker in Colemont’s Chicago office. Watkins joined Colemont in 2004 as part of a casualty brokerage team. Previously she spent two...
N.J. Senate Passes Agent-Friendly Auto Insurance Changes
Dec 11 2007 // New Jersey insurance agents would no longer be required to offer auto insurance quotes from all of their companies under a bill recently passed by the state’s legislature. The bill, which carries the backing of both...
N.C. Insurance Agent Arrested on Embezzlement Charges
Dec 10 2007 // North Carolina officials arrested a Linwood, N.C., insurance agent charging her with with five counts of embezzlement by an insurance agent and three counts of providing false statements on an insurance...
Coastal Insurance Reform The Top Issue For N.Y. Agents’ Group in 2008
Dec 7 2007 // Improvements to New York’s coastal property insurance program and a prohibition against denying some late-reported claims top the list of issues the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of New York said it will...
30% of Mass. Agents Expect to Lose Auto Business under New Managed Competition
Dec 6 2007 // Massacusetts insurance agents dealing with the switch to managed competition are expecting a lot of business movement as a result of the competitive system, with almost one-third (30.7%) predicting they will lose accounts...
Encompass Insurance Product Expands Opportunities For Ky. Agents
Dec 6 2007 // Kentucky insurance agents can now offer their customers a product that combines accident forgiveness and discounts with rating tiers. Illinois-based Encompass Insurance’s new Encompass Edge, with its advanced rating...
Three Accused of Criminal Activity in La. While Acting as Bail Bond Agents
Dec 6 2007 // Louisiana Department of Insurance Fraud Investigators and Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Deputies charged three Jefferson Parish men with aggravated burglary, aggravated false imprisonment, impersonating a police...
Mo. Department Officials Visit Agencies During ‘Capitol for a Day’ Event
Dec 5 2007 // Missouri Insurance Director Doug Ommen and Deputy Director Larry McCord will visit with employees of GM Peters Agency and JC Rupp Agency in Liberty today as part of the state’s “Capitol for a Day...
Mass. Insurance Agents Support Managed Competition But Oppose Credit Scoring
Dec 5 2007 // Insurance agents in Massachusetts support the state’s move to managed competition in private passenger auto insurance but oppose insurers’ use of credit scoring in rating or underwriting. In an online Insurance...
Professional Program Insurance Brokerage Enhances Tattoo Program
Dec 5 2007 // Professional Program Insurance Brokerage has announced enhancements to its tattoo and body piercing program. Broader property coverage is available including coverage for property of others, property in transit at...
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Dec 4 2007 // Are you having a hard time finding new insurance prospects? Are you tired of spending money on marketing methods that don’t produce leads? If so LeadsClearance.com is a solution to your problem. More and more people...
Banks in Insurance Advance Despite Soft Market, Study Reports
Dec 4 2007 // Despite a soft property and casualty (P/C) insurance market, the top 100 banks in insurance made substantial gains in the past year, says a new report distributed by the Bank Insurance & Securities Association The...
Heffernan Insurance Brokers Hires Cox as Director of Wellness
Dec 3 2007 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers based in San Raphael, Calif., has appointed of Adam Cox as director of wellness, to implement a fitness and wellness program for all employees. In this role, Cox will be charged with...
How Mass. Agents Feel About Managed Competition, Credit Scoring
Dec 2 2007 // Insurance agents in Massachusetts support the state’s move to managed competition in private passenger auto insurance but oppose insurers’ use of credit scoring in rating or underwriting. They are expecting a...
Five Trends for Agents to Track
Dec 2 2007 // In a poem written 2,000 years ago by Horace, he used the phrase “carpe diem,” which is commonly translated as “seize the day.” Although interpretations of this phrase vary, one interpretation can...
Communication is Key When Managing Program Contracts
Dec 2 2007 // The insurance industry survives on relationships built between agents and carriers. The two parties can strive for a harmonious partnership with few problems. Yet when communications break down and there are disagreements,...
Deregulation Pushing Banks Into Insurance Industry
Dec 2 2007 // As the financial services industry has evolved since deregulation, there has been a rise in “bancassurance: the joint effort of banks and insurers to provide insurance services to the bank’s customer...
Declarations
Dec 2 2007 // On Agents and Brokers “Let me be clear about how I feel about agents and brokers. The agents and brokers are in the trenches every day, fighting for consumers. They’re the ones that have to deal with the...
People
Dec 2 2007 // Kyle Stevens was elected president and CEO of Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers based in Pasadena, Calif. Stevens was promoted to chief operating officer in 2005 and was charged with overseeing all offices of the...
