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What’s ahead for Liberty Mutual, Ohio Casualty independent agents?
Sep 3 2007 // For agents, the Liberty Mutual Agency Markets acquisition of Ohio Casualty promises to be a matter of addition, not subtraction. For the most part, Ohio Casualty’s 3,400 agents will join with and not replace or be...
More Americans seek auto coverage via Internet
Sep 3 2007 // Yet study shows access to agents still valued when purchasing insurance Americans’ automobile insurance habits are changing, with more adults willing to purchase policies over the phone, Internet or via mail,...
Ohio Casualty officially joins the Liberty Mutual agency family
Sep 3 2007 // With $7.3 billion in premium, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets now largest regional independent agency. Boston-based insurance giant Liberty Mutual Group is now the largest regional provider of property and casualty insurance...
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Sep 3 2007 // Ohio Casualty officially joins the Liberty Mutual agency family With $7.3 billion in premium, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets now largest regional independent agency Boston-based insurance giant Liberty Mutual Group is now...
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Sep 3 2007 // Richard E. Meuret has been appointed vice president and manager, Field Operations Analysis, for Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company operations. Meuret will be based in the insurer’s Boston home office and...
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Sep 3 2007 // Jeffrey M. Mohr of Lewis Mohr Real Estate and Insurance Agency LLC in Baton Rouge, La., was named president of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Louisiana. Mohr previously served as president-elect and...
Networked Insurance Agents Appoints Feemster VP in Texas
Aug 31 2007 // California-based Networked Insurance Agents announced it has appointed Stevan Feemster as territorial sales vice president for Northern Texas. Feemster comes to Networked from Crump Insurance Services Inc. where he was a...
QueryPlus for Agency Management Systems Takes Off
Aug 30 2007 // Our Products Have Addressed the Needs of Carriers, MGA’s and Agents for Over 15 Years. QualCorp, Inc. scores a major victory in helping AMS AFW and AMS 360 customers by placing their QueryPlus Reporting Tool in the...
TWG Capital Executes $100 Million Financing with Fifth Third Bank, MidAmerica Bank, Cardinal Growth and Stark Investment
Aug 29 2007 // INDIANAPOLIS – TWG Capital, the leading provider of financial solutions for the insurance industry, today announced it has entered into a $100 million financing with Fifth Third Bank, MidAmerica Bank, a group led by...
N.Y. Halts Insurers from Tying Coastal Home Renewals to Other Business
Aug 29 2007 // Insurance companies in New York may not refuse to renew homeowners insurance policies based on whether a policyholder has other business such as an auto or life policy with them, under a new order from the state insurance...
Networked Appoints Feemster as North Texas Sales VP
Aug 29 2007 // Grass Valley, Calif.-based Networked Insurance Agents, a provider of markets, placement services and sales tools to insurance agents, has appointed Stevan Feemster as territorial sales vice president (TSVP) in Northern...
N.Y. Officials Say Broker Pocketed Insurance Premiums
Aug 28 2007 // The New York State Insurance Department reports that 32 people in Saratoga, Warren and Washington Counties were victimized when an insurance broker allegedly pocketed an estimated $7,000 in insurance premiums. The...
Former N.D. Agent Pleads Not Guilty to Fraud Charges
Aug 28 2007 // A former insurance agent accused of defrauding investors in at least three states out of about $4 million has pleaded not guilty to 38 counts in North Dakota. David Skjerven, 60, who now lives in Sedona, is accused of...
U.S. Risk Names Stringer to Head Brokerage Operations
Aug 28 2007 // U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc. has named Monte Stringer executive vice president and national brokerage manager of U.S Risk Brokers, the company’s wholesale excess and surplus lines insurance brokerage operations. In...
Arthur Named President of Dallas Independent Agents Group
Aug 27 2007 // Pat Arthur, a partner at McQueary Henry Bowles Troy L.L.P. (MHBT) was recently installed as president of the Board of Directors for the Independent Insurance Agents of Dallas (IIAD). Arthur has been a member of the...
Liberty Mutual Realigns Agency Companies to Welcome Ohio Casualty
Aug 27 2007 // Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group finalized its acquisition of Ohio Casualty Corp. on Friday, Aug. 24, 2007 and immediately announced a realignment of its $5.9 billion net premium regional agency company organization to...
Agent Urges Southern Governors to Unite Industry to Fix Coastal Woes
Aug 27 2007 // A national independent agency leader is urging Southern governors to use their “bully pulpits” to bring together the leaders in the insurance industry and help restore competition as they look for ways to ease...
Humana pays $500,000 Fine in Okla. for Unlicensed Sales
Aug 24 2007 // Humana Insurance Co. has paid a $500,000 fine for using unlicensed agents to sell Medicare Advantage and prescription drug plans to Oklahoma seniors, Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland said. She said Humana, which...
Hart Brokers Joins Willis UK Network
Aug 23 2007 // Willis Group Holdings announced that Hart Insurance Brokers has joined its UK “Willis Commercial Network” (WCN), as the system continues to grow. There are presently more than 74 local, independent...
Westrope Opens New Transportation Division in Kansas City Office
Aug 23 2007 // Westrope recently announced the creation of its Transportation Division, which will be located in its Kansas City, Mo. office.The new wholesale broker team will service all of Westrope’s clients, primarily focusing...
