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Ark. Agents Honor Progressive’s Claims Department
Jul 31 2007 // The Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) of Arkansas named Progressive’s Arkansas claims unit as the 2007 “Claims Department of the Year” following a vote by the more than 250 independent insurance agency...
Integro Insurance Brokers Opens Office in Tennessee
Jul 31 2007 // Integro Insurance Brokers announced the hiring of Greg Daniels, a managing principal, and Sheila Bauer, a principal, to lead the firm’s new Nashville, Tenn., office. Roger Egan, Integro CEO and co-founder said the...
Mass. Agents Could Be Losers Under Competitive Auto Rating
Jul 31 2007 // Massachusetts insurance agents aren’t happy about the decision to introduce competitive rating into the state’s price-regulated private passenger auto insurance system. They enjoy the best market share (86...
Miss. Insurance Agent Takes Plea Deal
Jul 30 2007 // A Mississippi insurance agent accused in a kickback scheme with a former Lafayette County supervisor has pleaded guilty to conspiracy under a plea deal in U.S. District Court. Ken Nowlin, of Ecru, avoids a federal trial...
Former Agent Arrested for Stealing $20,000 from Customer
Jul 30 2007 // Robert Henning, 56, a former life insurance agent residing in Auburn, Calif., has been arrested for a $20,000 grand theft and embezzlement scam. According to California Department of Insurance investigators, Henning sold...
Okla. Regulator’s Concerns Impacts Federal Medicare Legislation
Jul 30 2007 // Two months ago, Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland was in Washington expressing dismay to a Senate panel that government policies prevented her from protecting elderly Oklahoma consumers from unscrupulous Medicare...
Pope and Ravelo Join USRisk Brokers
Jul 30 2007 // USRisk Brokers, a subsidiary of U.S. Risk Insurance Group, announced that Chris Pope and Mike Ravelo have joined the company. Both are located at the USRisk Brokers office in Irvine, Calif. Pope joins USRisk Brokers as a...
Find New Clients By Listing In Top-Ranked Insurance Directory
Jul 27 2007 // Thousands of potential new clients search for insurance agents everyday in the popular Insurance Agents Directory at CCAuctions (www.calcruising.com/carinsurance.html). With a new advertising campaign, CCAuctions is...
Reinsurance Broker BMS Adds Hernandez to Marine Team in Conn.
Jul 27 2007 // BMS, a reinsurance intermediary, has appointed Frank Hernandez as senior vice president for its Marine & Energy team. He will be based in Shelton, Conn. Hernandez was previously at Towers Perrin as head of its Global...
New England Broker Telamon Adds Insurance for Electronic Data
Jul 26 2007 // New England insurance broker Telamon Insurance & Financial Network is going beyond typical insurance offerings by partnering with a firm to give its business clients insurance for their electronic data. The broker is...
Hawkeye-Security Insurance Named 2007 Top Partner by Mo. Agent Group
Jul 26 2007 // Hawkeye-Security Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, has been named 2007 Top Partner insurer by the Missouri Association of Insurance Agents (MAIA). The award was presented to President and Chief Executive Officer...
Former N.D. Agent’s Bail Set at $100,000
Jul 26 2007 // Bail has been set at $100,000 for a former insurance agent facing fraud and theft charges in North Dakota, Minnesota and Colorado. David Skjerven, 60, of Sedona, Ariz., told Judge Wade Webb that he is unemployed and would...
HRH Acquires Kansas Employee Benefits Broker The Resource Group
Jul 26 2007 // Richmond, Va.-based insurance broker Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Co. said it is acquiring the assets of The Resource Group, L.C. Terms of the transaction, which is expected to close on Aug. 1, 2007, were not disclosed. Founded...
Burglaries at Ark. Insurance Agencies Trigger Notification Requirements
Jul 25 2007 // Following a series of burglaries at insurance agencies in Arkansas, Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman issued a reminder to all insurance companies of the notification requirements concerning security...
Johnsen Joins Heffernan Insurance Brokers in San Francisco
Jul 25 2007 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers, a full-service insurance brokerage firms in the San Francisco Bay Area, has hired Jay Johnsen as assistant vice president in the San Francisco office. Johnsen specializes in marketing assisted...
Find out Why Best Insurance Agents Spend Less Money on Marketing but Sell More Policies than You Do.
Jul 24 2007 // Insurance agents, financial advisors and financial planners are wasting thousands of dollars on expensive bus bench advertisements, junk mail post card marketing, dinner seminars, yellow pages, and ineffective newspaper...
Indiana insurer for mutual insurers, agents celebrates 20 years
Jul 23 2007 // The blueprint for the company was originally conceived by an ad hoc task force of senior executive officers from several mutual property/casualty insurance companies in response to the liability insurance crisis of the...
Smaller Mass. agencies could be hurt by surprise move to competitive rating for auto
Jul 23 2007 // Massachusetts insurance agents aren’t happy about the decision to introduce competitive rating into the state’s price-regulated private passenger auto insurance system. They enjoy the best market share in the...
The Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act
Jul 23 2007 // The right policy at the right time … After decades of frustration and brutal disappointment, the vexing and seemingly intractable tax payment and regulatory compliance problems surplus lines brokers face on...
N.J. agents hope to end auto insurance quote requirement
Jul 23 2007 // New Jersey agents no longer want to be required by state law to provide quotes from all of their auto insurance companies to all auto insurance applicants. The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. and the...
