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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...
Why Insurance Agents Should Stop Wasting Money on Brand Advertising
Aug 22 2007 // Most insurance agents today are focusing on brand marketing techniques that don’t produce any results. Insurance agents are over spending their money into expensive marketing methods like bulk mailing post cards,...
American Family Agents Recognized For Excellent Customer Service
Aug 22 2007 // More than 1,300 licensed American Family Insurance agents from throughout the company’s 18 operating states have been recognized for customer service excellence under the J.D. Power and Associates Distinguished...
Agents have responsibility to prepare disaster back-up plan
Aug 21 2007 // Dallas, Texas – August is the peak month for hurricane season – which ends November 30 – and forecasters this month predicted at least three tropical storms are likely to strengthen into...
Former Ark. Insurance Agent Sentenced in Theft Case
Aug 21 2007 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman announced former insurance agent John Phillip Middleton, a Van Buren resident with an office in Fort Smith, has been sentenced by Judge James Cox, Sebastian County...
N.H. Agents Re-elect George as President; Wainwright President-Elect
Aug 21 2007 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Hampshire Inc. elected its officers for 2007-2008 at its August 21 annual meeting. Judith George, of Contoocook, N.H. was re-elected president. George is vice president of...
Executive Perils Names Livingston VP/Broker
Aug 20 2007 // Los Angeles-based Executive Perils has named Bridget Livingston vice president/broker. Livingston brings technical expertise, strong education and industry experience to her new role. She graduated from Michigan State...
Agencies Plan Safety Review of W. Va. Mine Impoundments
Aug 20 2007 // The state Department of Environmental Protection said it is launching a broad review of West Virginia’s 250 or so underground coal mines after one operation mined beyond its permit and – perhaps – inside...
La. Tells Unlicensed Corporation, Former Agents to Cease and Desist
Aug 20 2007 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance issued a cease and desist order to an Oklahoma-based corporation and two former Louisiana insurance agents who allegedly have been soliciting insurance products to senior citizens...
