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New Mexico PRC Asking Why Former Superintendent Didn’t Investigate
Mar 8 2007 // New Mexico’s Public Regulation Commission is asking why former Insurance Superintendent Eric Serna did not investigate a title insurance company that admitted giving more than $300,000 to a builder in what a state...
Texas Agent Association, PTA Launch Program to Fight Teen Drinking
Mar 7 2007 // The Texas PTA and the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) announced they have launched a statewide campaign designed to prevent underage drinking. According to the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Texas...
Who Wants 1 Million Insurance Leads from Google?
Mar 6 2007 // North Hollywood, CA – QuotesAuction.com recently hit a major milestone after receiving over 1 million insurance leads from Google advertisement. Visit http://www.quotesauction.com/awards.htm for proof....
Georgia’s Oxendine Defends Main Street Agents in Compensation Battle
Mar 5 2007 // Exclusive Video Interview Oxendine: Insuring Coast Against Wind, Big Insurers Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine, who was recently elected to his fourth four-year term, thinks Main Street insurance agents are...
La. AG Says Contractor Fraud Fugitive Arrested in Fla.
Mar 5 2007 // Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., recently announced that his office has arrested an individual suspected of defrauding numerous homeowners in Orleans, Jefferson and St. Charles Parish who were trying to repair their...
In Manhattan: Agents, Insurers Renew Call for Federal Terrorism Insurance
Mar 5 2007 // In the heart of the world’s financial markets, insurance agents and companies today urged Congress to protect the country’s economic stability by ensuring availability of terrorism risk insurance through a...
All Risks Opens Seattle Branch
Mar 5 2007 // All Risks Ltd., a wholesale broker and managing general agent headquartered in Hunt Valley, Md., has opened a branch office in Seattle. The Seattle office will handle contract binding and brokerage business and will is...
Kan. Insurance Agent Alleges Company Discriminates Against Hispanics
Mar 2 2007 // When Paul Bergersen told the Kansas Insurance Department that his company was treating auto policyholders with Hispanic surnames differently than others, investigators had little experience to draw upon. Bergersen, who is...
Industry: Federal Terrorism Insurance Still Vital to National Security
Feb 28 2007 // Insurance industry advocates urged Congress today to ensure the availability of terrorism risk insurance through a continued federal government role and to examine long-term solutions before the current backstop...
InsuranceLister.com – New and Affordable Way to Grow Your Book of Business
Feb 27 2007 // Columbus, OH – InsuranceLister.com connects interested insurance shoppers directly to local agents or agencies in their area. A company founded by insurance agents for insurance agents, InsuranceLister.com eliminates...
Insurance Agents, Brokers Host Industry Legislative Day in Washington
Feb 27 2007 // On March 20, the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of Washington, Surplus Line Association of Washington, Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West, Property Casusalty Insurers, American Insurance Association,...
N.Y. Gov. Spitzer Announces Workers’ Comp Reform Accord
Feb 27 2007 // New York Governor Eliot Spitzer and legislative leaders announced an agreement to reform the state’s workers’ compensation system that has the backing of business and labor. Under the agreement, benefits for...
PIA Montana and Independent Agents of Montana Agree to Joint Meeting
Feb 26 2007 // The PIA Montana and Independent Insurance Agent’s Association of Montana announced they will be working together on a number of projects to mutually benefit both associations. For example, the groups will jointly...
ABI Responds to UK Treasury’s Travel Insurance Regulation Proposals
Feb 26 2007 // A report from the UK’s Treasury Department, which calls for more regulation and control over travel insurance sold through tour operators and travel agents, has brought a response from the Association of British...
Mass. auto assigned risk plan could be history before it even begins
Feb 26 2007 // Massachusetts insurance agents have urged the administration of Gov. Deval Patrick to scrap a proposed auto insurance assigned risk plan that the previous administration championed for four years. Former Insurance...
Don’t blame insurance agents for coastal mess
Feb 26 2007 // Over the past several months, a group of legislators from the Rhode Island House of Representatives has been meeting in an effort to understand and respond to the recent drastic — and, in some instances, draconian...
Flooding hazard alert: Melting ice and snow increases risk
Feb 26 2007 // We all know that catastrophes come in all forms and shapes, not just as hurricanes, earthquakes, fires and mudslides. In light of the recent devastating winter ice and snow storms that crossed the Midwest and then moved to...
The Commissioners: Jim Poolman
Feb 26 2007 // Poolman says regulatory modernization, agent licensing are priorities Currently serving in his second term as North Dakota Insurance Commissioner, Jim Poolman has focused his efforts on working for and protecting insurance...
Keys to surviving it and thriving from it
Feb 26 2007 // To some outsiders, insurance agents appear to be threatened with obsolescence. Commoditized products, the extensive information available online and the decreasing value placed on personal relationships could lead insureds...
Should windstorm be added to the NFIP?
Feb 26 2007 // U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Miss., recently introduced the Multiple Peril Insurance Act, which would offer windstorm coverage as an option for consumers within the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The bill has sparked...
