Latest Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Declarations
Feb 11 2007 // History of hostility “Am I going to be as hostile as the last guy? I’m going to fulfill my legal obligations to protect consumers.” — California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, summing up an...
David Rivera, Colorado, State Insurance Commissioner
Feb 11 2007 // In 2004 at the age of 34, David Rivera was appointed to be Colorado’s State Insurance Commissioner, the youngest insurance person to serve in that position. This January, newly elected Gov. Bill Ritter announced he...
News Currents
Feb 11 2007 // Calif. commissioner to examine broker disclosure, workers’ comp issues California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner may have three major priorities for his office — to make his office non-partisan, to fight...
Alliance of Insurance Agents and Brokers sets sights on political involvement in 2007
Feb 11 2007 // The Alliance of Insurance Agents and Brokers hopes to take political action in 2007. Several speakers at the association’s first annual State of the Alliance held in Sacramento on Jan. 23 emphasized the role agents...
Why a regional carrier might be an agent’s best friend
Feb 11 2007 // The old saying “all politics is local” is born of the realization that the things that most directly affect us are local issues. In that respect, one could say that insurance is a local business. Risk...
Underwriters tighten ropes on yacht accounts
Feb 11 2007 // Following the costly hurricane years of 2004 and 2005, the yacht insurance market has “hardened” substantially. Although the market has seen some “softening” recently, the Florida, Gulf Coast states...
Fla. Charges 2 Insurance Brokers, 1 Other in Major Workers’ Comp Fraud
Feb 9 2007 // Three Floridians including two insurance brokers have been charged with fraud and conspiracy for allegedly providing hundreds of workers with falsified workers’ compensation insurance certificates to more than 300...
Agents Welcome Windstorm Debate; Insurers Warn Against Subsidies
Feb 9 2007 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) says the debate over windstorm coverage is crucial for consumers and independent agents and brokers in many regions throughout the...
Heritage General Names Senteno Brokers/Senior Underwriter
Feb 8 2007 // Los Angeles-based Heritage General Agency announced that Uriel Senteno, broker/senior underwriter, has joined the company’s personal lines division. Senteno has a history of working in the life and healthcare...
Professional Program Insurance Brokerage Changing to MGA
Feb 8 2007 // Professional Program Insurance Brokerage based in Novato, Calif., announced it is changing its agency structure to a wholesaler. It will no longer accept applications client direct for its proprietary tanning and beauty,...
Brown & Brown Reports Asset Acquisition of La. Agencies
Feb 7 2007 // Roy Bridges, regional executive vice president, responsible for Brown & Brown Inc.’s operations in Louisiana and other southeastern states, and Jerry J. Marcello, president of Marcello Agency Inc., American...
Los Angeles Agent-Broker Association Installs Officers
Feb 6 2007 // Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers Association-Los Angeles installed its officers this week in Santa Monica, Calif. The 2007 officers include: Tim Cline, Timothy Cline Insurance, president; Lyshon Jackson, Hub...
Liverpool Victoria Names Colinshaw Sr. Broker to Head ABC Insurance
Feb 6 2007 // The UK’s Liverpool Victoria’s ABC Insurance has appointed Paul Colinshaw as Head of Broker Operations. He will be responsible for service delivery and developing and managing ABC’s operational...
Minn. RJF Agencies Add Executive Vice President, Business Development
Feb 6 2007 // RJF Agencies have announced the hiring of Craig Bongart as its new executive vice president of business development. Prior to joining RJF, Bongart spent 20 years leading sales teams for financial services firms, including...
Conn. Agencies Merge
Feb 5 2007 // Darien, Conn.-based independent insurance agency Fisher & Fisher has merged with Westbrook-based Gowrie, Barden & Brett. John Fisher will serve as president of the company’s Personal Insurance Division. The...
Calif. Department of Insurance Offers Online Service for Agencies
Feb 2 2007 // The California Department of Insurance has introduced a new Internet service for insurance agencies to add or remove insurance agents from their records. This new service streamlines the process for agencies to add or...
Calif. Commissioner to Examine Broker Disclosure, Workers’ Comp Issues
Feb 1 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner may have three major priorities for his office — to make his office non-partisan, to fight insurance fraud and to prepare the state for the next major disaster — but that...
Mich. Farmers, Foremost Insurance Sponsor “Drive for 55” Agent Contest
Feb 1 2007 // Beginning Feb. 1, 2007 Farmers and Foremost Insurance invite agents to put the pedal to the metal and “Drive for 55”. This is just one way that Foremost will celebrate 55 years serving the insurance industry in...
Kansas Legislative Proposal Seeks to Toughen Fraud Law
Feb 1 2007 // A bill in the Kansas Senate targeting the largest insurance frauds would strength the state’s existing law that doles out little punishment to serious insurance criminals, according to the Coalition Against Insurance...
La. Agent Arrested, License Revoked
Feb 1 2007 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance Fraud Section recently announced it revoked the license of insurance agent Janis Dalene Simms Blaylock, 29, at the Richland Parish Detention Center in Rayville where she surrendered to...
