Latest Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Atherton Joins M.D. Jensvold & Co. as Senior Broker
Nov 17 2006 // M.D. Jensvold & Co. Inc. announced that Nichole Atherton has joined its Houston office as a senior broker. Atherton will be brokering energy accounts, as well as other commercial business. She brings extensive energy...
Ohio National Interstate Launches Commercial Vehicle Product
Nov 16 2006 // Richfield, Ohio-based National Interstate Corp. recently announced that its principal insurance subsidiary National Interstate Insurance Co. has added a commercial vehicle product to its offering. The new product line,...
Aartrijk Group Adds Myers, Promotes Wall for Public Affairs, Branding
Nov 15 2006 // The van Aartrijk Group LLC, a Washington, D.C.-area marketing and communications firm, is augmenting its branding and public affairs capabilities with the promotion of one executive and addition of another, according to...
Northeast’s SAN Group Network Signs Up 24 New Agencies; Total Tops 190
Nov 15 2006 // The Northeast agency newtork, SAN Group, Inc.,reports that it has added 24 new member agencies in 2006 through the third quarter. With the SAN affiliation,agencies gain access to additional markets, increased profit...
Verizon Wireless, Insurers Fined for Violations in Washington
Nov 15 2006 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has fined Verizon Wireless Services LLC of Bedminster, N.J., $25,000 for failing to sell service contracts under its legal corporate name, a violation of state insurance...
S.D. Announces New Online Enhancements for Insurers, Agents
Nov 15 2006 // Insurance carriers, agencies, and producers will be able to connect with the South Dakota Department of Revenue and Regulation, Division of Insurance 24 hours a day, thanks to an agreement signed recently with a national...
Verified Insurance Leads Made Possible by QuotesAuction.com
Nov 14 2006 // North Hollywood, CA – QuotesAuction.com has developed new technology that connects sellers with qualified insurance buyers in real time. Millions of Insurance buyers request insurance quotes online, but not all of...
Foster Named Broker at Colemont-Hartford
Nov 14 2006 // Colemont-Hartford has promoted Jennie Foster’s to the position of broker. Foster will be focusing on developing the Hartford office’s primary auto book of business, as well as selling all casualty lines. Foster...
Target Markets Program Administrators Honors 3 Agencies for Best Practices
Nov 14 2006 // The Target Markets Program Administrators Association (TMPAA) awarded three member agencies the association’s Best Practice Designation at its recent Annual Summit in Tempe, Arizona. Receiving the Designation Awards...
Berkshire Hills Bank Buys 5 Western Mass. Agencies
Nov 11 2006 // Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc., the holding company for Berkshire Bank, completed its acquisition of five Western Masssachusetts insurance agencies on Oct. 31, 2006. The agencies acquired by the company’s wholly-owned...
Get that Binding Check Instantly, by Phone, by Fax, or the Internet!
Nov 10 2006 // Online Check System Used by numerous government agencies, small and large businesses and hundreds of independent insurance agents has just been upgraded. Although the ability to accept checks by phone, fax, or the Internet...
Indiana Insurance Adds Enhanced Technology for Personal Lines
Nov 10 2006 // Indiana Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, has added real-time policy inquiry, endorsement quoting, and electronic endorsement submissions to the roster of functions available through Personal IQ, the...
Washington Commissioner Revokes Bellevue Agency License
Nov 10 2006 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has revoked the license of a Bellevue-based general insurance agency for improperly transferring and using trust funds belonging to insurers, clients and others. The...
Industry Expects New Commissioners in Mass., Md., N.Y.
Nov 9 2006 // Newly-elected Democratic governors in Massachusetts, New York and Maryland are expected to name their own insurance commissioners, although the identity of any successors is unknown at this time, according to insurance...
Okla. Insurance Agent Charged with Pocketing Premiums
Nov 9 2006 // The owner of a Locust Grove, Okla., insurance agency was accused of illegally taking almost $6,500 in insurance premium payments, Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson said. Leslie Lewis Kern was charged Nov. 2 in Mayes...
San Antonio Agents Install New Officers
Nov 9 2006 // Brett Morgan was recently installed as the 85th president of the Independent Insurance Agents of San Antonio (IIASA). Morgan is senior vice president, Business Insurance and Employee Benefits, for SWBC Insurance...
Agents’ Favorite Sink Sinks Lee in Florida CFO Contest
Nov 9 2006 // With a victory in the race for Florida’s Chief Financial Officer, banker and business leader Alex Sink, a Democrat, will take on multiple tasks within the Florida State Cabinet, not the least of which is oversight of...
America First Insurance Adds Real-Time Endorsement, Inquiry Functions for Personal Lines
Nov 9 2006 // Dallas-based America First Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, has added real-time policy inquiry, endorsement quoting, and electronic endorsement submissions to the roster of functions available through Personal...
Three More Charged in La. AG’s Crackdown on Contractor Fraud
Nov 9 2006 // Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., recently announced that three more individuals have been arrested on charges of theft related to contractor fraud. On Oct. 23, 2006, Richard Eric Williford was arrested by...
Lame Duck Romney Team Proceeds with Mass. Auto Changes
Nov 9 2006 // Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julianne Bowler said she intends to finish what she started three years ago in trying to refashion the state’s high risk auto insurance system, despite urgings by some that she...
