Latest Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Technology
Oct 23 2006 // New check processing technology can help insurance agents improve efficiencies, have quicker access to funds and reduce banking fees. Check technology helps insurance companies save time and money Brokerage agencies and...
E. coli expedites need for recall and business interruption coverage
Oct 23 2006 // On Sept. 13, epidemiologists in New Mexico, Wisconsin and Oregon began discussing a cluster of E. coli infections and warned the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that they suspected fresh-bagged spinach as the...
Check technology helps insurance companies save time and money
Oct 23 2006 // Brokerage agencies and insurance companies across the country are changing the way they move money — taking advantage of a piece of legislation that allows them to process policyholder checks more quickly and...
Bustamante and Poizner in the final campaign stretch
Oct 23 2006 // From holding the line on new reforms to reducing uninsured motorists, a fair share of work lurks ahead for California’s soon-to-be-chosen insurance commissioner. Front-runners fighting for the honor of regulating...
Second association joins fight against Garamendi
Oct 23 2006 // The Alliance of Insurance Agents and Brokers, La Verne, Calif., is drafting a letter to the California Office of Administrative Law in support of the recent petition by IBA West over the California Insurance...
HOSPITALITY RISKS
Oct 23 2006 // In Pennsylvania, a disabled customer complained of emotional distress when she dined at a restaurant that lacked adequate parking for her wheelchair van and where the restrooms were not fully wheelchair-accessible. The...
News Currents
Oct 23 2006 // Banks’ insurance revenues, insurance brokerage fees up The nation’s bank holding companies increased their total insurance revenue 1.1 percent to $21.4 billion in the first half of 2006 from $21.2 billion...
HRH, Hub stock prices soar; B&B grows wholesale premium to $1 billion
Oct 23 2006 // Stock Price Activity: Brokerage stocks have varied through the first three quarters of 2006. Brokers such as Hilb Rogal & Hobbs and Hub International are having an exceptional year, with their stock trading up 11.7...
Employee benefits offer an easy way to expand business with clients
Oct 23 2006 // It’s a problem many brokers face: clients love our property casualty risk management products and services, but have we given them all they need? What else can we do for them? An employee benefits program offers an...
Tri-City Brokerage Appoints Olson Broker
Oct 20 2006 // Tri-City Brokerage of San Francisco has named Robert Olson as a broker in the Palm Desert area. Olson has more than 20 years of specialty commercial insurance experience from both an underwriting and brokerage perspective....
North Texas Agent to Appear on NASCAR
Oct 19 2006 // NASCAR returns to Texas in November for a second race, The Dickies 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, and the Brian Vickers #25 GMAC Chevrolet will include the sponsorship of the Al Boenker Insurance Agency. The Al Boenker...
Pa., Del., Md. Agents Name Board Members
Oct 19 2006 // The Insurance Agents and Brokers of Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland announced its new board members for the upcoming 2006-07 term at its annual board meeting in Baltimore. In addition to appointing board members to...
Survey: Commercial Market Softens, Insurer Appetite Increases
Oct 19 2006 // The commercial property/casualty market continued to soften during the third quarter, with indications that some insurers are finding an appetite for business in which they previously were not interested, according to the...
British Virgin Islands Broker Belmont Joins HLA Global
Oct 18 2006 // Belmont Risk Solutions Limited, of the British Virgin Islands, has joined the HLA Global insurance broking network. The agency “offers a full range of insurance-related services and products,” the bulletin...
California Alliance Presents Presidential and Agent Awards
Oct 18 2006 // The Alliance of Insurance Agents and Brokers, La Verne, Calif., has presented awards to two of its most distinguished and dedicated members. Joe Jimenez, owner of C.S.I.S. Inc. of Garden Grove, Calif., has received the...
New Website Launched For Business Insurance Agents
Oct 17 2006 // FindLocalInsurance.com, a network of insurance and financial Web sites has created a national directory of business insurance agents. InsureMyWork.com is now taking listing orders from business insurance agents. This site...
Saylor & Hill Teams Up with Globex International
Oct 17 2006 // Oakland, Calif.-based Saylor & Hill, a provider of risk management, insurance and employee benefits services, expanded its capabilities to serve U.S.-based companies with multinational operations. Through a new...
E.L.M. Insurance Brokers’ Hamlin Earns RPLU
Oct 16 2006 // Christian Hamlin of E.L.M. Insurance Brokers, El Segundo, Calif., has earned his RPLU and will be receiving his formal appointment at the upcoming PLUS (Professional Liability Underwriters Society) Conference in Chicago,...
What Does the Future Hold for Insurance Agents’ E&O?
Oct 13 2006 // David Duncan of David C. Duncan Insurance Services in Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., is worried about whether and how much the cost of his agency errors and omissions insurance might go up next year. Duncan started his...
Agents Seek Delay in Approval of Zurich Compensation Settlement
Oct 13 2006 // The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents has asked the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey to delay preliminary approval of a class settlement with Zurich Insurance until what agents say are...
