Latest Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Insurer, Agent Told to Stop Selling Unauthorized Insurance in La.
Nov 22 2006 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon reported that his office obtained an order from the 19th Judicial District Court in Baton Rouge to stop the alleged sale of unauthorized commercial insurance by United...
Jury Rejects Texas Agent’s Claim that RNC Stole His W’04 Design
Nov 21 2006 // The design of the “W’04” bumper sticker prevalent during President Bush’s re-election campaign was not stolen from a Texas insurance agent, a federal jury in Texarkana, Texas, has ruled. Jurors...
China Expo Names Willis Lead Broker
Nov 21 2006 // Global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings announced that it has been named as the lead broker for the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai. “It is the first time this event will be held in China and is also the first time...
Calif. Agents Oppose Expanded Commissioner Control over Licensing
Nov 21 2006 // Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West (IBA West) has testified in opposition to new proposed regulations that would expand the California Insurance Commissioner’s authority to deny, suspend or revoke broker-agent...
Laptop stolen from broker has Villanova
Nov 20 2006 // A laptop computer stolen from an insurance brokerage firm contained the names, birth dates and driver’s license numbers of more than 1,200 Villanova University students and staff members, the school said. No Social...
N.Y. agents protest reported incidents as ‘red flags’ for rating
Nov 20 2006 // New York agents want insurers to stop and think before penalizing small businesses that report incidents where no paid claims result. The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York Inc. has sent a letter to 26...
News Currents
Nov 20 2006 // Newly elected Democratic governors in Massachusetts, New York and Maryland are expected to name their own insurance commissioners, although it’s to early to know who the successors might be, according to insurance...
Lame duck Romney team pushes ahead with high risk plan change
Nov 20 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...
N.Y. workers’ comp trusts: rising prices and broker concerns
Nov 20 2006 // N.Y. workers’ comp trusts: rising prices and broker concerns The inadequate rates that many of New York’s workers’ compensation self-insured trusts charge may increase effective Jan. 1, 2007 due to...
Flying solo now, former Zurich exec ‘gooses’ agents
Nov 20 2006 // A retired insurance industry executive turned turbo-charged motivational speaker told a group of independent insurance agents that they are the greediest people he has ever met. Ray Thomas, a former Zurich North America...
IIABA president: contingency commission crisis threatens agents
Nov 20 2006 // For a small to midsized independent insurance agency, contingency commissions can determine whether the business survives, according to many within the industry. That explains why Alex Soto, a Miami agent who is also...
OKLA. AGENT CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT
Nov 20 2006 // The owner of a Locust Grove, Okla., insurance agency has been accused of illegally taking almost $6,500 in insurance premium payments, according to Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson. Leslie Lewis Kern was charged...
Understanding D&O risks, exposures and insurance options
Nov 20 2006 // What do a parent advisory board, parish council, the United Way and local athletic club have in common? They are all nonprofit organizations. Most people serving on the board of such organizations are volunteers who...
IIAT survey finds coastal insurance market tighter; more expensive
Nov 20 2006 // Property insurance along the Texas coast is getting harder to find plus premiums and deductibles are increasing, according to results from a survey of independent insurance agents. Respondents are members of the...
Your vote still counts
Nov 20 2006 // The final votes from November’s midterm elections may have been tallied, yet the real political campaigning should be just about ready to begin. As expected, elections changed key roles in in the House and Senate...
Declarations
Nov 20 2006 // Soundly defeated “We’ve learned that we need not fear voters won’t understand the benefits of credit scoring and will respond on basis of their own interests. I think we had a fairly good idea that we...
Calif. associations take issue with broker definition, OAL to weigh in
Nov 20 2006 // The California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) has decided to accept a petition filed by Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West (IBA West) requesting review of the outgoing Insurance Commissioner John...
IIABA president: contingency commission crisis threatens agents
Nov 20 2006 // For a small- to mid-sized independent insurance agency, contingency commissions can determine whether the business survives, according to many within the industry. That explains why Alex Soto, a Miami agent who is also...
Flying solo now, former Zurich exec ‘gooses’ independent agents
Nov 20 2006 // A retired insurance industry executive turned turbo-charged speaker told a group of independent insurance agents that they are the greediest people he has ever met. Ray Thomas, a former Zurich North America Small Business...
People, partnerships lead to nearly a century of success
Nov 20 2006 // Good people can make or break a company. In San Diego-based Barney & Barney’s case, it’s clearly made it; the company has been in business for nearly a century, thanks to people who have invested their...
