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Darwin Web Site Educates Brokers on Technology Liabilities
Aug 22 2006 // Farmington, Conn.-based Darwin Professional Underwriters, Inc. has debuted its new web site, http://www.tech-404.com/, dedicated to educating agents, brokers, and commercial insurance purchasers about the inherent...
Georgia’s Britt/Paulk Says It’s Looking to Acquire Brokers
Aug 22 2006 // Britt / Paulk Insurance Agency, Inc., a privately held program administrator in Carrollton, Georgia, , has announced plans for growth through acquisition. Britt / Paulk has engaged LMC Capital LLC, an insurance investment...
Big ‘I’ Group Adds Fireman’s Fund Agents’ E&O to Benefits Roster
Aug 21 2006 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) is partnering with Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company to offer a nationally endorsed program for insurance agents Errors &...
King Insurance Offers California Agents Errors and Omissions Program
Aug 21 2006 // King Insurance has implemented a California insurance agents and brokers errors and omissions specialty program, underwritten by Lloyd’s of London. The product is geared to fit the needs of smaller independent agents...
Good sports
Aug 21 2006 // If independent agents ever decide to designate a particular sport the Official Sport of the American Agency System, golf would handily win. Of course, there would be splinter trade associations lobbying for bowling and...
Not telling consumers about risks may be an agent’s biggest risk
Aug 21 2006 // Every year, just before daylight savings time rolls around, I get a package in the mail with a 9-volt battery. The package is from my mortgage company, sending me a reminder to change the battery in my smoke detector. That...
California agents-brokers face new rule
Aug 21 2006 // The California Department of Insurance has issued new ethics regulation requiring all fire and casualty broker-agents and life agents to complete a four-hour “ethics approved” course each renewal period...
Independent agents sold on golf
Aug 21 2006 // It seems nearly every insurance convention or meeting is conjoined with a corresponding golf outing. Why do agents and industry partners play golf? What about those who do not? And what makes a good agent golfer? Insurance...
In a league of its own
Aug 21 2006 // Celebrating the 38th annual Trusted Choice Big “I” Junior Classic, the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America, and hundreds of golfers and fans, descended on Lubbock, Texas, in late July for what...
Brokers experience ‘exceptional’ second quarter; vigorous M&A activity
Aug 21 2006 // Stock Price Activity: Exceptional 2006 second quarter earnings reports had a positive impact on broker stock prices in July. Companies such as Brown & Brown (NYSE:BRO), Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE:AJG), and...
Texas agent duplicates first ever hole-in-one
Aug 21 2006 // When a State Farm agent from Lubbock, Texas, entered the insurance business at 27-years-old, he never dreamed that his love of golf could make him one of the more famous insurance agents nearly 25 years later. But when...
Industry on the Green
Aug 21 2006 // 1. The grand champion team PIA of Tennessee and the Tennessee 1752 Club. Left to right: Mike Huff, Robins Insurance Agency in Nashville; Mark Gatliff, Chubb Group, Nashville; Steve James and Joe Waldron, also of Robins...
Brokers experience ‘exceptional’ second quarter; vigorous M&A activity
Aug 21 2006 // Stock Price Activity: Exceptional 2006 second quarter earnings reports had a positive impact on broker stock prices in July. Companies such as Brown & Brown (NYSE:BRO), Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE:AJG), and...
In a league of its own
Aug 21 2006 // Celebrating the 38th annual Trusted Choice Big “I” Junior Classic, the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America, and hundreds of golfers and fans, descended on Lubbock, Texas, in late July for what...
Texas agent duplicates first ever hole-in-one
Aug 21 2006 // When a State Farm agent from Lubbock, Texas, entered the insurance business at 27-years-old, he never dreamed that his love of golf could make him one of the more famous insurance agents nearly 25 years later. But when...
Not telling consumers about risks may be an agent’s biggest risk
Aug 21 2006 // Every year, just before daylight savings time rolls around, I get a package in the mail with a 9-volt battery. The package is from my mortgage company, sending me a reminder to change the battery in my smoke detector. That...
Golf tips from agents
Aug 21 2006 // Bob Bramlett, owner, The Bramlett Agency, Ardmore, Okla. 8 handicap Golf tip: “Be patient and don’t be too aggressive. Don’t try to do things that are maybe beyond a your ability.” Randy Lanoix,...
Independent agents sold on golf
Aug 21 2006 // It seems nearly every insurance convention or meeting is conjoined with a corresponding golf outing. Why do agents and industry partners play golf? What about those who do not? And what makes a good agent golfer? Insurance...
Independent agents sold on golf
Aug 21 2006 // SPECIAL REPORT: It seems nearly every insurance convention or meeting is conjoined with a corresponding golf outing. Why do agents and industry partners play golf? What about those who do not? And what makes a good agent...
Safeco Launches Instant Auto Endorsement Processing
Aug 18 2006 // Seattle-based Safeco has introduced online technology that allows independent agents to make instant changes to clients’ commercial auto policies. The real-time capability cuts a one-week process into a two-minute...
