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Gibson, Ridge, Win 2006 Trusted Choice Big ‘I’ Junior Classic
Jul 18 2006 // Tommy Gibson of Pilot Mountain, N.C. shot a 138 over two days to place first in the Boys division at the 36-hole North Carolina Trusted Choice Big “I” Junior Classic (previously the IIAJC) championship on July...
NetRate Systems Enables Commerce West Insurance Company to Implement Straight-Through Processing.
Jul 18 2006 // OKEMOS, MI – NetRate Systems has successfully partnered with Commerce West Insurance Company to enable Commerce West to implement rate/ quote/ issue of Personal Auto policies. The process utilizes a NetRate Systems...
Primary Elections Set for Commissioners, Treasurer in Okla.
Jul 17 2006 // Candidates hoping to challenge incumbents for three statewide offices in Oklahoma, including that of insurance commissioner, will face-off in primary elections on July 25. State Rep. Bill Case of Midwest City will meet...
E.L.M. Insurance Brokers Offers Free Legal Advice with Policies
Jul 17 2006 // Los Angeles-based E.L.M. Insurance Brokers Inc., which specializes in insurance professional liability and risk management, is offering all of its E.L.M. Insurance Broker errors and omissions clients 30 minutes of...
Agent Says He Never Advised Couple Against Buying Flood Insurance
Jul 17 2006 // The agent at the center of a landmark hurricane insurance case on Friday denied telling a policyholder that he didn’t need flood insurance years before Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. denied much of his claim...
Ng Joins Dealey, Renton & Associates in Oakland, Calif.
Jul 14 2006 // Dealey, Renton & Associates Insurance Brokers has named Marlowe Ng manager, Agents & Brokers Department in the company’s Oakland office. Ng will have overall responsibility for sales and customer service in...
Western Agents Oppose California’s Mileage Verification Proposal
Jul 13 2006 // The Western Insurance Agents Association has issued a statement, opposing the California Department of Insurance’s revised proposed auto mileage verification regulation. The statement reads: “The proposed...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires S.P. Tarantino Insurance Brokerage
Jul 13 2006 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE:AJG) has acquired S.P. Tarantino Insurance Brokerage Inc. of San Francisco. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1979, S. P. Tarantino Insurance Brokerage is a full-...
Hub International Buys Canadian Broker’s Life Servicing Business
Jul 12 2006 // Hub International Limited has acquired life insurance portfolio from Standard International Underwriters Ltd. Details of the purchase by the Toronto-based Hub Financial Inc.were not disclosed. Both HUB Financial and SIU...
Commercial Brokers Urge Action on Surplus Lines Regulatory Reform
Jul 12 2006 // The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers praised Congress for addressing insurance market reform and said there is still time this session to enact some easy, achievable changes that could have a major impact on the...
N.Y, N.J. Agents Cite Progress in Campaign Against GEICO Flyers
Jul 12 2006 // Since the inception of a controversial move by the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. has taken the position that it is improper for the DMV to include ads from...
Miss. Trial Could Help Decide Claims from Hurricane Katrina
Jul 12 2006 // Hurricane Katrina left thousands of Gulf Coast homeowners battling their insurance companies. A Mississippi police officer and his wife are the first to take their fight to court. A federal judge on Monday began hearing a...
IIAT Publishes Texas Agency Catastrophe Planning Guide
Jul 12 2006 // After 15 years of quiet, the Texas Gulf Coast woke up last year to the possibility of a windstorm so severe that it could devastate coastal property for years, affect the economy of the entire state, and strain the ability...
Pacific Wholesale Insurance Opens Chicago Office
Jul 11 2006 // Atlanta-based Pacific Wholesale Insurance Brokers, LLC (PWIB) has opened a new branch office in Chicago. According to the release issued by the company, the Chicago office will operate as a wholesale insurance broker...
Rockwood Introduces E&O Coverage for New P/C Agents
Jul 11 2006 // Rockwood Programs has recently partnered with certain underwriters at Lloyds of London to offer professional liability coverage specifically for property casualty agents licensed less than three years. “Our...
Big “I” Testifies for Targeted Federal Tools, State Regulatory Reform
Jul 11 2006 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) testified today before the Senate Banking Committee in support of targeted “federal tools,” and in opposition to federal...
Big ‘I’ Hires Koonce as New Federal Lobbyist
Jul 10 2006 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) has expanded its Capitol Hill staff by hiring Thomas C. Koonce as its new assistant vice president for federal government affairs,...
Montana Auditor’s Office Takes Action Against Insurance Agent
Jul 10 2006 // A Helena, Mont., insurance agent had his license suspended and was ordered to stop doing business in Montana after allegedly committing insurance fraud and deceptive and illegal sales practices, the state auditor’s...
Mich. Agents Break Tradition, Announce Endorsement for Governor
Jul 10 2006 // The Michigan Association of Insurance Agents broke its long-standing tradition of not endorsing statewide candidates and today announced their endorsement for Dick DeVos for governor. “We are pleased to endorse Dick...
N.Y. Agents Decry Failure to Make Back-Up Property Insurer Permanent
Jul 7 2006 // The New York State Legislature once again missed an opportunity to help calm a growing homeowners insurance crisis in the downstate region, according to the state’s insurance agents. With insurance companies such as...
