Latest Agencies Headlines
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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...
Willis Acquires Norway Broker Link
Jul 7 2006 // Global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings Limited has entered into a contract to purchase Link Forsikringsmegling AS, described as “the leading insurance broking and employee benefit business in Oslo” with...
Ill. Attorney General Sues Liberty Mutual for Alleged Bid-Rigging
Jul 7 2006 // Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a lawsuit against Liberty Mutual Insurance Company and seven affiliates, alleging that the company and its affiliates participated in a bid-rigging and business-steering...
Mercator Risk Adds Assistant Vice President in Midwest
Jul 7 2006 // New York-based Mercator Risk Services, a specialty wholesale insurance broker, has added Julie Courcelle Lewin to its expanding Midwest Casualty Practice as an assistant vice president. Prior to joining Mercator, Lewin...
TWIA Reminds Agents of Binding Procedures, Sept. 1 Rate Increases
Jul 7 2006 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association posted a bulletin on its Web site to assist agents with its coverage binding procedures in the event a hurricane threatens the Texas coast. TWIA said no new or additional coverages...
Hub Acquires Quebec Broker AssurConseil
Jul 6 2006 // Chicago-based Hub International Limited has acquired AssurConseil, S.E.N.C., a Montreal-based insurance broker with both general lines and trucking expertise. “The 39-employee organization will add approximately...
Texas Mutual Pays $220K Dividend to Social Services Agencies of Texas
Jul 6 2006 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced a $220,430 dividend for the Social Services Agencies of Texas (SSA) purchasing group. The group dividend is separate from the approximately $100 million in individual dividends that...
California Revises Proposed Mileage Verification Regulations
Jul 6 2006 // The California Department of Insurance has revised its proposed “odometer verification” regulations, deleting provisions that would have authorized insurers to require agents to verify the mileage if they met...
Former W.Va. Agent Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement
Jul 5 2006 // A former Montgomery, W.Va. insurance agent has pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement. Brenda G. Valentine was scheduled to go to trial in Fayette County Circuit Court June 30 on six felony counts, four of forgery and...
La. Insurance Broker Hit With Federal Tax Evasion Charges
Jul 5 2006 // An insurance broker indicted for his alleged role in a kickback scheme involving the Orleans Parish School Board has been hit with new charges of federal tax evasion. Glenn Davis, 53, operator of Century Insurance Agency,...
Puerto Rico Appeals Window on Countersignature Law Expires
Jul 5 2006 // The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico failed to file a timely appeal of a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, meaning an earlier federal court decision striking down Puerto Rico’s controversial...
