Latest Agencies Headlines
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Progressive’s Drive Insurance Unveils New Branding Tools for Agents
May 19 2006 // Ohio-based Drive® Insurance from Progressive recently unveiled several new co-branding tools – including print ad, news release, customer thank you/referral e-mail and commercial auto direct mail post card...
Miller Presented IBA West Ramsden/Sullivan Memorial Award
May 19 2006 // Novato insurance agent, Gerald H. “Jerry” Miller, CIC was presented with IBA West’s Ramsden/Sullivan Memorial Award for exemplary service during the Blue Ribbon Conference of the Insurance Brokers and...
Agents Exec Praises Fla. Reforms, Suggests Incorporation Into National Legislation
May 19 2006 // Elements of a Florida property insurance reform bill signed into law May 16 by Governor Jeb Bush could be included in national legislation, according to Len Brevik, executive vice president and CEO of the National...
La. Agent Booked on Forgery Charges
May 18 2006 // A West Monroe, La., insurance agent recently was shut down and booked on five counts of forgery for allegedly falsifying information on documents while conducting the business of insurance, according to the Louisiana...
Accused of Taking Premiums, Former La. Agent Told to Cease and Desist
May 17 2006 // A former Pineville, La., insurance agent has been issued a cease and desist order for allegedly misappropriating insurance premiums, the Louisiana Department of Insurance reported. Pamela Carol Lee, 39, was ordered to...
FCCI Insurance Named Top Regional Carrier by Hylant Group of Indianapolis
May 17 2006 // The Indianapolis/Bloomington offices of Hylant Group have formally honored FCCI Insurance Group with its Regional Carrier of the Year Award for 2005. Tom Nix, chief operating officer of Hylant’s Carmel, Ind. office,...
The Hartford Offers Accounting Professional Liability Program
May 17 2006 // The Hartford Financial Products, an underwriting unit of The Hartford, is now offering an Accountants Professional Liability product that provides coverage for certified public accountants and other accounting...
Senators Broker Compromise on Federal Mine Safety Legislation
May 17 2006 // Senate lawmakers in Washington reached a bipartisan deal this week aimed at improving safety at the nation’s coal mines, including increasing oxygen supplies for miners. Sens. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and Edward Kennedy,...
Colemont Insurance Brokers-Atlanta Promotes Adams to V.P.
May 17 2006 // Colemont Insurance Brokers-Atlanta has announced that Lisa Adams has been promoted to assistant vice president. Adams joined Colemont in 2000 as an associate broker. She was previously a transportation underwriter for an...
Mercator Risk Adds New Senior Vice President, Midwest Casualty
May 17 2006 // New York-based Mercator Risk Services, a newly formed, independent wholesale insurance broker, has added Michael Connelly as senior vice president and manager of the Midwest Casualty practice. Prior to joining Mercator,...
Oct. 1 Deadline for Agents to Register in Fla. Licensing System
May 16 2006 // Florida insurance agents have until Oct. 1 to complete their registration in the Department of Financial Services new Agency Licensing System. Hazel Muhammad, director of the Bureau of Licensing, told participants at the...
Main Street Group Contributes to Virginia Big ‘I’ Building Fund
May 16 2006 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Virginia (IIAV) is thanking The Main Street America Group for contributing $50,000 to the building fund for development of the new IIAV Insurance Career Institute in Richmond. “As...
Everest, Holdren and PrideMark Insurance Agencies Merge
May 16 2006 // Everest Insurance, Holdren Insurance Agency and PrideMark Insurance Agents/Brokers have combined organizations to form PrideMark-Everest Insurance Services. The three agencies now operate from PrideMark’s building...
Royal Palm to Offer Coverage to Allstate Floridian Customers
May 15 2006 // St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Allstate Floridian has reached an agreement with Royal Palm Insurance Co., a new property insurer in the state, to offer Allstate Floridian customers and Florida consumers property insurance...
Hub International Acquires Northwest Aviation Broker Westar
May 15 2006 // Hub International Limited has purchased Westar Insurance Managers, based in Kirkland, Washington. The company will become part of Hub International’s Seattle-based operation (HUB Northwest). Terms of the transaction...
Pacific Wholesale Insurance Brokers Opens Conn. Branch
May 15 2006 // Atlanta-based Pacific Wholesale Insurance Brokers, LLC has formed a new branch office in Connecticut. The Connecticut office will operate as a wholesale insurance broker specializing in the placement of casualty business...
Safeco Adds Online Distribution Strategy
May 15 2006 // Seattle-based Safeco Insurance Companies has decided sell products via the Internet to supplement its existing and preferred sale channel of independent agents. The company began exploring this new distribution strategy in...
IJ’s Top 100 Highlights Nation’s Largest Privately-Held Independent Agencies
May 15 2006 // Insurance Journal released its third annual Top 100 Property Casualty Independent Agencies list late last month and one of the nation’s largest networks of retail agencies came in as number one. Leading the pack of...
Calif. Broker Pleads No Contest to Premium Theft
May 14 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced the no contest plea for insurance broker Alicia Lavendier, 44, for one count of grand theft and one count of insurance premium theft. Lavendier pled no contest on...
Bartmas Joins Heritage General Agency’s Orange County Office
May 14 2006 // Heritage General Agency, Los Angeles, has hired Sonja Bartmas as senior underwriter/broker. She will report to Julie Savage and will be responsible for the production of surplus lines business both open brokerage and...
