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Two Ga. Agents Kept Premiums, Charged With Fraud
Apr 21 2006 // Arrest warrants have been issued for two Gainesville, Ga. insurance agents; both are charged with insurance fraud. Robert Frank Kubitz, 51, allegedly kept premiums paid to his business, RF Kubitz Agency, for coverages...
Miami Agent Banned After Providing Fake Insurance Certificate
Apr 20 2006 // Insurance agent Francois Noel, 46, of North Miami, Fla. has been banned from selling insurance in Florida, after he sold a fraudulent certificate of insurance to a woman who was subsequently injured in a car...
Survey: Commercial P/C Rates Hold Flat or Drop Slightly
Apr 20 2006 // Commercial property/casualty rates were flat or fell slightly during the first quarter of 2006, with renewal premiums for half of all account sizes holding steady or dropping between 1 percent to 10 percent in the first...
Professional Insurance Agents of N.C. Acquires Associated Agencies
Apr 20 2006 // A small agents’ association, Associated Agencies, based in Aberdeen, N.C., has been acquired by the Professional Insurance Agents of North Carolina. Associated Agencies was formed in the 1980s by Jimmy...
Fla. Encourages Agents to Use Translated Policy Forms
Apr 19 2006 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has issued a formal notice to all insurance companies licensed in Florida, reminding them that the use of approved translated policy forms is acceptable and...
White & Co. Insurance Elects Valdivia President
Apr 19 2006 // White & Co. Insurance Inc., Santa Monica, Calif., has elected Andrew J. Valdivia president of White & Co. Insurance Inc., responsible for property and casualty sales, account development and account...
Pavlik Joins Jimcor Brokerage in Pittsburgh
Apr 18 2006 // W. Flagg Pavlik has joined Jimcor Agencies’ brokerage division in Pittsburgh, Pa. Patrick Fleming, Pittsburgh branch manager, said Jimco will draw on Pavlik’s expertise to grow its Jimcor Select Risk division...
Hamman-Miller-Beauchamp-Deeble Inc. Mourns Passing of Harlan Miller Jr.
Apr 18 2006 // E. H. “Harlan” Miller Jr. of Long Beach, Calif., has died. He was chairman of the board of Hamman-Miller-Beauchamp-Deeble Inc. “Harlan was an incredible contributor to the industry and his...
N.C. Agents Invite Young Golfers to Play in Qualifying Tournaments
Apr 18 2006 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina will sponsor qualifying tournaments for the annual Trusted Choice Big I Junior Classic (Big I) national finals. The tournament is open to local junior golfers, 18 and...
PLUS Foundation Hasn’t Forgotten Industry Victims of Katrina
Apr 18 2006 // The PLUS Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS), reports that it has granted more than $90,000 to support its members and other insurance related hurricane relief...
Acordia Acquires Calif. Broker Brodie
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Philly Insurance Agent Wins Seat in Italy’s Parliament
Apr 17 2006 // A Philadelphia insurance agent and a Chicago bakery owner, both newly elected to Italy’s parliament, say Italians living abroad should gain new recognition now that they for the first time have their own...
Western Security Surplus Adds March as Broker
Apr 17 2006 // Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers Inc., Pasadena, Calif., has added Tony March to its underwriting staff as broker. March began his insurance career in 1988 at The Sullivan Group in Seattle as junior underwriter...
E.L.M. Insurance Brokers Offers New Broker E&O Market
Apr 17 2006 // Effective April 1, 2006, E.L.M Insurance Brokers, El Segundo, Calif., has a new admitted professional liability program for insurance brokers’ errors and omissions. The new market, PACO Assurance Co., has an...
Dade County Agents Sponsoring Flood Insurance Course
Apr 17 2006 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Dade County will sponsor a three-hour continuing education course on “The Reality of Flood Insurance,” May 17 at the Sheraton Miami Mart Hotel in Miami. Instructor Shawn...
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Apr 17 2006 // Palisades Safety and Insurance Management Corporation, a New Jersey private passenger automobile insurer, announced that Ed Fernandez has assumed the role of president and CEO, effective immediately. Fernandez succeeds...
Not all agents oppose an optional federal charter
Apr 17 2006 // The Commissioners are now fully prepared to go before their various legislative committees with recommendations for a system of insurance law which shall be the same in all States – not reciprocal, but identical; not...
Acquiring minds want to know how even smaller firms can buy agencies
Apr 17 2006 // Small to mid-sized retail independent insurance agencies looking to grow through acquisition had better have a good plan in place if they want to run with the big dogs—those big dogs being the banks, the large public...
Deadly storms hit Midwest again in new round of spring tornadoes
Apr 17 2006 // The new round of tornadoes hit the Midwest less than one month after a similar grouping of twisters, high winds and damage hit a five-state area on March 12. News Currents Another round of deadly storms hit the Midwest...
