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Massachusetts Agent’s Body Found in Garage; Aronson Insurance Victim Shot to Death
Jan 15 2006 // An insurance agent, described by neighbors as friendly and generous, was fatally shot in the head when he parked his car next to his Newton office last Friday morning, authorities said. Edward Schiller, 39, of Framingham,...
Allianz’ “eZine” Electronic Magazine a Success with Irish Brokers
Jan 13 2006 // Allianz Ireland’s “Allianz Broker eZine,” a monthly electronic magazine, has found success with Irish brokers. The subsidiary of Germany’s Allianz launched the site to “streamline its...
Ind. Farm Bureau Insurance Co. Supports Victims of Fraud: Agent Arraigned this Week
Jan 13 2006 // Indiana Farm Bureau’s Chief Executive Officer, Jerry Canada, recently voiced the company’s steadfast commitment to continue to work with investigators as well as to support policyholders who were victims of...
Apollo Agencies Appoints Marti Simons VP of Sales Development
Jan 13 2006 // Manhattan Beach, Calif.-based Apollo Agencies Inc., a subsidiary of Kinecta Federal Credit Union, has named Marti Simons to serve as vice president of sales development. She will oversee the growth of Apollo’s...
Insurance Skills Center, IBA West Team on Agent-Broker Disclosure Classes
Jan 12 2006 // Insurance Skills Center will be offering Broker-Agent Disclosure Classes beginning in January. The class will be taught by Steve Young, vice president and counsel general for IBA West. He will provide broker-agents with...
First Acceptance Purchases Assets of Chicago Non-Standard Auto Agencies
Jan 12 2006 // First Acceptance Corporation, a provider of private passenger non-standard automobile insurance, has acquired certain assets of Insurance Plus Agency II Inc. and Yale International Insurance Agency Inc. These agencies sell...
FSA Insurance Head Reasserts Commitment to Contract Certainty
Jan 11 2006 // David Strachan, The U.K.’s Financial Services Authority’s Insurance Sector Leader, in a speech to the Insurance Institute of London, reiterated the FSA’s commitment “to finding an end to the...
Program from NIF Group in N.Y. Covers Social Service Agencies
Jan 11 2006 // NIF Group, Inc., a program administrator and specialty broker in Manhasset, N.Y., has a new product for complex and difficult to place social service agencies. The program offers general liability and professional...
Conn. Senate Democrats Eye Merger of Insurance and Banking Agencies
Jan 11 2006 // Senate Democratic leaders in Hartford have proposed several changes in state law they say will make Connecticut more business friendly. The proposals include merging the insurance and banking departments to “better...
R&M Analysis of Effects of FSA Regulation on UK Insurance Industry
Jan 9 2006 // Dublin-based consultants Research and Markets announced the addition of “UK Commercial Insurance Distribution 2005” to their offering. The new publication analyzes changes following the introduction of the new...
FEMA Flood Insurance Program Launches Agent Web Site
Jan 9 2006 // The National Flood Insurance Program has launched a FloodSmart Agents Web site to provide access to agent materials and new content in a password-protected agents-only section of www.FloodSmart.gov. After registering for a...
Wash. Gears Up for All Industry Day
Jan 9 2006 // On Feb. 1, the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of Washington, Surplus Line Association of Washington, Insurance Agents and Brokers of the West (IBA West), WA Council of National Association of Insurance Women,...
Enhanced IJ Broadcasting Enlivens Web Content with Interviews, Videos, Ads and More
Jan 9 2006 // Insurance Journal has launched IJ Broadcasting, an enhanced section on its Web site for multimedia content that will include video and audio interviews, current news and features, educational workshops and other...
Commercial Insurance Buyers Report Productivity Savings Across all Lines
Jan 9 2006 // Insurance buyers see increasing value from reducing their total cost of risk across multiple lines of commercial insurance, according to a new survey commissioned by Wausau Insurance of 200 financial executives. Eighty-one...
Agent Wins Appeal of Fraud Conviction in Ark.
Jan 6 2006 // An insurance agent accused of defrauding the state when he didn’t mention he had a criminal history when applying for an Arkansas insurance license has won an appeal. The Arkansas Court of Appeals on Jan. 4...
Case, Gould Join U.S. Risk Brokers in Houston Office
Jan 6 2006 // U.S. Risk Brokers reported two new additions to its Houston office. Paul S. Case joined as vice president and Ruth E. Gould was added as a senior broker. Case has an extensive property background after serving 24 years at...
Lloyd’s Survey Confirms Small Business Confidence in Brokers
Jan 5 2006 // A survey, commissioned by the General Insurance Market Association (GIMRA), which queried 500 small and medium-sized businesses (SME’s), has determined that they continue to have confidence in traditional insurance...
How Producers Build Up Construction Insurance Business
Jan 5 2006 // Insurance producers land new accounts every day. But successfully building a solid block of business from one new account does not happen every day, particularly in the field of construction insurance. Dave Sinclair of...
Gov. Perry to Headline IIAT’s Joe Vincent Management Seminar
Jan 5 2006 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry will deliver a special luncheon address to nearly 400 of the state’s most progressive and influential independent insurance agency principals and managers when they gather for the Independent...
Venture Programs Launches Industry-First E-Marketing Campaign
Jan 5 2006 // 30-second video spot to broadcast on insurance news web sites is first by a program administrator targeting agent and broker market West Chester, Pa.- Venture Insurance Programs (www.ventureprograms.com), a national...
