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Writing Wineries Requires More Than Just a Tasting

Sep 19 2005 // To be successful, you must thoroughly drink in all the details. Insuring wineries may sound like a lucrative and growing business. All 50 states now produce wine, and the business has a total economic impact of $33...

Sep 19 2005 // Saylor & Hill has announced that three senior associates of the firm have been promoted to principal. Tim Sweeney, Kevin Mirsky and Chris Williams, each of whom has worked for the firm for more than a decade, will...

Mutual Trust & Respect Key to the Latino Insurance Market

Sep 19 2005 // In the mainstream population, decisions about which insurance provider or broker to do business with may be influenced by television, radio or the yellow pages phone directory. In the Latino community, people are more...

Associations educate agents

Sep 19 2005 // As the Hispanic population surpasses 40 million with a combined purchasing power of more than $700 million, the insurance industry is keeping its eye on this ever-growing market segment. Hispanic agents and Latin agent...

New Orleans-Based GEB Insurance Agency Weathers Katrina

Sep 19 2005 // Before Hurricane Katrina, Gillis, Ellis and Baker Insurance, a New Orleans-based independent insurance brokerage that writes casualty insurance, liability benefits, health, employment, risk management and seismic vessel...

Goltra & Associates Insurance Brokers Joins United Agencies

Sep 16 2005 // Thomas E. Hays, chairman of the board for Pasadena-based United Agencies announced that effective immediately, Goltra & Associates of Irvine, Calif., has joined the United Agencies group. Steffen Goltra will remain as...

BB&T Consolidates Greensboro, N.C. Insurance Agencies

Sep 16 2005 // BB&T Insurance Services will consolidate two Greensboro operations, BB&T Insurance Services of the Triad and BB&T-Professional Benefits Management, the company announced. The combined BB&T Insurance...

Conn.’s Webster, Pa.’s S&T Cited as Top Bank-Owned Insurance Agencies

Sep 15 2005 // S&T Bancorp of Indiana, Pa. and Webster Financial Corp. of Waterbury, Conn. have been cited as leaders in the bank-insurance industry. “These bank-owned agencies are the clear leaders of our industry,”...

Ill. Commissioner Urges Balance Between Commissions, Consumers

Sep 15 2005 // Illinois Division of Insurance Director Michael McRaith on Wednesday assured an audience of independent agents that in spite of the Division’s ongoing investigation of agent commission practices, he was committed to...

S.D. Agent Investigation Under Scrutiny

Sep 15 2005 // South Dakota state legislators have asked Division of Insurance officials to explain how they investigate agents and companies, and how they resolve conflicts with them, after hearing complaints this week from two...

New Mexico, Washington State Associations Honored with L.P. McCord Education Award

Sep 15 2005 // Independent Insurance Agents in New Mexico and Washington state were recognized for their outstanding commitment to education as the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America presented the three state...

Alliance Offers New Programs at 2005 Conference & Expo

Sep 15 2005 // A “Launching Pad” where companies will be displaying their new products and services is just one of many new features that will highlight “Partnering for Success,” the American Agents Alliance 2005...

Industry Opens Hurricane Insurance Information Center

Sep 15 2005 // In the aftermath of the Hurricane Katrina, the U.S. insurance industry has established the Hurricane Insurance Information Center (HIIC) in Jackson, Mississippi. Additional centers will be opened in other Gulf Coast...

Fla. Teacher, Miss. Volunteer Receive InVEST Awards

Sep 14 2005 // A high school teacher from Orlando, Fla. and an insurance agent from Bay St. Louis, Miss. were honored by InVest at a “job shadow” breakfast held in New York at the Big “I” Convention. Renee Dubber...

ASCnet’s Disaster Response Plan Helps Agents in Katrina’s Wake

Sep 14 2005 // Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet) President Robby Dunn announced that the association’s disaster response plan has been in place so that independent agents and brokers affected by Hurricane Katrina have support...

Manaka Appointed to Chair Diversity Task Force

Sep 13 2005 // Tim Manaka, of FIA Insurance Services Inc. in Pasadena, Calif., was named as the new chairman of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s Diversity Task Force’s new chairperson at the groups...

N.Y. Insurance Community Mourns Passing of Agent Leader Demetriou

Sep 13 2005 // Peter T. Demetriou, president of New Windsor Insurance Agency and first vice president of the Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. died Sunday of a heart attack. He was 55. Demetriou was slated to be...

IIAH to Help With Agency Buddy System for Agents Displaced by Hurricane

Sep 12 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Houston announced that IIAH has been contacted by IIABA about the possibility of setting up an “agency buddy system” with the three state associations hit by Hurricane...

LWCC Says Hotlines Are Open for Injured Workers, Policyholders, Agents and Providers

Sep 12 2005 // Expressing its concern and support for the victims of Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) said its stands ready to provide assistance to its policy and their injured workers, as well...

PIA National Gives $100,000 to La., Miss., Ala. State Affiliates

Sep 12 2005 // The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents will provide up to $100,000 in assistance to the three PIA state affiliates hit by Hurricane Katrina. Funds will be provided by PIA National to PIA of Louisiana,...