Latest Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
News Briefs
Oct 17 2005 // California Judge throws out $700 million jury award in Executive Life Suit A federal judge has thrown out a $700 million (euro586 million) award for punitive damages won by the state of California in a lawsuit stemming...
Brian Sullivan: The Industry is Changing – Really
Oct 17 2005 // Although we’ve heard it many times before, the insurance agency business is on the cusp of huge changes, driven in part by technology, a host of new and better insurance products and increased stability on the part...
Chubb’s Contractors Equipment Express
Oct 17 2005 // The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies created an online system designed to make it easier for agents and brokers to quickly obtain a rate, quote or binder for contractors’ equipment risks with schedules up to $5...
News Briefs
Oct 17 2005 // Katrina Churns in $34.4B in Losses: Hurricane Katrina is expected to cost U.S. property/casualty insurers an estimated $34.4 billion in insured property losses, making it the costliest U.S. catastrophe ever, according to...
Van Aartrijk Group Unveils Service Promoting Agencies to Consumers
Oct 14 2005 // The van Aartrijk Group LLC, a marketing-communications firm specializing in insurance and financial services, announced the rollout of I-Marketing Management, a new business unit tailoring consumer-marketing plans for...
North Carolina Big ‘I’ Names Gastineau ‘Agent of the Year’
Oct 14 2005 // John Gastineau was named the Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina’s “Agent of the Year,” during IIANC’s Oct. 9 to 12 annual conference in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The annual award recognizes the...
California and Arizona Agents Finally Have a Choice. Softech Announces its MVR Integration with the FSC Rater.
Oct 13 2005 // Softech International announces the launch of a new web-based MVR interface within the FSC Insurance Solutions comparative rater. This interface will allow insurance agents to order motor vehicle reports without having to...
Skywire Software Rolls Out Policyware for MGAs, E&S Brokers
Oct 13 2005 // Frisco, Texas-based Skywire Software, a diversified software company with a concentration on the insurance industry, announced the launch of Policyware, a centralized, Web-based agency management system designed...
N.Y. Agents Elect Viana as President
Oct 12 2005 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. has elected officers for the 2005-2006 administrative year. J. Carlos “Shawn” Viana of Latham, N.Y. was elected president. He is senior vice president of...
SAN Group Network Added 8 N.E. and N.Y. Agencies in Third Quarter
Oct 12 2005 // The SAN Group, the network of independent insurance agencies in the New England and New York, grew by eight members during the third quarter. SAN is now comprised of over 180 independent agencies writing more than $275...
Ky. Agent Took $150,000 from Clients, Sentenced to 20 Years
Oct 12 2005 // Michael Jay Heathman of Lexington, Ky., who did business as Preferred Financial Service, has been sentenced to prison for 20 years after admitting he stole about $150,000 from his clients. Heathman’s plea was the...
PIIAWV Conference: Agents Learn In’s and Out’s of Policy ‘Glitches,’ Coverage ‘Fixes’
Oct 11 2005 // “Glitches” in policies agents select for insureds and possible coverage “fixes” to close these gaps or lapses in coverage were discussed by Fred Macy, president of Gray Wolf Insurance Seminars...
For N.H. Agent, a Helpless Feeling Amid the Suffering and Loss
Oct 11 2005 // New Hampshire independent insurance agent Tom Minkler got his first call Sunday morning at 5 a.m. Since then, the phones haven’t stopped ringing. Minkler isn’t bothered by the calls. What bothers him is having...
Hub Acquires Chubb’s PLI Brokerage
Oct 7 2005 // Hub International Limited has completed its purchase of Personal Lines Insurance Brokerage, Inc. (PLI) from The Chubb Corporation. The acquisition grows Chicago-based Hub’s personal lines to nearly 20 percent of its...
Digital Photography Service Expands To Florida, Colorado
Oct 7 2005 // RESEDA, CA – FastSnap announced today that its digital photography service is now available in Florida and Colorado. Agents in California, Arizona, Oregon, and Nevada rely on the service when they can’t make a...
Educational Seminar Kicks Off Big ‘I’ of W.Va.’s Annual Conference
Oct 7 2005 // An educational seminar on “Glitches, Hitches and Fixes,” by Fred Macy of Gray Wolf Insurance Seminars kicks off the Friday afternoon opening of the Professional Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of...
Contingency Commissions Important, Insurance Executives Say
Oct 6 2005 // Insurance executives from four independent agent/broker insurance carriers concur that contingency commissions are an important incentive for carriers to offer producers. The panelists discussed their views on contingency...
Insurers Appointing N.J. Agencies in Record Numbers, Reports PIANJ
Oct 6 2005 // Insurance companies are making new agency appointments in New Jersey in record numbers, according to a recent member survey by the Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. The association annually updates its data...
Willis Group to Add S. African Broker
Oct 6 2005 // Willis Group Holdings has agreed to acquire the business and assets of Reinsurance Consultants and Intermediaries Ltd. (RCI), the reinsurance division of South African insurance broker Glenrand M.I.B. Limited...
Chubb Adds Online Tool for Contractors’ Equipment Risks
Oct 5 2005 // The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has created an online system that enables agents and brokers to quickly obtain a rate, quote or binder for contractors’ equipment risks with schedules up to $5...
