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Oct 3 2005 // RISC Inc. in Dallas, announced the appointment of Pat Mulady, to the position of vice president in the Brokerage Department. Mulady’s focus will primarily be tough casualty risks. Mulady joins RISC with over 12 years...

A “Safe” Way to Add Value for Your Customers

Oct 3 2005 // Insurance agents need to stand out from the crowd if they are to successfully compete for good clients. One easy way to do this also happens to be a great way to provide a useful service: promoting safety and ways to...

Five Ingredients for Sales Success

Oct 3 2005 // Five years from now, many of you will no longer be in the insurance business. It’s true. Major changes in the insurance field have triggered a dramatic weeding out of this country’s sales force. To succeed in...

Oct 3 2005 // Seattle-based Physicians Insurance A Mutual Company has announced that Leslie Mallonee has been named senior vice president and chief information officer. Mallonee’s history in information technology includes his...

The artisan contractors market on the rise

Oct 3 2005 // As the United States’ total population creeps up on the 300 million mark, no one can call the residential construction industry a dying breed. The continuous need for housing is apparent in the nation’s fastest...

Meeting the Needs of Customers by Providing Superior Customer Service

Oct 3 2005 // During a recent project, the agency owners and the staff all agreed that the key strength of the agency was “customer service.” When asked to define “customer service” most people replied with...

Katrina, Asbestos, Soft Market Test Mettle of Today’s Bright CEOs

Oct 3 2005 // Industry pundits have praised today’s insurance chief executive officers as better informed and more disciplined than their peers of the past. The next few months may put that notion to the test as these leaders are...

Progressive’s Drive Web site Attracts One Million Visitors

Sep 30 2005 // More than one million consumers have visited Progressive’s Drive Insurance web site, www.driveinsurance.com, to find out more about the benefits of buying auto insurance through an independent agent or broker, the...

PIA Legislative Update: Agents Have Until March to Make Recommendations to Florida’s Hurricane Task Force

Sep 30 2005 // Legislative changes effecting property insurance that took place this year in the Florida Legislature were discussed by Keri Rayborn, Rayborn Consultants, and Ron Villella, PIA’s government affairs director, during a...

100 Georgia Stations to Air Trusted Choice Radio Advertising Promo

Sep 30 2005 // The Trusted Choice national television advertising campaign ended Sept. 25, but as of Sept. 26, more than 100 radio stations across Georgia began to air Trusted Choice radio commercials. According to an Independent...

IIAG Slates Educational Events to Meet Georgia CE Requirements

Sep 30 2005 // A series of educational events, being sponsored by the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia to enable members to meet new state continuing education requirements have been scheduled in October. A new Georgia Insurance...

DFS Spokesperson Outlines New Licensing Changes, Requirements to PIA of Florida

Sep 29 2005 // Changes in Florida’s legislation during the spring session and new administrative changes requiring agency licensure or registration were detailed by Hazel Muhammad, bureau chief of Agent and Agency Licensing with...

Commissioner Oxendine Stresses Education’s Importance at PIA of Georgia’s Atlanta Expo

Sep 29 2005 // The importance of professional education was stressed by John Oxendine, Georgia’s Insurance Commissioner, during the Professional Insurance Agents of Georgia’s ninth annual Education Expo held on Tuesday in...

AirSure Ltd., Aero Insurance Merge

Sep 28 2005 // Officials of two of the nation’s largest aviation insurance brokerage firms: AirSure Limited and Aero Insurance, a division of the Van Gilder Insurance Corporation, announced the completion of a definitive merger...

Williams Heads New Officer’s Slate for PIA of Florida

Sep 28 2005 // The new slate of officers of the Professional Insurance Agents of Florida will take over Oct. 1, with Lori Williams, president; Bob Fowinkle, president-elect; Phil Zelman, vice president; and Doug Whitaker,...

InsWeb Launches National Lead Generation Program

Sep 27 2005 // InsWeb Corp. announced the launch of AgentInsider, its new local agent lead generation program. InsWeb says the AgentInsider program will extend the reach of local agents by providing a cost effective way to connect with...

W.V. Big ‘I’ Convention: Commissioner Cline, Experts to Discuss Workers’ Comp Issues

Sep 27 2005 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline, and leading West Virginia insurance instructors, experts and officials will address the Oct. 7 to 10 annual Professional Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of...

FAIA Extends MATS Seminar Online Registration Date

Sep 27 2005 // The deadline to register online has been extended to Sept. 30 for the Florida Independent Insurance Agents Management and Automation Training Seminar and Exhibit. The seminar and exhibit will be held by FAIA Oct. 16 to 18...

Greater N.Y. Brokers to Honor Utica First’s Zick as Man of the Year

Sep 27 2005 // The Council of Insurance Brokers of Greater New York will present its 2005 Man of the Year award to Richard Zick, president and chief executive officer of Utica First Insurance Co., at its 28th Annual Dinner Dance. The...

Insurance Commissioner Candidate to Keynote American Agents Alliance Convention

Sep 26 2005 // Steve Poizner, a candidate for California Insurance Commissioner, will deliver the keynote address at the 2005 Convention of the American Agents Alliance. Poizner, a Silicon Valley Republican candidate, replaces current...