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Growing Need for Urban Agents Spawns National Program
Jun 27 2005 // A growing need for agents who can serve the rapidly evolving urban market is leading companies and agents to explore new programs aimed at improving local distribution networks, according to Suzanne Reade, president of the...
New Broker Integro Appoints Aque to Lead Chicago Office
Jun 27 2005 // Integro Ltd. today announced that Nancy Aque has been appointed managing director and head of the company’s Chicago office and Midwest hub. Aque has more than 35 years of brokerage experience, with special expertise...
IIAT Names Watkins Young Agent of the Year; McCoy Honored as Top ACSR
Jun 27 2005 // Patrick Watkins, president of the Watkins Insurance Group in Austin, was named Young Agent of the Year by the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas. In addition, Kelly McCoy, senior commercial accounts manager at McQueary,...
Reynolds Sworn in as IIAT President; McCain Wins Drex Foreman Award
Jun 24 2005 // Among the many highlights of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas’ 108th IIAT Conference and Trade Show, held recently in Austin, were the installation of Randy Reynolds, managing partner of Texas Associates...
FAAI Conference Speaker: Rep. Bense Congratulates Fla. Agents
Jun 24 2005 // Rep. Allan G. Bense, (R-Panama City) Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, and one of the most influential political figures in Florida, congratulated insurance companies, agents and claims personnel for their...
Brokers Financial Services Names Morrison as Premium Finance Manager
Jun 23 2005 // Brokers Financial Services, a division of USG Insurance Services, Inc., announced the appointment of Nancy Morrison as manager of premium financing at the Livonia, Mich., location. She will assist the agents and the...
Dixieland Music Kicks FAIA Exhibit, Conference Into High-Gear
Jun 23 2005 // A Dixieland jazz band, the Swing Sisters and a strolling magician entertained more than 1,000 Florida agents on June 22 as the Florida Association of Insurance Agents opened afternoon exhibits at the Gaylord Conference...
Nationwide’s Allied Insurance Looking for Agents in Eastern States
Jun 22 2005 // The independent agency arm of giant Nationwide Insurance is expanding its reach and looking for agents in the East and South. Allied Insurance, which currently has more than 4,500 independent agency locations in the West...
Bad Week for Romney Auto Reforms Continues as Mass. Agents Oppose Competitive Rating
Jun 22 2005 // The day after a court struck a blow to his administration’s reforms of the state’s auto insurance residual market, the powerful independent agents’ lobby also pulled the rug out from under some of Gov....
Big “I” Disputes OFCC Group Inaccuracies on Optional Federal Regulation of Insurance
Jun 22 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America issued the following statement from CEO Robert A. Rusbuldt in response to an inaccurate characterization from the OFCC regarding the association’s position...
IIAK Holds Conference June 23-24
Jun 22 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Kentucky Inc., is holding its 109th Annual Convention from June 23-24 at the Marriott Griffin Gate Resort in Lexington. The two-day event combines insurance and business education,...
Bank Insurance Brokerage Fee Income Up 7.5% in 2005 1Q
Jun 21 2005 // Bank insurance brokerage fee income was up 7.5 percent year-to-date through March 31, 2005, compared to the same period in 2004, according to Michael White’s Bank Insurance & Investment Fee Income Reports. Among...
Squyres Joins New Day Underwriting Managers as VP
Jun 21 2005 // New Day Underwriting Managers LLC, an environmental and construction-related professional liability resource for insurance agents and brokers, announced the appointment of Timothy Squyres as vice president. Based in...
LAAIA Announces CE Courses: Convention to Focus On A Dynamic Approach to Technology
Jun 21 2005 // More than 20 continuing education credits will be offered from July 5 to July 8 during the Latin American Association of Insurance Agents’ Convention at the Westin Diplomat Resort in Hollywood, Fla. This year’s...
Ferguson Joins Lockton Insurance Brokers Inc.
Jun 21 2005 // Lockton Insurance Brokers Inc. appointed Scott Ferguson as vice president. He will be responsible for developing business with large middle market accounts, focusing on retail, manufacturing and...
FAIA Convention, ‘The Power of One,’ Begins June 23 in Orlando, Fla.
Jun 21 2005 // Excitement is building as the opening nears for the June 23 to 25 Florida Association of Insurance Agents 101st Anniversary Convention and Education Symposium titled “The Power of One,” begins at the Gaylord...
American Agents Alliance Convention Selling Out Fast
Jun 21 2005 // This year’s annual American Agents Alliance’s convention will feature another solid program of seminars and continuing education courses, a sold-out two-day trade show, three general sessions with speakers from...
WIAA Fights Back Against Calif. Commissioner’s Proposed Regulations
Jun 21 2005 // The Western Insurance Agents Association has released a brochure on behalf of its member agents detailing its campaign to stop California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi’s alleged excessive and unjust...
Reseda Broker Pleads Guilty to Forgery
Jun 20 2005 // Insurance broker Sajjad Hussain Shaikh, also known as Adam Shaikh, of Reseda, California has pled guilty to one count of forgery. Shaikh was sentenced to three years of summary probation and ordered to pay a $1,410 fine on...
The Trust Factor: Building Relationships With Your Clients
Jun 20 2005 // Baffled by the product, overwhelmed by policy verbiage, and totally put off by the adversarial nature of the whole business, consumers nationwide express having serious trust issues with the insurance industry. In...
