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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...
News Briefs
Jun 20 2005 // ALABAMA DOI Lists Insurance Providers A list of insurance companies, agencies and agents writing property insurance in coastal areas of Alabama, including Mobile and Baldwin counties became available June 13, thanks to the...
FAIA President Says: In Our Future Some Things Will Never Change
Jun 20 2005 // Created more than a century ago in 1904 as the Florida Local Underwriters Association, the Florida Association of Insurance Agents adopted its present name in 1941. FAIA is dedicated to enhancing the independent agency...
PIA of Fla. Broadcasts Web-based Hurricane Panel Discussion
Jun 20 2005 // Florida’s insurance industry survived last year’s record-breaking hurricane season and is prepared to help homeowners weather what may come this year. That was the message during a recent Web broadcast carried...
FAIA Celebrates Its 101st Anniversary: General Session Features Four Experts
Jun 20 2005 // The Florida Association of Insurance Agents will celebrate its 101st anniversary during its June 23 to 25 Convention and Educational Symposium at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. “I...
By Wes Bailey
Jun 20 2005 // Nobody Ever Said That Life or the CGL Policy Was Fair! I was recently teaching a seminar dealing with the details of the Commercial General Liability Policy, and a participant attending the seminar made a very interesting...
Nationwide’s Allied Insurance Looking for Agents in East and South
Jun 20 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...
By Stephanie K. Jones
Jun 20 2005 // Trials and Tribulations in Neverland (Oklahoma) Almost everyone did something wrong in Neverland-Neverland, Oklahoma, that is. This story begins and ends in the District Court of Neverland-where a mock trial put on by the...
WIAA Fights Back Against Calif. Commissioner’s Proposed Regulations
Jun 20 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...
