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Fla. CEO Gives Citizens Task Force Performance-Improving Goals
Jan 5 2005 // With the next hurricane season due to begin in six months, Tom Gallagher, Florida Chief Financial Officer met with the Citizens Property Insurance task force today in Tallahassee and outlined performance-improving...
New American Agents Alliance Director Looks Forward to New Year
Jan 5 2005 // Ken Nigohosian, new executive director at the American Agents Alliance, talks to Insurance Journal about California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi’s proposed agent/broker disclosure regulations and...
DeMateis Joins Networked Insurance Agents
Jan 5 2005 // Rocco DeMateis has been named territorial sales vice president at Grass Valley, Calif.-based Networked Insurance Agents. DeMateis will consult with existing affiliates and seek to appoint new agencies in Orange County,...
S&T Bank Acquires Two Pa. Agencies
Jan 4 2005 // S&T Bank, based in Indiana, Pa., has acquired Bennett Associates, Inc. and Cowher- Nehrig & Co., (the Bennett Group), two multi-line insurance agencies. These agencies, which are located in Ebensburg and Nanty...
IJ Online ‘How to Write’ Educational Seminars Kicks Off Jan. 20; Nearly 700 Participants Registered
Jan 4 2005 // Insurance Journal will introduce the first of a series of “How to Write” online video seminars beginning on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005. The “How to Write” series offers agents and brokers dynamic,...
ACT Reports on How to Boost Sales
Jan 4 2005 // The Agents Council for Technology (ACT) has published a multi-part report on the ACT Web site to help independent agents and brokers build a sales-driven agency culture and implement disciplined sales processes using...
Calif. Agent Arraigned on Charges Stemming from Bogus Insurance Certificates Scam
Jan 4 2005 // A Stockton insurance agent allegedly working with a revoked license was arraigned Jan. 4 in San Joaquin County Court on 111 felony counts following an eight-month investigation by the California Department of Insurance...
Sell Personal Lines Upgrades via Direct Mail
Jan 3 2005 // To remain in business, agents need to derive as much revenue as possible from every current insured, at the least possible cost. This is particularly the case now that the structure of the classic contingency commission is...
IJ Online Launches ‘How to Write’ Seminars
Jan 3 2005 // Insurance Journal will introduce the first of a series of “How to Write” online video seminars beginning Jan. 20, 2005. The “How to Write” series offers agents and brokers dynamic, coverage-focused,...
Impact on Other Agents of Conn. Verdict Against Nationwide Doubted
Jan 3 2005 // A recent $2.3 million jury verdict for wrongful termination in favor of a former Nationwide Insurance contract agent from Connecticut is unlikely to have any effect on independent agents or their companies, according to...
Lessons Learned from a Cherry Red Car
Jan 3 2005 // The last Oldsmobile, painted a commemorative dark cherry red, rolled off the assembly line in April 2004. During its 107-year history, the company produced more than 35 million cars and pioneered innovations like...
Who Are You’
Jan 3 2005 // It’s a question we all ask as we slowly work our way into a new year. Amid the uncertainty in the marketplace and possible reverberations from the councils of government, the independent insurance agent needs more...
A Fresh Look at Rating Territories for Auto and Homeowners Insurance
Jan 3 2005 // Inaccurate Territories and Assignments Hurt Consumers, Agents and Companies Territories offer tremendous opportunities for insurance companies to better segment their book of business, but private passenger auto and...
Mid-Size Brokers Hope to Gain From Industry Stumbles
Jan 3 2005 // While the contingent commissions controversy has been roiling the upper decks of the insurance industry, mid-size brokers and carriers could benefit from increased disclosure, heightened professionalism among its ranks,...
Lessons Learned From a Cherry Red Car
Jan 3 2005 // The last Oldsmobile, painted a commemorative dark cherry red, rolled off the assembly line in April 2004. During its 107-year history, the company produced more than 35 million cars and pioneered innovations like...
ALABAMA AGENTS PLAN MARCH LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE:
Jan 3 2005 // Agents will be briefed about pending Alabama legislation, review topics to discuss with Alabama legislators and attend a BBQ at the Capital March 17 during the 18th Alabama Independent Insurance Agents Legislative...
QUAKER SR SELLS SE WHOLESALE BROKERAGE:
Jan 3 2005 // Quaker Special Risk (QSR), of Sea Girt, N.J., excess and surplus lines insurance brokers exclusively serving retail brokers since 1960, has sold its southeast wholesale brokerage office to Charlotte, N.C.-based American...
Focus on the Future: Come 2014, Industry Should Look Very Familiar
Jan 3 2005 // Ten years from now, some of the players within the property/casualty insurance industry will have changed but the industry itself will not look dramatically different from what it is today: Smaller companies and...
Agents, Insurers Seek Targeted Compensation Disclosure Rules
Jan 3 2005 // The model compensation disclosure measure under consideration by the nation’s state regulators has been met with generally guarded support from agents, brokers and insurers. The Indep-endent Insurance Agents &...
Lessons Learned from a Cherry Red Car
Jan 3 2005 // The last Oldsmobile, painted a commemorative dark cherry red, rolled off the assembly line in April 2004. During its 107-year history, the company produced more than 35 million cars and pioneered innovations like...
