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IIABA Honors Two CAA members for Best Practices
Oct 26 2004 // Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America, LLC (CAA) announced two of its member agencies, Bigham-Kliewer-Chapman-Watts and Bosworth & Associates, have been included as part of an elite group of independent...
The Professional Liability Maelstrom
Oct 25 2004 // Service Providers at Risk As the United States, Europe, Japan and other developed countries turn from industrial-based to service-based economies, more and more people are engaged in providing services, and the more they...
Agents Watching Spitzer Broker Fraud Charges Closely
Oct 25 2004 // Some worry the probe could move beyond public brokers and large commercial risks. New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s filing on Oct. 14 of charges against giant insurance broker Marsh for alleged commercial...
MASS. AGENTS IN COMMISSION FIGHT:
Oct 25 2004 // The Mass. Attorney General has recommended that agents’ auto insurance commissions be frozen at $114 per vehicle until further proof of agencies’ actual expenses is made available. The AG is pressing for...
State, Federal Regs Concern Outgoing Big ‘I’ President
Oct 25 2004 // During my term we have made numerous advances, I couldn’t have done any of them without the help of the Executive Committee and dedicated committee members,” said Louise “BeBe” Canter, president of...
A Class Act: Understanding the Texas Workers’ Comp Classification System
Oct 25 2004 // Workers’ compensation is a very complicated insurance. I know. I’ve worked for Texas Mutual Insurance Company’s premium audit department for 10 years. Prior to that, I was the director of the...
30th Annual NAPSLO Conference
Oct 25 2004 // Advisors Tackle Acquisitions, Consolidations at Surplus Lines Meeting Agency consolidations, consolidator’s objectives and a broad range of other trends and developments were highlighted by Steven S. Wevodau and...
Big ‘I’ Weighs Minority Producer Database
Oct 25 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA) is considering a proposal to compile a nationwide database of minority-owned agencies for carriers looking to expand their presence in urban markets to...
N.Y. Attorney General Spitzer Sues Marsh Over Contingent Commissions
Oct 25 2004 // New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer on Oct. 14 sued Marsh & McLennan Companies, the nation’s biggest insurance brokerage firm, alleging that it steered clients to insurers with whom it had lucrative...
KITZMILLER RESIGNS FROM AMERICAN AGENTS ALLIANCE:
Oct 25 2004 // At a meeting of the American Agents Alliance Board of Governors held Oct. 7, it was announced that Alliance Executive Director Lorelle Kitzmiller would be leaving the association, effective immediately. Kitzmiller is the...
PIA WESTERN ALLIANCE FORMS:
Oct 25 2004 // A new alliance covering nine Western states announced its formation. The PIA Western Alliance creates the nation’s broadest alignment of state and regional affiliates of the National Association of Professional...
Small Businesses Struggle to Stay Afloat in Hawaii’s Tumultuous Workers’ Comp Market
Oct 25 2004 // The issues surrounding Hawaii’s workers’ compensation system have been a topic of debate for agents, brokers, politicians and small businesses over the past several months as reform attempts to fix the troubled...
Canter Predicts State, Federal Regulation to Detrimentally Affect Industry
Oct 25 2004 // More than 120 firms participated in the Big “I” Exhibit “During my term we have made numerous advances and I couldn’t have done any of them without the help of the Executive Committee and dedicated...
Is Big Brother Good for the Industry’
Oct 25 2004 // Some drivers in Minnesota will soon have an added passenger in their cars: their insurance company. Progressive Insurance Company is using so-called “black box” technology to offer drivers discounts based on...
Dunn Elected President of ASCnet
Oct 24 2004 // The Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet), the user group for Applied Systems agency management technology, announced the election of Robert “Robby” E. Dunn III, vice president and agency manager of Hotchkiss...
Progressive Now Offering Commercial Auto in N.H.
Oct 22 2004 // As previously reported by Insurance Journal, The Progressive group of companies has begun offering commercial auto coverages in New Hampshire through more than 200 agents. The product is being marketing under its new Drive...
PIA Western Alliance Releases Statement on New York Insurance Scandal
Oct 22 2004 // Like most insurance associations, the PIA Western Alliance—consisting of four affiliate chapters covering eight western states—is in shock over the news of a lawsuit filed against the nation’s largest insurance...
Lockton Insurance Brokers Announces New VP
Oct 22 2004 // Lockton Insurance Brokers Inc., a commercial insurance brokerage firm with offices in Irvine and downtown Los Angeles, recently announced Mark Carlin as executive vice president. Carlin is widely recognized as a leading...
Cox Acquires J. McWhirter (Insurance Brokers) Ltd.
Oct 22 2004 // The U.K.’s Cox Insurance Holdings Plc announced that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of J. McWhirter (Insurance Brokers) Ltd. (JMW), a Northern Ireland broking business for a total cash consideration...
InVEST Notes Teacher, Volunteer Award Winners
Oct 22 2004 // InVEST, an education program that promotes insurance education in order to attract individuals to pursue employment in the industry, announced the 2004 Teacher of the Year and Dach Award winners. The InVEST Board of...
