Latest Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
IIASA Offers Steves Scholarship
Aug 18 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of San Antonio announced that the Myron F. Steves Insurance Professional Scholarship Program is now available to the association’s members. In its pledge to “Excellence through...
The Hartford Recognizes Top Agencies
Aug 17 2004 // The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has recognized seven of its top producers with The Hartford’s VIP Agency of the Year Award for 2003. The following agencies are recipients of The Hartford’s 2003 VIP...
Lee, Moon Capture IIAJC Titles
Aug 17 2004 // After four days of intense play and weather delays at Dornick Hills Country Club in Ardmore, Okla., the 36th annual Independent Insurance Agent Junior Classic (IIAJC) concluded recently in thrilling fashion for newly...
Michael E. James Offering Free Cabo Trips for Agents
Aug 12 2004 // Mike James, president of Michael E. James Insurance Agency plans to send agents out of the country to Mexico next year by implementing a reward program that enables qualifying agents and brokers to win an all expense paid...
Agent, Senate Pres. Codey Next in Line for New Jersey’s Governorship Following McGreevey Resignation
Aug 12 2004 // The resignation of New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey over his admission of an extramarital affair with another man means that the next in line to the governorship is State Senate President Richard J. Codey, a Democrat from...
WSS, Shand Offering Free Miscellaneous E&O Seminar
Aug 11 2004 // Richard Polizzi, president of Western Security Surplus, invites agents and brokers to a free informative Miscellaneous Professional Liability Insurance seminar on Aug. 25. The hosts for the seminar will be WSS’...
Skor Opens Heritage General Office in Phoenix
Aug 10 2004 // Emily Lomax, senior vice president, division director of Los Angeles-based Heritage General Agency recently announced that they will be expanding their reach into Arizona with a new office headed by Kathy Skor. As...
PIANJ Hails Court Ruling on Agent E&O
Aug 10 2004 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. said a decision rendered last week by the Supreme Court of New Jersey in the case of President vs. Jenkins is a victory for all agents because it maintains the current...
Vista Insurance Partners Appoints Bishop as Senior Broker/Underwriter
Aug 10 2004 // Vista Insurance Partners, a San Antonio, Texas-based wholesale insurance broker, announced the appointment of Margie Bishop as senior broker/underwriter. Bishop will work with current and new Vista agents to develop new...
Nevada’s Countersignature Statute Thrown Out
Aug 10 2004 // A federal judge for the District of Nevada ruled Nevada’s statute that precludes out-of-state insurance brokers from conducting business in the state without the countersignature of a resident agent is...
The Council Endorses NexsureTM as the Preferred Agency Management System
Aug 10 2004 // In a continuing effort to provide member companies with the best available resources for managing an insurance brokerage in today’s highly competitive marketplace, The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (The...
Three Unitrin Subsidiaries Join Trusted Choice
Aug 9 2004 // Kemper Auto and Home, Unitrin Multi Lines Insurance and Unitrin Specialty Lines Insurance have become members of Trusted Choice—the national brand created by the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America...
‘Round and ‘Round the Cycle Goes, Where it Stops Nobody Knows
Aug 9 2004 // Like the wheels of Lance Armstrong’s bike—a blur of perpetual motion as he powered up mountain after mountain in the Tour de France—the non-stop cycle of the property/casualty insurance market continues on its...
IIAJC Allows Independent Agents to Give Back to Communities
Aug 9 2004 // In 1969, independent insurance agents came together for a community service project that would empower and motivate young people. Since then, that project has matured into the nation’s largest junior stroke-play golf...
Reduce Your Costs by Sharing Expenses with Competitors
Aug 9 2004 // There are multiple ways to grow your agency’s bottom line. The most exciting way is, of course, to sell more policies. You logically devote most of your energies to this essential activity because it’s the best...
Fowler and Keyes Join Noodle Specialty Brokers as Underwriting VPs
Aug 6 2004 // Insurance industry veterans James A. Fowler and John D. Keyes have joined Chicago-based Noodle Specialty Brokers (NSB), the newly formed division of InsuranceNoodle Inc., as senior vice presidents of underwriting. Noodle...
Toledo Broker is 1,000th to Earn CRM Designation
Aug 4 2004 // Joseph R. Buick, a broker with the Hylant Group in Toledo, Ohio, made his mark in risk management education history as he became the 1,000th individual to earn the prestigious Certified Risk Managers (CRM) designation, the...
IIABW to Hold Annual Conference Sept. 30 – Oct. 2
Aug 4 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of Washington will hold its annual conference Sept. 30 – Oct. 2, 2004 at The Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington. The conference theme, “Making a...
The Expanding Ability of an Insurer to Recoup Costs Expended for Uncovered Claims
Aug 4 2004 // Insurers are routinely presented with complaints filed against their insureds where some of the complaint’s allegations do not fall within the coverage provided by an insured’s insurance policy. Nevertheless,...
Cravens/Warren & Co. Joins CAA
Aug 3 2004 // Combined Agents of America LLC announced it recently reached the 30-member milestone with the addition of Houston-based Cravens/Warren & Co. Cravens/Warren is located in the northwest quadrant of Houston, an area of...
