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Big I Announces Best Practices Symposium
Jul 22 2004 // Increasing profits, maintaining revenue growth in a challenging market, and sustaining a competitive advantage are the focal points of workshops at the upcoming Best Practices Business Symposium. The symposium, conducted...
Survey: Market Index Shows Continued Softening for Commercial P/C Market
Jul 21 2004 // The commercial property/casualty insurance market showed signs of continued softening in the second quarter of 2004, with one-third of the small accounts and more than half the medium and large accounts experiencing...
Survey: Carrier Performance Falls Short of Expections
Jul 21 2004 // Ease of doing business with carriers is critical to the productivity—and profitability—of independent insurance agents, says an industry survey. In a recently completed second annual survey, agents reported that...
Wash., Calif. Agencies Newest Members to ISU Network
Jul 21 2004 // ISU International President, T.J. Ryan III, announced the addition of the newest members to ISU’s national network of agencies effective July 1: ISU Insurance Services—Connor & Kelly of Spokane, Wash.; and ISU...
MI-Assistant: On the Brink
Jul 20 2004 // From the brink of the dustbin to the brink of a bright future, it’s been a bumpy ride recently for MI-Assistant, the Eleva, Wis.-based agency solutions provider. In the cutthroat world of competitive rating and...
New Texas Broker/MGA Targets Contracting, Equipment
Jul 20 2004 // A.D. Carlton Insurance is a new specialty wholesale broker and MGA located in Irving, Texas, formed to assist agents in placing crane accounts, equipment rental/distribution companies, steel erection, millwright and a...
Crop Insurers, Agents Unhappy With New SRA
Jul 20 2004 // The deadline for crop insurers to agree to the 2005 version of the federal crop insurance program’s Standard Reinsurance Agreement came and went June 30. And while all the 14 insurers who participated in the program...
Baird Joins Heath Insurance Brokers of Conn.
Jul 20 2004 // Heath Insurance Brokers of Connecticut LLC, announced that Woodrow M. Baird has joined its Farmington, Conn. office as a vice president responsible for the marketing and production of commercial casualty accounts. Previous...
Missouri Agents Deserve Better
Jul 19 2004 // In working with and representing Missouri’s independent agent community over the past 17 years, I have always believed that agents deserve more and better. That not only goes for the service delivered by the Missouri...
Florida Senator Bill Nelson Continues to Fly New Missions
Jul 19 2004 // Flying New Missions Bill Nelson As his bio notes, as a child Florida Senator Bill Nelson never imagined that one day he would both catapult into space from a NASA launch site just miles from his grandfather’s...
Added Charges Filed against Former Orlando Agent
Jul 19 2004 // Following charges last July of grand theft and scheme to defraud, an Orlando, Fla. insurance agent has been arrested a second time for allegedly misappropriating workers’ compensation premiums paid by area...
Outsourcing Allows Agents and Brokers to Focus on Core Competencies
Jul 19 2004 // Increased customer satisfaction, reduced overhead When an operational limit is hit, insurance agents and brokers often turn to outsourcers. They may need to increase their physical capacity to handle new customer...
California Annuities Training – Are You Ready for the 12/31/04 Deadline’
Jul 19 2004 // Last summer, when we weren’t looking, the California Legislature passed Senate Bill 620 (SB 620) and enacted new insurance producer training statutes at section 1749.8 of the Insurance Code. This new California law...
MI-Assistant: Midwest Solutions Provider is On the Brink
Jul 19 2004 // From the brink of the dustbin to the brink of a bright future, it’s been a bumpy ride recently for MI-Assistant, the Eleva, Wis.-based agency solutions provider. In the cutthroat world of comparative rating and...
Brokers Urged to Avoid Surprises in Lawyers’ E&O
Jul 19 2004 // The news that the market for lawyers’ liability coverage is softening may not be surprising but the questions that today’s insurance underwriters ask about law firm accounts might be, attendees at a recent...
One-on-One with Montana State Fund President Laurence Hubbard
Jul 19 2004 // In recent months, Montana lawmakers have been discussing the state’s workers’ comp system, primarily the existence and function of the Montana State Fund. There has been talk of privatizing the Fund, or selling...
FBI Agent Asks for SAIF Files
Jul 19 2004 // The FBI is looking into the financial dealings of Oregon’s state-owned workers’ compensation insurer, a state official confirmed July 16. An FBI agent visited the Salem office of the state Government Standards...
Chubb, National Grange, N.Y. Central Mutual and Sterling Top Performers in PIANY Annual Survey
Jul 19 2004 // Chubb Group, National Grange, New York Central Mutual and Sterling Insurance Co. ranked among the top performers out of 38 evaluated in the second annual company performance survey by the Professional Insurance Agents of...
Construction Defects Burning a Hole through the Residential Contractors Market
Jul 19 2004 // Whether real or imagined, the threat of construction defects litigation has burned through the residential contractors liability insurance market like a California wildfire. Over the past couple of years, contractors and...
Swett & Crawford Forms Professional Services Division
Jul 19 2004 // The Power of Many Specialists Rolled into One With the softening market at the front door of the insurance industry, brokers in the wholesale industry have been scurrying about to prepare for the inevitable dawn of hard...
