Latest Agencies Headlines
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Vista Equity Acquires Applied Systems
Oct 5 2004 // Vista Equity Partners and James P. Kellner have acquired Applied Systems Inc., the insurance software company born 20 years ago in suburban Chicago as a one-product, home-based business that grew to become a leading...
Willis Completes Acquisition of English Broker
Oct 5 2004 // Global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings announced that it has completed the acquisition of CH Jeffries (Insurance Brokers) Limited, a North West England-based insurance broker with annual revenues of approximately...
Ambassador Bremer Tells Agents Saddam Ouster Was Right to Do But U.S. Troop Levels Were Wrong
Oct 5 2004 // Ambassador L. Paul Bremer, who spent 14 months as head of the U.S. provisional government in Iraq, said he is convinced it was necessary to oust Saddam Hussein, but the United States paid a price for not having enough...
Lighthouse Offers New E&O/EPLI Policy for Agents
Oct 5 2004 // The Lighthouse Companies has introduced ProGold, a new professional liability and employment practices liability policy for privately-owned insurance agencies with revenues from $1 million to $15 million. Launched in...
Big ‘I’ Applauds Countersignature Trends
Oct 5 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (The Big “I”) is applauding continuing efforts by state policymakers and federal courts to eliminate countersignature laws. The Big “I” has...
U.K. Insurance and Financial Services Conference Focused on Industry Image
Oct 4 2004 // The U.K.’s annual Insurance and Financial Services Conference, sponsored by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) and the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters (CILA), got underway Wednesday, Sept. 29. The...
National Flood Insurance Program Launches Agent Co-Op Program
Oct 4 2004 // Agents who advertise flood insurance in the newspaper, magazine, Yellow pages or on the radio are eligible for reimbursement under a program relaunched by the National Flood Insurance Program. Agents are eligible for...
United Agencies Inc. Expands Into Nevada
Oct 4 2004 // Thomas E. Hays, chairman of the board for Calif.-based United Agencies, announced they have added a Nevada agency to their growing list of associate members. Effective Oct.1, 2004, Cutler, LLC has come aboard as the newest...
Ga. Agent Charged with 13 Counts of Fraud
Oct 1 2004 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine said an investigation by his office resulted in the arrest of insurance agent in Lyons, Ga. Arrested was Meredith Dianne Sowell, who has been charged with 13 counts of insurance...
Fla. Official Urges Patience in Filing Insurance Claims
Oct 1 2004 // After preparing for recent hurricanes, then living through them, the last thing shell-shocked Osceola County, Fla. residents want is difficulty in filing claims with insurance or government agencies. Some homeowners are...
Cooper Gay Opens Domestic Treaty Division
Sep 30 2004 // The Cooper Gay Group has announced the opening of a North American Treaty Division, naming two senior executives to establish the operation. Nick Newman and Judith Benson have joined Cooper Gay as executive vice president...
XDimensional Technologies®, Inc. leverages the Internet to instantly link insurance agencies with collaboration partners
Sep 30 2004 // XDimensional Technologies Inc., the provider of Nexsure™, a hosted insurance agency management solution, announced today the introduction of Nexsure Instant Collaborator (NIC), a revolutionary means of accelerating and...
IIAT’s InfoCentral Now Free to Members
Sep 30 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) reported that InfoCentral, its premium Web reference library service, becomes absolutely free for all members beginning Oct.1. The service was launched in 2001. “The...
IIABA Selects MHBT as a Best Practices Agency
Sep 30 2004 // McQueary Henry Bowles Troy L.L.P. (MHBT), one of the largest independent commercial insurance firms in Texas, has been selected as a 2004 Best Practices Agency by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America...
Mass. A.G. Reilly Calls for 6.2% Cut in Auto Rates
Sep 30 2004 // Following up on his previous assertion that auto insurance in the state is actually too profitable, Massachusetts Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly has now called for a 6.2 percent cut in private passenger auto insurance...
Agent Association Supports House Bill Curbing Questionable Life Sales Practices
Sep 29 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) applauded the House Financial Services Committee for its approval of H.R. 5011, the Military Personnel Financial Services Protection...
Big ‘I’ Praises Approval of Terrorism Insurance Backstop Bill by Financial Services Committee
Sep 29 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) is hailing House Financial Services Committee passage of H.R. 4634, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Backstop Extension Act. The Association...
Alliance Mutual Teams with Homes4NC to Aid Hurricane Victims in Western Part of N.C.
Sep 28 2004 // Alliance Mutual Insurance Company, based in Greensboro, North Carolina, has partnered with Homes4NC, the North Carolina Association of REALTORS® Housing Opportunity Foundation, to aid those in Western North Carolina who...
Soldiers Targeted: Ga. Regulator Expanding Life Insurance Sales Probe
Sep 27 2004 // A probe into improper sales of life insurance products to soldiers at Fort Benning, Ga. is expanding to other bases, other states, and as many as five companies, according to Georgia Insurance Commissioner John...
Wall Joins MacCorkle Insurance
Sep 24 2004 // San Mateo, Calif-based MacCorkle Insurance Services, an independent, multi-line insurance broker, announced the selection of Bradford J. Wall as director of operations. Wall has over 32 years of experience in the insurance...
