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N.J. AGENTS’ LOBBY HAILED:
May 17 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of New Jersey, Inc. (IIANJ) was presented the prestigious Maurice G. Herndon National Legislative Award today in recognition of its outstanding government affairs achievements last year....
Elected Federal Officials Claim They’re Aware of Agents’ Influence
May 17 2004 // At IIABA Conference, Agents Capture Attention of Lawmakers Frank, Baker, Allen and Bunning From coast to coast, they came to Washington, D.C. last month for a chance to hear and be heard on a wide range of issues from...
IIABA Legislative Conference Allows Agents, Brokers Chance to Lobby
May 17 2004 // From coast to coast, they came to Washington, D.C. last month for a chance to have their voices heard on a wide range of issues from workers’ compensation to taxes on their businesses. The 28th Annual Independent...
IIANC SHIPS GOODS TO TROOPS:
May 17 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC) along with independent agencies and companies around the state have begun a campaign to send supplies to U.S. troops in Iraq. To date more than 50 boxes have been...
Phillip Bachler Joins Heffernan Insurance Brokers as High Tech Producer
May 17 2004 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers, one of the largest full service insurance brokerage firms in the Bay Area, announced the appointment of Phillip Bachler as a producer in its Palo Alto office. With production and account...
Business Made Easy Integrated Technology Solutions Key to Success
May 17 2004 // Just what are independent agents looking for when it comes to technology? That was the question posed to a number of industry experts who all seemed in agreement—in order to compete in today’s workplace...
When Comparing Apples-To-Apples Whom Should You Trust’
May 17 2004 // Hard markets have a way of making insurance company financial strength ratings a hot topic of discussion, and not just among insurance agents and brokers. Professional risk managers and other insurance buyers, consumer...
Aligned Interests-Agency Perpetuation through the Leavitt Group
May 17 2004 // Insurance Journal asked me to spend 2,000 words on the Leavitt Group’s agency perpetuation philosophy. So, after rattling off some rather sterile company background, I’ll describe how we and our co-owners...
Conn. Underwriters: Thinking Inside the Box
May 17 2004 // Bill Kiley is well aware of the need to think outside the box in any business but the New England insurance wholesaler has hit upon a hot idea by doing just the opposite. For the past few months Kiley has been focused on...
Rounds and Rounds We Go
May 17 2004 // It was a weekend in early 2002 and Pierre, S.D.-based agent Michael Rounds was having trouble sleeping. He tossed and turned and started to feel sick to his stomach. All the bed-hopping was making it tough for...
AMS Says Real-Time Comparative Rater is Only Months Away
May 17 2004 // Leading agency automation provider AMS says it is just months away from completing a real-time comparative rater that will satisfy independent agents’ need for a single-entry, multiple carrier interface, also known...
AMS Says Real-Time Comparative Rater is Only Months Away
May 17 2004 // Could SETWrite Be the Single Entry Ideal Agents Have Sought for Decades? Leading agency automation provider AMS says it is just months away from completing a real-time comparative rater that will satisfy independent...
The Market Will Always Be ‘The Market’
May 17 2004 // Our “market” is still essentially no different than what it was a century ago. We are still in the business of protecting the assets of our insureds while generating a profit. For as long as I have been in the...
Professional Liability for Agencies
May 17 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Chicago-based CNA insurance companies and Affinity Insurance Services, a subsidiary of Aon Corp., have jointly introduced Agency Advantage, a new professional liability insurance program for...
Mass. Gov. Romney Kicks Auto Insurance Reform into High Gear
May 17 2004 // The industry officials who run the private passenger auto high risk system in Massachusetts have started drawing up rules in response to urgings by the administration of Gov. Mitt Romney to make their operations and the...
LOUISIANA AGENT SHUT DOWN:
May 17 2004 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner J. Robert Wooley said Department of Insurance Fraud Unit investigators served New Orleans agent, Tanya Maria Price, with cease and desist orders and suspended her individual and agency...
Fraud Comes in All Shapes and Sizes
May 17 2004 // Within minutes of recently posting a new poll question on our Web site (www.insurancejournal.com), we quickly learned what some in the insurance industry think of Near North National Group’s Michael Segal. As...
IIASA, TWIA WINDSTORM WORKSHOP:
May 17 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of San Antonio announced it will host a windstorm insurance underwriting workshop in conjunction with the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association. The workshop is scheduled for June 4, 2004,...
IIABA Legislative Conference Allows Agents, Brokers Chance to Lobby
May 17 2004 // From coast to coast, they came to Washington, D.C., last month for a chance to have their voices heard on a wide range of issues from workers’ compensation to taxes on their businesses. The 28th Annual Independent...
California’s Workers’ Compensation Problem – The Hidden Cause
May 17 2004 // Most, if not all, of work done over the past year on workers’ compensation reform has been directed at symptoms and not causes. The true cause of the workers’ compensation problem is poor employer management...
