Latest Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Albany Agent Vows Active Administration after Election to Head IIABNY
May 10 2004 // The newly-elected leader of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York Inc. is promising to put the full weight of the trade association behind efforts to restore the state’s once-healthy insurance...
Fla. Agent Charged with Theft
May 10 2004 // A Florida insurance agent is facing criminal charges and loss of his license over charges that he stole premiums from numerous customers, including the Brazilian Missionary Community Church, Corp. Jerrod Keith Zelanka, 27,...
New Orleans Agent Shut Down for Misappropriating Funds; Submitted 21 False Annuity Applications
May 6 2004 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner J. Robert Wooley announced that Department of Insurance Fraud Unit investigators served New Orleans agent, Tanya Maria Price, 38, with cease and desist orders and summary suspensions of her...
IIANC’s Young Agents Conference Runs June 13-15
May 6 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina’s (IIANC’s) annual Young Agents Conference, a conference in North Carolina targeted to agents 41 years of age and under, will be held June 13-15, at the...
Travelers Announces 2004 Agent of the Year Awards
May 6 2004 // Travelers, a member of St. Paul Travelers, presented its Agent of the Year Awards on May 5 to 17 independent insurance agents from around the country at its annual personal lines leadership conference for top independent...
<em>Imaging at a Glance</em> Study Published
May 5 2004 // The Academy of Producer Insurance Studies, based in Austin, Texas, announced the publication of Imaging at a Glance, a new publication that investigates the process and popularity of imaging – the electronic storage...
IIABA Study Warns on “Electrical Hazards”
May 5 2004 // A survey commissioned by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America found that out of more than 75 million American homeowners, one out of four never checks for electrical hazards and thus is vulnerable to...
Fireman’s Fund Picks American Collectors Insurance to Provide Collector Vehicle Coverage
May 4 2004 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company has chosen American Collectors Insurance Inc. a specialty niche managing general agent – as exclusive provider for its co-branded collector vehicle program that insures the...
Price Joins Heffernan Insurance Brokers Portland as Senior Producer
May 4 2004 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers announced the appointment of Scott Price as a producer in its Portland office. With production responsibilities focused on commercial accounts in the greater Northwest, Price is charged with...
Fla. Agent Sees License Revoked
May 3 2004 // A Boca Raton, Florida man has lost his license to sell insurance after being charged with compromising the health insurance of four children. On March 12, the Department of Financial Services filed an administrative...
Some IJ Firsts
May 3 2004 // This issue marks another new venture for Insurance Journal magazine. For the first time ever, we have compiled a list of the nation’s top 100 independent property/casualty brokerages ranked by premium volume. This...
Agency Management Systems: Still Waiting for True Integration with Carriers
May 3 2004 // The true integration of agency management systems with carrier systems may be on the horizon—but current market dynamics make it a very distant horizon. In the meantime, more of the policy transaction process and...
Real Technology Issues Facing Agents Today
May 3 2004 // Based on the many conversations I’ve had with agents, I think it is safe to say that they are sick to death of doing multiple entries of the same data. Real-time, security, download, paperless to the agent, multiple...
CIAB PROCEEDS TO DISMISS W. VA. LAWSUIT AFTER STATE’S DECISION:
May 3 2004 // The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB) reported it would dismiss its federal lawsuit challenging West Virginia’s counter-signature requirements for out-of-state insurance brokers because the state has...
Fla. Agent Surrenders License After Guilty Plea
May 3 2004 // A Coconut Creek area insurance agent surrendered his license after pleading guilty to securities fraud, according to the Florida Department of Financial Services. Investigators with the department discovered that Daniel...
The Numbers Have It
May 3 2004 // Mirror, mirror on the wall, Who’s the biggest of them all? Welcome to Insurance Journal’s first ever “Salute to Independent P/C Agencies Top 100” issue, in which we tried to determine who’s at...
Austin Agents Get First Look at The Academy’s New Imaging Book
May 3 2004 // Representatives from The Academy of Producer Insurance Studies met with the Independent Insurance Agents of Austin (IIAA) on April 14 at the Westwood Country Club in Austin, Texas, and presented several attendees with the...
Agency Management Systems: Still Waiting for True Integration with Carriers
May 3 2004 // The true integration of agency management systems with carrier systems may be on the horizon—but current market dynamics make it a very distant horizon. In the meantime, more of the policy transaction process and...
Agencies Underpay CSRs, Overpay Producers, Argues Consultant Bates
May 3 2004 // East News • April 15 “Right on the mark. Problem is that the insurance companies think the agency system would do better to fire all CSR’s and use their call center leaving just producers to sell. Sorry,...
California Governor Signs Workers’ Comp Reform Package
May 3 2004 // Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill on April 19 designed to overhaul California’s costly workers’ compensation system and save employers billions of dollars. The compromise legislation will limit...
