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Real Technology Issues Facing Agents Today
May 3 2004 // Real-time, security, download, paperless to the agent, multiple passwords, proprietary company Web sites, choosing an ASP—there is so much going on that it is hard to know where to start. Every day, independent agents...
Calif. Agent Pleads Guilty to Selling Phony Policies
May 3 2004 // California Department of Insurance (CDI) investigators are seeking additional victims in the case of a West Sacramento insurance agent/broker who sold phony policies to more than two dozen construction firms, bilking them...
Agents Add Value with Customer Self-Service
May 3 2004 // From the consumer’s perspective, the insurance industry often seems schizophrenic about service. Who do you contact for help on routine billing or policy matters? The agent? The carrier? Either one? Depending on the...
GAO Study Finds Unauthorized Health Insurers Piled Up $252M in Unpaid Claims
May 3 2004 // A study conducted by the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO), released at the end of February, found that unauthorized health insurers are costing workers significant amounts in unpaid benefits. The entities surveyed, who...
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,...
Alliance Looking for Broker/Agent Responses to Low Cost Auto Survey
May 3 2004 // With the California Low Cost Automobile Insurance program developing into a major issue this year, both in the Legislature and at the Department of Insurance, the American Agents Alliance is interested in finding out what...
Big I Board Nominates Stiglitz as President-Elect
May 3 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s Board of State Directors has nominated William G. Stiglitz III as the association’s president-elect and has elected Alex Soto, CPCU, ARM, as the...
Kentucky Market Gallops Along Under Acting Executive Director
May 3 2004 // With agents witnessing increasing competition in Kentucky’s property/casualty market, Kentucky Office of Insurance Acting Executive Director Glenn Jennings recently talked with Insurance Journal Southeast. Jennings...
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,...
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...
Report on Mass. Auto Cites Rate Subsidies and Barriers to Entry; Romney to Name Task Force
Apr 29 2004 // A much-anticipated analysis of the Massachusetts private passenger auto insurance system finds that 14 percent of the state’s drivers pay less than loss costs indicate they should, while 86 percent pay more to...
Ky. Account Executive Nominated Big ‘I’ President-Elect; Fla.’s Soto Named Next VP
Apr 29 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America ‘s (the Big “I”) National Board of State Directors has nominated William Stiglitz III as the association’s president-elect and has elected...
Pa. Agent Meets 5 to 12 Year Prison Term
Apr 29 2004 // Pennsylvania Attorney General Jerry Pappert announced that a former Lancaster County insurance agent was sentenced to 5 to 12 years in state prison for reportedly bilking 71 elderly victims out of nearly $3 million in...
Assurex Global Gathers Partners in London to Celebrate 50 Year Anniversary
Apr 29 2004 // Assurex Global Partners from all corners of the globe have gathered in London, this week, April 27 – 30, for a gala celebration commemorating “50 years of independence and growth.” The worldwide grouping...
Willis Reports Record Q1 Results – $148 Million Net
Apr 29 2004 // Global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings Limited has reported record results for the quarter ended March 31, 2004. Net income was $148 million, or $0.87 per diluted share, compared with $117 million, or $0.69 per...
IIANC Ships Goods to Troops in Iraq
Apr 29 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 our troops in Iraq. To date more than 50 boxes have been...
Philadelphia Insurance Agents Get Real Time Commercial Auto Services
Apr 29 2004 // Philadelphia Insurance Companies (NASDAQ: PHLY) has launched AutoIDweb, a new service on its AccessPHLY Agent Web Portal that provides agents access to their commercial auto policies with the ability to add/delete vehicles...
Industry Asks House to Extend TRIA
Apr 28 2004 // Congress should act this year to extend the national terrorism insurance backstop beyond Dec. 31, 2005, because the private market remains unable to withstand potentially catastrophic losses resulting from terrorist...
TDI, State Agencies to Hold Business Opportunity Forum
Apr 27 2004 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced that it, along with other state agencies including the Secretary of State, State Board for Educator Certification, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and Texas Department...
Alliance Looking for Broker/Agent Responses to Low Cost Auto Survey
Apr 27 2004 // With the California Low Cost Automobile Insurance program developing into a major issue this year, both in the Legislature and at the Department of Insurance, the American Agents Alliance is interested in finding out what...
