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New Orleans Bail Bond Agent Shut Down
Apr 26 2004 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that a New Orleans-area bail bond agent was shut down on charges of operating without a valid license, alleged violations of the law involving personal surety bonds, and...
Despite N.Y. Attorney General Concern, CIAB Says Placement Service Agreements Not an Issue
Apr 26 2004 // The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers commented that Placement Service Agreements (PSAs) between commercial insurance brokers and the insurance carriers with which they do business are not an issue of concern in...
Mass. Rep. Barney Frank Covers a Flood of Issues on Final Day at National Legislative Conference
Apr 23 2004 // Washington, D.C. – Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, told a gathering of independent insurance agents on the final day of the Independent Insurance Agents &...
N.Y. Attorney General Spitzer Targets Insurance Broker Compensation Agreements
Apr 23 2004 // Marsh& McLennan, Willis Group and Aon Corporation have confirmed that they have received subpoenas from New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer. The subpoenas are seeking information as part of a preliminary inquiry...
Thomas Receives InsurPac Young Agent Award
Apr 23 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America reported that Ernest Jeffrey Thomas of LaGrange, N.C., was honored with the InsurPac Young Agent Recognition Award bestowed annually upon the young agent or broker...
Texas’ McCain Honored for InsurPac Fundraising Efforts
Apr 23 2004 // Marietta McCain of San Antonio, Texas, has been honored with the Bernard J. Burns Award, bestowed annually upon the agent or broker making the most significant impact on fundraising efforts for InsurPac, the political...
Sturm Named COO for Tanner Insurance Brokers
Apr 23 2004 // Kenneth Sturm, a 28-year veteran of the insurance industry, has joined Pleasanton-based Tanner Insurance Brokers as chief operating officer. Tanner, one of the largest independent insurance organizations in California, was...
Bay Area Man Arrested on East Coast in $4 Million Insurance Fraud Scam
Apr 23 2004 // Richard W. Peterson, 63, of San Francisco, a former insurance broker/agent, was arrested April 19th at Miami International Airport on federal fraud charges for allegedly selling approximately $4 million of fake insurance...
Pru Employee Agents Vote to Join Union
Apr 22 2004 // Nearly 1,000 Prudential Financial Inc. employee-insurance agents across the country are now members of a white-collar union. The New York-based Office and Professional Employees International Union, Local 153, won the...
Bondurant Named IIAT Director of Agency Management
Apr 22 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas announced it has named Rick Bondurant III as director of Agency Management. Bondurant will be responsible for developing, implementing and managing strategic agency-management...
Ky.’s Bunning Named 2003 IIABA Legislator of the Year
Apr 22 2004 // U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) was presented the 2003 Gerald Solomon Legislator of the Year Award by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) during the Association’s 28th annual National...
IIABA Honors Tubertini With Sidney O. Smith Award
Apr 22 2004 // Ronald Tubertini, the chairman of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) Government Affairs Committee, was presented with the Association’s highest individual government affairs...
IIANJ Honored for State Legislative Work
Apr 22 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...
Agents Hear Updates on Regulatory Reform, 2004 Senate Races
Apr 22 2004 // Washington, D.C. – With a packed attendance for the Thursday morning breakfast session, independent agents at the 28th Annual Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers’ 2004 National Legislative Conference,...
Bush Campaign Manager Tells Agents Participation in the Process Important
Apr 21 2004 // Washington, D.C. – With a record attendance of 175 Young Agents taking part in the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers’ 2004 National Legislative Conference, a man who has more than a slight interest in...
SIAA Network Eyes Major Growth
Apr 20 2004 // Already writing $3.1 billion in premium, the 1,400 member independent insurance agency network Strategic Independent Agents Alliance, better known as SIAA, sees itself expanding to as many as 4,000 to 5,000 agencies...
Assurex Technology Gives Risk Mgrs.24/7 Capability
Apr 20 2004 // Assurex Global, the world’s largest privately held risk management, commercial insurance and employee benefits broker group, announced the launch of new software to enhance communication and information-sharing among...
CIAB Survey Shows Q1 Commercial P/C Easing
Apr 20 2004 // The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers has issued a report indicating that the commercial property and casualty market “continued to ease across most lines during the first quarter of 2004, with the average...
ITC Releases Credit Ordering Capabilities From The TurboRater in Tennessee and Indiana
Apr 20 2004 // Insurance Technologies Corporation (ITC) is pleased to announce the release of real-time credit/risk scores (financial responsibility scores) from their comparative rating system (TurboRater) in Tennessee and Indiana. This...
Maine Agents Told Markets, InsurBanc, IIABA Enjoying Spring Growth
Apr 19 2004 // Speakers at this year’s annual meeting of the Maine Insurance Agents Association didn’t let a sneaky spring snowfall get them down as they issued positive reports on markets, products, association business and...
