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Louisiana Big ‘I’ Launches ‘A Landmark Opportunity’
Feb 26 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Louisiana (IIABL) announced the launch of a nation-wide campaign to attract insurance companies to Louisiana. The campaign kicked off with the nationwide distribution of...
Korn Joins Lockton Insurance Brokers
Feb 26 2004 // Lockton Insurance Brokers, the nation’s largest independently owned insurance broker, has named Michael Korn, Senior Vice President and Global Property practice leader. He will be based in Lockton’s recently...
Pinnacle, MSA Group Unveil New Agency Education Institute
Feb 25 2004 // Pinnacle Training & Consulting is partnering with The Main Street America Group to make available a new series of personal and commercial lines training programs to independent agents. The new programs...
WFG Capital Advisors Makes Industry Sourcebook on Mergers, Acquisitions Available
Feb 25 2004 // WFG Capital Advisors LP, an investment banking firm to the insurance industry, announced the release of its 2004 Financial Insights – Agency and Brokerage Merger & Acquisition Sourcebook. This publication...
XDimensional Technologies®, Inc. Delivers State-of-the-Art Business Continuity Operations and Disaster Recovery
Feb 25 2004 // XDimensional Technologies Inc., the provider of Nexsure™, a hosted insurance agency management solution, announced today it has completed a revision and enhancement of its business continuity systems and now offers its...
Generation X and Y Adults Reportedly More Willing to Obtain Insurance from Resources Besides Agents
Feb 24 2004 // Vertis (www.vertisinc.com), a provider of targeted advertising, media and marketing services, announced the results of its Customer Focus 2004: Insurance study, which reportedly reveals that some consumer audiences are...
IIABA’s “Big I” Convention, Young Agent Leadership Conference Set for October
Feb 24 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) announced it will hold its annual convention and Young Agent Sales & Leadership Conference, Oct. 9-12, at the Swan and Dolphin Hotel, located on the...
Canadian Broker Joins SIAA
Feb 24 2004 // The Strategic Independent Agents Alliance (SIAA) and SIAA Canada the largest network of partnering independent insurance agencies in North America, announced that Cambrian Insurance Brokers of Sudbury, Ontario has...
Massachusetts Agents Cite Crisis in Homeowners Market on Cape Cod
Feb 24 2004 // The lack of availability of insurance for properties in Cape Cod coastal communities and in some Massachusetts urban areas has reached “crisis” proportion in the opinion of the state’s insurance agents,...
Small Businesses Start Small Then Grow into Big Businesses
Feb 23 2004 // According to the U.S. Census Bureau there were more than five million firms employing fewer than 20 people in 2001, not counting the millions of people who are self employed. Another 600,000 firms employed between 20 and...
Terrorism Insurance … We Can’t Risk Sitting On the Sidelines
Feb 23 2004 // Some have viewed this law as a bailout of a failed insurance industry; we believe just the opposite is true. When Congress passed the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) in 2002, some heralded the act as a panacea for...
They’re in the Money!
Feb 23 2004 // Targeting and Insuring the Very Rich When thinking about the wealthy, typically one conjures up images of well-known celebrities, business moguls and the inherently rich. One might envision multi-million dollar homes,...
They’re in the Money!
Feb 23 2004 // Targeting and Insuring the Very Rich When thinking about the wealthy, typically one conjures up images of well-known celebrities, business moguls and the inherently rich. One might envision multi-million dollar homes,...
They’re in the Money!
Feb 23 2004 // Targeting and Insuring the Very Rich When thinking about the wealthy, typically one conjures up images of well-known celebrities, business moguls and the inherently rich. One might envision multi-million dollar homes,...
They’re in the Money!
Feb 23 2004 // Targeting and Insuring the Very Rich When thinking about the wealthy, typically one conjures up images of well-known celebrities, business moguls and the inherently rich. One might envision multi-million dollar homes,...
They’re in the Money!
Feb 23 2004 // Targeting and Insuring the Very Rich When thinking about the wealthy, typically one conjures up images of well-known celebrities, business moguls and the inherently rich. One might envision multi-million dollar homes,...
Nightmare on E&O Street
Feb 23 2004 // It’s a policyholder’s worst nightmare to find out the insurance she’s been dutifully paying for is not there when she needs it. This is why every responsible agent tries to do business with reputable,...
Chicago MGU Sues Manning Riddell Over Bogus E&O Coverage
Feb 23 2004 // Insurance Journal recently unveiled information regarding an ongoing investigation into Torrance, Calif.-based Manning Riddell Insurance Services Inc. (License #0827722). Manning Riddell allegedly issued more than 1,000...
Industry Must Sell More to Succeed, Stresses Willis’ Plumeri
Feb 23 2004 // Those who worry about outsiders taking over the insurance industry should be reassured when they witness not only Joseph Plumeri’s success but also his passion for the industry. Less than four years ago, Plumeri came...
The Case for Group Legal: Now More Than Ever
Feb 23 2004 // To say today’s human resource managers are getting the squeeze is the understatement of the year. They are forced to do more with less, yet at the same time they need to provide more options. In a recent study...
