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Customer Survey Gives IWIF High Marks
Mar 15 2004 // Maryland’s Injured Workers’ Insurance Fund announced the results of a recent survey, which gave the organization high marks for its services, especially from agents and brokers, 97 percent of whom said they...
N.H. All-Industry I-Day Set for April 15
Mar 15 2004 // New Hampshire insurance professionals have set the date and agenda for their annual insurance education day. The All-Industry I-Day will be held April 15 at the Wayfarer Inn in Bedford. As part of the main industry panel...
IIABNY Reminds Agents on Flood Insurance
Mar 12 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York has issued a bulletin reminding its member agencies and brokerages to keep in mind that the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) requires a waiting period...
Florida Agents, Residents on the Rise
Mar 12 2004 // With both agents and residents flocking to Florida, the Sunshine State is on the move. Florida Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher, who oversees insurance matters in the state, recently set aside time to talk with...
PIACT Opposes Agency Termination Proposals
Mar 11 2004 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc. has issued an announcement indicating its opposition to House Bill 5547, which it says would “tamper with a section of Connecticut’s Insurance Law that...
Ky. Office Enhances Online Services for Agents
Mar 11 2004 // Kentucky insurance agents now have the option of reportedly saving time and paperwork thanks to new online services offered by the Kentucky Office of Insurance (OOI). Prior to the new enhancements to the OOI Web page,...
Big “I” Markets Adds National Interstate Recreational Vehicle Program to Product Line
Mar 10 2004 // Big “I” Markets, the online market-access program developed by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA), announced that National Interstate Insurance Company is providing Big...
Lloyd’s Honors Two U.S. Brokers
Mar 10 2004 // Lloyd’s announced that two U.S.-based brokers have been honored for their outstanding achievements in 2003. Gary Cooney of McGriff, Seibels & Williams was named US Surplus Lines Broker of the Year and John...
Wooley Leaves IIABA for Democratic Party
Mar 10 2004 // Derek Wooley, son of Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley, is leaving his job as governmental affairs representative with the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America to become the new executive...
CAA Named The Hartford’s Agent of the Year
Mar 10 2004 // Texas-based managing general agency (MGA) Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) announced it was named Agent of the Year by The Hartford’s Houston branch. The annual award honors the agency or broker demonstrating the...
PIANJ Updates Online Agency Handbook to Reflect New Agents’ Ownership Law
Mar 9 2004 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. announced that it has updated its Online Agency Handbook to incorporate the new law it helped to secure protecting agents’ ownership rights. “PIANJ fought...
Linda Halbleib Joins Lockton Insurance Brokers
Mar 9 2004 // Lockton Insurance Brokers, the nation’s largest independently owned insurance broker, appointed Linda Halbleib as senior vice president in the Property and Casualty practice. She will be based in Lockton’s San...
Building Agency Value Through Perpetuation
Mar 8 2004 // The number of independent insurance agencies with revenue greater than $250,000 dwindled to 20,066 in 2000, from 35,000 in 1990. By 2010, the number of agencies will decline to less than 12,000. While some portion of...
ILL. AGENTS OUTLINE AGENDA:
Mar 8 2004 // Medical malpractice, electronic notification and surplus lines will be some of the hot property/casualty issues in the Illinois General Assembly spring session, according to a newsletter sent recently by the Professional...
Lawyers Marching on Atlanta
Mar 8 2004 // What lawyer doesn’t like a good fight? As we report in this issue of Insurance Journal Southeast, the Georgia Legislature is considering a number of bills that address tort reform in the Peach State (page 8)....
Small Businesses Start Small Then Grow into Big Businesses
Mar 8 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...
The Hard Market’s Over … Or Is It’
Mar 8 2004 // Although I’ve been around the specialty industry for more years than I care to reveal (this information is in poor taste, akin to discussing a woman’s age), and now have seen multiple hard and soft markets,...
MINICO INC. LAUNCHES NEW COMMERCIAL INSURANCE TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM:
Mar 8 2004 // Phoenix, Ariz.-based MiniCo Inc. has announced the successful implementation of Renaissance, a new browser-based commercial insurance technology system designed to improve customer service throughout the...
CPIA SOCIETY ANNOUNCES NEW NAME AND LOGO:
Mar 8 2004 // The Certified Professional Insurance Agents (CPIA) Society, a national organization dedicated to providing sales training, networking and marketing innovation to insurance professionals, unveiled both a new name—American...
Model Behavior or Behavior Modeling’ Tools to Put Your Submission on Top
Mar 8 2004 // Underwriting risk is a tricky business whether in a hard or soft market. Competence and experience will always be a hard combination to find, but is greatly valued by strong companies. It’s amazing that even the best...
