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Congressman Frank Guest Speaker at IIABA National Legislative Conference
Mar 4 2004 // Congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass.), the ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, will speak to members of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) during their National...
ACT Report Cites Benefits of Real-time Technology
Mar 3 2004 // The Agents Council for Technology (ACT) has published The Real-Time Revolution: Redefining How We Work, a comprehensive report to help independent agents and brokers and carriers better use real-time technology to improve...
Mass. Auto Insurer Hanover Sues Over High Risk ‘Conspiracy’
Mar 3 2004 // The lengths to which an auto insurer in Massachusetts may go to circumvent the state’s unique high risk pool has been brought to light by an unusual lawsuit filed by one insurer against one of its...
Vista Insurance Partners Expands Select Agent Program
Mar 3 2004 // Vista Insurance Partners, a wholesale insurance broker headquartered in San Antonio, reported the expansion of its successful Select Agent Program to incorporate an additional 100 independent agents. Russell Shults was...
Nominations Open for IIAT’s Young Agent of 2004 Award
Mar 3 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas announced that nominations for the 2004 Young Agent of the Year award remain open until March 15. The award will be presented at the IIAT’s annual convention June 10-12 in...
PIANH Adopts “Principles of Professionalism”
Mar 2 2004 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Hampshire Inc.’s board of directors announced it has adopted certain “Principles of Professionalism,” which it described as “a series of professional...
New Jersey Broker Acquired By American Wholesale Insurance Group
Mar 2 2004 // American Wholesale Insurance Group, a large independent wholesale insurance broker, has acquired New Jersey-based Property Risk Services, LLC. (PRS), a property wholesale brokerage group. “The addition of PRS...
Hub Purchases Ontario Brokerage
Mar 1 2004 // Chicago-based brokerage Hub International Ltd. announced the Jan. 1, 2004, asset acquisition of a group of commercial insurance accounts controlled by Martin Kir, an Ontario insurance broker and producer. The diversified...
Iroquois Group Expands Into Ill.
Mar 1 2004 // The Orlean, N.Y.-based Iroquois Group announced its expansion into the state of Illinois through its great lakes division led by Managing Partner Philip Dawson. This appointment increases Iroquois’ market presence...
IIABNY Survey Finds Most Northeast In-Home Businesses Vulnerable
Mar 1 2004 // A survey, conducted by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York Inc, found that “tens of thousands of home-based businesses in New York and eight other Northeast states are needlessly at risk...
IIAJC Tees Off Again in 2004
Mar 1 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agent Junior Classic (IIAJC), sponsored nationally by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America, and the largest golf tournament in the country that results in one champion, tees...
American Wholesale Insurance Group Forms San Francisco Brokerage Operation
Feb 27 2004 // American Wholesale Insurance Group, the nation’s largest independent wholesale insurance broker, announces the formation of a new wholesale brokerage operation in San Francisco, California to be led by Roger...
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...
