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Subrogation Outsourcing Offers Value, Greater Claims Recovery
Feb 9 2004 // How an insurance company handles the subrogation function impacts its value to policyholders and shareholders. While financial stability, underwriting expertise and breadth of coverage remain important, an insurer’s...
Automated Filing System Saves Time for Surplus Lines Brokers
Feb 6 2004 // Surplus lines brokers in California now have the opportunity to ensure timely and accurate payment of surplus line taxes without needing to reconcile data and prepare reports. Los Angeles-based E.L.M. Insurance Brokers...
Orlando Agent Pleads No Contest to Fraud
Feb 6 2004 // An Orlando, Florida insurance agent has pleaded no contest to organized fraud and unlawful sale of insurance for soliciting doctors to buy bogus medical malpractice coverage. Michael Rock, 34, was arrested on the charges...
Young Agents & Brokers Can Receive Scholarships to Attend National Legislative Conference
Feb 6 2004 // A number of scholarships are available to help young agents and brokers attend the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s (IIABA) National Legislative Conference—taking place April 21-23 at The...
Texas Mutual Unveils Enhanced Internet Quoting
Feb 6 2004 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company, the state’s leading provider of workers’ compensation insurance, announced that it has enhanced its Internet Quoting (IQ) system for agents. Now, IQ will help agents by: ·...
PIANY Notes Effect of Law to Protect Policyholders, Agents
Feb 6 2004 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. noted that as of Feb. 12 a new law comes into effect in New York that will give greater protection to the state’s insurance-buying consumers, who can be...
IIABNY Members Meet with Legislators During 34th “L-Day”
Feb 6 2004 // Nearly 200 agents and brokers gathered today at the State Capitol in Albany for the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York’s 34th Legislative Day. During the day, agents and brokers met with...
IIANJ Schedules Continuing Education Program
Feb 6 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of New Jersey will hold a marathon two-day session for continuing education credits at its “Spring Fling,” scheduled for March 16 and 17, 2004 at the Sheraton in Eatontown, New...
Aviva to Close U.K. Brokerage Operation
Feb 6 2004 // The U.K’s largest insurer, Aviva plc, announced that intends to close down its insurance brokerage operation, Hill House Hammond. The closure will eliminate around 1,600 jobs, as Aviva shutters the broker’s 240...
IBA West Membership Approves 2004 Resolutions
Feb 5 2004 // Members of the Independent Brokers and Agents of the West approved eight resolutions at the recent 2004 Installation of Officers and Directors and Annual Meeting in Los Angeles. Three of the eight resolutions address the...
Mass. Agents Assn. Stresses Need for Participation in Auto Cost Study
Feb 4 2004 // If you’re asked to participate in the 2004 private passenger auto insurance agency cost study, it’s crucial for your future to do so. That’s the message the Massachusetts Association of Insurance Agents...
Ky. Agents to be Sentenced for Insurance Fraud
Feb 3 2004 // According to the Fraud Investigation Division of the Kentucky Office of Insurance, two individuals have been convicted of committing fraudulent insurance acts. Mark A. Calitri, 34, of Richmond was found guilty of two...
Travelers Unveils New Web-Based Ocean Cargo Certificate Capability
Feb 3 2004 // Travelers Property Casualty Corp. will now provide Web-based ability to create and print Ocean Cargo Certificates of Insurance to its Ocean Cargo policyholders and their agents. In addition to the anywhere, anytime...
BenefitMall Completes Acquisition of Colorado Group Services
Feb 3 2004 // BenefitMall, one of the nation’s leading broker services companies, announced that it has purchased the assets of Colorado Group Services (CGS), a full-service general agency that has served Colorado’s...
Ohio Casualty Signs on to SIS WebLink
Feb 2 2004 // Gahanna, Ohio-based insurance software vendor Strategic Insurance Software Inc. collaborated with Ohio Casualty Group to provide SIS WebLink real-time inquiry to their agencies using SEMCI PARTNER system. Ohio Casualty,...
Tim Rose New President of Liberty Mutual Property; Advisory Council Formed
Feb 2 2004 // Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group announced that it has appointed Tim Rose as the new president of Liberty Mutual Property, replacing Doug Nelson who advanced to executive vice president of the company’s Business...
Sen. Nickles to Address IIABA Insiders’ Luncheon
Jan 30 2004 // Sen. Don Nickles (R-Okla.), who is spearheading the fight for common-sense asbestos litigation reform in the Senate, will speak to national leaders of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA)...
ACORD’S Board of Directors Names New Posts
Jan 30 2004 // David Findley, senior vice president, Travelers Insurance, has been designated the new chair of ACORD’s Board of Directors and Charles “Chuck” McCaig, senior vice president and managing director, Chubb...
PIANJ Launches Online Agency Staffing Assistance Program
Jan 30 2004 // In an effort to help insurance agencies recruit and hire new employees, the Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. has launched its “Agency Staffing Assistance Program (ASAP),” descibed as a...
Notice on N.Y P/C License Updates
Jan 29 2004 // A message from the New York State Insurance Department, as relayed by the Professional Insurance Agents of New York, Inc., reminds all of the state’s individual P/C agents that the license renewal process is...
