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Professional Liability/E&O Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
Nov 3 2003 // Professional liability and errors & omissions (E&O) are two coverages that just aren’t yet seeing the impending softening of the hard market—and are unlikely to anytime soon. These days, the professional...
Wooley, Kyle Battle for Louisiana’s Top Insurance Job
Nov 3 2003 // And then there were two. That is the scenario for this month’s runoff election (Nov. 15) in the race to be the next insurance commissioner in Louisiana. The Oct. 4 primaries brought the field of candidates down to...
LaCroix and PLUS to Explore Challenges, Opportunities
Nov 3 2003 // The Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) International Conference, to be held in Philadelphia Nov. 9 – 11, promises to explore the often conflicting circumstances in the professional liability insurance...
Who Moved My Benefits’ Change in the Employee Benefits Industry
Nov 3 2003 // Anyone whose life is touched by Employee Benefits—employers, employees, and brokers—has been forced to deal with a tremendous amount of change in the last few years. Group health insurance premiums are increasing...
Fla. Agent Facing Felony Charge, Loss of License
Oct 31 2003 // A Florida insurance agent has lost his license and is facing a felony charge after more than $180,000 allegedly was stolen by his son, a former insurance agent who previously had reportedly been banned from the industry...
St. Paul Opens Colorado Springs Service Center For Small Business Accounts
Oct 31 2003 // As part of The St. Paul Companies’ continued expansion into the small business insurance marketplace, the company announced recently the opening of a Commercial Service Center for its small business customers and...
Former Fla. Agent Charged with Theft
Oct 30 2003 // A former Florida insurance agent is facing several felony charges for allegedly stealing more than $36,000 from a fund he was managing for Modern Woodmen of America. Michael D. Peck, 56, was arrested last Friday on charges...
Five New Agents Join SAN in Q3
Oct 30 2003 // The Satellite Agency Network, or SAN Group, headquartered in Portsmouth, N.H., announced that its rapid growth continued during the third quarter of 2003, as it added five new Independent Agency Members, bringing the 2003...
IIANJ Joins Insurance Council of New Jersey
Oct 28 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of New Jersey announced that the organization has recently joined the Insurance Council of New Jersey as an associate member. “ICNJ was established in 1977 and is a nonprofit,...
PIANY Prepares Advice as Governor Signs Producer Licensing Bill
Oct 24 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York is preparing an in-depth guide for members to explain the changes made by the state’s new producer licensing bill, S.5729, which was signed into law by the Governor on...
IIANC Donates $25,000 to American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund
Oct 23 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC) presented the American Red Cross, Triangle Area Chapter with a $25,000 donation this week for the Disaster Relief Fund to help victims of Hurricane Isabel and...
IIABA Tells Senate Panel That State Regulation Should Be Reformed, Not Abolished
Oct 23 2003 // There is a vital role for Congress to play in reforming the state insurance regulatory system, but such an effort need not replace or duplicate at the federal level what is already in place at the state level, the...
CIAB: Q3 Marks Return of Competitive Pricing
Oct 23 2003 // The commercial insurance marketplace witnessed a return to competitive pricing for a number of lines during the third quarter of 2003 and flattening or decreasing premiums for commercial property coverage, according to the...
ICT Reminds Agents, Policyholders of FAIR Plan Limitations
Oct 23 2003 // The Texas FAIR (Fair Access to Insurance Requirements) Plan is on its way to insuring more than 100,000 homeowners before the end of the year, according to the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT), and on the Plan’s...
Former N.C. Agent Charged with Embezzlement
Oct 22 2003 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long announced the arrest of Anthony Wayne Allen of Fayetteville, a former insurance agent charged with embezzling $60,000 from a Cumberland County woman. Allen is currently held...
IIANC to Host Agency Management Conference
Oct 20 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC) will be holding an Agency Management Conference Nov. 11-12, at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill. Topics will range from Data Security & Other Technology...
Speakers at CIWA Breakfast Underscore Role of Local Wholesale Brokers’ Assoc.
Oct 20 2003 // Richard Bouhan, executive director of NAPSLO, and California Insurance lobbyist Dietmar Grellman of Norwood & Associates stressed the need for vigilance and activism at a breakfast sponsored by the California...
Texas Young Agents Honored:
Oct 20 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas’ Young Agents Committee was recognized by the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers at the IIABA Conference and InfoXchange in Las Vegas, for the Texas group’s work...
Agents’ Professional Liability
Oct 20 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: Target Insurance Services and Lloyd’s of London have entered into a new program partnership to provide insurance agents professional liability insurance. It will be offered to property and casualty...
Insurance Journal 80th Anniversary
Oct 20 2003 // One-on-One with Mark Wells, Publisher of the Insurance Journal By Charles E. Boyle Despite his still somewhat boyish appearance, Mark Wells has been the publisher of the Insurance Journal for 33 years, a long time in any...