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OKLAHOMA AGENT FINED, REINSTATED
Oct 6 2003 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher reinstated the license of a Tulsa insurance agent accused of improper marketing after agreeing to changes in his promotional materials. Fisher had suspended the license of...
BOPs, The Small Business Shield
Oct 6 2003 // Like a fine wine, BOPs seem to be getting better with age. Long the marketplace standard of property and liability insurance for small businesses, BOPs, known more formally as Business Owners Package policies, have...
Communications, People and Technology Ride High on Canter’s ‘To Do’ List
Oct 6 2003 // Louise “BeBe” Canter, senior vice president of Patterson/Smith Associates, Falls Church, Va., was installed as president of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America Inc. (IIABA) during the...
Are Your CSRs Providing REAL Customer Service’
Oct 6 2003 // What is customer service? Customer service in an insurance agency is made up of four specific functions: Processing, Professional Advice, Production and Positive Communications. Processing For most CSRs in an agency,...
IIAT’s InfoCentral Now Free for Limited Time
Oct 6 2003 // If it’s been awhile since you tried InfoCentral or if you’ve never tried it, you’ll want to take advantage of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas offer to use InfoCentral free for a limited...
ASCnet, Applied Systems Focus on Dual Product Development, Education
Oct 6 2003 // Over 1,900 Applied Systems users came together in New Orleans for the 18th Annual ASCnet 2003 TENCon Convention Sept. 10-13. Dubbed by newly-inducted ASCnet president Stu Durland as “the conference for agents in the...
Special Coverage: NAPSLO Annual Convention
Oct 6 2003 // The NAPSLO Annual Convention took place Sept. 10-14 in San Diego at the San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina. For more Insurance Journal interviews and special video coverage of the NAPSLO Convention, including an...
Insurance Journal Goes National, Keeps Regional Focus
Oct 3 2003 // Insurance Journal, published in California since 1923 and Texas since the mid-1990s, is going national. Joining the West and Texas/South Central editions will be three new regional editions — Northeast, Midwest and...
IIABA Urges Fed to Clarify Reach of Anti-Tying Provisions for Bank Holding Company Act
Oct 2 2003 // Bank subsidiaries must remain bound by all state insurance laws, including anti-rebating laws, the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) told the Federal Reserve Board (Fed) in response to the...
Former Louisiana Agent Arrested
Oct 2 2003 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley announced that a former Alexandria insurance agent was arrested and issued a Cease and Desist Order for allegedly misappropriating insurance funds. Department of Insurance...
Mass. Agencies Adopt Banknorth Name
Oct 2 2003 // Three Massachusetts insurance agencies have changed their names to better reflect their affiliation to their parent company, Banknorth Group, Inc. Effective immediately, Palmer-Goodell Insurance Agency in Springfield,...
IIASA to Hold Surplus Lines Seminar
Oct 1 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of San Antonio announced an upcoming continuing education seminar, “Surplus Lines & Putting Together a Winning Submission.” The seminar, which will be presented by...
NYSID Announces Fraud Arrest of Brockport Agent
Oct 1 2003 // New York’s Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio announced the arrest of Lon T. Horton, 54, a licensed insurance agent and broker, and owner of Horton Insurance Services, located in Brockport, N.Y. on charges...
Fortin Joins CNA as Senior VP of Specialty Brokerage Unit
Oct 1 2003 // Chicago-based insurer CNA Financial Corp. announced that Daniel S. Fortin has joined CNA insurance companies as senior vice president of the specialty lines open brokerage unit within its property/casualty operation....
IIAT’s Gilbert to Speak at IIATC Oct. Luncheon
Oct 1 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Tarrant County (Texas) announced its October luncheon will be held Oct. 14 at 11:45 a.m. at the Rolling Hills Country Club in Arlington. Bo Gilbert, director of Governmental Affairs with...
U.S. Risk Purchases Stake in London Broker
Sep 30 2003 // Dallas-based U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc. (U.S. Risk) announced it has entered into a financial transaction with London-based Insurance Broker, NCG Professional Risks Ltd. (NCG). The transaction involves U.S. Risk...
Electric Insurance Announces Agency Offering
Sep 30 2003 // Electric Insurance Company recently began offering auto, home and personal umbrella protection though a select group of agents in six states. “We are very competitively priced for the middle market by design. Our 35...
InVEST Students Participate in IIABA’s InfoXchange; Silent Auction Raises $38,000 for Student Scholarships
Sep 30 2003 // InVEST, an education program to strengthen the insurance industry by attracting a large pool of qualified insurance recruits, hosted 60 high school students at a “job shadow” event held during the recent...
XL Announces Three Executive Appointments
Sep 30 2003 // Bermuda’s XL Capital has announced three appointments in its insurance operations. Don Baker, Hans Gmuender and Dennis Nishikawa have been named to new executive broker and client relations positions. “The new...
Canter to Rely on Established Big “I” Programs in Meeting New Challenges
Sep 26 2003 // Louise “BeBe” Canter, the new president of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA), announced she is prepared to address the changing reality of independent agencies and brokerage...
