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Oracle Insurance Brokers Joins DQG Advisory Council
Aug 27 2003 // Oracle Insurance Brokers, a leading insurance brokerage firm and financial planning consultancy, located in the United Arab Emirates, announced their participation as a founding member on the Dubai Quality Group’s...
Venture Programs Kicks Off Re-Branding Campaign with Newly Designed Web Site
Aug 27 2003 // Pennsylvania-based Venture Programs, Inc., which designs and deploys specialty industry-focused insurance programs, has launched a redesigned version of its Web site as part of a new corporate identity and branding...
Okla. Agent’s License Suspended Over Marketing Plan
Aug 26 2003 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher suspended the license of a Tulsa insurance agent accused of misleading new homeowners into purchasing coverage they are not required to carry. Gary Kroll’s license was...
PIANJ President’s Open Letter on Passage of Agent Ownership Act
Aug 26 2003 // The following is an open letter from John D’Agostino, President of the Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey, concerning the state’s enactment of legislation to protect the ownership rights of insurance...
Former Louisiana Agent Arrested
Aug 25 2003 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that a former Hammond insurance agent was arrested and issued a Cease and Desist Order for allegedly misappropriating insurance funds. DOI Fraud Unit investigators served Lee...
Florida Agent May Have License Pulled
Aug 25 2003 // The Florida Department of Financial Services filed an administrative complaint against a Florida agent and is seeking to have his license revoked for allegedly selling bogus insurance policies to at least six businesses in...
Former Calif. Broker Arrested on 10 Counts
Aug 20 2003 // A former insurance broker has been arrested on nine felony counts of grand theft and one felony count of forgery totaling $73,990, according to California Department of Insurance (CDI) investigators. Ronald Nhi Bang, 34,...
IIABA Cheers FCC Stay of Onerous Fax Provision
Aug 20 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) is calling this week’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decision to delay implementation of a contentious provision of its “Do Not...
N.J. Governor Signs Agents’ Rights Bill – ‘Most Important Legislation’ Says PIANJ
Aug 20 2003 // New Jersey Governor James McGreevey signed a bill into law this week that protects agents’ ownership and commission rights when insurance policies are transferred from one company to another. The Professional...
Past Speare & Co. President, CEO Passes Away
Aug 19 2003 // Bob A. Borisoff, 75, past president, CEO and one of the founders of California-based Speare & Company Insurance Agents & Brokers, died Aug. 6. A native Californian, Borisoff had an extensive background in...
AP Insurance Brokers Signs Contract with CIS for AIM System
Aug 19 2003 // AP Insurance Brokers, Inc. an insurance wholesale and program administrator, recently signed a contract with Custom Insurance Solutions (CIS) for the Agency Information Manager (AIM) system. Under the agreement, the two...
IVANS Expands Agency Interface Solutions
Aug 19 2003 // IVANS, Inc., a provider of agency interface solutions, has announced new flexible, Internet-based services and pricing models for interface. IVANS’ new models provide carriers and agents the ability to leverage...
Health Care Costs Play Major Role in Company’s Fortunes
Aug 18 2003 // The cost of health care is the most popular issue that politicians, employers and Americans of all walks of life are talking about. Health care in America represents approximately 15.6 percent of the Gross National Product...
nuServe Allows Agents to Identify Risks Quickly
Aug 18 2003 // In today’s fast-paced business world, technology is an invaluable tool to agents and brokers who want to compete. And to compete well means knowing all of the options that are available. Most agents and brokers are...
Uninsured Drivers Travel Under the Radar
Aug 18 2003 // Two things are abundantly clear when it comes to the issue of uninsured motorists: The problem is a big one and it’s nearly impossible to know with any certainty how many uninsured drivers there are on the...
Seeking Stability in the Surety Bond Market
Aug 18 2003 // The past two years have resulted in a time of turmoil for the surety business—a fact that is not lost on the independent agent searching for stability in the market. Due to tremendous losses, consolidations, sales and...
Production, Service & Employee Satisfaction Drive Higginbotham to the Top
Aug 18 2003 // Fort Worth-based Higginbotham & Associates began as a small personal lines agency in 1948 representing Trinity Universal Insurance Company and SAFECO. Today it is one of the largest independent agencies in North...
nuServe Allows Agents to Identify Risks Quickly
Aug 18 2003 // In today’s fast-paced business world, technology is an invaluable tool to agents and brokers who want to compete. And to compete well means knowing all of the options that are available. Most agents and brokers are...
IIABA to Unveil New Diversity Professional Development Course
Aug 15 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) in October will unveil its diversity professional development training program that will provide independent agency owners, producers and managers who...
Canales Joins Lockton Insurance Brokers
Aug 14 2003 // Scott Canales recently joined Los Angeles-based Lockton Insurance Brokers Inc. as vice president and producer. He will be focusing on developing new business and responding to risk management needs of Lockton’s...
