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Companies Respond to PIACT Performance Survey
Jun 27 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut announced that its recent company performance survey has “garnered positive feedback from the companies about which its members responded.” The survey polled...
PIACT is Seeking Potential Candidates for CIC Scholarships
Jun 26 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc. is calling for nominations for its 2003 Certified Insurance Counselor scholarship opportunities. Selected individuals will receive a $350 scholarship to one CIC...
La. Agent Issued C&D Order For Selling Bogus Coverage
Jun 26 2003 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley announced that a Lafayette insurance agent was served a cease and desist order and his insurance license was suspended for allegedly misappropriating insurance premiums...
IIASA to Hold D&O Seminar
Jun 26 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of San Antonio announced it will hold a continuing education seminar, “Non-Profit Directors & Officers Liability” in conjunction with Victor O. Schinnerer & Company on...
PIANJ Commends Senate on Passage of Legislation to Protect Agents’ Books
Jun 25 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. commended the State Senate for its unanimous passage of legislation to help to ensure that agents’ ownership and commission rights are continued when an insurance...
NYSID’s Licensing Capability via the Internet Nears 300,000
Jun 25 2003 // New York’s Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio announced that the State’s insurers are successfully utilizing the ability to appoint and terminate licensed agents electronically, as the online...
IIANJ Urges Companies to Consider N.J. Market Following Auto Reforms
Jun 25 2003 // Leaders of The Independent Insurance Agents of New Jersey, which represents over 700 small businesses in the state, gathered at the New York Hilton on Sunday morning to meet with insurance company executives to discuss the...
PIANY Notes Passage of Policyholder Protection Bill
Jun 24 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York noted that both houses of the State Legislature have passed a bill, initiated by the PIANY, to help agents help their clients by strengthening policyholder protection. The...
L.A. Agent Files Counter-Suit Against 21st Century Insurance
Jun 23 2003 // A Los Angeles insurance agent has filed a counter-claim against 21st Century Insurance Group (formerly known as 20th Century Insurance) over the use of the name “21st Century Insurance” in Los Angeles County....
Fla. Agent Surrenders License
Jun 23 2003 // A Cocoa, Fla.-area agent surrendered her insurance license following charges by the Florida Department of Financial Services that she misappropriated premium funds. According to the department, it filed an administrative...
Young Agent, Company of the Year Announced in N.C.
Jun 23 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC) announced that Ernest Jeffrey Thomas was named IIANC’s Young Agent of the Year. In addition, North Carolina’s Young Agents presented the award for...
Inside the Contractors Market
Jun 23 2003 // If you find placing contractors insurance these days almost as daunting as building the house, condo, apartment or other facility itself, you are not alone. A restrictive market, high minimum premiums and tighter...
IBA West Gets Down to Business Amidst Sun and Sand
Jun 23 2003 // Warm sun and the white sandy beaches of Kona, Hawaii, lent itself host to IBA West’s annual Blue Ribbon Conference last month, where agents, brokers, and top industry executives came to explore the latest news and...
Minority and Women Agents Look to Tap Emerging Markets
Jun 23 2003 // Insurance is about numbers, and right now the numbers are depressing when it comes to minority and women agents in the business. In spite of the tremendous growth of minority populations in the United States and the...
Born to be Wild or Something Like It
Jun 23 2003 // Get your motor runnin’ Head out on the highway Lookin’ for adventure And whatever comes our way –Steppenwolf, 1968 Easy Rider,” the 1969 filmic ode to the chopper life featuring Steppenwolf’s...
Minority and Women Agents Look to Tap Emerging Markets
Jun 23 2003 // Insurance is about numbers, and right now the numbers are depressing when it comes to minority and women agents in the business. In spite of the tremendous growth of minority populations in the United States and the...
Inside the Contractors Market
Jun 23 2003 // If you find placing contractors insurance these days almost as daunting as building the house, condo, apartment or other facility itself, you are not alone. A restrictive market, high minimum premiums and tighter...
Born to be Wild or Something Like It
Jun 23 2003 // Get your motor runnin’ Head out on the highway Lookin’ for adventure And whatever comes our way –Steppenwolf, 1968 Easy Rider,” the 1969 filmic ode to the chopper life featuring Steppenwolf’s...
IIABA Applauds Apparent Demise of Crop PDP Pilot Program
Jun 19 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) is calling the Risk Management Agency’s (RMA) decision to pull approval for the Converium-Crop 1 Insurance Company’s “Premium Discount...
Florida’s Gallagher Applauds Anti-Fraud Law
Jun 18 2003 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher said the Pete Orr Insurance Anti-Fraud Act, which the governor recently signed into law, is expected to significantly boost efforts to prosecute operators of unlicensed...
