Latest Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ohio Commish Orders Unlicensed Insurers to Stop Doing Business
May 23 2003 // Ohio Insurance Director Ann Womer Benjamin ordered International Water Marine Safety Foundation and North American Marine General Insurance Co. to stop writing insurance policies in Ohio. The property and casualty insurers...
Palisades Group Acquires Prudential’s NJ P/C Company
May 23 2003 // The Palisades Group, based in Berkeley Heights New Jersey, announced that it has agreed to acquire The Prudential Property and Casualty Insurance Company of New Jersey (PRUPAC-NJ), the New Jersey property and casualty unit...
Allstate CEO Announces Agent Advisory Board
May 21 2003 // Crain’s Chicago Business reports that exclusive-agency carrier Allstate Corp. plans to set up an advisory board of agents this summer in an attempt to improve relations damaged by the company’s unilateral move...
The Hartford Launches Agent Suite of Transactions Using XDTI
May 21 2003 // The Hartford Financial Services Group has introduced a suite of transactions for independent agents who use XDimensional Technologies’ (XDTI) Nexsure agency management system, further increasing agents’ ease of...
Baltimore Technologies to Provide Security System for Lloyd’s Kinnect
May 20 2003 // Baltimore Technologies, a leading global e-security provider, announced that Hewlett Packard has chosen its “Baltimore SelectAccess (TM)” system to provide web access control and on-line security and...
Integra Financial’s Backend is Driving it Forward
May 19 2003 // In this new Insurance Journal series we will spotlight agencies that have made a name for themselves in the industry in special or unique ways. Integra Financial Group does not operate as an insurance agency, but it grew...
Technology and Insurance Fraud … A Shared Responsibility
May 19 2003 // While the insurance fraud crisis worsens and fraud perpetrators find new and innovative approaches to their illegal activities, the insurance industry needs to take a proactive stance to put a stop to the bleeding-or at...
EMC Agencies to WebLink From SIS SEMCI Partner
May 19 2003 // Strategic Insurance Software, Inc. (SIS) announced the certification of Des Moines, Iowa-based EMC Insurance Companies for WebLink with their SEMCI Partner agency management system. According to SIS, WebLink enables...
Alliance Defends Broker Fees
May 19 2003 // In an effort to secure the rights of personal lines brokers to charge broker fees, the American Agents Alliance has sponsored Assembly Bill 1297, authored by Assemblyman Dario Frommer (D-Los Feliz), explicitly allowing...
Travelers Notes Real-Time Billing Inquiry for Agency Directly From Their Applied Systems Agency Mgt. System
May 19 2003 // Independent insurance agencies are now able to access billing information in real-time for Travelers small commercial policies directly from their Applied Systems agency management system, supplementing the wide range of...
Web Services, J2EE, .NET’ – Should an Agent Care’ Absolutely!
May 19 2003 // Revolutionary technology supporting agent-carrier collaboration is in widespread deployment. Known as Web Services, these technologies will play a critical role in determining the agent and carrier winners in...
The Ratings Game
May 19 2003 // Every day, agents and brokers use financial strength ratings of insurers in their business. A carrier’s ratings may affect an agent’s ability to place risks with that insurer, or the client’s willingness...
Growing Your Business One Link at a Time
May 19 2003 // Ah, the Internet. Where would we be without it? Web sites and e-mail are pretty much essential ingredients for a successful business these days, especially for sales-oriented organizations. There are a myriad of ways...
ISU Network Adds Three Agencies
May 19 2003 // T.J. Ryan III, president of ISU International, announced that three new agencies were admitted into the ISU Group of Independent Agents, effective May 1. ISU Insurance Services – Stanton & Associates of Westlake...
Woodruff-Sawyer Focuses on Delivering Results
May 19 2003 // In our continuing series on Agency Insights, we look at Woodruff-Sawyer, a brokerage specializing in a variety of services. A member of Assurex, the company is led by CEO, Stan Loar, Chairman of the Board, Doug Morton, and...
Skyrocketing Prices Leaving Doubts In The Air
May 19 2003 // With California’s workers’ compensation market in a tailspin, Sacramento’s legislators, the governor and the state insurance commissioner are pulling out all the stops to repair a system that’s...
LA. AGENTS SHUT DOWN:
May 19 2003 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance closed the operations of a Metairie insurance agent on accusations of forgery and misappropriation of insurance premiums. It was the third such shutdown of an agent’s insurance...
Productive P/C Rating Solutions Needed for Agent-Driven Sales & Service
May 19 2003 // In an increasingly wired business environment, property/casualty insurers and agents face enormous challenges-shrinking profit margins, new business acquisition and retention costs, and changing customer expectations,...
Senate Commerce Committee Approves PIANJ’s Agent Ownership Bill
May 16 2003 // A bill that would protect agent’s ownership of their expirations, initiated by the Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey, has been released in a unanimous vote by the State’ Senate’s Commerce...
Alliance Responds to IIABA Survey on Homeowners Market
May 14 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers (AAI) responded Tuesday to a recent report from the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA), addressing the homeowners market (see IJ Web site May 13) in the...
