Latest Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Travelers Launches Policy Download Capability for Agents with Boat, Yacht Policies
May 1 2003 // Travelers Property Casualty is now offering its independent agents an Internet batch download system for boat and yacht insurance policies. With this new capability, agencies do not need to re-key policy information into...
Louisiana Agent Shut Down on Multiple Fraud Allegations
May 1 2003 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley confirmed that the business of a Gonzales, La. insurance agent was halted in the latest investigation of alleged insurance fraud across the state. Department of Insurance...
Complaints Filed Against 15 Florida Agents
May 1 2003 // The Florida Department of Financial Services filed administrative complaints this week against 15 Florida agents accusing them of selling insurance policies for unlicensed entities. The department announced it is...
Former N.C. Agent Charged with Fraud
Apr 29 2003 // N.C. Insurance Commissioner Jim Long announced that a McDowell County resident was indicted by a Mitchell County Grand Jury on allegations of defrauding hundreds of insurance policyholders. Harold T. Davis, a former...
Former Vallejo Ins. Broker’s Office Searched
Apr 29 2003 // Investigators from the California Department of Insurance Fraud and Investigations Divisions, along with the Vallejo Police Department, served a search warrant April 22, 2003 to former insurance broker Jimmie Earl...
Allstate Agents Lose Fla. Case
Apr 28 2003 // A Florida lawsuit by an association of Allstate agents alleging that company restrictions on the sale of agencies and required sales volumes for certain products violated their rights has been dismissed by a judge,...
Calif. Commissioner Increases Access to SCIF for Small Employers
Apr 22 2003 // Reaffirming his instruction that it remains California’s “insurer of last resort,” Commissioner John Garamendi directed the State Compensation Insurance Fund (State Fund) to ease access requirements for...
International Insurance Group Unveils New Products
Apr 22 2003 // International Insurance Group, Inc., an MGA specializing in the USA/Mexico crossborder market, announced several new products offered to agents and brokers online via IIG’s Web site www.mexicaninsuranceonline.com. In...
Cerritos Broker Pleads Guilty to Theft Charges
Apr 22 2003 // An insurance broker, John Sik Lee, 32, of Cerritos, pled no-contest to two felony counts and one misdemeanor count of grand theft based on evidence gathered by California Department of Insurance (CDI) investigators. The...
Digital Expands Relationships With Broker Partners
Apr 22 2003 // Digital Insurance Inc., an Atlanta-headquartered firm that partners with traditional brokers to handle the day-to-day case management of small group clients, announced an expansion of its relationship with four broker...
Premiums for Commercial P/C Moderate; Signs Market May Be Stabilizing
Apr 22 2003 // Nineteen months after the World Trade Center attacks sent the market into turmoil, premium increases for commercial property/casualty insurance are moderating, and there are signs the marketplace is beginning to stabilize,...
Calif. Commissioner Increases Access to SCIF for Small Employers
Apr 21 2003 // Reaffirming his instruction that it remains California’s “insurer of last resort,” Commissioner John Garamendi directed the State Compensation Insurance Fund (State Fund) to ease access requirements for...
Mr. and Mrs. Agent Go to Washington
Apr 21 2003 // Some might say the only way to get recognized in Washington, D.C. is to scale the White House fence. Believe me, after seeing the security there on my recent trip, no one is going to just walk up to the front door and...
Managing Claims
Apr 21 2003 // In these days of sky-high premium rates a sales person needs an edge when trying to close a sale. Many firms are adding extra services to woo new clients and retain the existing ones as well. These ideas are great....
Credit Scoring – Agents, Carriers Look to Bridge Divisions
Apr 21 2003 // Give them credit—both agents and carriers have made credit scoring an issue that the industry can’t turn its back on. From studies to hearings, the issue has soared to become one of the top three or four issues in...
IIABA Conference Welcomes Agents, Brokers to D.C.
Apr 21 2003 // Agents and brokers called Washington, D.C. home for several days earlier this month as they brought a number of industry issues with them to the 27th National Legislative Conference. As Jeff Myers, Independent Insurance...
Program Administrators Target Specialized Risks
Apr 21 2003 // In today’s hard market, the value that a Program Administrator (PA) adds to the insurance transaction becomes especially clear. For the retail agent, they are a resource to be used in the placement of specialized or...
Mr. And Mrs. Agent Go to Washington
Apr 21 2003 // Some might say the only way to get recognized in Washington, D.C. is to scale the White House fence. Believe me, after seeing the security there on my recent trip, no one is going to just walk up to the front door and...
Credit Scoring – Agents, Carriers Look to Bridge Divisions
Apr 21 2003 // Give them credit—both agents and carriers have made credit scoring an issue that the industry can’t turn its back on. From studies to hearings, the issue has soared to become one of the top three or four issues in...
Program Administrators Target Specialized Risks
Apr 21 2003 // In today’s hard market, the value that a Program Administrator (PA) adds to the insurance transaction becomes especially clear. For the retail agent, they are a resource to be used in the placement of specialized or...
