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National Interstate Offering Flood Insurance
Apr 7 2003 // National Interstate has been recently approved to act as a Write Your Own (WYO) carrier for the NFIP’s Flood Insurance Program in all 50 states. They are currently seeking agencies of all sizes to write Flood...
Conn. Senator Chris Dodd Honored as 2002 IIABA Legislator of the Year
Apr 7 2003 // Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd (D) was presented with the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s 2002 Gerald Solomon Legislator of the Year Award during the Association’s 27th Annual National...
Henderson Joins Western Security Surplus
Apr 7 2003 // Richard L. Polizzi, president of Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers Inc., (WSS) announced that WSS has moved its San Rafael office to new offices in the Sacramento-metropolitan area to better serve the northern...
Challenges Abound in the High-Valued Homes Market
Apr 7 2003 // For more than a decade, the U. S. homeowners insurance industry has failed to produce acceptable results. Less publicized has been the challenges faced by insurers of high-valued homes. To a large extent, the same culprits...
IBA West Sets Sail for Hawaii, May 4-8
Apr 7 2003 // With Hawaii as its backdrop, the 2003 IBA West Blue Ribbon Conference will be held at the Mauna Lani Resort May 4-8. As BRC chairman Jim Wells noted, “This is a time where networking is key. Who can put a price tag...
White Took a Chance and Built Alliance Insurance Services
Apr 7 2003 // In our continuing series on Agency Insights, we look at Bill White, president of California-based Alliance Insurance Services, who took quite a chance back in the mid-80s by putting his home up for sale when he went to...
Innovation at Work Meets the Power of One as AMS Users Connect
Apr 7 2003 // The 27th Annual AMS Users’ Group Conference met March 13-16 in Orlando, Fla. The conference had a show of more than 2,600 agents, CSRs and company representatives with more than 50 exhibitors. The conference featured...
ARK. SUSPENDS AGENTS FOR MEWAS
Apr 7 2003 // Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens of Arkansas said five insurance agents have had their licenses suspended for enrolling Arkansans in a health plan not authorized in his state. The unauthorized plan has left Arkansas...
Challenges Abound in the High Valued Homes Market
Apr 7 2003 // For more than a decade, the U. S. homeowners insurance industry has failed to produce acceptable results. Less publicized has been the challenges faced by insurers of high valued homes. To a large extent, the same culprits...
Playing the Waiting Game in the Texas Homeowners Market
Apr 7 2003 // Could it be that there is a light at the end of the tunnel for the Texas homeowners market? Rates have firmed through waves of increases over the past two years to the point where they may have reached a pinnacle, at least...
Ed Weeren Insurance Agency: Tweaking the Model for a Perfect Fit
Apr 7 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. Edward L. Weeren and his daughter Kelli Stanford have fashioned their...
Innovation at Work Meets the Power of One as AMS Users Connect
Apr 7 2003 // The 27th Annual AMS Users’ Group Conference met March 13-16 in Orlando, Fla. The conference had a show of more than 2,600 agents, CSRs and company representatives with more than 50 exhibitors. The conference featured...
An Agent’s Guide to the Fine Art of Insurance
Apr 7 2003 // An interview with Mary Ann Avnet, vice president of Chubb & Son and marketing manager for Chubb Personal Insurance. Q. In the current economic environment, does it make sense for agents and brokers to seek...
InsureVianet Rolls Out New Program to an Additional 16 States and District of Columbia
Apr 7 2003 // InsureVianet announced today it has expanded the number of states for its online Executive Liability Suite by 16 additional states and the District of Columbia, bringing to 38 the total number of states in which the...
UnionBanCal Acquires Tanner Insurance Brokers
Apr 4 2003 // UnionBanCal Corporation announced that UBOC Insurance Inc., a unit of its Union Bank of California, N.A., subsidiary, has acquired Pleasanton, Calif.-based Tanner Insurance Brokers Inc., one of the largest full-service...
Former Farmers Agent Charged with 39 Felony Counts
Apr 4 2003 // Officers from the California Department of Insurance (CDI) arrested Patrick James Murphy, 45, of Norco, April 2 and charged him with 39 felony counts including grand theft, elder abuse, forged official seal, and submission...
BB&T Unit to Buy Kentucky Agencies
Apr 4 2003 // BB&T Insurance Services said it plans to acquire Kentucky agencies, Old Colony Insurance Service (Louisville) Inc. and Cromwell Insurance Agency of Lexington. Cromwell is jointly owned by Old Colony and Ludt-Bell...
OneBeacon to Co-host PIANY Spring Education Series
Apr 4 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. announced that OneBeacon Insurance, a wholly owned subsidiary of White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd., will again host the annual OneBeacon 5-in-5 Education Series...
IIABA’S Willey Testifies Regarding National Flood Ins. Program
Apr 2 2003 // Expressing strong support for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and presenting five principles that should be the focus of reform efforts, J. Fletcher Willey testified on behalf of the Independent Insurance...
Pineville, Louisiana Agent Suspended
Apr 2 2003 // Louisiana Department of Insurance Fraud Unit investigators served a cease and desist and summary suspension order to Vimmi Inabnet Clarius of Pineville, prohibiting her from conducting any kind of insurance business in...
