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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...
Oklahoma Offers Relief for Agents on Active Duty
Apr 18 2003 // Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher announced plans to defer continuing education requirements for insurance agents, adjusters and bail bondsmen who are called upon to serve in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Insurance agents...
Prudential Turns Focus to Captive Agents
Apr 18 2003 // Prudential Financial’s property/casualty subsidiary has terminated the contracts it had with 200 independent agencies across the country earlier this month in a move to focus its retail distribution on captive...
Florida Officials Ban Agent From Ins. Industry
Apr 17 2003 // A Lehigh Acres, Fla. insurance agent can no longer legally transact insurance in Florida after pleading guilty to charges of misappropriating insurance premiums. The Florida Department of Financial Services announced that...
Frost Insurance Buys Brokers Insurance Designs
Apr 17 2003 // Frost Insurance Agency (FIA), a subsidiary of Frost National Bank, announced the acquisition of Brokers Insurance Designs, an independent insurance agency based in Forth Worth specializing in group employee benefits plans....
Rollings Named Industry Advocate for AMS Users Group
Apr 17 2003 // Dallas-based AMS Users Group appointed Linda Rollings as the Group’s first industry advocate. According to the Group, this position will give the organization one consistent voice and face in the industry, working to...
United Agencies & Industrial Risk Services Form Alliance
Apr 16 2003 // Thomas E. Hays, chairman of the board for Pasadena, Calif.-based United Agencies, recently announced that United Agencies and John Kallas of Industrial Risk Services have formed a strategic alliance. United Agencies’...
