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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...
Agents, Brokers Gather in Washington, D.C.
Apr 2 2003 // Washington, D.C. – With 70 degree weather and cherry blossoms in full bloom as the backdrop, agents and brokers arrived Wednesday to kick-off the 27th Annual IIABA National Legislative Conference. The four-day event...
PIANJ Announces “Agents in the Know” Program
Apr 1 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. will host an informational program for members to discuss current insurance legislative issues with association leadership, Thursday, May 15 at the Brunswick Hilton and...
Agents Suspended in Arkansas
Apr 1 2003 // Arkansas State Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens announced that licenses were suspended for five insurance agents who enrolled Arkansans in a health plan not authorized in the State of Arkansas. The unauthorized plan has...
NYSID Announces Arrest of Cooperstown Insurance Agent in Fraud Scheme
Mar 31 2003 // The New York State Insurance Department announced the arrest of Shannon Whiteman of Roseboom, New York, an agent of the Bob Putnam Insurance Agency in Cooperstown, on charges of grand larceny and forgery. Her arrest...
Louisiana Shuts Down Former Bogalusa/Covington Area Agent
Mar 28 2003 // Investigators for the Louisiana Department of Insurance Fraud Unit served cease and desist orders to Linda Foxworth McMillan and A Aabco Insurance Agency of 234 Richmond Street, Bogalusa, prohibiting both from conducting...
ACT Issues Recommendations for More Extensive, Effective Download Process
Mar 28 2003 // The Agents Council of Technology (ACT) Download Work Group affiliated with the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) has issued a report to encourage carriers, vendors, and agents and brokers to...
Agents Must Watch for Possible Discrimination, Consultant Says
Mar 28 2003 // Agents should understand the unintended effects of their agency’s practices on legally protected groups and should ignore emerging minority markets at their peril, a management consultant told a group of Illinois...
PIACT Opposes Bill Prohibiting the Use of Credit History in Insurance Underwriting
Mar 27 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc. has issued a statement urging the Connecticut General Assembly’s Insurance & Real Estate Committee to oppose Committee Bill No. 5490. The PIACT described the...
Sen. Sununu to Address IIABA Attendees
Mar 27 2003 // Sen. John Sununu (R-N.H.) will be among the prominent speakers addressing more than 800 independent agents and brokers during the 27th Annual National Legislative Conference of the Independent Insurance Agents &...
Fla. Bill Tightening Penalties for Selling Unlicensed Ins. Clears Committee
Mar 27 2003 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher praised the Senate Banking and Finance Committee’s passage of a bill that would provide stronger criminal penalties for operators of unlicensed insurance entities...
Cleveland Agent Who Threatened Government Employees Has License Revoked
Mar 26 2003 // The license of Cleveland-based property property/casualty insurance and bail-bond agent Donnell L. Mitchell was revoked by the Ohio Insurance Department for several instances of criminal menacing. Mitchell’s pending...
Society of CIC Names New Board Members
Mar 25 2003 // The Society of Certified Insurance Counselors (CIC), based in Austin, Texas, announced that six new members were selected to serve on its Board of Governors. The Society of CIC relies on the 18-member Board for determining...
Miami Agent’s License Revoked
Mar 25 2003 // A Miami insurance agent charged with failing to return a refund to a customer and with writing worthless checks has lost his license to sell insurance, according to the Florida Department of Financial Services. The...
