Latest Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Is Bolton & Co.’s Success Genetic’
Mar 10 2003 // The Insurance Journal is launching a new feature in this issue called Agency Insights. We are going to write about independent agencies that have done something unique, innovative or unusual that resulted in success for...
Jurors Speak Out in State Farm vs. Pyorre and Wier Case
Mar 10 2003 // Mendocino County Superior Court Judge Richard Henderson recently overturned a jury’s $6 million award to former State Farm agents Rich Pyorre and John Wier, of Fort Bragg and Crescent City, Calif., respectively, in a...
Broker Charged with Grand Theft
Mar 10 2003 // Judith Elizabeth Dominquez, 44, a former Huntington Park, Calif. insurance broker, appeared in Superior Court for arraignment following the filing of a felony complaint by the Huntington Park District Attorney’s...
EPLI Market on the Run
Mar 10 2003 // It is often said that every situation has a light at the end of the tunnel, but the employment practices liability scene may have to squint just a little harder to see those rays of hope while higher prices, more courtroom...
Bolton & Company Grew with the Times
Mar 10 2003 // In a new series in Insurance Journal, we’ll profile agencies that have made a name for themselves in the industry with a special niche. In our first interview, we talk with California’s Bolton & Company....
The Call of the Conference: Users Conferences Plugged In
Mar 10 2003 // Even with the dominance of the Internet, and the trend toward doing almost everything online from a remote location, something phenomenal is happening. Insurance agents are flocking to users conferences in droves—setting...
Segal Sells Near North Brokerage; New Accusations Loom
Mar 10 2003 // February brought good news and bad news in the saga of Chicago-based Near North National Group owner Michael Segal. The good news: He found a buyer for his brokerage operations. The bad news: Federal prosecutors filed...
Lost at Sea: Hardening Marine Market Challenges Agents and Brokers
Mar 10 2003 // Marine insurance is, as Insurance Journal put it last year, “a unique animal.” The belly of the beast consists of cargo and yacht coverage, which account for 50 percent of U.S. written premium. But another...
EPLI-Higher Prices, More Claims, Tighter Underwriting
Mar 10 2003 // It is often said that every situation has a light at the end of the tunnel, but the employment practices liability scene may have to squint just a little harder to see those rays of hope while higher prices, more courtroom...
The Call of the Conference
Mar 10 2003 // Even with the dominance of the Internet, and the trend toward doing almost everything online from a remote location, something phenomenal is happening. Insurance agents are flocking to users conferences in droves—setting...
Mo. Young Agent Awarded IIABA Scholarship
Mar 7 2003 // Kevin B. Hutchinson, CIC, CRM , a producer with C. J. Thomas Company in St. Louis, is the inaugural recipient of the Maurice Herndon scholarship established by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America...
St. Paul Expands Into Small Business Insurance
Mar 7 2003 // The St. Paul Cos. has unveiled a new platform aimed at growing the company’s business with small commercial enterprises. Features of the new approach include a state-of-the-art underwriting technology, enhanced...
Hartford Agents Have Access to Online Global Business Data Resource
Mar 6 2003 // Agents seeking to help their business customers succeed in the global marketplace now can access a wide range of relevant tools and information right from their computer. Through its sponsorship of the International Trade...
Sen. John Breaux to Address IIABA National Leg. Conference
Mar 5 2003 // Sen. John Breaux (D-La.) 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 &...
Ratings Agencies All Cut Kemper
Mar 5 2003 // On news of Kemper Insurance Cos. $312 million net loss in 2002, Fitch, Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s all lowered the company’s ratings. Kemper announced it has sold its middle-market lines of...
Ill. Agent’s License Revoked
Mar 4 2003 // The insurance producer license of David C. Bova of Bloomington, Ill., has been revoked by the state’s Department of Insurance. Bova, licensed since Nov. 12, 1997, to sell life, accident and health, and fire and...
Hub International Expands N.Y. Brokerage
Mar 4 2003 // Hub International Limited announced that Kaye Insurance Associates, Inc. (KIA), the major retail brokerage unit of the company’s New York hub, Kaye Group Inc. (KGI), purchased the assets of Waldron Mahoney Inc....
Calif. Commissioner Orders SCIF to Reduce Broker Commissions
Mar 4 2003 // Calif. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi held a press conference March 3 addressing the workers’ compensation crisis in California. Specifically, Garamendi proposed a seven point plan to return State Compensation...
Marsh Granted Brokerage License in India
Mar 3 2003 // Marsh Inc. has received an insurance brokerage license from the Insurance Regulatory Development Authority of India (IRDA). Marsh said it is among the first foreign insurance brokers to receive a license to transact...
Calif. Commissioner Orders SCIF to Reduce Broker Commissions
Mar 3 2003 // Calif. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi held a press conference March 3 addressing the workers’ compensation crisis in California. Specifically, Garamendi proposed a seven point plan to return State Compensation...
