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IIABA’s Virtual Univ. Offering New Sales Skills Programs to Ind. Agents, Brokers
Feb 10 2003 // The Big “I” Virtual University (VU) of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) is now offering Richardson QuickSkills™: a four-star rated portfolio of online sales skills programs...
Exclusive Agents Feel the Squeeze
Feb 10 2003 // The times they are a’changin’.” Bob Dylan’s 60’s refrain could be the theme song for a new spirit moving through the ranks of the insurance industry’s exclusive (captive) agents. The...
Trusted Choice National Televised Ad Campaign Debuts
Feb 10 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIABA) have unveiled their national ad campaign for Trusted ChoiceSM, with television commercials appearing on the nation’s prominent cable news channels: CNN, MSNBC, FOX...
The Evolving Character of Technology Outsourcing
Feb 10 2003 // Perhaps it’s time to replace the word “outsourcing” with a new term. This might be especially appropriate for some of the technology outsourcing options available to the insurance industry today. To some,...
Commercial Lines Auto: A Sleeping Giant Awakens
Feb 10 2003 // The commercial lines auto market used to be a steady line of business, stirred up occasionally by a Department of Transportation regulatory change or fallout from personal auto regulatory issues. Like other lines, it was...
LOUISIANA AGENT BOOKED
Feb 10 2003 // A Slidell, La. insurance agent was charged on numerous counts of theft and misappropriation. According to acting Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley, Nathaniel Durant, was arrested at his home in Slidell by the...
IIATC TRADEFEST 2003 IS ON
Feb 10 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Tarrant County will hold its annual TRADEFEST on Feb. 18 at the Woodhaven Country Club in Fort Worth. The theme for this year’s event is “Mardi Gras” and attendees are...
Commercial Lines Auto: A Sleeping Giant Awakens
Feb 10 2003 // The commercial lines auto market used to be a steady line of business, stirred up occasionally by a Department of Transportation regulatory change or fallout from personal auto regulatory issues. Like other lines, it was...
Exclusive Agents Feel the Squeeze
Feb 10 2003 // The times they are a’changin’.” Bob Dylan’s 60’s refrain could be the theme song for a new spirit moving through the ranks of the insurance industry’s exclusive (captive) agents. The...
The Evolving Character of Technology Outsourcing
Feb 10 2003 // Perhaps it’s time to replace the word “outsourcing” with a new term. This might be especially appropriate for some of the technology outsourcing options available to the insurance industry today. To some,...
Agency Business Systems Notes Interface with WinFSC
Feb 7 2003 // Agency Business Systems (www.agencybusys.com) announced an intelligent interface with WinFSC, a comparative rating system. ABS Agency Builder is a Microsoft Windows based agency management system designed and priced to...
Near North to Sell Brokerage Operations to Chicago Investment Firm
Feb 7 2003 // Chicago-based Near North National Group owner Michael Segal will sell his firm’s insurance brokerage operations to Frontenac Co., a private equity investment firm also based in Chicago. Segal, under federal...
Genesis Technology Group Signs Agreement With Chinese Insurance Broker
Feb 5 2003 // Florida-based Genesis Technology Group, Inc. (GETC) has announced the signing of an agreement with Shanghai Dongda Insurance Brokers Company, Limited (Dongda) in Shanghai, China, that provides for GTEC to represent Dongda...
Silverstein Spokesman Replies to Swiss Re Comments; Calls them ‘Cynical, Manipulative’
Feb 5 2003 // Howard Rubenstein, a spokesman for Larry Silverstein, responded to Swiss Re’s press release of Feb. 4, that criticized Silverstein in his attempt to collect insurance money from the Sept. 11, 2001 attack on the World...
Louisiana Agent Booked on Multiple Charges
Feb 4 2003 // Acting Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley confirmed that a Monroe, La. insurance agent was arrested as a part of an ongoing statewide crackdown on insurance fraud being conducted by the La. Department of...
Ark. ‘Young Agent of the Year’ Receives CRM Designation
Feb 4 2003 // Meadors and Adams, an independent insurance agency in Little Rock, Ark., announced that one of the firm’s agents, Robert Lee, has received the designation of Certified Risk Manager (CRM). Certified Risk Managers...
PIANY President Points to Producers Role in Implementing Federal Terrorism Risk Act
Feb 3 2003 // David Isenberg, president of the Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc., also testified at hearings considering the implementation of the federal Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, telling the Assembly...
IIANY February 4 Legislative Day Presents “Window of Opportunity”
Jan 31 2003 // More than 200 members of the Independent Insurance Agents Association of New York are set to meet with the state’s legislators in Albany at the Empire State Plaza next Monday, February 4, to seek solutions to...
Progressive’s Referrals Program Hits 50,000 Independent Agent Sales Mark
Jan 31 2003 // Independent agents using Ohio-based Progressive Insurance’s customized referrals program, ProLeads, have sold 50,000 new insurance policies representing at least $40 million in premiums since May 2001, according to...
Assurex Global Adds Four New Broker Partners
Jan 29 2003 // Assurex Global, the owner operated risk management and commercial insurance brokerage group, announced further expansion, as it accepted Ecuaprimas Cia. Ltda. of Guayaquil, Ecuador – Risk Solutions Limited of...
