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Aon Receives First Chinese Foreign Insurance Broker License
Jan 16 2003 // Chicago’s Aon Corp. announced that it has become the first foreign insurance broker to be granted a license for a joint venture partnership by the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC). The company received...
Lockton Insurance Brokers Names New SVP and COO
Jan 15 2003 // Lockton Insurance Brokers of San Diego Inc. announced the appointment of Timothy Jablonski as senior vice president and COO. Jablonski, who has over 29 years of experience in the insurance industry, is a recognized...
IIABA Praises President for Reauthorization of Flood Insurance Program
Jan 14 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) is commending the responsiveness of Congress and President Bush for approving legislation that reauthorizes the National Flood Insurance Program...
Rating Agencies Lower AXA’s U.S. Reinsurance Companies on Restructuring Plans
Jan 14 2003 // Yesterday’s announcement by France’s AXA Group that it would significantly curtail reinsurance operations in the U.S. (See IJ Website Jan.13) – ceasing both its financial guaranty reinsurance activities...
New Fla. Dept. of Financial Services in Full Swing
Jan 13 2003 // The Florida Department of Financial Services, the new agency resulting from the merger of the departments of Insurance and Banking and Finance, has opened its doors. The agency, headed by Chief Financial Officer Tom...
CDI ANNOUNCES TOLL-FREE TELEPHONE LICENSE RENEWALS
Jan 13 2003 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) announced the addition of another method for California resident licensees to renew their licenses. CDI is now able to process renewals for its California resident licensees...
To Catch a Thief-State DOI’s Work Hard to Keep Agents in Line
Jan 13 2003 // A quick browse through the Web sites of state insurance commissioners across the country on any given day in any given year is bound to turn up at least one account of regulators cracking down on an insurance agent for a...
Fraud, Leaving its Prints on the Industry
Jan 13 2003 // Fraud, in all forms, is as old as the industry itself. Given a struggling economy, the temptation to create fraud against or within the industry has been on the upswing recently. According to Jim Quiggle, director of...
New Year…New Fraud Scams…New Fraud Solutions
Jan 13 2003 // Most people wake up on New Year’s Day and make a resolution: lose weight, exercise more, spend more time doing the things you enjoy. The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) woke up on New Year’s Day 2003...
OKLAHOMA AGENT FINED $20K
Jan 13 2003 // According to Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher, a Ponca City agent has agreed to pay a $20,000 fine, forfeit his license and pay claims from customers who thought they had insurance but did not. The agent,...
Willis NA’s Outlook Raised
Jan 13 2003 // Moody’s Investors Service revised its outlook on the debt ratings of Willis NorthAmerica Inc., a subsidiary of Willis Group Holdings. to positive from stable. The rating agency commented that improved earnings,...
Fraud, Leaving its Prints on the Industry
Jan 13 2003 // Fraud, in all forms, is as old as the industry itself. Given a struggling economy, the temptation to create fraud against or within the industry has been on the upswing recently. According to Jim Quiggle, director of...
To Catch a Thief-State DOI’s Work Hard to Keep Agents in Line
Jan 13 2003 // A quick browse through the Web sites of state insurance commissioners across the country on any given day in any given year, is bound to turn up at least one account of regulators cracking down on an insurance agent for a...
The Agency Business Plan – A Road Map to Success
Jan 13 2003 // Why Plan? As the manager and/or owner of your agency, you know that every task you undertake on a daily basis should be one step closer to the completion of an overall agency plan. Why plan, you ask? It is no secret that...
New Year…New Fraud Scams…New Fraud Solutions
Jan 13 2003 // Most people wake up on New Year’s Day and make a resolution: lose weight, exercise more, spend more time doing the things you enjoy. The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) woke up on New Year’s Day 2003...
Zurich North America Small Business Notes System Enhancements for Agents, Brokers
Jan 10 2003 // Zurich North America Small Business has announced system enhancements that give its agents and brokers online access to important customer account management documents. By logging onto eZSB, the Zurich Small Business...
Bankers Sells First Community, Flood Renewal Rights
Jan 10 2003 // Officials of St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Bankers Insurance Group announced the sale of selected assets to Fidelity National Financial and Fidelity National Insurance Services has been finalized. In the sale, Fidelity...
Ariz. DOI Fines State National $110,00 for Auto Violations
Jan 10 2003 // The Arizona Department of Insurance ordered State National Insurance Company to cease and desist from violating auto insurance laws on Dec. 10, 2002. The Department of Insurance conducted an examination of the automobile...
Palisades, PIANJ Develop Alternate Independent Agent Contract
Jan 10 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. (PIANJ) announced it and Palisades Safety and Insurance Association have developed an alternative contract option to former agents of Harleysville Garden State, Twin...
Two Tallahassee Ind. Agencies Merge To Form Area’s Largest
Jan 9 2003 // Two of Tallahassee, Fla.’s oldest and largest independent insurance agencies, Rogers, Atkins, Gunter & Associates and Vaughn Insurance Agency, announced they merged into one company effective January 1, 2003....
