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Pa. Agriculture Secretary Touts Benefits of Crop Insurance
Oct 25 2002 // Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Sam Hayes kicked off a 2002-03 crop insurance education and outreach program at the behest of Gov. Mark Schweiker during the third annual Crop Insurance Conference in...
Former Fla. Agent Accused of Stealing
Oct 23 2002 // The Florida Department of Insurance fraud division announced that Jay J. Gelfenbaum, a former investment advisor and insurance agent, surrendered to investigators. He is accused of stealing thousands of dollars from at...
SAFECO Invites Ind. Agents and Advisors to PlayBall
Oct 23 2002 // SAFECO has invited independent agents and financial advisors countrywide to nominate a local park or youth baseball field that needs a new electronic scoreboard in the agent’s community through its PlayBall...
AgentSecure Acquires Exclusive Endorsement of Two-Thirds of State IIABA Affiliates for Small Commercial Program
Oct 23 2002 // AgentSecure, a division of InsureZone that provides agents with online access to big-brand property/casualty and life products through a single-entry, multiple-company interface (SEMCI), has received exclusive endorsements...
Irish Insurer to Use IIABA’S Best Practices Program
Oct 22 2002 // Ireland’s Hibernian General Insurance, the country’s largest p/c insurer, has entered into an exclusive two-year agreement to license and distribute two of the IIABA’s “Best Practices” tools...
Michigan Insurance Dept. Launches Home Insurance Site
Oct 21 2002 // The Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Services (OFIS) announced that it has launched a special home insurance information web site to provide the state’s consumers with up-to-date information on the...
ezumbrella.com Unveiled for Agents, Brokers
Oct 21 2002 // Zurich North America’s Excess Casualty profit center and Preferred Concepts, LLC announced the national rollout of ezumbrella.com (www.ezumbrella.com), an online platform where insurance professionals can quote, bind...
IIAT Launches Tool to Connect Independent Agents With Homeowners
Oct 18 2002 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas announced it now offers homeowners a new online resource for finding independent insurance agencies that are actively writing homeowners insurance policies. The resource, called...
InVEST Students Participate in IIABA’s InfoXchange; Silent Auction Raises $30,000
Oct 18 2002 // InVEST, a business-education partnership training high school and community college students in insurance agency and company operations and encouraging them to pursue careers in the industry, hosted 26 high school students...
Progressive To Provide Agents “Real-Time Policy Billing Information” with Applied Systems Link
Oct 18 2002 // Ohio-based Progressive will make billing information available to its authorized, independent agents who use Applied Systems software across the country. “The information transfer will be facilitated by IVANS...
IIABA Applauds Agreement on Terrorism Insurance
Oct 18 2002 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) is praising President George W. Bush’s leadership and commending Congressional leaders for uniting to reach an agreement on pending terrorism...
ACT Urges Companies, Vendors to Adopt New Password Formatting Guidelines
Oct 17 2002 // New recommended guidelines for company and vendor password formatting have been approved by the Agents for Council Technology (ACT) to enhance security and alleviate current inefficiencies for independent agents and...
PIANY President Testifies Before State Assembly
Oct 16 2002 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. (PIANY) President David Isenberg testified before the New York State Assembly Insurance Committee that independent insurance agents face increasing difficulties...
IIANJ Appoints New Officers at Annual Conference
Oct 15 2002 // The Independent Insurance Agents of New Jersey (IIANJ) announced its new officers for 2002-2003 during its 109th Annual Conference held Oct. 6-9 in Uncasville, Conn. Denise Ronan of the Ronan Agency was named chairman of...
Unlicensed Ins. Broker Pleads Guilty to Four Counts
Oct 15 2002 // Arturo Lopez, 39, of La Puente, pleaded guilty to four counts of grand theft in Pomona Superior Court. An investigation conducted by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s...
Agent Partners with CNA on Realty Firm Coverage
Oct 15 2002 // The Maryland-based agency Victor O. Schinnerer announced that it has introduced a p/c policy, Victor O. Schinnerer’s Realty Choice(TM), for real estate firms located in Massachusetts, Virginia and Illinois...
Hiscox Launches New System for U.S. Terrorism Insurance
Oct 14 2002 // London-based Hiscox Plc, which operates in both the Lloyd’s and specialty lines markets, announced the launch of a unique broker “extranet system” to provide solutions for U.S. clients requiring terrorism...
Election Chatter or Solutions’
Oct 14 2002 // Tell them what they want to hear or offer true solutions? That is the question facing the candidates who are running for offices in California and Texas this Nov. 5. Two of the races—the race for insurance commissioner...
Tight Reinsurance Capacity Puts the Squeeze on Program Market
Oct 14 2002 // As more and more reinsurers become increasingly timorous in a hard market yet to peak, one of the most acutely affected business lines have been programs. Reinsurance capacity for many standard commercial lines has dropped...
Agency Management, Anytime, Anywhere
Oct 14 2002 // Recent times have been good for many insurance agencies. But with increased sales comes an increase in support and service requirements and an increase in market conduct issues. Many organizations have begun to recognize...
