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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...
A Real World Experience: Past & Present
Oct 14 2002 // AMS introduced AfW Online in the spring of 2000 and Sagitta Online in the fall of 2001. In terms of benefits to the agent community, it was hoped the online offerings would be an option for those interested in outsourcing...
Mendoza Looks for Nov. Triumph in Calif. Commissioner Race
Oct 14 2002 // Insurance Journal senior writer Dave Thomas recently interviewed Republican Insurance Commissioner candidate Gary Mendoza, the former Commissioner of Corporations about the upcoming election and the current issues facing...
Voodoo, Hurricanes and Insurance… in the Big Easy
Oct 14 2002 // AAMGA. ASCnet. NAPSLO. NAII. The Big I. And the list goes on… Each year, the insurance industry receives plenty of invitations to the industry’s biggest conventions, as well as countless local meetings to...
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...
Farmers’ Pullout Puts Agents, Homeowners in a Jam
Oct 14 2002 // Negotiations continued in early October between state officials and senior executives of Farmers Insurance Group of Companies in the effort to find a solution that would entice the insurer to continue to provide homeowners...
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 has been programs. Reinsurance capacity for many standard commercial lines has dropped...
A Real World Experience: Past & Present
Oct 14 2002 // AMS introduced AfW Online in the spring of 2000 and Sagitta Online in the fall of 2001. In terms of benefits to the agent community, it was hoped the online offerings would be an option for those interested in outsourcing...
2001 Market Share For Insurers in Texas
Oct 14 2002 // The 2001 premium and loss data for Texas verifies everything you heard from the insurance companies — it was a really bad year. Here are the highlights in review: • Texas accounts for 7 percent of the national premium...
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...
Voodoo, Hurricanes and Insurance… in the Big Easy
Oct 14 2002 // AAMGA. ASCnet. NAPSLO. NAII. The Big I. And the list goes on… Each year, the insurance industry receives plenty of invitations to the industry’s biggest conventions, as well as countless local meetings to...
Florida Agent and his Mother Arrested
Oct 9 2002 // Florida Department of Insurance investigators arrested a former licensed insurance agent and his mother, who served as office manager, on charges of selling insurance without a license and issuing fraudulent certificates...
Applied Systems Provides the Cincinnati Ins. Co’s with Policy Processing Solutions
Oct 8 2002 // Applied Systems, Inc. (API) announced that The Cincinnati Insurance Companies have launched The Diamond System(tm), API’s property and casualty insurance policy processing solution, in Kansas. API specializes in...
Leicht Adds Multi-Line Underwriter/Brokers
Oct 7 2002 // Texas-based Leicht General Agency announced that Elva Harris has returned to the company’s Houston office as a senior Multi-line underwriter/broker and Donna Boyd has joined Leicht’s Dallas office in the same...
