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N.Y. Broker Arrested on Fraud Charges
Aug 12 2002 // New York superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio announced that an investigation into suspected sales of fake insurance ID cards has resulted in the arrest of Theresa Feliz, 49, of Bronx, New York. She is charged with...
Calif. Broker Arrested for Alleged Grand Theft
Aug 6 2002 // Investigators from the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch arrested a Cerritos insurance broker based on evidence gathered which allegedly shows the broker collected premiums and failed...
Columbia Group Signs with Connective Technologies to Implement TEAM-UP Solution
Aug 6 2002 // Houston-based Connective Technologies, Inc., an eCommerce solution provider to the insurance industry, has entered into a contract with Columbia Insurance Group to provide TEAM-UP upload for Personal Auto. TEAM-UP allows...
CDI Revokes Agent’s License
Aug 5 2002 // California Insurance Commissioner Harry W. Low recently issued an order to revoke the fire and casualty broker-agent license of George Alfred Bivins, Jr. Low also ordered that Bivins cease and desist from participating in...
espanol.progressive.com
Aug 5 2002 // Progressive has initiated a Spanish language Web site, espanol.progressive.com. The site is designed to make it easier for Spanish-speaking consumers in the U.S. to obtain information about Progressive, including how to...
Electronic Policy View
Aug 5 2002 // Travelers Property Casualty launched a new electronic policy view capability to help its independent agents go paperless. This capability allows agents to access, view, print and save commercial insurance policies in...
Risk Retention-The Growing Role of the Alternative Market
Aug 5 2002 // How do I insure thee? Let me count the ways.” With apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, that question’s become increasingly meaningful for risk managers, insurers, agents, brokers, consultants and...
Programs, Beacons of Stability in Tumultuous Markets
Aug 5 2002 // Now that the hard market has firmly set, it’s no secret that more and more standard property and casualty insurance carriers are seeking to stem losses by restricting coverage and revamping underwriting habits. As in...
Disparities Between House, Senate Bills Hold Up Terrorism Backstop
Aug 5 2002 // The U.S. insurance industry must have breathed a collective sigh of relief recently, when the Senate approved terrorism insurance backstop legislation after months of debate and delay. But now legislators must reconcile...
Safeguarding Customer Privacy Creates New Issue for States
Aug 5 2002 // Insurance associations have been abuzz the past couple of weeks with regard to impending changes and new proposals to privacy regulations under Congress’ Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Modernization Act (GLB). Each...
CDI Revokes Agent’s License
Aug 5 2002 // California Insurance Commissioner Harry W. Low recently issued an order to revoke the fire and casualty broker-agent license of George Alfred Bivins, Jr. Low also ordered that Bivins cease and desist from participating in...
Alternative Markets Offer a Variety of Risk Management Options
Aug 5 2002 // How do I insure thee? Let me count the ways.” With apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, that question’s become increasingly meaningful for risk managers, insurers, agents, brokers, consultants and...
Programs, Beacons of Stability in Tumultuous Markets
Aug 5 2002 // Now that the hard market has firmly set, it’s no secret that more and more standard property and casualty insurance carriers are seeking to stem losses by restricting coverage and revamping underwriting habits. As in...
INSURBANC EXPANDING
Aug 5 2002 // InsurBanc, the federal savings bank developed by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) to serve agents and brokers, and their clients, won regulatory approval to expand its operations to 15...
AAI, IIABA LIKE MED-MAL PLAN
Aug 5 2002 // President Bush’s proposal for major legislative reforms to address the medical malpractice liability crisis has been praised by both the Alliance of American Insurers and the IIABA. In a recent speech in North...
Willis Commercial Network Chooses The Hartford’s BMG to Aid in U.S. Expansion
Aug 2 2002 // The Hartford Financial Services Group announced its Business Management Group (BMG) will provide agency management expertise to Willis Commercial Network as the latter prepares to expand its U.K. operation throughout the...
Main Street America Group’s Online Homeowner Policy Change Function Proving Success
Aug 2 2002 // Main Street America Group announced that the recent rollout of its homeowner policy change request application online has been well received by its independent agency partners. Main Street America Group’s homeowner...
Financial Keyosk Introduces ‘Agency in a Box’
Aug 1 2002 // Illinois-based Financial Keyosk has introduced a new technology platform, “Agency in a Box,” which the company says is a turnkey solution that will allow thousands of agents to start their own independent...
IIABA Outlines Models for Auto Reform to NCSL
Jul 31 2002 // Today’s auto insurance oversight system suffers from a lack of efficiency, cost effectiveness, and timely decision-making, but greater regulatory reliance on market competition would help streamline and depoliticize...
IIABA Calls for Medical Malpractice Reform
Jul 30 2002 // Americans face a new threat to their health care in the form of a medical malpractice litigation crisis that if left unchecked will make quality health care harder to find, Robert A. Rusbuldt, CEO of the Independent...
