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IIABA Backs Pragmatic Reform Plan to House Panel
Jun 19 2002 // Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) President Thomas B. Ahart presented a “pragmatic, middle-ground” reform proposal that advocates the adoption of federal legislative tools to foster...
IIABA Applauds Senate’s Approval of Terrorism Ins. Backstop
Jun 19 2002 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) reacted to the Senate’s recent approval of the terrorism insurance backstop legislation in a statement released June 18. The final vote invoking...
Texas Agent Arrested for Issuing Bogus GL Policies
Jun 19 2002 // John Tesseyman III of Tyler, Texas has been arrested on four felony charges after a raid of his Old Bullard Road office, and stands accused of bilking millions of dollars in bogus general liability insurance policies from...
iLeads.com Develops Agent Technology to Bridge Communication Gap
Jun 19 2002 // California-based iLeads.com has developed new technology to enable agents to better bridge the initial communication gap with consumers. The iLeads.com “Lightning Response System” automatically sends consumers...
Five States Become Latest to Back AgentSecure’s Web-Enabled Tool for Smaller and Rural Agents
Jun 18 2002 // AgentSecure, a division of InsureZone that provides agents with online access to big-brand P/C and life products through a single-entry, multiple-carrier interface (SEMCI), has received exclusive endorsements from five...
PIACT’s Company Performance Survey Evokes Responses from Insurers
Jun 17 2002 // James Pascarella, CPCU, President of the Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut (PIACT) announced that the organization had received wide ranging responses from many insurers to its year long survey of independent...
CDI Revokes Agent’s License
Jun 17 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 Bevins cease and desist from participating in...
Fla. Agents Banned from Industry
Jun 14 2002 // Three South Florida men have been banned from the state’s insurance industry after one of the agents pleaded guilty June 11 to organized fraud, a first-degree felony, stemming from a reported scheme that diverted...
Restraining Order Issued Against Two Texas Agents
Jun 13 2002 // Texas State District Judge Pete Lowry has issued a temporary restraining order against Robert Harrison of Richmond and Pete Ballard of San Antonio to keep them from selling reported bogus commercial insurance coverages and...
CDI Updates Agent/Broker License
Jun 13 2002 // The California Department of Insurance recently announced that they have updated the look for licenses issued to insurance agents and brokers doing business in California. The design was based on feedback the CDI received...
Agency Workflow Time Study Uncovers Threats, Opportunities
Jun 12 2002 // Independent agents and customer service representatives are in a position to dedicate many more hours a week marketing new business, servicing accounts and building relationships. But they’re hampered by multiple...
SAFECO Exhibits ESP™ in New Approach for Business Insurance
Jun 12 2002 // Seattle-based SAFECO has introduced its comprehensive plan for changing the way its business insurance is purchased, sold and serviced. The efficient service and pricing system—known as ESP—will deliver greater...
IIABA Member Earns S.D. Republican Gubernatorial Nomination
Jun 10 2002 // Mike Rounds, a Pierre, South Dakota-based independent insurance agent, advanced to that state’s 2002 gubernatorial general election when he ousted two heavily financed Republican opponents in the primary runoff...
IBA West Responds To Commissioner, Protects Role of Broker in Workers’ Comp.
Jun 10 2002 // IBA WEST has responded to a letter sent to the State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) by California Insurance Commissioner Harry Low in the week saying the insurance regulator’s actions could send the state’s...
Superior Access Unveils Wholesaler Comparative Auto and Home Insurance Quoting
Jun 10 2002 // California-based Superior Access Insurance Services Inc. has unveiled a new online comparative quoting and application feature for 5,300 of its 8,000 appointed agents writing home and auto insurance in...
Insurers & Contractors Trying to Nail DownProper Coverage
Jun 10 2002 // If you’re placing coverage for contractors, there are three factors that determine what obstacles you will encounter: location, location, location. The real question is whether it will stay that way or whether...
Coverage Already in Place Can Help Protect Travel Plans
Jun 10 2002 // Ahh, summer—vacations to the coast or the mountains, cruises to Alaska, treks to far-off, exotic lands. Even if you’re not treating yourself or your family to a once-in-a-lifetime vacation this year, some of your...
SHIELDS, BARNES FEATURED AT IIABA
Jun 10 2002 // National political columnist Mark Shields and Weekly Standard editor Fred Barnes will be featured commentators during a political roundtable at the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s (IIABA)...
IIAT’s Stromberger Plans to Gather no Moss
Jun 10 2002 // Upon his retirement as the executive director of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas later this summer, Ernie Stromberger has no intention of resting long enough to gather any moss. Instead, travel, time with family...
Insurers & Contractors Trying to Nail Down Proper Coverage
Jun 10 2002 // If you’re placing coverage for a client who is a contractor, there are three factors that determine what obstacles you will encounter: location, location, location. The real question, however, is whether it will stay...
