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Surplus Directory Prints Success for Agents, Wholesalers
Jul 8 2002 // Having serviced the Excess and Surplus Lines’ community for a quarter century, Insurance Journal’s Excess & Surplus Directory continues its role in providing the latest markets for agents and...
You know better! Do not try to lower the bar.
Jul 8 2002 // Insureds and cedants have sued their insurance agents, insurance brokers, reinsurance intermediaries or reinsurance brokers when their insurance carrier or reinsurer faced financial difficulty and could not respond to a...
As Hard Market Persists, E&S Brokers Wait for the Right Opportunity
Jul 8 2002 // Last January separate panels of analysts who follow the insurance industry and CEO’s of insurance companies predicted a “foreshortened” cycle, a brief hard market that would give insurers little relief...
Surplus Directory Prints Success for Agents, Wholesalers
Jul 8 2002 // Having serviced the Excess and Surplus Lines’ community for a quarter century, Insurance Journal’s Excess & Surplus Directory continues its role in providing the latest markets for agents and...
IIAT in the Swing of Things with New President, Officers
Jul 8 2002 // Juneau Takes Office At the 105th Annual Convention of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) held June 13-14, in Houston, one of the most heavily attended in recent years, André P. Juneau of Frost Insurance...
You know better! Do not try to lower the bar.
Jul 8 2002 // Insureds and cedants have sued their insurance agents, insurance brokers, reinsurance intermediaries or reinsurance brokers when their insurance carrier or reinsurer faced financial difficulty and could not respond to a...
You know better! Do not try to lower the bar.
Jul 8 2002 // Insureds and cedants have sued their insurance agents, insurance brokers, reinsurance intermediaries or reinsurance brokers when their insurance carrier or reinsurer faced financial difficulty and could not respond to a...
Are You an Insurance Professional’
Jul 8 2002 // Does your firm sell insurance or is it a firm that provides professional insurance services? That is not a trick question, it is a mater of focus and approach. Sure, we all say that we are professionals in what we do...
Pair of Regional Carriers on Board for Trusted Choice
Jul 4 2002 // Regional carriers Kentucky National Insurance Company and Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company are the two newest Trusted ChoiceSM company partners. Fifteen regional and national insurance carriers and one strategic alliance...
Wilson, Newman Receive Top Awards During YBA Conference
Jul 2 2002 // Brad Wilson, president of Wilson Insurance Agency in Chula Vista, California, was honored with the Ronald Lee Wilson Award at the Young Brokers and Agents Conference in Reno. The award was created by Bill Wilson in memory...
CDI Orders $100,000 Fine against Northridge Agent
Jul 1 2002 // California Insurance Commissioner Harry Low has issued an Order for a Monetary Penalty of $100,000 against David Mandel, doing business as Complete Financial & Insurance Services, and 1-800-4-Insure Insurance Services...
Big “I” Markets Extends Product Offerings
Jun 27 2002 // Big “I” Markets, an online market-access program created by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA), is now offering short and long-term event liability insurance that association...
CIWA Seeks to Boost Membership
Jun 27 2002 // Members of the California Insurance Wholesalers Association (CIWA) came together on June 19 at their Annual Meeting and Committee Day in Burbank. The association participated in the election of new officers for 2002-2003....
NY Expands On-line Multi-state License Processing to Agents
Jun 26 2002 // The New York State Insurance Department announced that non-resident insurance agents can now obtain a license on-line through the National Insurance Producer Registry (NIPR), the national licensing system. New York is one...
XDimensional Unveils New Agency Management Software
Jun 26 2002 // “It is a complete agency management system,” said Craig Fuher, of XDimensional Technologies latest agency automation solution Nexsure, a Web-based program based on the Microsoft technology platform. The...
Ga. Agents Convicted of Fraud Have Licenses Revoked
Jun 25 2002 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine has revoked the licenses of two Savannah insurance agents convicted of fraud. William Knight III and Varnedoe Hancock were indicted on fraud charges after Hancock allegedly sold...
Anaheim Agent Arrested on 13 Counts of Fraud
Jun 24 2002 // The CDI’s Fraud Division arrested Gary Stromme, 46, of Anaheim, at his business and charged him with 13 felony counts of grand theft. According to investigators, in 1999, Stromme, a Farmers Insurance Group agent,...
8 Easy Strategies for Building Your Agency
Jun 24 2002 // While building a successful agency takes much dedication and hard work, it may not be as difficult as you think provided that you implement several key strategies. A wealth of material exists on the tangible factors and...
XDimensional Rolls Out New Agency Management Software
Jun 24 2002 // It is a complete agency management system,” said Craig Fuher, of XDimensional Technologies latest agency automation solution Nexsure, a Web-based program based on the Microsoft technology platform. The software,...
Carriers Under Fire’
Jun 24 2002 // As mentioned previously in this column, this year is gearing up to be an interesting one with respect to insurance and politics. And at least one industry group—carriers—are likely to feel rather embattled before the...
