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Protect Your Customers from Watered-DownPWC Coverage
May 27 2002 // The United States boasts nearly 51 million acres of lakes, 633,000 miles of rivers and 88,600 miles of coastal shoreline. So, it’s little wonder that water recreation is a popular summer pastime. In recent years,...
Watch the Skies, Weather Still Causing Trouble for Homeowners Markets
May 27 2002 // For the past year, while the Texas homeowners insurance market reeled from the effects of mold claims on premium (and still does), homeowners markets in other states have begun bracing themselves for similar nightmare...
Your Customers Want You to Succeed
May 27 2002 // Relationship management certainly isn’t new. Most agencies feel committed to their customers and believe that building and managing relationships is also a great strength of the agency. That said, how many agencies...
George Hogue: Perfect for the Job
May 27 2002 // We tried to get George Hogue to come to the IIAT convention in June so we could give him a plaque and a round of applause, but he won’t be there. He made other plans. And besides, he doesn’t like to call...
IIAT to Hold its 105th
May 27 2002 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas’ annual convention will be held June 13-14 at the Westin Galleria Hotel in Houston. IIAT promises a jam-packed two days of continuing education workshops, one-on-one...
George Hogue: Perfect for the Job
May 27 2002 // We tried to get George Hogue to come to the IIAT convention in June so we could give him a plaque and a round of applause, but he won’t be there. He made other plans. And besides, he doesn’t like to call...
Shields, Barnes Featured Commentators at IIABA
May 23 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)...
Lloyd’s, London Brokers Set Up Benchmark Program
May 22 2002 // Lloyd’s and the London Market Insurance Brokers’ Committee (LMBC) announced that they have jointly established a new benchmarking program for the London Insurance Market. The program will allow insurers and...
IIABA Creates Diversity Task Force
May 22 2002 // Seeking to build on the successful foundation laid by its Multicultural Agents Forum series, the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) has established a Diversity Task Force, charging it with...
Hartford Partners with IVANS, HNC, and Access CoverageCorp
May 22 2002 // The Hartford Financial Services Group announced a series of new initiatives that enable agents to do business with the insurer using processes that meet their agency’s specific needs. The initiatives involve...
Travelers Advances with Real-Time Transactions
May 22 2002 // Travelers unveiled two advancements for real-time transactions based on the ACORD XML standard. The company announced that it is in production with a real-time single-entry, multiple-company interface (SEMCI) capability...
AUGIE Agency Survey Offers Up Numbers
May 21 2002 // Orlando – “The thing that surprised me the most was just how much of the survey wasn’t that surprising,” ACORD vice president Rick Gilman commented. According to Gilman, the result of the AUGIE...
Travelers Makes Available Online Billing Inquiry for Ind. Agents
May 20 2002 // Travelers independent agents now have a new, faster and easier way to access policyholder billing information for automobile and home insurance customers. The company has launched an online capability that enables...
IBA West Conf. Boasts Opportunities for Young Agents and Brokers June 6-8
May 17 2002 // Dubbed the “flagship event” in the West for young insurance professionals, IBA West is holding its’ 27th Annual Young Brokers and Agents Conference June 6-8 in Reno, Nev. The event provides opportunities...
ISO’s New Auto Loss-History Database Offers Insurers Comprehensive Information for Assessing Auto Po
May 17 2002 // Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO) has launched its new Automobile-Property Loss Underwriting Service (A-PLUSTM) database to provide insurers, brokers and agents comprehensive automobile loss information, so they can...
Hub International Names Execs for Brokerage units
May 16 2002 // Chicago-based Hub International Limited announced that Joseph P. Flanagan and Richard J. Palleschi have been named president and CEO at two of the company’s brokerage units: Flanagan at Chicago-based Mack and Parker...
Bogus Calif. Agent Arrested on Grand Theft Charges
May 15 2002 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Investigations Bureau arrested Scott D. Veitch, 35, vice president of Golf Marketing World Wide LLC. Veitch, who is not...
Insurance Industry Posts Strong Q1 Gains HOW REAL ARE THEY’
May 13 2002 // After suffering its first ever net loss in 2001,an extraordinary and dismal year by anyone’s reckoning, the property/casualty industry finally received some good news as earnings reports for the first quarter of 2002...
Technology Bites
May 13 2002 // About the time we were heavily into the production cycle for the current issue of Insurance Journal-Texas/South Central, with its focus on technology issues, technology took a bite out of our offices. We were attacked by...
Texas Offers IIABA’s First Virtual University Online Education Course
May 13 2002 // The first online continuing education course offered through the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America’s (IIABA) Virtual University has been unveiled—in Texas. The course is available on the...
