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IBA West Urges Delay On Privacy Rules
Feb 18 2002 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) should delay new regulations until the Legislature decides whether or not to substantially change state privacy laws, IBA West testified recently. At a public hearing in San...
Ohio Insurance Director Revokes Agent’s License
Feb 13 2002 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Lee Covington revoked the insurance license of George J. Fiorini II of Cincinnati and the Fiorini Agency. Covington took the action after finding that Fiorini had allegedly committed...
IIAA President Focuses on New Policy Position
Feb 13 2002 // The Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) continues to support state insurance regulation and will be working closely with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) and other allies who support...
Online Tool Improves Ease of Doing Business for SAFECO Agents
Feb 12 2002 // Seattle-based SAFECO has made doing business easier for its independent agents with the unveiling of a newly redesigned agent Web site called safecoplaza.com. The site delivers faster access to everything from claims...
Ohio Casualty Insurance, Summit Insurance Join Trusted Choice
Feb 11 2002 // The Ohio Casualty Insurance Company and Summit Insurance Company (Rhode Island) are the newest partners in the Independent Insurance Agents of America’s (IIAA) Trusted ChoiceSM branding initiative, which is set to...
Safety Insurance Contracts with IVANS to Use Transformation Station
Feb 11 2002 // Safety Insurance has entered into an agreement with IVANS, Inc. to use Transformation Station™. Safety will use Transformation Station, a data exchange for real-time transactions, on the Agents Virtual Community...
Commercial Auto Agents: Between a Rock and a Hard Market
Feb 11 2002 // The cyclical ups and downs of the multisegmented arena referred to collectively as commercial auto are nothing new. Though the years referred to as “soft” and “hard” vary in both length and...
Before Diving in, Agents Attracted by Captive Profits Must Analyze Challenges
Feb 11 2002 // Thinking of forming an agency captive? An agent-owned captive insurance company involves an agency capitalizing either a domestic insurance company or an offshore insurance company. Richard Turner, president of...
Too Hot to Handle’
Feb 11 2002 // The controversy swirling around the use of credit-based insurance scores in underwriting auto and homeowners policies is one that Insurance Journal has touched upon with increasing frequency during the past few months. But...
ChoicePoint Stops Data Mining at IIAA’s Behest
Feb 11 2002 // After meeting with representatives of the Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA), Alpharetta, Ga.-based ChoicePoint Inc., a credit scoring and consumer-lead generation service provider, agreed to stop selling data...
Agent Told to ‘Cease and Desist’
Feb 11 2002 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance ordered a former insurance agent to cease and desist any business as an insurance agent as a result of the agent’s alleged violations of the Louisiana Insurance Code. Herman...
Accused Broker Steps Down
Feb 11 2002 // Michael Segal, CEO of Chicago-based Near North Insurance Brokerage Inc., resigned his position after being charged with mail and insurance fraud involving a trust fund from which he allegedly misappropriated funds....
ChoicePoint Stops Data Mining
Feb 11 2002 // After meeting with representatives of the Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA), Alpharetta, Ga.-based ChoicePoint Inc., a credit scoring and consumer-lead generation service provider, agreed to stop selling data...
NY P/C Agents Can Now Renew Licenses On-line
Feb 8 2002 // New York State Insurance Department Superintendent Gregory V. Serio announced that for the first time property/casualty agents in New York State can renew their licenses over the Internet. “The new on-line program...
Sen. Dodd to Address IIAA National Legislative Conference
Feb 7 2002 // Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.), an influential leader on insurance issues in the U.S. Senate, will be a keynote speaker at the 26th Annual Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) National Legislative Conference...
IIAA Study Finds Agency System Continues to Grow Share of P/C Marketplace
Feb 1 2002 // A study of year 2000 insurance marketplace results by the Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) finds that the agency system continues to grow market share in both commercial and personal lines, according to IIAA...
SIS, IVANS Enter Agreement
Jan 31 2002 // Strategic Insurance Software Inc. (SIS) provider of software and automation services to insurance agencies and carriers has entered into an agreement with IVANS Inc. to enhance agency-carrier policy detail interface by...
Near North Insurance Brokerage Exec Charged with $20M In Fraud
Jan 31 2002 // According to the Chicago Tribune, Michael Segal, CEO of Near North Insurance Brokerage, was arrested on Jan 26 and charged with insurance and mail fraud in a Chicago federal court. The formal complaint alleges that Segal...
Hartford, S.H. Smith to Offer Law Firm Coverage
Jan 30 2002 // The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. has teamed with S. H. Smith & Company of West Hartford, Conn., a leading excess and surplus lines insurance broker, managing general agency and program administrator, to...
CDI Approves Infinity/Leader’s CE Course
Jan 30 2002 // Infinity/Leader Insurance, a member of Great American Insurance Group, has recently been approved by the California Department of Insurance to teach a four-hour continuing education course called “Professional Field...
