Latest Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
IIAA Shows Support for Retirement Security Advice Act
Dec 5 2001 // A bill that would empower independent agents and brokers to provide counsel to participants in employer-provided investment plans holds major potential benefits for millions of American workers, Independent Insurance...
Progressive Pilots New System for Independent Agents
Dec 4 2001 // Ohio-based Progressive Insurance is piloting a new system developed to help independent insurance agents write more business with some of the millions of clients who go online to shop for auto insurance. Progressive began...
Montana-Based Agencies See Growth in Payne Financial Group
Dec 4 2001 // Montana International Insurance, select divisions of Terry Payne & Co., and Hoiness LaBar Insurance formed Payne Financial Group in January 2001 to offer a broader portfolio of services to their clients. Payne...
E-Risk Services Launches The Broker Zone for Its Appointed Producers
Dec 3 2001 // E-Risk Services LLC recently released an online resource for its appointed producers. “The Broker Zone,” located on the company’s website, www.eriskservices.com, has information to help producers deal...
Texas Homeowners Market Tightens As More Carriers Withdraw
Dec 3 2001 // Two more insurance carriers, Union Standard and Ohio Casualty, have announced their withdrawal from personal lines in the Texas market, according to the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT). Union Standard’s...
From Promotions to Sport Pros, Special Events Insurance Covers it All
Dec 3 2001 // During the playoffs between the Seattle Mariners and the New York Yankees preceding the 2001 World Series, the National-Hole-in-One Association provided insurance coverage for a promotion sponsored by a Seattle-based...
Financial Keyosk Allows Agents to Tap Into Sales of Financial Services
Dec 3 2001 // Financial Keyosk, a growing online financial services solution providing assistance to agents, has come on the scene with the goal of helping agents obtain carrier markets, expand products and make their businesses run...
Commentary: Flood Sales 101-Fact vs. Fiction
Dec 3 2001 // • I don’t need flood insurance; I’m not in a flood zone. • I don’t need flood insurance; this neighborhood has never flooded. • I don’t need flood insurance; Uncle Sam will buy a new house for...
HOUSTON AGENTS GET SOCIAL
Dec 3 2001 // The Young Agents of Houston are hosting a “Between The Holidays” social and insisting that you don’t have to be a Young Agent to come. The event will take place from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Nov. 29 at...
Big “I” Shares Insights, Reaffirms Commitments at Hawaii InfoXchange
Dec 3 2001 // With the theme, “Grow Your Business…Secure Your Future,” the Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) Hawaii InfoXchange had plenty of valuable insight to share with attendees. The convention was held...
Report Aon in Talks to Form Chinese Broker
Nov 30 2001 // According to a report from Reuters News Agency, Aon Corp., the world’s second largest insurance broker, is in the process of concluding a 50/50 partnership arrangement with China’s state-owned COFCO, and...
California Agent Gets 4 Years for Fraud
Nov 30 2001 // John Blanton Breland, 54, was sentenced Nov. 26 in the San Joaquin County Superior Court to four years in State prison. The sentencing is the result of a guilty plea to two felony counts of embezzlement, one count of theft...
Hull & Company Restructures Calif. Offices
Nov 29 2001 // Hull & Company, one of the nation’s largest wholesale brokers and MGAs, announced it would be implementing several action steps, including the merger of its San Diego office into its Newport Beach locale. The...
Gallagher Acquires Lloyd’s Broker MRS; Willis Ups Stake in German Broker JWA
Nov 28 2001 // Two of the world’s biggest insurance brokers are growing. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced that it had acquired MRS Holdings Ltd. of London for an undisclosed amount, and Willis Group Holdings said it will...
AUGIE Aids in Survey to Determine Needs of Agents
Nov 27 2001 // The ACORD User Groups Information Exchange (AUGIE) has been working with insurance companies, vendors and the national agency management system user groups to develop a comprehensive survey in an effort to determine what...
IIAA Releases 2001 Best Practices Study, Highlights Importance of Technology
Nov 27 2001 // The 2001 Best Practices Study, released recently by the Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA), finds that technology is playing an ever-expanding and critical role in the success of Best Practices agencies and...
California Agent Pleads No Contest to Felony Counts
Nov 26 2001 // A Stockton insurance agent pled no contest to four felony counts earlier this month in the San Joaquin Superior Court. Kim Lorene Lawrence, 40, made the plea after being charged with 33 felony counts consisting of...
BB&T’s Aggressive Expansion Plan Includes Mergers, Acquisitions
Nov 26 2001 // BB&T Corporation, the Winston-Salem, N.C.-based financial services company with strong insurance interests, is maintaining its strategy of expansion across the southern U.S. by agreeing in principle to merge with...
Michigan-Based NAPAA Files Lawsuit Against Allstate
Nov 21 2001 // Canton, Mich.-based National Association of Professional Allstate Agents (NAPAA) filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Tampa, Fla. against Allstate Insurance Co., claiming that the insurer breached its agreement with...
SEEC Inc. Introduces Solution for industry
Nov 21 2001 // SEEC, Inc., a provider of business-to-business solutions for insurance and other industries, has introduced Axcess(TM) for Insurance, an agent self-service solution that allows a carrier’s agents to quote, underwrite...
