Latest Agencies Headlines
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Ohio Agent Candidates Can Go Online to Register
Nov 15 2001 // Adding to the list of technology enhancements developed over the past two years, Lee Covington, Director of the Ohio Department of Insurance, announced a new online service that will make it easier for insurance agent...
Michigan-Based Pioneer State Mutual Signs Deal to Aid Agents
Nov 14 2001 // Pioneer State Mutual Insurance Co., a Michigan property and casualty insurer, has signed a licensing agreement for Allenbrook’s VIC(c) (Visual Internet Connection) software. VIC will provide agents with a secure Web...
F.A. Legal Looks for Average Claim Costs to Rise in 2002
Nov 14 2001 // In 2002, the average cost per claim could rise to $30,000 that individual financial professionals pay to defend themselves against litigation, and in some cases it could exceed $100,000, according to Walter Baumgardner, a...
IIAA Looks at Terrorism Bill Vote as Momentum Builder
Nov 13 2001 // A vote by the House Financial Services Committee last week to approve legislation to aid insurance consumers following future terrorist attacks serves as a momentum builder on Capitol Hill, according to Independent...
NAAA Concludes Board Meeting at AIAT
Nov 13 2001 // The National Auto Agents Alliance (NAAA) held its third Board Meeting of the year in Arlington, Texas, on Nov. 2. For the fourth consecutive year, the meeting was held in conjunction with the Automobile Insurance Agents of...
FINEOS Launches New Broker/Agent Portals
Nov 12 2001 // Dublin, Ireland-based FINEOS, a specialist in Internet marketing solutions for banks and insurers, announced the launch of several new Broker and Agent Portals “specifically designed for banking and insurance...
Financial Keyosk Allows Agents to Tap Into Sales of Financial Services
Nov 12 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...
The View from Up There-Insurers Embrace Space Age Technologies
Nov 12 2001 // The key witness in a recent crop fraud case turned out to be a camera. In June 2001, a U.S. District judge in Arkansas ruled against several farmers accused of filing false crop insurance claims totaling approximately...
Shh! Don’t Tell Anyone, but E-Insurance is Alive and Well
Nov 12 2001 // Progress continues as Internet technologies integrate into sales and service process. Let the critics think that online insurance won’t survive the dot-bomb shakeout. Let them say that consumers aren’t...
Commentary: Purchasing Insurance for Mexico
Nov 12 2001 // Tourists, property owners and businesspersons who drive, own homes, or operate businesses or subsidiaries in Mexico need to properly protect their assets south of the border. It is ironic that most agents place insurance...
Are Your Files Defensible’ A Look at E&O Risks for Agents and Brokers
Nov 12 2001 // A short time ago, the Wall Street Journal ran an article on litigation, the caption of which read: “When all else fails, the American way is to file a lawsuit.” The article correctly pointed out that it has...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires NJ, DC Brokers
Nov 9 2001 // Arthur J. Gallagher has added three new brokers to its recent list of acquisitions, taking control of Cashan & Company of Hammonton, New Jersey; Hartstein Associates, Inc. of Warren, New Jersey, and Washington...
InsureZone’s AgentSecure Adds Seven New Customers
Nov 8 2001 // InsureZone, the nationwide “clicks and mortar” insurance agency that enables purchases of small commercial insurance through multiple channels, announced that AgentSecure — its Web-enabled market-access...
Safeonline Launches Product to Cover Costs in Recovering Lost Data
Nov 7 2001 // Safeonline, an Okemos, Mich.-based manufacturer and distributor of digital risk insurance products and services, announced the launch of SafeData, a new product that covers the costs of recovering data lost from computer...
Ohio Department Issues Order Against Agent
Nov 6 2001 // The Ohio Department of Insurance issued a Cease and Desist order and a Notice of Hearing to William T. Snapp, of Milford (Clermont County), ordering the agent to stop engaging in the business of insurance by soliciting and...
Calif.-Based Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers Expands Operation
Nov 6 2001 // The Orange County/San Diego branch of Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers Inc. has moved to larger facilities in Los Alamitos. Becky Hill, vice president and branch manager of the new offices, commented that the new...
ACT Releases Comprehensive Technology Study
Nov 5 2001 // A groundbreaking and indispensable insurance technology study was recently released at the Independent Insurance Agents of America’s (IIAA) Hawaii InfoXchange by the Agents Council of Technology (ACT), announced ACT...
Liberty Mutual, One Beacon Reach Definitive Agreement
Nov 5 2001 // Liberty Mutual Group and OneBeacon, a wholly owned subsidiary of White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd., reached a definitive agreement regarding a previously announced partnership transfering business and operations in 42...
Could What You Don’t Know About Reinsurance Bankrupt Your Business’
Nov 5 2001 // Many of today’s most well-informed insurance professionals do not possess a basic understanding of the reinsur-ance industry, according to reinsurance expert Andy Barile. Independent agents must in-crease their...
Are Your Files Defensible’
Nov 5 2001 // A short time ago the Wall Street Journal ran an article on litigation, the caption of which read: “When all else fails, the American way is to file a lawsuit.” The article correctly pointed out that it has...
