Latest Agencies Headlines
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EEOC SUES, AllSTATE DISAPPOINTED
Jan 14 2002 // The Allstate Corporation has expressed its displeasure with the Equal Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC’s) lawsuit against its Allstate Insurance Company subsidiary over an agency system reorganization. The EEOC...
Gaspar Heads ACORD Board; Norman is Chair Elect
Jan 10 2002 // The Board of Directors of ACORD has confirmed Carl L. Gaspar, as the Chair and Marilyn Norman as Chair Elect for 2002. “This is a huge honor and culminates a career-long interest in agency automation and involvement...
Penn National Launches New Web Services for Agents, Policyholders
Jan 8 2002 // Penn National Insurance announced the launch of several new Web-delivered tools and services for its policyholders and agents today, including pay-by-Web and pay-by-phone options. New links labeled “For...
Agents to Help Shape Future Automation and
Jan 4 2002 // The ACORD — User Groups Information Exchange (AUGIE) has launched its Agents’ Survey, a collaborative industry effort to determine what agents want out of their automation system and company partners...
SurePath 3.0 Offering Tools for Processing, Managing Surety Bonds
Jan 3 2002 // California-based InSure Vision Technologies (IVT) has announced the availability of SurePath 3.0, its flagship product for processing and managing both paper-based and electronic surety bonds. Pam Stocks, InSure Vision...
EEOC Sues Allstate Over Age Bias
Dec 31 2001 // Allstate Corp. has been hit with a lawsuit from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The suit alleges that the company engaged in age discrimination against its agents. According to a New York Times report,...
IBA West Endorses Calderon for Calif. Insurance Commissioner
Dec 28 2001 // The largest trade association in the Pacific West representing independent agents and insurance brokers–which employ more than 15,000 insurance professionals and insure millions of Californians–recently...
Ohio Agents Have Licenses Revoked
Dec 24 2001 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Lee Covington has signed the second of two orders revoking the insurance licenses of Matthew J. Bower and Abigail Bower, both formerly of Toledo and former agents of the Baron...
Lawyers on Illinois Case Seeking Restitution and Punitive Damages
Dec 24 2001 // Lawyers representing the village of Rosemont, Ill., are seeking restitution and punitive damages in a civil lawsuit against an insurance broker that village officials say allegedly defrauded them out of around $1 million....
Nekema, InsurePoint.com Finalize Merger
Dec 24 2001 // New Jersey-based Nekema Inc. and Ohio-based Insure-Point.com Inc. finished up plans to merge before the end of the year. Company officials recently announced that the newly combined company will operate under the Nekema...
Council of Insurance Agents + Brokers Responds to Failure of Federal Terrorism Reinsurance Legislati
Dec 24 2001 // In response to no Congressional action being taken on federal terrorism reinsurance legislation died in 2001, Ken Crerar, president of The Council of Insurance Agents + Brokers, stated that the move was a disappointment to...
Arrowhead Launches Wholesale Brokerage Division
Dec 20 2001 // Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. announced the launch of a new wholesale brokerage division designed to provide retail insurance producers with a solution for their hard-to-place commercial risks. “We have...
W.K. Cooper and Co. International Insurance Brokers Changes Name
Dec 18 2001 // Bill Cooper, Kevin Crombie and Charles Wardlaw announced that they have changed their company’s name from W. K. Cooper & Co. International Insurance Brokers Inc. to International E&S Insurance Brokers...
IIAA President Supports AMS Services’ Decision
Dec 17 2001 // AMS Services decision to use IVANS Transformation Station has the potential to provide a significant boost to efficient agent-company electronic transactions, said Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) President...
Top 10 Stories of 2001
Dec 17 2001 // Recollections and Renewal: Looking Back at 2001 with an Eye to the Future This is the year that was. It is one that many people will be glad to see come to an end because the new year always brings hope—for a rebirth,...
Independent Agents, Brokers to Meet in Washington, D.C.
Dec 14 2001 // Nearly 800 independent insurance agents and brokers will come together in the nation’s capital April 10-12 for the 26th Annual Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) National Legislative Conference. The 2002...
Calco Insurance Brokers and Agents Purchased
Dec 13 2001 // Donald D. Fey, president of Calco Insurance Brokers & Agents, Inc., announced Calco was bought by its management, producers and by Distribution Partners Investment Capital, L.P., a private investment fund managed by...
InsuranceNoodle Begins Licensing Web-Based Solution
Dec 12 2001 // InsuranceNoodle announced it has begun licensing its web-based NoodleASP(TM) technology solution to regional/national brokers, P&C carriers, managing general agents (MGA), and managing general underwriters (MGU). The...
NASFA Files Suit against State Farm
Dec 11 2001 // The National Association of State Farm Agents Inc. filed suit recently against State Farm in Federal District Court on behalf of members, claiming breach of contract. The action was taken due to alleged raiding of the...
From Promotions to Sport Pros, Special Events Insurance Covers it All
Dec 10 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...
