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Commentary: Purchasing Insurance for Mexico
Nov 5 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...
Shh! Don’t Tell Anyone, but E-Insurance is Alive and Well
Nov 5 2001 // Let the critics think that online insurance won’t survive the dot-bomb shakeout. Let them say that consumers aren’t interested in buying insurance online or that nobody’s making money on the Internet. The...
Court of Appeals Expands Scope of Discrimination Statute
Nov 5 2001 // With its recent ruling in Cortez v. Progressive County Mut. Ins. Co., No. 3-99-00846-CO (Tex. App.—Austin, Sept. 13), the Austin Court of Appeals called into question the scope of the anti-discrimination statute and...
IIAA Announces 2002 National Executive Committee
Nov 2 2001 // The Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) confirmed Thomas B. Ahart, as president; installed W. Cloyce Anders and Louise “Bebe” Canter to key executive leadership positions and added Alex Soto, ARM,...
Seattle-Area Commercial Insurance Agents, Brokers to Gather to Learn about Risks
Nov 2 2001 // Local commercial insurance agents and brokers will gather Nov. 6 in Seattle to learn about the expanding scope and impact of e-commerce risks affecting businesses today, and how companies can identify e-risk exposures and...
Hoffman Concludes Term, Ahart Inaugurated as IIAA’S 97th President
Nov 1 2001 // The strength of the insurance industry in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks was highlighted by William B. Hofmann III, in his farewell speech as president of the Independent Insurance Agents of America...
NY, NJ Agents Offer Halloween Safety Tips
Oct 31 2001 // The presidents of the Professional Insurance Agents of New York (PIANY) and of New Jersey (PIANJ), John Bailey and Steve Reichman, have both issued warnings to parents to observe certain basic safety rules for their trick...
IIAA Recognizes Presidential Citation Recipients, Young Agents, State Associations and Individual In
Oct 30 2001 // Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) President William F. Hofmann III, bestowed special IIAA Presidential Citations awards to several deserving individuals for their outstanding contributions on behalf of the...
Four Companies Join Trusted Choice Branding Initiative as Founding Partners
Oct 29 2001 // Four leading insurance carriers have signed on as founding sponsors of Trusted Choice, the new consumer marketing brand created by the Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) and independent agency insurance...
Zurich North America Environmental Kicks Off Incentive Reward Program for Agents
Oct 29 2001 // Zurich North America Environmental kicked off a fourth-quarter sales promotion for its agents on Monday, Oct. 22. Through the rewards program, called “Turn up the Volume,” Zurich North America agents who reach...
Commercial Insurance Market Index Shows Evidence of Hardening Market
Oct 26 2001 // According to the recently released third-quarter Commercial Insurance Market Index — reflecting market observations of the largest commercial insurance brokers across the nation — commercial insurance premium...
TowerStreet Adds More Internet Support for Agents
Oct 25 2001 // Windsor Conn.-based TowerStreet, a division of AMS Services Inc., which provides rating and underwriting services via the Internet, announced that it has added two new marketing partners, idNET and WAMMAC. “idNET...
NY, NJ Agents Offer Winter Safety Tips
Oct 23 2001 // The presidents of the Professional Insurance Agents of New York (PIANY) and of New Jersey (PIANJ), John Bailey and Steve Reichman, have issued bulletins warning consumers of potential fire hazards, and offering safety tips...
Agency Management Systems Evolve, Expand Opportunities for Agents
Oct 22 2001 // I’m amazed and astounded that in today’s marketplace there are still some holdouts out there that have no automation system whatsoever or are using automation systems, not necessarily complete agency management...
IIAA Heads to the Islands for a Much-Needed Industry ‘Update’
Oct 22 2001 // Grow Your Business—Secure Your Future” was slated to be the theme of this year’s Independent Agents of America (IIAA) InfoXchange. But the events of last month suddenly made the idea of securing your future...
In the Thick of National Crisis: IJ Talks with IIAA CEO Rusbuldt
Oct 22 2001 // As the nation was reeling from tragedy, Robert A. Rusbuldt, CEO of the Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA), was moving ahead with other industry representatives to ensure that the important role of independent...
Consumer Online Access: Help Your Customers Help You
Oct 22 2001 // People used to get into elevators and give the floor number to an attendant. He’d close the outer and inner doors, and pull a lever to take you to your floor. There was a time when you couldn’t telephone anyone...
Independent Broker Network Joins the National Auto Agents Alliance
Oct 19 2001 // The National Auto Agents Alliance has accepted an application for affiliation from the Independent Broker Network (IBN). IBN is a 12-year old organization headquartered in San Jose, Calif. IBN founder Fred...
Minnesota Commissioner Extends Insurance Agent Licenses
Oct 18 2001 // Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Jim Bernstein announced that due to a strike by state employee unions that slowed license-processing procedures, insurance agent licenses that were set to expire on Oct. 31 will remain in...
IVANS Survey Finds Insurers Just Hitting Their Stride with Web
Oct 18 2001 // Even as “new economy” hype is receding into memory, insurance companies are finally hitting their stride in finding practical uses for Internet technologies, according to a recent “Emerging Strategies in...
