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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...
Minnesota Dept. of Commerce Investigating Agents
Oct 17 2001 // The Minnesota Department of Commerce has become aware of companies and individuals targeting insurance agents to participate in the sale of non-insurance products with the guarantee of high commissions ranging from 11...
Agents Now Able to Offer Commercial Banking Products Through Capital Avenue
Oct 17 2001 // Capital Avenue, a company that provides insurance agencies the ability to offer commercial banking products to their business customers through a simple, co-branding arrangement, announced that a number of independent...
Agency Management Systems Evolve, Expand Opportunities for Agents
Oct 15 2001 // How “high-tech” is your agency? The range of difference between agencies with regard to level of automation is still fairly wide. While many agents bought their first agency management systems years ago, others...
First Trade Show Goes Forward After Tragedies, Calderon Keynotes
Oct 15 2001 // It was not an easy decision when, immediately following the Sept. 11 tragedies, members of the board of the American Agents Alliance were polled by Executive Director Lorelle Kitzmiller as to whether its Conference &...
IIAA Heads to the Islands for a Much-Needed Industry ‘Update’
Oct 15 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...
Agency Management Systems Evolve, Expand Opportunities for Agents
Oct 15 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...
In the Thick of National Crisis: IJ Talks with IIAA CEO Rusbuldt
Oct 15 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...
Commentary: Help Your Customers Help You With Online Self-Service
Oct 15 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...
Applied Systems’ InScope Extends Insurance Operating Hours with Internet-Based, Customer Facing Services
Oct 12 2001 // Applied Systems® recently announced a recent upward sales trend of a unique application for agents and brokers, InScope™, and the positive effect it is having on its clients and their customers. InScope is a web-based...
St. Paul To Brief DC Agents and Brokers on
Oct 11 2001 // The St. Paul Companies announced that it will present a briefing for Washington DC agents and brokers on e-Commerce Risks at George Mason University on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Kae Lovaas,...
CNA Unveils New Online Capabilities
Oct 9 2001 // CNA unveiled new online capabilities on CNA Central. The website features dynamic transactional tools and account management resources for a broad range of CNA products and services for the company’s U.S. insurance...
Ohio Order Against Agent Reinstated
Oct 8 2001 // The Seventh District Court of Appeals has reinstated Ohio Department of Insurance Director Lee Covington’s order revoking the license of John Sprankle of New Springfield, to sell insurance in Ohio. The reinstatement...
Appeals Court Orders Progressive’s Commission Plan Back to Trial
Oct 8 2001 // The Third Court of Appeals in Austin reversed itself Sept. 13 and ordered an Austin district court to retry a case involving a Corpus Christi insured who claimed unfair discrimination in his purchase of a policy at a price...
How to Help: Who’s Doing What in the Insurance Industry
Oct 8 2001 // America has witnessed an outpouring of help after the tragic events of Sept. 11. Following is a list of national and regional facilities and some of the efforts made by insurance organizations to assist in the relief...
CDI Announces Web-Based Education Provider and Course Search Program
Oct 5 2001 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) Producer Licensing Bureau announced the availability of a new web-based search to locate education providers and course offerings. Agents will no longer have to wait for the...
