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Coverages for Contractors: Only the Strong Survive as a Tough Market Gets Tougher
Jun 11 2001 // What’s the biggest problem area in the California insurance market these days?” When asked that question, most in the know would probably, without any hesitation, reply, “Workers’ comp.” But...
Message to Agents: Be Proactive on Privacy
Jun 11 2001 // If you’re like most consumers, you get lots of mail from banks—banks that already call you a customer and those that consider you a prospect. “Hey, for a low rate of 2.9 percent, you can go into even deeper...
Getting a Grip on GLBA
Jun 11 2001 // It feels like the countdown to Y2K. Will we be ready? Will the industry fall apart if we aren’t in compliance with GLBA before the looming date of July 1, 2001? That’s the day by which agents and brokers must...
After Deal with iwix.net Goes Sour, ebix.com Turns to Esurance
Jun 11 2001 // On May 29, Atlanta-based ebix.com struck a deal with Esurance Inc., a national quote-to-claims Internet-based provider of personal auto insurance. Under the terms of the deal, Esurance will offer instant online auto...
50th Annual San Diego ‘I’-Day Takes Attendees on a ‘Wild Ride’
Jun 11 2001 // They came offering a wide array of products and services as the 50th Annual San Diego “I”-Day rolled into the downtown Convention Center June 1. More than 70 exhibitors turned out for the event, which also...
Agents, Brokers Learn of E-Commerce Risks
Jun 8 2001 // Chicago-area agents and brokers received updates on how e-commerce, the Internet and technology are reshaping how business is done during a seminar yesterday sponsored by The St. Paul’s technology underwriting...
NAII Notes Build in Momentum as 25 States Sign Producer Licensing Bills
Jun 7 2001 // With over a year remaining on the November 2002 deadline, 25 state legislatures have enacted reciprocal producer licensing laws while bills in another 11 states are awaiting the governors’ signatures. The producer...
Auto Insurance Companies to Face Multi-Million-Dollar Lawsuit
Jun 7 2001 // A multi-million-dollar class-action lawsuit has been authorized by the board of directors of the National Auto Agents Alliance (NAAA) Board against several insurers. The lawsuit questions the legality of insurers reducing...
Agents Receive Enhanced Program
Jun 6 2001 // Cincinnati-based Great American Insurance Company has come forward with a new program, “Great Pay,” which serves as an electronic payment method useable over the Internet. The program offers agents an...
Chubb Ins. Co. of Canada Launches Website
Jun 5 2001 // Chubb Insurance Company of Canada unveiled a secure website for personal lines brokers at Chubb Canada. The company began a pilot phase last December, and the location is now live for Chubb’s Ontario-based brokers....
CNA and MarketScout Partner to Target Independent Agents
Jun 5 2001 // Capitalizing on CNA’s underwriting skills and MarketScout’s eInsurance distribution system, the two companies will provide independent agents access to a broad array of CNA products via MarketScout’s...
IMMS and ConfirmNet Form New Alliance
Jun 4 2001 // Insurance Marketing and Management Services (IMMS), a provider of marketing and management information to insurance professionals, and ConfirmNet Corporation, the developer of CertificatesNow, announced a strategic...
National Financial Partners, Nemco Brokerage Acquire Group Business
Jun 4 2001 // National Financial Partners Corp. and New York City-based Nemco Brokerage, Inc. (Nemco), a group benefits brokerage and insurance firm, announced their joint acquisition of the group insurance business formerly owned by a...
Who’s Who Across Texas, Local Associations at Work
Jun 4 2001 // Local associations across the state continue to contribute to their communities and their profession in a variety of ways. Following is a report on activities for the past year from those that responded to our queries...
The Big ‘I’ Goes to Washington
Jun 4 2001 // It was a new year, a new administration, and a new round of visits on Capitol Hill. Although not as critical a legislation year as past years, the issues remained as pressing as ever, and the 800 attendees of the 25th...
Agents Selling Financial Services, Three Texas Agents Discuss Success
Jun 4 2001 // During the last decade, the wall separating the worlds of banking and insurance has crashed down. Banks are buying insurance agencies. Banks are merging with insurance companies. The Independent Insurance Agents of America...
Highlights of Actions by the Texas Legislature Affecting Texas Insurance
Jun 4 2001 // Following is an overview of the 77th Texas Legislature offered by Bo Gilbert, CPCU, IIAT Director of Governmental Affairs. For a complete analysis of these bills as well as other bills that passed this legislative session,...
The Changing Face of the London Insurance Market: Lloyd’s Admits ‘Foreign’ Brokers-Ins-sure Takes Ov
Jun 4 2001 // The London insurance market achieved two significant milestones recently with the admission to Lloyd’s membership of three non-U.K.-based brokers, and the launch of Ins-sure Services, Ltd., which will assume the...
How Does Your Agency Compare’ The Middleton Group biannual compensation survey
Jun 4 2001 // Not surprisingly, compensation continues to be the single largest agency expense. The average independent agency in the U.S. spent between 62.2 percent and 66.3 percent on compensation in 2000, according to The Middleton...
Wade Spilman: Peerless Advocate, Irreplaceable Friend
Jun 4 2001 // Wade Spilman was always proud to say that, even though he wasn’t an insurance agent, he spent so much of his life working with, and on behalf of, agents that he often found himself thinking like an agent. IIAT will...
