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CIAB Calls for Full State Reciprocity and Uniformity in Insurance Licensing Laws
May 18 2001 // Albert R. “Skip” Counselman, a past chairman of The Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers, today told a House Financial Services subcommittee that progress in streamlining the agent and broker licensing...
iiX Provides Arrowhead Agents Access to Credit Score Data
May 18 2001 // Insurance Information Exchange (iiX), a division of TowerStreet providing underwriting services, announced an agreement with Arrowhead General Insurance Agency of San Diego through which iiX will provide credit score...
CDI Unveils Online Agent/Broker License Renewal
May 17 2001 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) announced it is now accepting licensing renewals for agents and brokers online. The new online renewal process will save insurance agents and brokers time and eliminate delays...
IIAA Updates Congress on Licensing Reform Activity
May 17 2001 // Spurred by the prospect of the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers (NARAB), states are on target to surpass the 29-state threshold before the end of this year and forestall the quasi-federal...
Conn. Gov. Rowland to Open Independent Insurance Agents’ Bank
May 15 2001 // Connecticut Governor John Rowland (R) will lead a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the grand opening of InsurBanc, a federal savings bank that consumers can access through their hometown-based independent insurance...
WSS’ Premiere Program Seeks New Agents
May 14 2001 // A new program for California agents and brokers, known as the “Premiere Agent Program,” was unveiled by Richard L. Polizzi, president of Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers Inc. The program is comprised...
IIAA Names Jeffrey Yates ACT Executive Director
May 14 2001 // Jeffrey M. Yates is the new executive director of the Agents Council for Technology (ACT), announces Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) Chief Exec-utive Officer Robert A. Rusbuldt. Yates, who will begin his new...
Info-laden Site Helps Texas Agents
May 14 2001 // When I bought my minivan, I refused to buy it from my local dealership. The reason? The local sales rep added no value to my sales transaction. He was satisfied in having me or a rep from another dealership do all of the...
Tech Providers Are Scoping Out the Online MGA Market
May 14 2001 // Electronic communications between agents and carriers have received much attention over the years, as the struggle goes on for better technology, single entry of data and lower-cost delivery. But what if you’re a key...
How Agents Won on the Web, Four Web Venture Profiles
May 14 2001 // A century ago, agents found customers where they gathered—at church, their place of business or the local watering hole downtown. This marketing strategy still works today—only now many agents are going through...
IIAT’s 104th Annual Convention Set for June 14-15 in San Antonio
May 14 2001 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas’ annual convention set for June 14 and 15 has a new look this year. This year’s event, at the Marriott Rivercenter in San Antonio, will be a jam-packed two days of...
What the Heck Is XML’
May 14 2001 // A persistent problem in delivering the insurance product quickly and accurately to the consumer is that there is no uniform way for all the players behind the scenes to communicate. There are way too many human touches and...
Another Major Shift
May 14 2001 // Only few would disagree that we are on the threshold of an economic revolution of some kind. No one knows just what it is yet because it is all around us and we have no high point from which we can get a better look. That...
Fiduciary Duties and Expert Testimony
May 14 2001 // Insurance intermediaries, whether they are brokers or agents, have fiduciary duties. Often these duties run to policyholders or prospective policyholders. Often they run to insurers. Sometimes, they can run to both at the...
XML Provides the Missing Link for SEMCI
May 13 2001 // Agents have faced the problem ever since insurance companies first introduced applications. Each company had its own form, so the agent who wanted to submit the same account to several underwriters had to write the same...
Study Says E-business to Increase Spending by Industry Leaders
May 11 2001 // According to a recent report, e-business technology is expected to increase the spending by a number of leading insurance companies worldwide by nearly 90 percent during the next three years.Results from a group survey...
Arthur J. Gallagher Announces Formation of Specialty Brokerage Services Unit
May 10 2001 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the formation of Gallagher Financial Products, a new specialty Brokerage Services unit devoted to the production and development of a broad array of insurance-based financial...
Ebix.com Plans Purchase of Certain iwix.net Assets
May 9 2001 // ebix.com Inc. signed a memorandum of understanding with Chicago-based iwix.net LLC Specialty Insurance Marketplace to acquire certain iwix.net assets, including software, the intellectual property rights of all iwix.net...
International Insurance Group Launches Mexican Auto Policy Website
May 7 2001 // International Insurance Group Inc., in conjunction with Grupo Nacional Provincial (A.M. Best rated “A-9”), announced the launch of its website designed to allow agents, brokers and consumers to issue Mexico...
Benfield Greig-E.W. Blanch to Create Third Largest Global Re Broker
May 7 2001 // On April 16, London-based Benfield Greig Group plc and E.W. Blanch Holdings Inc. of Dallas announced an agreement on merger terms. Benfield offered to purchase the outstanding shares of EWB for $13.50 a share, valuing the...
