Latest Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
LAAA SLATES TRADE FAIR
Apr 23 2001 // The second annual Latin American Agents Association Trade Fair and Convention will roll into the Renaissance Long Beach Hotel May 3-6. “The LAAA was started by broker-agents for broker-agents, and we are here to...
IWIX.NET THROWS IN THE TOWEL
Apr 23 2001 // The Internet-based specialty insurance transaction facility, iwix.net, announced it is no longer accepting new members or risks. The company stated that its current 43 carrier/managing general agent partners and 3,100...
General Agents Group Downgraded
Apr 23 2001 // The “A-” financial strength rating (FSR) on General Agents Group, Oklahoma City, was lowered to “B++” by A.M. Best Co. The downgrade comes after a fourth-quarter and year-end 2000 financial review...
Busy Times for Oregon’s DCBS
Apr 23 2001 // The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services revoked the licenses of five agents across the state for unrelated violations. In one case, a Cave Junction agent, Cecile G. Zimmerman, had her license revoked after...
Farmers Insurance Offers New Service to SoCal Agents and Customers
Apr 17 2001 // Farmers Insurance Group will soon begin providing policy processing and customer service to Southern California agents and customers. To gain visibility in the Pocatello (Id.) community, Farmers is hosting an Insurance...
L.A.A.A. to Hold Annual Trade Fair and Convention
Apr 17 2001 // The second annual Latin American Agents Association (L.A.A.A.) Trade Fair and Convention rolls into the Renaissance Long Beach Hotel May 3-6, 2001. Participants seeking contiuing education credits will receive a pair of CE...
Living Through the Dot-Com Shakeout
Apr 16 2001 // Either through personal experience or observation, we all know that during the second half of 2000, Wall Street pummeled the value and image of Internet companies. The bloom was off the rose. Investors realized that most...
Swan Song
Apr 16 2001 // This is my swan song to you. In just a few days I’ll begin a new job with a new set of challenges. In just a few weeks I’ll be married and beginning a new life. It’s been quite a month of inspection and...
FREE BIG I TRIP FOR ONE LUCKY AGENT
Apr 16 2001 // Hagerty Classic Insurance will make one lucky independent agent a Big Kahuna this fall by footing the bill for this year’s Big “I” convention in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Traverse City, Mich.-based classic...
AGENT WEBSITE UNVEILED
Apr 16 2001 // Instant-quote.com has launched Agentquote.com, a new way to create online web sites for insurance agents. Agentquote.com allows agents to create a custom site, including selling tools such as submittable forms and a quote...
Recent Court Decision Rocks WC System
Apr 16 2001 // On March 29, 2001, the Supreme Court of Texas decided a consolidated case of enormous importance to insurance intermediaries. In Lawrence v. CDB Services Inc., the high court said by a vote of 6-2, that employees could...
Successful e-Marketing, Using Cutting-Edge Technology to Keep Customers Happy
Apr 16 2001 // Depending on how you felt about e-commerce before, current events in the tech world can inspire emotions ranging anywhere from despair to gloating. But before you decide that it’s perhaps a good time to stay away...
CDI Revokes Insurance License of San Diego Agent
Apr 12 2001 // California Insurance Commissioner Harry W. Low issued an Order of Summary Revocation dated April 5, 2001, revoking the insurance license of Allen Prasky. The revocation becomes effective May 5, 2001. On March 14, 2001, in...
Webster Financial Acquires Two Agencies
Apr 10 2001 // Webster Financial Corp., through its wholly owned insurance subsidiary Webster Insurance, announced the acquisition of Wolff-Zackin & Associates Inc. and Benefit Plans Design & Administration Inc., both of...
IIAA Endorses U.S. House Anti-Fraud Bill
Apr 10 2001 // The Independent Insurance Agents of America is endorsing a House proposal that would empower state insurance commissioners and all financial regulators to better coordinate the fight against financial fraud, says IIAA...
U.S. E&O Brokers to Provide Agents’ E&O Coverage on MarketScout.com
Apr 10 2001 // MarketScout, a Dallas-based e-commerce company specializing in the distribution of property and casualty insurance products, announced that U.S. E&O Brokers Group has been selected as its exclusive “Best of...
Former Ohio Agent Sentenced to Two Years
Apr 9 2001 // The U.S. Federal Northern District Court has sentenced former insurance agent Richard S. Zureich of Cleveland to two years in prison and ordered him to pay $560,000 in restitution and approximately $250,000 to settle all...
San Francisco Viatical Broker Indicted for Fraud
Apr 9 2001 // California Insurance Commissioner Harry W. Low announced the filing of felony charges against a San Francisco area viatical broker. The charges are the result of an ongoing joint investigation by the California Department...
ERC Acquires, Reactivates New ‘GE CyberComp’ Brand
Apr 9 2001 // On March 29, Employers Reinsurance Corporation (ERC), a GE company, acquired and reactivated Cyber-Comp through its subsidiary Westport Insurance Corporation. Westport will use “GE CyberComp” as the brand name...
Successful E-Marketing: Using Cutting-Edge Technology To Keep Customers Happy
Apr 9 2001 // Depending on how you felt about e-commerce before, current events in the tech world can inspire emotions ranging anywhere from despair to gloating. But before you decide that it’s perhaps a good time to stay away...
