Latest Agencies Headlines
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CoverageCorp Raises $8 Million for Development
Apr 24 2001 // Access CoverageCorp Inc., the Charlotte, N.C. Internet-based business insurance technology and solutions provider, announced that it has raised $8 million in a second-round financing. The leader in this round has been...
CDI Seeks to Revoke Sacramento-Area Broker’s License
Apr 24 2001 // California Insurance Commissioner Harry W. Low announced the filing of a formal legal complaint by the California Department of Insurance against Abraham and Associates Insurance Services Inc. and its owner, Mark Roland...
CDI Sinks Plans for Unlicensed Marine Agencies
Apr 23 2001 // Four entities and three individuals have run aground of the law when it comes to selling marine policies in the State of California. The California Department of Insurance (CDI) issued a Cease and Desist Order on March 30...
As Farming In America Changes, Crop Insurance Is Everyone’s Concern
Apr 23 2001 // In 1790, farmers made up about 90 percent of labor force. “Farming has changed so much. The old guy wearing his overalls, holding a pitchfork and standing with his wife in front of the barn—there just aren’t...
Equale Moves On, Rusbuldt Moves In At the Big ‘I’
Apr 23 2001 // Robert A. Rusbuldt has stepped up as the new CEO of the Independent Ins-urance Agents of America (IIAA), replacing Paul A. Equale, who will now be focusing on his role as Chairman of the Democratic Business Council. Equale...
The Producer Dilemma Revisited: There are Solutions
Apr 23 2001 // Four years ago, we wrote an article for Insurance Journal that outlined what we called the “Producer Dilemma.” This article follows up on what has been a chronic problem of finding good producers for the...
Corralling The Horse Market
Apr 23 2001 // In today’s steady economy, equine insurance could be one of the best markets you’ve never thought about tapping. Then again, if you don’t know the front end of a horse from the back, it could also be the...
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...
