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Texas Legislature Moves Few Bills
Mar 5 2001 // It will likely come as no surprise to those who have been following the Texas Legislature this session that very few insurance-related bills are expected to make it out of committee. At least it’s no surprise Bo...
When Your Insureds Remodel Their Homes, You Should Remodel Their Coverage
Mar 5 2001 // One in three American homeowners have recently remodeled their home or are planning to do so within the next year. That could make for a lot of financial risk exposure, according to a recent study commissioned by the...
Agent Commission on Insanity is Nuts
Mar 5 2001 // “How’s business?” “Don’t ask.” “What’s wrong?” “You’ve heard of underwriting?” “I’m familiar with the concept.” “Well,...
Agents Sue New York Life
Mar 1 2001 // A group of ten current and former New York Life agents filed suit against the company yesterday claiming the insurer held back retirement benefits and unfairly fired more than 1,300 agents. The agents allege that when the...
Progressive Survey Finds Agents Still in the Driver’s Seat
Feb 27 2001 // Results of an extensive countrywide survey by Progressive Insurance show that while people ages 18 to 34 were more likely to use the Internet to purchase auto insurance than people ages 35 to 64, a majority of consumers...
PIIAI Disaffiliate with PIA National
Feb 26 2001 // At its meeting on Nov. 30, 2000, the Board of Directors of the Professional Independent Insurance Agents of Illinois voted to disaffiliate with the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents, pending...
How To Sell Umbrellas to Everybody, Not Just Millionaires
Feb 26 2001 // Selling personal umbrellas is a nuisance, yes? Some agents say, “Forget the $15 or $20 commission; it’s the perception of value-added service to the client. It helps round accounts and keep accounts. And a lot...
Kreidler Tells IIABW He Will Create Responsive Regulatory Body
Feb 26 2001 // Washington’s new Insurance Commissioner gave the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of Washington something to hope for at the IIABW Legislative Day in Olympia on Jan. 31. Bill Stauffacher, IIABW lobbyist,...
Programbusiness.com: A Portal into the World of Markets
Feb 26 2001 // If a man speaks in the woods, and no one hears him, is he still wrong? Well, if I were the man, then the answer would be a resounding, “Yes.” Let me start from the beginning. I receive an e-mail about a portal...
Agent Commission on Insanity is Nuts
Feb 26 2001 // “How’s business?” “Don’t ask.” “What’s wrong?” “You’ve heard of underwriting?” “I’m familiar with the concept.” “Well,...
CALLING ALL YOUNG AGENTS
Feb 26 2001 // The Young Brokers and Agents Committee (YBAC) has been hard at work planning the 26th Annual Young Brokers & Agents Conference. Named “Best in the Nation” for the past four years by the Independent...
New York Agent Appointments Can Now Be Handled Online
Feb 23 2001 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Neil D. Levin announced that effective immediately all authorized insurers will have the ability to appoint and terminate licensed agents electronically. “This use of the internet...
Insurer Chooses Agents Over Web
Feb 23 2001 // Ohio Casualty Corp. of Fairfield, Ohio, is abandoning its web-based Avomark brand direct personal lines auto marketing in favor of an independent agent sales force. Dan R. Carmichael, Ohio Casualty’s new president...
IIAA and CIAB Join Homeownership Alliance
Feb 23 2001 // The Homeownership Alliance has added The Council of Insurance Agents + Brokers and The Independent Insurance Agents of America as its newest members. The Council represents over 250 member firms, all among the top one...
State Farm Agent Faces Charges in Alleged Insurance Scam
Feb 21 2001 // Editor’s note: In a response to a question which read, have you ever at any time been under indictment for any crime, Dr. Saracino’s answer is yes. On Feb. 13, 2001, Barbara and her husband were indicted for a...
NAAA Fires Back at Alliance Disaffiliation
Feb 21 2001 // Following the American Agents Alliance’s recent announcement that the organization was disaffiliating from the National Auto Agents Alliance, NAAA Past President Mark Schmoekel sent out a letter to California agents...
Kaye New England to Service Willis Accounts
Feb 20 2001 // Kaye Group Inc. has announced that Kaye Insurance Associates Inc. New England, its Westport, Connecticut-based retail insurance brokerage subsidiary, has signed an agreement with Willis North America Inc., a division of...
ProgramBusiness.com Launched; Open to Agents, Providers
Feb 20 2001 // National Marketing Services Inc., a provider of marketing products and services since 1988, has announced the launch of www.Programbusiness.com, designed to bring retailers, wholesalers, MGAs and program managers together...
Carriers Battle Alleged Taxicab Market Fraud
Feb 19 2001 // In what looks uncomfortably like a return to the offshore scams of the late ’80s, several reports of questionable taxicab policies using the names of two well-known carriers have recently surfaced in California. The...
Commercial Auto-The LONG Road Back to Profitability
Feb 19 2001 // The signs were there in 2000—and now it can safely be said that prices in the commercial auto industry are definitely firming. But how long it will take the industry to truly return to profitability is still hard to...
