Latest Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
NIA Creates a Network of Success for Smaller Premium-Volume Agents
Jan 29 2001 // Big things are happening up in little Grass Valley, Calif. A membership insurance group called Networked Insurance Agents (NIA) is building a network that allows agents to own their business and retain their independence...
How Do You Plan to Use the Surplus Line Market in 2001′ Readers Respond
Jan 29 2001 // In the Sept. 4, 2000, issue of Insurance Journal we ran a one-page survey in hopes of finding out how you, our readers, plan on using the surplus line market in 2001. Four of the 32 respondents returned the form via fax,...
NY DOI Revokes Agent’s License for Scam that Targeted Elderly
Jan 26 2001 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Neil D. Levin has revoked the license of insurance agent Tiber Tomshaw’s for the illegal sale of securities. He also issued a warning to New York consumers concerning the sale of...
Ebix.com Partners With Risk Management Technologies
Jan 25 2001 // ebix.com Inc. has partnered with Risk Management Technologies Inc., a move that gives surety agents and brokers using the new ebixASP agency management system access to a surety bond management system. Risk Management...
Independent Brokers Helped Zurich’s Strong
Jan 24 2001 // The Anglo-Swiss Group Zurich Financial reported a 25 percent increase in U.K. sales for the year 2000, and attributed the rise to the efforts of independent brokers. Independent financial advisors helped push sales of...
Travelers Launches Web-based Quote, Rate and Issue System For Personal Lines Agents
Jan 23 2001 // Travelers has launched a new Internet-technology-based automation system for personal lines independent agents in an effort to save them time and improve their profitability by simplifying the quoting and issuing of new...
After 300 Years, Lloyd’s Opens Its Doors to Brokers Worldwide
Jan 22 2001 // Confirming plans announced in a “Discussion Document” in October 1999, Lloyd’s officially opened its doors to brokers from outside the London community for the first time in its 300-year history....
Modernized Surplus Lines Regs Expected to Make Filing Easier
Jan 22 2001 // New surplus lines regulations went into effect in Texas on Dec. 12, 2000, the result of a request by the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas. The changes mark the first update to the regulations in more than 10 years...
IIAT to Host Joe Vincent Seminar, Legislative Day on Feb. 4-6
Jan 22 2001 // More than 400 of the state’s agency principals and managers are expected to gather for the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas’ Joe Vincent Management Seminar & Big I Legislative Day on Feb. 4-6 at the...
Managing The Risk From Climate Change
Jan 22 2001 // Whether it is the dry desert heat of El Paso or the humid sauna of Houston, people who grew up in Texas know that its summers are naturally hot. For people in Dallas, last summer was no exception. After 44 days in the...
Progressive Expands Product Offering to Maryland Agents
Jan 22 2001 // Progressive Corp. will make its homeowners insurance product available to be sold exclusively by independent agents in Maryland effective today. Initially, the product is being offered exclusively through independent...
Insurer, Agents Near Deal
Jan 22 2001 // A 20-year-old class action lawsuit filed by 11 former insurance agents against Bloomington, Ill.-based Country Companies Insurance will soon be settled with no admittance of wrongdoing. The former agents filed a suit in...
N.J. Agent Admits Insurance Scam
Jan 16 2001 // A New Jersey man was ordered to pay back the more than $65,000 he admitted to stealing from the local township’s fire district. Joseph Greenfield, 63, was sentenced Friday by Ocean County Superior Court Judge Edward...
The Hartford Offers Agencies Technology Support
Jan 16 2001 // The Hartford has developed new resources to help independent agents find the latest automation solutions to their business challenges. As part of its strategy, The Hartford placed 17 business technology solution managers...
Transamerica Makes Executive Appointments
Jan 16 2001 // Transamerica Insurance & Investment Group has named five insurance industry executives to key positions within the organization. William Tate has been elected as senior vice president and chief marketing officer for...
After 300 Years, Lloyd’s Opens Its Doors to Brokers Worldwide
Jan 15 2001 // Confirming plans announced in a “Discussion Document” in October 1999, Lloyd’s officially opened its doors to brokers from outside the London community for the first time in its 300-year history....
New Company, Ajasent, Created for Independent Agencies
Jan 12 2001 // Internetworking Resources Inc. has created a new company, Ajasent, Inc., in an effort to provide outsourced, Internet-based agency management technology solutions at reduced costs to independent agencies. Ajasent provides...
Community First Acquires Wyoming, Minnesota Agencies
Jan 8 2001 // Community First Bankshares, has acquired insurance agencies in Wyoming and Minnesota through its affiliate, Community First Insurance Agencies, Inc. The acquisition of Barnard Insurance Agency, with offices in Casper and...
Minnesota Agents Association Floats Legislative Collective Bargaining Draft; Seeks Input
Jan 8 2001 // In 1900, Texas independent agents approved a plan to unionize. The plan eventually faltered at the national level, but now, more than a century later, Minnesota agents are floating a similar idea. The board of directors of...
Who Owns A Customer’
Jan 8 2001 // The American economic scene is characterized by at least three general trends. There may be more. First, many large businesses are cutting back. Almost every day one reads in the paper that some huge, well-known...
