Latest Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Prudential California Realty, Tanner Insurance Brokers Join to Sell HO Coverage
Dec 12 2000 // Homeowners will soon be able to buy homeowners insurance through their realtors, thanks to a joint venture between Prudential California Realty and Tanner Companies, LLC, one of the largest regional brokers in...
PIIAI To Break Away from PIA National
Dec 11 2000 // At its meeting on Nov. 30, the Board of Directors of the Professional Independent Insurance Agents of Illinois voted to disaffiliate with the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents, pending ratification by a...
‘Tis the Season…
Dec 11 2000 // Although we still do not have a new President as of this writing, things are quieting down in the nation for the holidays. I think it’s safe to say that the insurance industry will quiet down as well over the next...
With Friends Like That…
Dec 11 2000 // On Oct. 31, Mirna Angelica Alfaro of Los Angeles was arrested on charges of selling automobile insurance without a license. The 30-year-old woman was charged with three counts of acting in the capacity of an insurance...
General Agents Downgraded
Dec 11 2000 // Following the release of third-quarter 2000 earnings by the General Agents Group, the company’s FSR was lowered from ‘A’ to ‘A-‘ by A.M. Best, which noted that the downgrade reflected a...
Broker from North Hollywood Pleads No Contest
Dec 7 2000 // Insurance broker Shahin Sean Pelaseyed, 46, of North Hollywood has pled no contest to one count of grand theft of insurance premiums in a Van Nuys Superior Court. The Van Nuys Attorney’s Office and Pelaseyed reached...
New Mexican Auto Insurance Websites to Help U.S. Consumers, Agents
Nov 29 2000 // A new website will give tourists a chance to purchase Mexican automobile insurance before they venture south of the border. In addition, agents can order policies for their customers through a website designed for...
Penn National Launches Web-based Agent Services
Nov 28 2000 // Penn National Insurance has launched PennConnect, a series of web-based services that provide fast customer service tools to the company’s 1,200 independent agencies, accessed through the company’s website,...
InsurBanc’s Application Approved by OTS
Nov 27 2000 // On Nov. 17, the U.S. Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) cleared an application by the Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) and W.R. Berkley Corp. to establish a new federal thrift by the name of InsurBanc. The...
Artisan Contractor Class Stays Strong – Despite Construction Defect Litigation, Hardening Market and
Nov 27 2000 // The building boom across much of the country resulting from nearly 10 years of economic expansion has also resulted in a business boom for artisan contractors. As individuals in some of the country’s hottest markets...
High Court Decides For Lloyd’s in Jaffray Case, No Fraud Found
Nov 27 2000 // It looks like the Lutine Bell will continue to ring at Lloyd’s for a while longer, as it no doubt did on Nov. 3, when Justice Peter Cresswell of London’s High Court announced his long-awaited decision in the...
BROKER FEE REGS TAKE EFFECT
Nov 27 2000 // The new CDI broker fee regulations went into effect on Nov. 23. The regulations require that agents use a Standard Broker Fee Disclosure Form and Standard Broker Fee Agreement when a broker fee is charged on personal lines...
InsurBanc’s Application Approved by OTS
Nov 27 2000 // On Nov. 17, the U.S. Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) cleared an application by the Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) and W.R. Berkley Corp. to establish a new federal thrift by the name of InsurBanc. The...
Independent Currents
Nov 27 2000 // Ever notice how sometimes it’s the most important stuff that doesn’t get done at work? Every business, large or small, has four quadrants wherein all short-term and long-term work falls. (Some management guru...
How Important is Your IT Person to You’ TechRepublic Can Help
Nov 27 2000 // With computers, networks, extranets, intranets, mobile computing, telecommuting and information systems now a necessary part of everyday business, I have to ask: “How important is your information technology (IT)...
Lloyd’s, IUA, London Brokers Agree on Reforms
Nov 21 2000 // After a seven-month dialogue Lloyd’s, the International Underwriting Association and the Lloyd’s Insurance Brokers’ Committee have reached agreement on basic reforms of the way business is to be conducted...
Minnesota Agents Voice Concern Over Credit Ratings
Nov 21 2000 // A growing number of insurance companies operating in Minnesota are using credit-rating scores to establish premiums for car drivers and homeowners. This means that in certain situations people with poor credit histories...
Artisan Contractor
Nov 20 2000 // Class Strong Despite construction Defect Litigation, Hardening Market and Slowing economy The building boom across much of the country resulting from nearly 10 years of economic expansion has also resulted in a business...
Dallas Agents Prepare For All Industry Day
Nov 20 2000 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Dallas and the Dallas Chapter of the Society of CPCU will host its 10th annual All Industry Day on Nov. 21 at the Hotel Inter-Continental in north Dallas. Over 55 exhibitors are...
Predictions for the 2001 Auto Market’
Nov 20 2000 // Predictions for the 2001 Auto Market? Enforcing Uninsured Driver Laws Should Be A Top Agenda Item What will the Texas auto market look like in 2001? The question is being asked at every professional meeting, on every golf...
