Latest Agencies Headlines
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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...
Editor’s Note
Nov 20 2000 // When I began listening to Steve Anderson speak at last week’s TSLA meeting in Austin, I honestly didn’t think I would come away enlightened. No offense to Steve—a home-grown agent turned...
Ohio DOI Unveils Redesigned Consumer Website
Nov 17 2000 // Lee Covington, Director of the Ohio Department of Insurance (ODI), announced today that the Department has redesigned its website, www.ins.state.oh.us, to be even more user friendly for Ohio citizens and has expanded the...
Calif. Broker Fee Regulations Set to Take Effect
Nov 16 2000 // The new California Department of Insurance broker fee regulations will go into effect on Nov. 23. The regulations require that agents use a Standard Broker Fee Disclosure Form and Standard Broker Fee Agreement when a...
American Agents Alliance to Hold Compliance Meeting
Nov 16 2000 // The American Agents Alliance announced that on Nov. 28, Santa Ana, Calif., local meeting chairperson Maria Palmer will host a meeting on mandatory enforcement featuring guests from the California Department of Motor...
CDI Revokes License of Bakersfield Insurance Agent
Nov 15 2000 // California Insurance Commissioner Harry W. Low announced the insurance license revocation of Bakersfield agent Jack Laverna Nation Jr. The revocation follows a Cease and Desist Order issued against the agent by the...
Glamour & Risk: Insuring HollywoodProduction Companies
Nov 13 2000 // For many film lovers, the holiday season is synonymous with the release of Hollywood’s latest screen confections. As production companies scramble to satiate the consumer appetite for thrilling visual effects and...
Safeco Launches Initiatives, Reports Improved 3Q
Nov 13 2000 // After taking a small step backward last quarter with disappointing results, Seattle-based Safeco reported better-than-expected earnings for the third quarter of 2000. According to Boh Dickey, president and chief operating...
