Latest Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Former Ohio Agent Sentenced to Two Years
Apr 9 2001 // The U.S. Federal Northern District Court has sentenced former insurance agent Richard S. Zureich of Cleveland to two years in prison and ordered him to pay $560,000 in restitution and approximately $250,000 to settle all...
San Francisco Viatical Broker Indicted for Fraud
Apr 9 2001 // California Insurance Commissioner Harry W. Low announced the filing of felony charges against a San Francisco area viatical broker. The charges are the result of an ongoing joint investigation by the California Department...
ERC Acquires, Reactivates New ‘GE CyberComp’ Brand
Apr 9 2001 // On March 29, Employers Reinsurance Corporation (ERC), a GE company, acquired and reactivated Cyber-Comp through its subsidiary Westport Insurance Corporation. Westport will use “GE CyberComp” as the brand name...
Successful E-Marketing: Using Cutting-Edge Technology To Keep Customers Happy
Apr 9 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...
Living Through the Dot-Com Shakeout
Apr 9 2001 // Either through personal experience or observation, we all know that during the later half of 2000, Wall Street pummeled the value and image of Internet companies. The bloom was off the rose. Investors realized that most...
Game Over for this Agent
Apr 9 2001 // Investigators with the CDI Criminal Investigations Branch served an Order of Summary Revocation on John Blanton Breland, a 52-year-old Lodi insurance agent. The license revocation became effective March 6. According to...
Are You Ready to Put the Life Back into Your Agency’
Apr 9 2001 // Traditional p/c agencies may consider a life department for increasing profits, retention Insured households carry more coverage than ever before, but at the same time, the insurance industry is reaching fewer U.S....
InsuranceNoodle Adds Three States To Roster
Apr 5 2001 // Keeping with its goal of providing insurance in all 50 states by the end of second quarter 2001, InsuranceNoodle is now licensed to sell insurance in Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Montana. The Chicago-based insurance e-broker...
Ohio DOI to Revoke Agent’s License
Apr 3 2001 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Lee Covington has issued a notice of opportunity for hearing to Harry D. Houser Sr., of Beverly, Ohio, informing Houser of his intent to revoke his license as an insurance agent. The...
Big “I” Could Be Free For One Big Kahuna
Apr 3 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...
Website for Agents Unveiled
Apr 2 2001 // Instantquote.com has launched Agentquote.com, a new way to create online Web Sites for insurance agents. Agentquote.com allows agents to create a custom, professional Web Site that is rich in content in all the products...
Father and Son Agent Licenses Revoked Based on Consumer Complaints
Apr 2 2001 // Two Santa Clarita insurance brokers licenses have been revoked by the California Department of Insurance after the brokers were found guilty of multiple felony counts of grand theft. The revocation will become effective...
Shopping for Insurance Can Be a ‘Progressive’ Experience
Apr 2 2001 // It’s getting to be that time of year again. March Madness? Maybe. Tax time? Too early. No, for me it’s my yearly auto insurance renewal for my two cars: the Sienna minivan and the crusty Tercel. Each year, I...
Online Insurance Provider eCoverage Ceases Operations, is “History”
Apr 2 2001 // San Francisco-based eCoverage, an online provider of insurance services founded just over two years ago, has ceased operations. Known for its slogan: “The industry is history,” eCoverage predicted the demise of...
Bush Signs Federal Ergonomics Repeal; Draws IIAA Praise
Apr 2 2001 // Independent agents are hailing the finality of freeing small businesses from costly federal ergonomics rules following President Bush’s signing of a measure to repeal them, said Independent Insurance Agents of...
Cracking Down on the Industry’s Fraud Problem
Apr 2 2001 // Fraud investigators in June busted a Tampa fraud ring that crashed cars at a private site, scooped up the debris and moved the wreckage to a public roadway. The members then called police so that they could file fraudulent...
Agents at the Capitol
Apr 2 2001 // There were about 11 of them in the House insurance committee hearing room. These 11 Allstate “independent contractor” agents had left San Antonio that morning just after 7 a.m. They were joined by a few State...
Brokers Acordia, Heath Lambert Form Alliance
Mar 29 2001 // U.S. broker Acordia, which was recently purchased by the Wells Fargo Bank, and U.K. broker Heath Lambert announced plans to form an alliance aimed at offering their respective clients enhanced global services. They plan to...
Cracking Down on the Industry’s Fraud Problem
Mar 26 2001 // Fraud investigators in June busted a Tampa fraud ring that crashed cars at a private site, scooped up the debris and moved the wreckage to a public roadway. The members then called police so that they could file fraudulent...
SAFECO Considers New Distribution Channels in Rebound Efforts
Mar 26 2001 // Circumventing independent agents. Under-mining agents’ sales. These are phrases that don’t set well with SAFECO CEO Mike McGavick. And it’s no wonder. Appointed as the man to turn the struggling...
