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American Sterling Offers Brokers Free Web Program
Jul 26 2000 // In keeping with its dedication to the independent broker distribution system, American Sterling Insurance Company, located in Laguna Hills, Calif., announced that it is offering its California brokers free web...
Orange County Independent Agent Wins E-Business Opportunity
Jul 26 2000 // OCCarFinder, the automotive channel of myOC.com, a new Seal Beach, Calif.-based web portal affiliated with The Orange County Register newspaper, has selected independent agency Huggins Dreckman Insurance to provide online...
YouZoom.com Introduces Do-It-Yourself Online Account Services
Jul 25 2000 // YouZoom Inc. has launched comprehensive online account services for its insurance customers with do-it-yourself tools, making it easy for consumers to purchase policies and manage their accounts online at a private, secure...
Lodi Insurance Agent Arrested On Eleven Felony Counts
Jul 25 2000 // A Lodi, Calif. man has been arrested as a result of a joint investigation by the California Department of Insurance Investigations Bureau and the San Joaquin District Attorney’s Office. John Blanton Breland, 52,...
State Farm Agents to Sell Fortis Individual Medical
Jul 25 2000 // State Farm Insurance Cos., the nation’s largest home and personal auto insurer, has agreed to sell Fortis individual health insurance through its more than 16,000 captive agents. State Farm agents serve close to 67...
Conducting an Efficiency Study
Jul 24 2000 // The economy is booming. New millionaires are being created every day. American business has never had it so good. So being an insurance agent is the fast track to financial freedom, right? Wrong. No one is setting up...
Lying, Cheating and Stealing
Jul 24 2000 // There are a number of sins to which those providing services for money are susceptible: product ignorance, market ignorance, administrative incompetence, disloyalty and betrayal, slothfulness, untruthfulness, and stealing....
Surplus Line Brokers Gather at ‘Playground of Pacific Northwest’ for WSSLC
Jul 24 2000 // By mixing education with entertainment, Western States Surplus Line Conference (WSSLC) Two Thousand is sure to provide an ideal specialized forum for the surplus line industry. The Surplus Line Association of Idaho is...
MarketScout.com: Diamond in the Rough
Jul 24 2000 // When I research sites or applications or even claims, I try to go in with the perspective of “how do I or other insurance professionals experience this site and how does it respond to me?” This allows me to be...
Groups Disagree on Producer Licensing Model Language
Jul 24 2000 // What’s in a word? A lot—at least according to the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC). In a press release, the association announced a July 11 letter, sent to the chair of the National...
Web Site for Independent Life Insurance Brokers
Jul 19 2000 // Lifeseller.com has been created to serve independent life insurance brokers across the country. Claiming to bring order to the web chaos for independent insurance brokers, the site provides a directory of products,...
ESurety Launches Agent Web Site
Jul 18 2000 // eSurety.com has launched a new web site providing a simple to use on-line system to instantly obtain surety bonds. Agents receive quotes, underwriting decisions, market-rate commission, and online delivery of completed...
Broadreach Consulting Launches Insurance Agent
Jul 17 2000 // myAgency.net Broadreach Consulting, Inc., an Internet Professional Services firm, today announced the completion of a comprehensive web site for Internet Pipeline. myAgency.net provides “back office” tools for...
UBS to Purchase PaineWebber Group
Jul 13 2000 // UBS AG will buy brokerage PaineWebber Group Inc. for $10.8 billion, giving No. 1 Swiss bank access to millions of wealthy U.S. investors. The deal values PaineWebber, the No. 4 U.S. brokerage, at $73.50 a share, and...
Online Endorsements, Policy Access Available on
Jul 10 2000 // Progressive Insurance is offering agents policy access and the ability to complete endorsements online through its agent-dedicated web site, www.ForAgentsOnly.com. Agents will save time usually spent trading phone calls...
Hibbs-Hallmark & Co. Acquires Assets of Lambert Fenchurch from Richard Kerr
Jul 10 2000 // Hibbs-Hallmark & Co. of Tyler has assumed the assets and client base of the former Lambert Fenchurch of Texas from Richard Kerr Acquisitions for an undisclosed amount. Kerr acquired the Texas retail insurance...
Surplus Lines Agents in The New Millennium
Jul 10 2000 // 2001 Legislative session to bring changes to agent licencing In an effort to comply with the uniformity and reciprocity requirements of financial services reform, the Texas Department of Insurance will likely soon change...
Successor Liability for Renewal Commissions
Jul 10 2000 // Employees and operatives often have tensions and conflicts with their employers and principals. This general and highly abstract truth applies no less to insurance agents than to anyone else. Agents want a larger share of...
Technology is your Slave, Not Your Master
Jul 10 2000 // The exhibit hall at the ACORD Technology Conference in Orlando in May would have made your head spin. On the one hand, technology is increasingly complex and sophisticated. On the other, it becomes easier when you keep the...
Commentary: E-Signature Law Should Expedite Insurers’ Interest With Internet
Jul 10 2000 // What effect will President Clinton’s signing of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (S. 761) have on the insurance industry? For openers, it should now persuade even the most skeptical...
