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Texas Independent Agents to Gather in Dallas for IIAT ConventionSpecial tracks for young agents, C
May 15 2000 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas’ annual convention kicks off June 8-10 at the Wyndham Anatole Hotel in Dallas. The opening day will include a full lineup of innovative and practical workshops presented by...
SEMCI: Paper Free this Century’
May 15 2000 // Sure, independent agencies offer a choice of markets. That’s a nice benefit. But it also means you must key in customer information more than once in different formats and screens to accommodate the various...
E-Commerce initiative Work to Steadily Transfirm the Industry
May 15 2000 // Insurers have been inundated by a flood of e-commerce initiatives and cataclysmic scenarios about the transformation which technology is set to bestow (or impose) on the industry. The reality becomes clearer every day....
Online Certificate Systems Reap Benefits for Agents and Consumers
May 15 2000 // Large commercial insurance agencies, issuing perhaps tens of thousands of certificates of insurance per year, often face a dilemma: how can the process be made more efficient and effective? However, technological...
ACORD Technology Conference 2000 To ‘E-merge’ in Orlando
May 15 2000 // Evolve, Emerge, E-magine” will be the theme of the ACORD Technology Conference 2000, to be held at the Contemporary Resort Hotel at Disney World in Orlando, Fla., May 21-24. Rick Gilman, vice president-communications...
President Clinton Honors IIAA Past Pres. at Conference
May 15 2000 // A typically charismatic speech by President Bill Clinton was the highlight of an already stellar 24th Annual National Legislative Conference for the Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA). The President appeared at...
Getting Automated: How One Agency Streamlined Its Work Flow
May 15 2000 // In today’s fast-paced, high-tech world, an agency management system-one that is built with technology that defines the future of the insurance automation industry-is a crucial part of an independent agency’s...
Agency Management SystemsIn Their Own Words
May 15 2000 // Very few agencies tell short stories about agency management systems. ItÕs usually more of a trial-and-error tale that includes a series of purchases, regret and, in many cases, a happy ending that is contingent on...
Independent Currents: SEMCI, Paper-Free this Century’
May 15 2000 // Sure, independent agencies offer a choice of markets. That’s a nice benefit. But it also means you must key in customer information more than once in different formats and screens to accommodate the various...
Making a Sales Call on Capitol Hill
May 15 2000 // “You’ve got to go to this conference, you can’t miss it,” IIAA vice president-public affairs Jeff Myers told me repeatedly. So, on April 30 I hopped on a red-eye flight to attend the Independent...
SEMCI: Paper-Free this Century’
May 15 2000 // Sure, independent agencies offer a choice of markets. That’s a nice benefit. But it also means you must key in customer information more than once in different formats and screens to accommodate the various...
Agency Management Systems In Their Own Words
May 15 2000 // Very few agencies tell short stories about agency management systems. It’s usually more of a trial-and-error tale that includes a series of purchases, regret and, in many cases, a happy ending that is contingent on...
AB 2639 To Be Heard May 10 in Calif. Assembly Insurance Committee
May 9 2000 // AB 2639 (Calderon) will be heard on May 10. The bill was originally scheduled for hearing on April 12, but was pulled from the calendar after last-minute opposition from the California Department of Insurance (CDI) and the...
Assurex International Adds Four Partners in U.S., Canada
May 9 2000 // Assurex International, the world’s largest privately held commercial insurance brokerage group with combined insurance premiums exceeding $12 billion annually, has expanded its worldwide presence with the addition of...
Clinton Speaks at IIAA Legislative Conference
May 4 2000 // President Bill Clinton told independent insurance agents from around the nation that a tax credit for long-term care, Medicare prescription drug coverage and improvements in health care that will result in Americans living...
ABD Jumps From Fifth to Third Largest D&O Broker in Annual Survey
May 2 2000 // ABD Insurance and Financial Services now ranks as the third largest U.S. broker of D&O liability insurance, according to the 1999 Annual Tillinghast-Towers Perrin Survey. As one of the nation’s premier D&O...
PERSONAL WATERCRAFT, Expanding the appeal of recreational boat coverage
May 1 2000 // Both the marine industry and the insurance industry have witnessed a surge in recreational boating, from mega-yachts to personal water-craft (PWC), over the past few years. According to U.S. Coast Guard estimates, there...
What Are You Anyway’ Agent/Broker Distinctions Can Get Muddled
May 1 2000 // Recent legislation has industry circles wrestling over the ongoing question: What makes an agent an agent and a broker a broker? An agent is traditionally defined as a licensed individual or organization authorized to sell...
On the Road: Insuring RVs
May 1 2000 // It’s not just your grandparents heading down the road in a Winnebago these days. As the population of RV owners grows, so does the market and the profit margins for insurers. In the 1950s, those silver, bullet-shaped...
LURED BY COMMISSIONS’
May 1 2000 // Insure.com issued a report entitled “Hidden Rivers of Incentive: How Agent Commissions Affect Your Insurance Shopping,” that tells consumers how insurance agents are provided incentives through commissions,...
