Latest Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
NAPSLO’s Presidents Share Commitment to Wholesale Agency System
Sep 4 2000 // Both Timothy M. Pedersen, outgoing president of the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices Ltd. (NAPSLO), and John Latham, incoming president, are passionate about their dedication to the wholesale...
Love Thy (Other) Middleman
Sep 4 2000 // They’re scrutinized by regulators. They’re under the gun from companies trying to figure out ways to go around them. They face fierce competition in a buyer’s market. They see companies appointing agents...
TRAVELERS, DELL AUTOMATE AGENTS
Sep 4 2000 // Travelers Insurance is hoping to help agents improve automation capabilities through a special arrangement with Dell Computer Corp. Travelers agents are now eligible for special savings on the latest computer systems from...
When the Market Provides No Answer,Insurers Offer Online E&S
Sep 4 2000 // While the initial furor created by the advent of dot-coms cools down, many insurance professionals are re-evaluating their business relationships with the Web. At a time when agents and brokers may question the benefit of...
Working Winds Blow Through Chicago
Sep 4 2000 // NAPSLO 2000 is all about business “NAPSLO is always intense. Everybody there is trying to make sure that they get as much done in the short period of time as they possibly can.” Anyone who has had the...
Storm Chasers: ICAT Covers Catastrophes from Coast to Coast
Sep 4 2000 // Like the tornado chasers in the movie “Twister,” International Catastrophe Insurance Managers LLC (ICAT) keeps pushing into new territory where others hang back. ICAT, which currently underwrites catastrophe...
Commentary: Time To Start Evaluating the Future of Your Agency
Sep 4 2000 // The pace of consolidation within our industry is accelerating much faster than anticipated a few short years ago. In addition to the fact that the total number of players are shrinking, those remaining—specifically the...
BROKER FEE REGS PASS OAL
Sep 4 2000 // On Aug. 25, the proposed broker fee regulations were approved by the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) and were filed with the Secretary of State. This means they are now regulations, with an effective date of Nov. 23,...
Independent currentsLove Thy Middleman: The Wholesaler
Sep 4 2000 // They’re scrutinized by regulators. They’re under the gun from companies trying to figure out ways to go around them. They face fierce competition in a buyer’s market. They see companies appointing agents...
What’s in a (Domain) Name’
Sep 4 2000 // You’d be surprised just how many people tell me that they don’t seem to be getting much activity on their website. My first question is always, “Well, what’s your URL?” What I find fascinating...
Site Seeing: Becoming Resourceful with Your E-mail
Sep 4 2000 // If you remember, I mentioned in my last column that I’ve been looking for a new minivan for the Chivvis brood. Well, I am still looking, talking and haggling. But on a positive note, I think I’ve narrowed it...
First Union Buys Regional Broker
Aug 31 2000 // First Union Bank, the nation’s sixth-largest bank, has purchased the Tribus Company, a major Northeast regional insurance brokerage and consulting firm. First Union Corp., based in North Carolina, finalized the...
GuideOne’s Motorsport Business to Go to American Modern
Aug 31 2000 // American Modern Insurance Group, a wholly owned specialty insurance subsidiary of The Midland Company, and GuideOne Specialty Mutual Insurance Company of West Des Moines, Iowa, announced their intent to enter into a...
BenefitMall Offers New Census Tool
Aug 30 2000 // BenefitMall.com has released a new Census Management Tool for insurance brokers that it expects will simplify the development of online quotes. The new software, Census Management Tool V1.0, is Microsoft Excel-based and...
Agents See a Future Filled with Technology
Aug 29 2000 // According to preliminary findings of a series of focus groups conducted by the Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) and sponsored by nekema.com, independent agents know that they will need new technology to...
Calif. Agent Groups Ask Governor to Sign AB 393; NAII Asks for Veto
Aug 29 2000 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers Legislative Counsel (ABL), with the backing of eight trade associations representing the great majority of California’s nearly 300,000 licensed insurance agents and...
Tennessee Agent Spoofs Online CE Companies With LearnNothing.com
Aug 25 2000 // “LearnNothing.com, CEScam.com, and CECertificateMill.com Create Partnership For Online Continuing Education Courses to Insurance Industry.” That was the bogus headline that made its way across the country...
ICorp.com Selects Insureon.com as Online Access Provider
Aug 25 2000 // Insureon.com has been selected by iCorp.com to provide online access for insurance brokers coordinating workers’ compensation insurance for their customers. The new partnership gives brokers access to...
Banking Consortium to Acquire Two Virginia Agencies
Aug 24 2000 // The Virginia Bankers Insurance Center, a 67-bank consortium established in 1999 to enter the insurance agency business, has announced plans to acquire the Wytheville, Virginia-based Blue Ridge Insurance Group and the...
Banking Agencies Propose Consumer Protection Rules for Insurance
Aug 22 2000 // The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Office of Thrift Supervision have proposed consumer protection rules...
