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Polansky Joins Project CAP as Senior Business Leader
Mar 15 2012 // Brady Polansky has joined Minneapolis, Minn.-based Project CAP — created through alliance of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA or the Big “I”), Trusted Choice, state associations...
Do Agency Management Benchmarks Work?
Mar 12 2012 // I have been analyzing agencies for a long time and I believe it is extremely safe to say that no two agencies are the same. At least I have never found two agencies to be the same. This is the problem with so many popular...
Former Agent in Washington Sentenced For Stealing $1 Million-Plus From Clients
Mar 9 2012 // A former insurance agent who stole more than $1 million from elderly clients has been sentenced to 75 months in prison. Jasmine Jamrus-Kassim was arrested in March 2011 after an investigation by the state insurance...
UK Broker BMS Launches New Global Construction Initiative
Mar 9 2012 // Independent global broker BMS Group announced that it has launched a new global construction initiative, to be headed by Gavin Madell, who has over twenty years’ experience in the field. BMS said the new team...
Captives Bring Premium Dollars and Jobs to Missouri
Mar 9 2012 // When it comes to the captive insurance industry, slow and steady growth is just fine with the state of Missouri. But it’s not like the state is reluctant to encourage captives to form or relocate there. Far from...
Connecticut Urges Other States to Sue Credit Rating Agencies
Mar 8 2012 // Connecticut officials are encouraging other states to consider suing credit-rating agencies that gave high grades to risky mortgage-backed securities that plummeted in value when the housing market collapsed in...
Border Patrol Agents’ Widows File Suit in Airzona Crash
Mar 8 2012 // The widows of two U.S. Border Patrol agents killed in a train accident near Gila Bend have sued the railroad and the irrigation district that owns the land crossed by the tracks. The lawsuit filed in Pima County Superior...
Kansas Agent Sentenced to Jail; Must Return $137K to Victims
Mar 8 2012 // A former Pittsburg, Kan., insurance agent will have to pay back more than $137,000 to victims of forgery and theft following a Kansas Insurance Department (KID)-led investigation involving non-payment of clients’...
Survey Seeks Agents’ Views on Florida’s Insurance Market
Mar 7 2012 // So much that is said and written about Florida’s insurance climate is negative. Is there anything good to say about Florida’s insurance market? That’s one of the questions in a brief Florida-only survey...
Broker’s Insurance Group Announces “Biggie Awards”
Mar 7 2012 // Orange, CA, 03/01/12 – The Broker’s Insurance Group (B.I.G) announced the BIGGIE award winners at its inaugural gala on February 23. Over 200 professionals from carriers, suppliers, and agencies came together to...
Mansfield Now Leading Professional Insurance Agents of Indiana
Mar 7 2012 // The independent insurance agent trade group, Professional Insurance Agents of Indiana Inc., announced a new slate of officers for 2012. They are: President James Mansfield, Mansfield Insurance Agency Inc., Lawrenceburg,...
Louisiana Commissioner Warns Agents of Possible Insurance Scam
Mar 6 2012 // Agents in Louisiana should be aware of a potential insurance scam related to habitation risks, according to the state’s top insurance regulator. Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon issued an alert to all...
Protective Specialty Launches E&O Products for Insurance Agents
Mar 6 2012 // Protective Specialty Insurance Co. has launched a pair of new errors and omissions products for insurance agents. One product will cater to life insurance agents, and the other will be tailored to property/casualty...
Markel International Acquires UK Managing Agent Quay Underwriting
Mar 6 2012 // Markel International announced from its London headquarters that it has acquired the portfolio of business of Quay Underwriting (QU), a managing agent based in Dorset. Markel said QU “provides a wide range of...
N.Y.-based Preferred Concepts Names VP to Lead Online Business Unit
Mar 5 2012 // Preferred Concepts LLC, a national insurance program administrator and specialty broker, appointed Georgeanna Munger as vice president to manage the company’s ezumbrella.com business unit. Georgeanna Munger Munger...
Webcetera Releases Major Update to Industry Leading EZLynx® Software
Mar 5 2012 // Flower Mound, TX, 03/01/12 – Webcetera, L.P., the company behind the innovative EZLynx® platform, has released a major update to their flagship software. EZLynx® 3.0 is a substantial upgrade to the industry leading...
Sharing Economy Calls For Insurance Innovation
Mar 5 2012 // How Insurance Helped Getaround Get Going Can technology positively impact a billion people in just 10 years? Possibly, if insurance is available. Consider taking a low-use personal automobile — which might sit idle most...
One Insurance Broker’s Drive for Innovation
Mar 5 2012 // When Jessica Scorpio, 24, began her quest for insurance for Getaround.com, a peer-to-peer car sharing organization, she ran into a few closed doors. “I definitely spent my whole 22nd year banging on insurance...
California Earthquake Authority Kicks Off Second Marketing Program for Agents
Mar 5 2012 // The business of selling earthquake insurance to homeowners may have just gotten a bit easier. The California Earthquake Authority has launched its annual “Marketing Value Program,” in which the quasi-private...
Agency Perpetuation: It’s Your Legacy
Mar 5 2012 // The number of great insurance agencies is ever-growing and, with few exceptions, these agencies are being headed by great individuals. It is all part of a natural process where the weaker players perish and the strongest...
