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Eligibility for Preferred Risk Flood Insurance Pricing to Be Extended

Sep 23 2010 // Since 2008, many homes and businesses in the United States have been rezoned on Federal Emergency Management Administration flood hazard maps from low-to-moderate flood risk areas into higher risk areas, and vice versa....

Menegus joins E.L.M. Insurance Brokers in San Diego

Sep 22 2010 // Michael Menegus has recently joined E.L.M. Insurance Brokers as a new broker in San Diego. He will call on retail agents and brokers in the San Diego area. Menegus has expertise in employment practices liability, errors...

High Value Homeowners Market Healthy Despite Tough Economy

Sep 21 2010 // One of the most important features of writing high net worth business is high value homeowner’s coverage — but these policies can be complicated for agents to understand because they have many more components...

Roth to Lead Brown & Brown’s Professional Liability Brokerage

Sep 21 2010 // Brown & Brown, Inc. announced that Rob Roth has been named director and practice leader of Professional Liability for the company’s wholesale brokerage division. Roth began his career with ECC Insurance Brokers,...

6 Ways Agents Fail Their Workers’ Compensation Customers

Sep 20 2010 // Agents Can Easily Fall into the Trap of Poor Service and Not Even Know It Like most agents, you work hard at writing new accounts, what salespeople through the years have referred to as “getting the fish in the...

Florida Insurer Blames Exit on Fraud

Sep 20 2010 // With a letter sent out a few weeks ago, Explorer Insurance announced that it will no longer write private automobile policies in Florida because there is too much fraud. “The company is taking this action in light of...

6 Ways Agents Fail Their Workers’ Comp Customers

Sep 20 2010 // Agents Can Easily Fall into the Trap of Poor Service and Not Even Know It Like most agents, you work hard at writing new accounts, what salespeople through the years have referred to as “getting the fish in the...

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Sep 20 2010 // Scott Brock was appointed CEO of Dallas-based Goss Reinsurance Brokers Inc., the reinsurance brokerage division of U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc. Brock will work with Chris Turner, president of Goss Re, to provide focused,...

Post-Katrina Duties and Liabilities of Insurance Agents and Brokers

Sep 20 2010 // The Louisiana Supreme Court Weighs In Following Hurricane Katrina, many insurance agents and brokers were sued by customers who found they were underinsured for their losses caused by the hurricane. It is fair to say that...

6 Ways Agents Fail Their Workers’ Compensation Customers

Sep 20 2010 // Agents Can Easily Fall into the Trap of Poor Service and Not Even Know It Like most agents, you work hard at writing new accounts, what salespeople through the years have referred to as “getting the fish in the...

Sep 20 2010 // I love the way my agency handles everything! That Lovin’ Feelin’ Everyone wants to feel the love. You work hard, always keeping the needs of your customers and employees in tight focus while building up your...

America’s Best Independent Agencies to Work For

Sep 20 2010 // Salaries and Benefits Lead but Quality of People and Relationships Win Votes, Too The results are in from the 2010 Best Independent Insurance Agency to Work For survey by Insurance Journal. The owners of the Best Agencies...

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Sep 20 2010 // Philadelphia Insurance Cos. promoted Christopher J. Maguire and Sean S. Sweeney to co-presidents. Maguire joined Philadelphia Insurance Companies in 1987 and has managed underwriting operations and production. In his most...

The Future for Independent Insurance Agencies

Sep 20 2010 // Proactively Manage Your Future and Be Ready for Change I believe the future of independent insurance agencies is at a tipping point. A number of forces are pushing agencies toward the precipice of major change. A few of...

E&O Coverage for Real Estate Agents – Don’t Sell a Home Without It

Sep 20 2010 // Liability Woes Include Misrepresentation, Structural Defects, Legal Errors and More Real estate errors and omissions (E&O) liability coverage is big business. Although the recent property debacle has focused attention...

6 Ways Agents Fail Their Workers’ Comp Customers

Sep 20 2010 // Like most agents, you work hard at writing new accounts, what salespeople through the years have referred to as “getting the fish in the boat.” But it doesn’t take a master angler to know that once you...

Ryan Group Denies Wrongdoing by Former Employee

Sep 20 2010 // North Carolina-based wholesale insurance broker AmWINS has won a court order against a former employee it believes is using confidential client information to target AmWINS business accounts and win them over to his new...

Leavitt Opens RV Park, Campground Program to Outside Agents

Sep 17 2010 // Leavitt Recreation & Hospitality Insurance (LRHI) announced that its RV park and campground program is now available on a general agency basis. LRHI offers a program through Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. and Penn...

Agents to Calif. State Fund: Please Pay Commissions

Sep 17 2010 // Insurance agents and brokers want the California State Compensation Insurance Fund to change its broker of service policy and instead recognize broker of record (BOR) letters. While the policy not to recognize BOR letters...

80% of Brokers ‘Very Positive’ on Lloyd’s Market

Sep 17 2010 // An article on the Lloyd’s web site [www.lloyds.com] concludes that “more than 80 percent of brokers say they are ‘very positive’ about doing business at Lloyd’s, according to the latest...