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All Agents Welcome at Texas Session on Health Reform Law

Jun 10 2010 // Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin will join panelists for a discussion of the implementation of the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act at the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas 113th Annual Conference on...

Oregon Insurance Industry To Recognize Customer Service Reps

Jun 10 2010 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Oregon (IIABO) is now accepting nominations for the 2010 Accredited Customer Service Representative of the Year award, which recognizes an employee for his or her...

Temores Named VP at Worldwide Facilities

Jun 9 2010 // Worldwide Facilities Inc. has hired Esmeralda Temores in the Los Angeles headquarters as vice president- broker, responsible for brokering business and underwriting for all lines. Temores began her insurance career in 2000...

Preferred Concepts Buys Wholesale Broker Mercator

Jun 8 2010 // The restructuring of the property/casualty insurance wholesale and specialty brokerage market continues as Preferred Concepts, LLC, a national program administrator, announced it has acquired of Mercator Risk Services, a...

State Farm Won’t Add New Flood Policies but Agents Will Still Sell Them

Jun 8 2010 // State Farm Insurance Co. has decided to discontinue writing new flood insurance policies with the National Flood Insurance Program but the company says it will still service existing policies and State Farm agents will...

Pinnacol Officials Face Colo. Lawmakers

Jun 8 2010 // Officials from Colorado’s state-chartered workers’ compensation insurer Pinnacol Assurance have some explaining to do. The Legislative Audit Committee recently met to go over the company’s financial...

Infinity Insurance Selects Leads360 to Provide Lead Management for Independent Agents

Jun 7 2010 // Infinity Auto Insurance has announced the addition of Leads360 to its Infinity Perks Web site, where Infinity’s appointed independent agents will now have access to Leads360’s lead management software and...

Networked Insurance Agents Promotes Three to Assistant VPs

Jun 7 2010 // Networked Insurance Agents of Grass Valley, Calif., has promoted three managers. Mike Carrington and Joann Webb were promoted to assistant vice presidents, commercial lines. In his new role, Carrington will be responsible...

Schafnitz Purchases Brakke-Schafnitz

Jun 7 2010 // Matthew F. Schafnitz, co-founder and CEO of Brakke-Schafnitz Insurance Brokers Inc. in Laguna Niguel, Calif., announced the completed purchase of Brakke-Schafnitz Insurance Brokers Inc. and the formation of the holding...

Texas Agency Named Trusted Choice Agency of the Month

Jun 7 2010 // The Hill County Insurance Agency, located in Hillsboro, Texas, has been named the Trusted Choice Agency of the Month by Trusted Choice, the consumer branding program for independent insurance agents and brokers. Hill...

Trade Groups Sue New York over Pay-Disclosure Rules

Jun 7 2010 // Agents Vow to Fight Regulations Two trade groups for New York insurance agents are suing the state’s insurance regulator over new rules that will force them to reveal to clients how much they are paid for a...

Massachusetts AG Wants New Regulations for Insurers, Agents

Jun 7 2010 // Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley is proposing new regulations that she says will rein in sales and underwriting practices for auto insurers and agents in the state. The regulations come in response to a report...

Agents: How to Avoid Traps of Selling on Price

Jun 7 2010 // The standard homeowners policy is increasingly a trap for consumers. Low rates!” “Lower your premiums!” “Compare and save!” Turn on the TV or search the Web on the term “homeowners...

Storm Management

Jun 7 2010 // The Atlantic hurricane season forecasts are in and they aren’t pretty. All the major forecasters have predicted the season will be much more active than last season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric...

People

Jun 7 2010 // Wholesaler Crump Insurance promoted Kevin Hahn to executive vice president. As head of New York brokerage operations, Hahn will oversee Crump’s offices in Long Island and New York, and its environmental practice. XL...

Jun 7 2010 // Congress’s inability to act leaves many in flood prone areas vulnerable – for the second time this year and the fourth in 12 months’ time. When it rains it pours, as the saying goes. By extension, one...

People

Jun 7 2010 // Craig A. Payan has been elected to serve as chairman of the board of directors for Itasca, Ill.-based Associated Risk Managers International Inc. Payan is president of PA&T Insurance and Financial Services, an...

The Times They Are A-Changin’

Jun 7 2010 // How Agents Can Manage Technology Change Many agency owners are changing their operations to survive and thrive. But change is never easy. Managing change requires two capabilities: smart decision-making and sound...

Agents: How to Avoid Traps of Selling on Price

Jun 7 2010 // The standard homeowners policy is increasingly a trap for consumers. Low rates!” “Lower your premiums!” “Compare and save!” Turn on the TV or search the Web on the term “homeowners...

People

Jun 7 2010 // Crump Insurance Services Inc. has invested in new talent for its Atlanta brokerage location. Terry Sherwin has joined Crump as the Atlanta office leader; and property brokers Alex Duran, Jordan Yoss and Carl Feldhaus have...