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Ohio Insurance Agent Education Council to Discuss Code Revisions
May 13 2010 // The Ohio Insurance Agent Education Advisory Council will hold a meeting on May 19, 2010, at 10 a.m. The agenda includes a discussion on revisions to Ohio Administrative Code. The Insurance Agent Education Advisory Council...
What Agents Think Makes a Great Insurance Carrier Field Rep
May 13 2010 // Independent insurance agents often rate a carrier with great field representatives higher than others — sometimes elevating them to their “Top 3” carriers. While the performance of insurance company field...
Marsh Names Denney as ‘Networks Leader;’ Mills for Networks Service
May 13 2010 // Marsh’s London office announced that it has appointed Martyn Denney to the newly-created role of Networks Leader. He will be responsible for the strategic development and positioning of Marsh’s broker network...
Crump Adds to Atlanta Team: Sherwin, Duran, Yoss, Feldhaus
May 12 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...
Argo Launches Alteris for Managing Agents; Names Schenck President
May 12 2010 // Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd., an international underwriter of specialty insurance and reinsurance products, has formed Alteris, Inc., a services provider for managing general agencies. Alteris will offer...
Gelia to Chair New York Agents’ Group
May 11 2010 // Insurance agent David M. Gelia has been elected chairman of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of New York (IIABNY). Gelia, executive vice-president of United Insurance Agency in Amherst, has served as...
Mercury Partners with Personal Lines Growth Alliance
May 7 2010 // The Personal Lines Growth Alliance (PLGA), a coalition within the independent agency system, announced that Mercury Insurance Group is a founding financial partner. Mercury is the first of many insurance carriers that will...
Ex-Agent Gets Five Years for Connecticut Fraud
May 6 2010 // A Connecticut financial adviser has been sentenced to five years in prison for defrauding more than two dozen clients of more than $2 million and losing the money while gambling in casinos. Thomas Cipriano was sentenced...
3 Arrested for Georgia Insurance Agent’s Death in Louisiana
May 6 2010 // Three people have been arrested in the death of a Georgia insurance agent who was killed during an early morning holdup at a Waffle House restaurant in Baton Rouge, La. Sgt. Don Kelly says 21-year-old Antonius Jones of...
CRC Employees in California, Illinois, Pennsylvania Resign
May 6 2010 // CRC Insurance Services Inc. (CRC) – the largest wholesale insurance broker in the United States – released a memo to its customers stating that a number of CRC employees in Illinois, California and Pennsylvania...
H.W. Kaufman Financial Group Acquires US Reports
May 5 2010 // H.W. Kaufman Financial Group, a privately held company headed by Alan Jay Kaufman, has acquired Colorado-based US Reports Inc. – a national loss control inspection, premium audit and risk management services firm. US...
Court Says CalPERS May Pursue Lawsuit Against Rating Agencies
May 5 2010 // The largest U.S. public pension fund has won a court ruling allowing it to proceed with its lawsuit accusing the three biggest credit rating agencies of assigning “wildly inaccurate and unreasonably high”...
Main Street America Expands Product Lines To Grain Dealers Mutual Agents
May 4 2010 // The Main Street America Group has introduced its products to nearly 200 independent agents who represent new affiliate Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Co. throughout North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee. Specifically,...
Networked Insurance Agents Acquires AmCom
May 4 2010 // Grass Valley, Calif.-based Networked Insurance Agents, a subsidiary of Strongwood Insurance Holdings Corp., has announced its acquisition of AmCom Insurance Services Inc. AmCom, established in 1996, is a full service...
74% of Nation’s Top Insurance Companies Are Hiring
May 4 2010 // The insurance industry employment outlook for 2010 is guarded, but cautiously optimistic, according to a new survey that also revealed 74 percent of the nation’s top insurance companies are currently...
Brownyard Group Launches Client Services Division for Agents
May 4 2010 // New York-based program administrator The Brownyard Group has formed a new division to serve as a facilitator between its agents and brokers and its underwriting and claims teams. The new division, Brownyard Client...
Connecticut Agent to be Sentenced Today for $1.3M Theft
May 4 2010 // A Connecticut businessman faces sentencing for stealing more than $1.3 million from clients and using the money to gamble at Connecticut’s casinos. Thomas Cipriano has pleaded guilty to mail fraud and money...
Wash. Judge: Insurer Can Be Held Liable for Agent’s Actions
May 3 2010 // In a ruling that’s being closely watched by some insurers, a Thurston County, Wash., judge has affirmed that the state insurance commissioner may hold an insurance company liable for the actions of the...
Argo Group’s Insight Services Expands Insurance Agent E&O Coverage
May 3 2010 // Professional liability insurer Insight Insurance Services, Inc. has expanded its errors and omissions coverage for insurance agents and agencies and is now licensed to offer its product in 42 states and the District of...
Florida Lawmakers Pass Omnibus Property Insurance Bill
May 3 2010 // On the final day of this legislative session, Florida lawmakers passed omnibus legislation that aims to bring more control over homeowners insurance costs, raises the state’s minimum capital requirements for...
