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Montgomery Insurance Looks to Grow Florida Commercial Lines Business
Mar 23 2010 // Montgomery Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Group regional operation, says it is implementing a commercial lines growth plan in Florida with its independent insurance agents. The Charlotte, North Carolina-based unit with...
Who’s Worth What in the Independent Agency System? Find Out … Join IJ’s Survey
Mar 23 2010 // Insurance Journal is polling insurance agents and brokers nationwide in its annual search to find out who’s worth what in the independent agency system. Don’t miss out on your chance to participate. The 2010...
Kerr Joins InsureZone/AgentSecure as VP of Business Development
Mar 23 2010 // Chad Kerr has joined Fort Worth, Texas-based InsureZone/AgentSecure as vice president of Business Development. Kerr will manage multiple facets of business development including the agencies affiliated with the recent CMS...
Agencies Outsourcing to China to Reduce Backlogs, Free Up Resources
Mar 22 2010 // Gains Made By Offering Half-Price, Off-Hours, Highly-Efficient Back Office As more insurance agencies look for new ways to improve productivity and lower expenses, more owners and managers are investigating the potential...
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Mar 22 2010 // Specialty insurer Philadelphia Insurance Companies has promoted Christopher J. Maguire and Sean S. Sweeney to the position of co-presidents. Maguire joined Philadelphia Insurance Companies in 1987 and has managed...
Arkansas Regulators Suspend Agent License of Standridge for Dishonest Practices
Mar 22 2010 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford has suspended the resident producer license of Steve Standridge, founder of Steve Standridge Insurance Inc. based in Mount Ida, Ark., for allegations that he falsified...
8 New Markets in Response to Current Trends
Mar 22 2010 // Insurance Companies Generate New Programs to Bring in Additional Premium The last few years of the soft market have forced many carriers and agencies to get creative when it comes to bringing in additional premium. This...
Businesses Going Green
Mar 22 2010 // Green Building Features Left Exposed Under Traditional Commercial Property Policies With the U.S. Green Building Council forecasting growth in the green building market to double between now and 2013, agents and brokers...
Tennessee Insurance Agent No Stranger to NCAA Tournament
Mar 22 2010 // As the NCAA men’s basketball tournament tipped off, one could say that Cookeville, Tennessee insurance agent Gary Maxwell had the best seat in the house. No, he wasn’t sitting courtside or in a luxury box of...
The National Alliance Appoints Weidert Regional Relationship Manager
Mar 22 2010 // The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research has appointed Rob Weidert regional relationship manager. Weidert is a licensed agent and broker in California and New York. He began his insurance career more...
Agents: What’s the Best Business Move You Have Ever Made?
Mar 22 2010 // For one agent, it was relocating to a more upscale location in the heart of downtown. It helped him attract more professional clients and employees. For another, it was investing in the very best agency management system,...
How to Use Lead Scoring to Prioritize Lead Follow-Up
Mar 22 2010 // If you’re not living in a cave, you’ve probably heard about the benefits of lead scoring. But what you probably don’t know is that there are different types of lead scoring. There are essentially three...
Insurance Agents, U.S. Chamber Unhappy with Healthcare Reform
Mar 22 2010 // Independent insurance agents are among those today expressing their disappointment with the health care reform bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. The House approved the Senate-passed bill and also approved a...
Atlanta’s ‘Only Live Insurance Agent’ Having Fun
Mar 22 2010 // He bills himself as Atlanta’s “only live insurance agent” – and he brings insurance to life on his Atlanta Insurance Live video blog and Web site at atlantainsurancelive.com. Insurance entrepreneur...
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Mar 22 2010 // Cheryl Celcer has joined wholesale insurance provider Swett & Crawford after a nearly 30-year career with The Hartford, in which she held the position of executive select customer sales representative. Celcer will work...
Professional Insurance Agents Name Melancon Legislator of the Year
Mar 19 2010 // The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) has named Louisiana Congressman Charlie Melancon its 2010 Legislator of the Year. The award was presented March 17 during the 2010 PIA Federal Legislative...
Florida’s Market and How Surplus Lines Agents Are Faring
Mar 19 2010 // Hurricane Andrew, for all of the grief it delivered, gave wholesale broker Hull & Co. and Bruce Bowers a big opportunity. “Prior to ’92, there wasn’t much of a need for personal lines in the excess...
Ethics Awareness Month Lesson: Don’t Follow Greed Down the Wrong Path
Mar 19 2010 // Insurance producers should be leery of managers who push them to “find the gray areas to increase the corporate bottom line,” John Borbi warned them recently. Borbi should know. A former financial advisor and...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires California’s Winn & Co. Insurance Brokers
Mar 18 2010 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Winn & Company Insurance Brokers Inc. in Hollister, Calif. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1910, Winn & Company is a retail insurance broker...
Winners and Losers Under Dodd Financial Reform Proposal
Mar 17 2010 // U.S. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd introduced his latest bill to overhaul the financial system on Monday. The committee is expected to work on the bill next week and it will likely change dramatically....
