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New York Warns Agents on Identity Theft Scam
Jul 6 2009 // New York State licensed insurance agents and brokers should be aware of an identity theft scam involving telephone calls used to target insurance professionals in at least a half dozen states. Acting New York Insurance...
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Jul 6 2009 // DeCotis Insurance Associates Inc. has named Devin B. Haughey chief operations manager. Haughey will oversee the general management and operations of DeCotis, an independent excess, surplus and specialty lines firm with...
Tower Group to Acquire Specialty Underwriters’ Alliance of Illinois
Jul 6 2009 // New York-based Tower Group Inc. has agreed to purchase Specialty Underwriters’ Alliance Inc., headquartered in Chicago, in a transaction valued at approximately $107 million. SUA said the deal will enable it to...
State Auto: How a Regional Carrier Weathers the Storms
Jul 6 2009 // CEO Restrepo Talks Cat Losses, Premium Growth and Independent Agents Regional property/casualty insurance companies don’t make headlines like the large institutions. They simply go about their business serving...
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Jul 6 2009 // Columbus, Ohio-based State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company and State Auto Property & Casualty Insurance Company has named new managers in various divisions. Robert (Bob) A. Bachtell is claims manager for State...
Oklahoma Regulators: Insurance Agents Being Targeted
Jul 6 2009 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland has warned the state’s insurance producers and adjusters they may be contacted by imposters posing as Oklahoma Insurance Department employees seeking confidential personal...
IIAT Installs New Leadership, Names Award-Winners
Jul 6 2009 // At the recent Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) 112th Annual Trade Show & Conference in San Antonio, the group installed new officers and directors, and presented membership service awards. Bryan Shofner,...
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Jul 6 2009 // Houston-based insurance agency Bowen, Miclette & Britt named Dan Persha director of environmental risk management. With 30 years of commercial insurance brokerage experience, Persha specializes in heavy casualty,...
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Jul 6 2009 // Edward J. Maucere, former owner of London American General Agency Inc., a San Diego-based wholesale brokerage and underwriting manager for commercial transportation business, passed away unexpectedly on June 12, 2009, at...
Car Dealers in the Storm
Jul 6 2009 // Dealers Left Standing Will Be Stronger, Leaner, and Better Experts Say Automobile shoppers may be abandoning car makers but insurance carriers and brokers remain dedicated partners, experts say. Yet no one can deny that...
How Independent Agents View Super Regional Carriers
Jul 6 2009 // Survey Says Claims Service Continues to Top List of Agency Demands Quality claims service continues to be the top factor in how independent agents evaluate their carriers, although insurers’ financial strength...
Safe and Sound
Jul 6 2009 // Making the Connection for Contractors Contractors with a sharp eye for their bottom line are smart to place a premium on safety. Insurance agents and brokers tend to know a construction business that avoids injuries is not...
Beware of Symbol 7 Only Auto
Jul 6 2009 // Agents Need to Cover Their Exposures by Offering Hired Non-Owned Auto Coverage Risk managers, insurance agents and brokers have always known that a Symbol 7 on auto liability policies is not very desirable. This symbol...
Dallas Insurance Agent Engaged to ‘The Bachelor’ Winner Rycroft
Jul 2 2009 // When “The Bachelor” winner Melissa Rycroft got jilted for the runner-up, she returned the engagement ring — and walked off the set. That was so five months ago. Now, Rycroft has another sparkler —...
Indiana Warns Insurance Agents About Potential Scam
Jul 2 2009 // Indiana Department of Insurance has issued a warning to Indiana licensed agents to be aware of a potential scam targeting them. The Department has received reports from other states that individuals have been calling their...
TAPCO Underwiters Now Offering E&S Services to Mississippi Agents
Jul 1 2009 // TAPCO Underwriters, Inc., a Burlington, North Carolina-based excess and surplus lines managing general agency, is now offering its services to retail insurance agents in Mississippi. TAPCO is known for its unique service...
Heffernan Insurance Brokers Forms Professional Practices Group
Jul 1 2009 // Walnut Creek, Calif.-based Heffernan Insurance Brokers announced that it has hired 17 employees to form a new division named Heffernan Professional Practices Insurance Brokers, specializing in architects and engineers and...
Georgia Warns Insurance Agents of Possible Identity Theft Scam
Jul 1 2009 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine said insurance agents in several states have been called by scammers posing as insurance regulators in order to collect personal data that would make I.D. theft...
Western Insurance Agents Association Installs Officers, Directors
Jul 1 2009 // The Rancho Cordova, Calif.-based Western Insurance Agents Association (WIAA) has announced the confirmation of its board officers and directors for the 2009-2011 term. The 2009-2011 Board includes: Chairman Phil Hakopian...
California-Based ICW Group Upgrades, Rebrands Based on Agent Feedback
Jun 30 2009 // Truly listening to what agents have to say can make a world of difference in how an insurance company is run and organized. Just ask the folks at San Diego-based ICW Group Insurance Companies, an Insurance Journal-ranked...
