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Florida Independent Insurance Agents Establish Charitable Fund
Jun 23 2009 // At its recent 105th annual conference in Orlando, the Florida Association of Insurance Agents (FAIA) announced a donation of $500,000 to launch a new charitable project, the Good Works Fund. In addition to helping...
Arkansas Agent Arrested on Fraud Charges
Jun 22 2009 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford announced the arrest of Rickey Lynn Warren of Hensley, a former a licensed insurance agent charged with insurance fraud. Warren is accused with taking checks totaling $2,125 for...
Tower Group to Acquire Specialty Underwriters’ Alliance of Illinois
Jun 22 2009 // New York-based Tower Group, Inc. has agreed to purchase Illinois-based specialty insurer Specialty Underwriters’ Alliance, Inc. in a transaction valued at approximately $107 million. Under the terms of that...
Montana Takes Back Surplus Lines Stamping Office Operations
Jun 22 2009 // Montana’s Department of Insurance is now handling the operations of the Surplus Lines Stamping Office. Under the change, the agency will directly review and process surplus lines submissions, verify that agents are...
Bridges Named Young Agent of the Year by Texas Independent Agents
Jun 19 2009 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) has named Mark Bridges, a producer at Edmond, Deaton & Stephens Insurance Agency in Amarillo, as the André P. Juneau Young Agent of the Year. Bridges was honored with...
The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas Installs New Leadership
Jun 18 2009 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) has elected new leadership for 2009-2010. Bryan Shofner, president of Shofner & Associates Insurance Agency Inc., a holding company that owns and operates Shofner Lynch...
Officials Looking to Catch Few Bad Apples Among P/C Insurance Agents
Jun 17 2009 // Those who track insurance criminals for a living say that as the economy has worsened, insurance fraud has been on the rise– and they are on the alert for any jump in fraud by property/casualty agents and...
Main Provisions of Obama Reform Plan for Financial Regulation
Jun 17 2009 // President Barack Obama plans on Wednesday to unveil his proposal to overhaul U.S. financial regulatory system. Here are the main provisions as outlined by administration officials and as detailed in a document obtained by...
Medlin Receives Top Award from Texas Independent Agents Group
Jun 17 2009 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) announced that Plano independent insurance agent Don Medlin recently received the Drex Foreman Award at the association’s 112th Annual Conference & Trade...
Obama Insurance Views Mirror Those of P/C Agents, Insurers, Regulators
Jun 17 2009 // The Obama administration’s views on insurance regulation are in keeping with those of many within the property/casualty insurance industry as well as state regulators who now regulate the industry. Most in the...
Common Insurance Mistakes Can Sink Boaters’ Finances
Jun 15 2009 // As Action on the Water Heats up, Here’s Some Advice Agents Can Offer Clients As boating season starts to heat up once again, independent agents across the country may see clients who are re-evaluating their boat...
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Jun 15 2009 // Kansas City-based insurance broker Lockton has added Michael Todorovich II as vice president and producer in its St. Louis office. With more than 11 years of experience in the insurance industry, Todorovich’s...
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Jun 15 2009 // Burns & Wilcox reported that Kendra Corman has joined the company as its new marketing director. Corman is responsible for managing the company’s advertising and marketing initiatives, which includes overseeing...
Florida Welcoming New Latin Independent Agents, While Still Coping with Old Market Problems
Jun 15 2009 // LAAIA Chief Says Property Markets Will Be a Problem in South Florida Until There’s a National Plan Being an independent agent in south Florida means never having enough property markets. That was true years ago and...
Crist Veto of Condo ‘Glitch’ Bill a Letdown for Unit Owners, Agents
Jun 15 2009 // Critics Say Florida Governor Let Fire Sprinkler Deadline Provision Overshadow Other Benefits Florida Gov. Charlie Crist’s veto of a condo insurance bill has disappointed condo unit owners and insurance agents who...
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Jun 15 2009 // Dallas-based Sleeper Sewell Insurance Services Inc. announced that Von Breaux is now responsible for leading the company as part of his duties as recently named president and CEO of ANBTX Insurance Services Inc. Sleeper...
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Jun 15 2009 // Fair Oaks, Calif.-based Insurance Resources Consultants, an IR Group subsidiary, named Richard Rohde executive vice president and senior consultant. He will offer strategic planning and operational improvement consulting...
Finding Fraudsters
Jun 15 2009 // Insurance fraud has become a nationwide problem, and experts say it’s a problem that has the potential to get worse as people look for ways to cut down on their expenses as the economy tightens. “The special...
Insurance Agents, Brokers: Beware of Scam
Jun 15 2009 // Licensed insurance agents and brokers in California, Colorado and Nevada are being warned to beware of a scam targeting them. The Nevada Division of Insurance, California Department of Insurance and Colorado Division of...
Pressure Is On to Catch a Few Bad Apples
Jun 15 2009 // Fraud Investigators on Alert to Prevent Property/Casualty Agent Abuses from Spreading Those who track insurance criminals for a living say that as the economy has worsened, insurance fraud has been on the rise — and...
