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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...
Agents Can Help Fight Insurance Fraud
Jun 15 2009 // Insurance agents can play a big role in helping states to fight insurance fraud. And with insurance fraud costing California alone $15 billion each year, or $500 per resident, the cost of which is eventually passed onto...
Take Advantage of Bad Times by Hiring a Marketing Major
Jun 15 2009 // Enhance Your Survival by Finding Light Within the Darkness The economic landscape is mired in darkness. Bankruptcies and foreclosures have risen to frightening levels, while the stock market languishes in despair. The high...
Managing an Agency in a Troubled Economy
Jun 15 2009 // InsurBanc’s Pettinicchi on Agency Financing Options Unlike many businesses, independent insurance agencies do not need to access credit on a daily basis. But when the time comes that an independent agency needs...
Social Networking for Fun and Profit
Jun 15 2009 // Why Agents Should Use Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook to Build their Brand Whether it’s used to market new insurance products or interface with current clients, social media is transforming the insurance industry...
The Globalized Broker Network
Jun 15 2009 // Assurex Global Struck Gold with Partners Around the World Assurex Global Year Founded: 1954 Locations: 500 offices on six continents Employees: 20,000 Annual Premium Volume: $28 billion Annual Revenue: $3.4 billion Assurex...
Monterey Insurance, John O. Bronson Co. Merge
Jun 12 2009 // Monterey Insurance Agencies of Monterey, Calif., has merged with John. O. Bronson Company, an independent insurance agency founded in 1888. The Monterey Insurance Agencies is a member of Trusted Choice, a national...
Those Wary of Health Insurance Reform May Have Ally in Physicians
Jun 12 2009 // President Barak Obama takes his case for reform of the nation’s health insurance system to the American Medical Association, the nation’s largest physicians group, on June 15. While the AMA says it is honored...
Kansas Agent a Challenger in Insurance Commissioner Race
Jun 11 2009 // The owner of a south-central Kansas insurance agency has announced plans to kick off a campaign for insurance commissioner. David Powell of David J. Powell & Associates LLC in El Dorado is seeking the Republican...
Maples, Arcara, Lottridge Join Denver Insurance Broker Lockton
Jun 10 2009 // The Denver office of Lockton Companies LLC, a privately owned independent insurance brokerage, announced that Jason Maples, Frank Arcara and Ron Lottridge will be joining the firm. Maples, the founder and managing partner...
