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Liberty Northwest Drops Workers’ Comp Direct Sales for Independent Agents
Jun 10 2009 // Liberty Mutual Group’s Agency Markets business unit announced that one of its member companies, Liberty Northwest, has sold the renewal rights for most of its direct-sold workers’ compensation policies written...
Nautilus Insurance Group Receives Awards from the American Association of Managing General Agents
Jun 9 2009 // Scottsdale, Ariz. – June 9, 2009 – Nautilus Insurance Group, comprised of Nautilus Insurance Company (“Nautilus”) and Great Divide Insurance Company (“Great Divide”), member companies of...
Insurance Brokers Plan ‘Fly-In’ to Lobby on Health Care Reform
Jun 9 2009 // Five insurance producer associations are planning a joint lobbying effort next month on health care reform in the nation’s capital. The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big “I”),...
Illinois-based Associated Agencies Announces New Hires
Jun 9 2009 // Associated Agencies Inc., a full-service insurance brokerage firm based in Rolling Meadows, Ill., reports that the company is growing and that it recently added a number of new staff members. Craig A. Kanter has been hired...
Williams Joins Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers in Dallas
Jun 9 2009 // Kyle Stevens, president/CEO of Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers Inc. (WSS), announced that Karen G. Williams has joined the firm as contract underwriter in the Dallas office. She will report to Judy Hall, vice...
Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers Expands Personal Lines Group
Jun 8 2009 // Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. has added Gregg Carpenter as senior vice president and David Beeton as an account executive to its Preferred Client Insurance Services Group (PCS)...
Top 100 Final Call: Last Day to Submit Your Agency
Jun 8 2009 // Insurance Journal is on the search for the nation’s leading privately-held property casualty independent agencies and brokerages for its annual Top 100 Property/Casualty Independent Insurance Agencies report. And...
Crist Veto of Condo Insurance Bill Disappoints Unit Owners, Agents
Jun 8 2009 // Florida Gov. Charlie Crist’s veto of a condo insurance bill has disappointed condo unit owners and insurance agents who must comply with what they say is a costly and confusing existing law that would have been...
Wright and Catron Join Wholesale Broker Towerstone in Dallas
Jun 5 2009 // Texas-based wholesale insurance broker Towerstone announced two additions to its staff in Dallas. Brent Wright joined Towerstone as a senior broker/underwriter. Wright has been involved in the insurance arena since 1999....
Texas GOP Vows to Keep Insurance, Transportation Departments Open
Jun 5 2009 // Republican leaders in the Texas Legislature have promised that insurance regulation, roadbuilding and other government functions will continue in Texas despite lawmakers’ failure to pass a measure preserving the...
Nevada, Colorado Insurance Agents, Brokers: Beware of Scam
Jun 4 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...
Amid Obstacles, Opportunities for Insurance Agents Exist
Jun 4 2009 // You don’t need to get too deep into conversation these days to find out people are afraid. Given changes in business, the economy and government, many individuals feel they don’t know what or who to trust....
Maryland Insurance Agent Reilly to Fill State Senator’s Seat
Jun 4 2009 // Edward Reilly, chairman of County Council of Anne Arundel, Maryland has been chosen to replace retiring Sen. Janet Greenip. The Anne Arundel County Republican Central Committee voted 8-5 for Reilly after a meeting Tuesday...
Top 100 Profile: Strength in Numbers at Keystone Insurers Group
Jun 4 2009 // As Insurance Journal prepares for another Top 100 Independent Property/Casualty Agency List, to be published in our Aug. 3, 2009, magazine, the editors wanted to highlight a few of the current Top 100 agencies. Throughout...
Insurance Agent Named to South Carolina Parole Board
Jun 3 2009 // The owner of a South Carolina insurance business is the newest member of the South Carolina Board of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services. Gov. Mark Sanford appointed Alan Gardner of Newberry to the post last...
Report: Bank Insurance Brokerage Income Falls Slightly in 2008
Jun 3 2009 // Bank holding companies’ (BHC) insurance brokerage income overall experienced a 3.6 percent drop in 2008, the first decline in total BHC brokerage income since 2001, according to a new industry report. “BHCs...
Top 100 Agencies: Extended Deadline to Submit, June 8
Jun 3 2009 // Insurance Journal has extended the deadline for its annual Top 100 Agencies submissions. IJ is on the search for the nation’s leading privately-held property casualty independent agencies and brokerages for its...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Board OKs Safety Rules, Rate Decrease
Jun 2 2009 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Board of Directors has approved rule changes associated with the safety standards in the Ohio Administrative Code for several industries. Ohio law allows BWC to adopt...
Quality and Protectionism in the Insurance Market
Jun 1 2009 // Why Market Blocking Is Not Best for the Consumer or the Industry The insurance business needs to lose a vestige of the insurance marketplace of the last century. Let’s become more friendly to competition and the free...
State Auto: How a Regional Carrier Weathers the Storms
Jun 1 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...
