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Five Reasons Why Agents Should Pay Attention to the Stimulus Package
Apr 6 2009 // The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, or the Stimulus Package, is the largest infusion of government funds into the private sector in history. Although it does not include direct benefits to the insurance...
People
Apr 6 2009 // Barney & Barney appointed Arlene Lieberman, a principal of the firm, to the board of directors. This governing board is made up of senior leadership and has responsibility for overall governance matters and setting...
Five Tips for Agents From a Part-Time CFO
Apr 6 2009 // Tax time isn’t the only time insurance agents need someone to look at their books. Business owners should be informed monthly of their tax liability. In fact, agencies can benefit from having someone offer...
Liaisons Highlight Consumer Insurance Concerns
Apr 6 2009 // Consumer Advocates Focus on How Insurers Treat Insureds in Difficult Economic, Credit Climate Insurance agents, brokers and regulators should be aware that when it comes to insurance, consumers are concerned with such...
6 Steps to Take Before the Soft Market Hardens
Apr 6 2009 // Most insurance professionals detest a soft market because of the increase in competition, unreasonably low pricing and increased market vulnerability. Some, however, may appreciate a softening precisely because of the...
Measurement of Success
Apr 6 2009 // Planning, People and Dedication Equal Success for Top 100 Agency Bollinger Insurance Top 100 Agency Profile Ranking No.: 14 Agency Name: Bollinger Insurance Inc. Headquarters: Short Hills, N.J. Year Founded:...
What’s So Special About Special Event Insurance?
Apr 6 2009 // The pitfalls of not placing special-event coverage, when it’s truly needed and available, can result in catastrophic losses to your insured, and possibly even damage the credibility of your agency and errors and...
Study: Agency Satisfaction Linked to Amount of Business Sent to Insurers
Apr 6 2009 // When it comes to an agency’s satisfaction with its personal lines insurance companies, commissions do not rank as tops. Nor do commissions rank second. In fact, out of six satisfaction factors, compensation from an...
Agents to Rate Regional Carriers in New Insurance Journal Sponsored Research
Apr 2 2009 // Channel Harvest Research and Insurance Journal have announced a major new study in the Independent Agency System, to be fielded in April, that will probe agents’ attitudes toward carrier relationships and the...
Say What You Mean: Character, Integrity and Independent Agents
Apr 2 2009 // “I meant what I said, and said what I meant…” Although that quote was written in 1954 by Dr. Seuss in his book “Horton Hears a Who,” it is a powerful reminder today to act with character and...
Oliver Joins Momentous Insurance Brokerage Inc.
Mar 31 2009 // Van Nuys, Calif.-based Momentous Insurance Brokerage Inc. announced that David Oliver, former managing director of the Entertainment practice of a large Los Angeles-based insurance brokerage, will join the firm. Oliver has...
Association To Administer California Insurance Careers Program
Mar 30 2009 // The Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West (IBA West) has begun administration of a California-wide insurance careers program that unites community colleges, workforce investment boards, businesses, and the K-12...
California House Evaluates Health Insurance Compensation Disclosure Bill
Mar 30 2009 // California Assembly Member Dave Jones, D-Sacramento, has introduced AB 1521, “Health care coverage: solicitation,” that would establish a fiduciary duty for persons or entities that submit an application to a...
Westrope Adds Hol as Property Broker in Los Angeles Office
Mar 27 2009 // Kansas City, Mo.-based Westrope has added Joost Hol to its West Coast office in downtown Los Angeles. Joost is a property insurance professional who handled national and international property risks for AIG until 2007....
Texas Independent Agents Urge Adequate Windstorm Funding
Mar 27 2009 // Since funding for the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) has become a top priority for the Texas Legislature, statewide lawmakers have debated several solutions that will impact policyholders in Texas, according...
Study: Agency Satisfaction Linked to Amount of Business Sent to Insurers
Mar 26 2009 // When it comes to an agency’s satisfaction with its personal lines insurance companies, commissions do not rank as tops. Nor do commissions rank second. In fact, out of six satisfaction factors, compensation from an...
Florida’s New VanDyke Norman Insurance Agency Thinks Big
Mar 25 2009 // Kevin VanDyke and Andy Norman opened their St. Augustine agency around Thanksgiving last year but already they are thinking big. They plan to grow their business in the Jacksonville metropolitan area not just by outselling...
New Insurance Agencies Defy Hard Economy, Soft Market
Mar 25 2009 // Against economic and soft markets odds, independent insurance agents have been starting up new property/casualty agencies from Florida to California and states in-between since 2007. For years, the number of agencies in...
New Bridge Insurance Partners Paying Off for Texas Agents
Mar 25 2009 // Jeff Turner had long harbored ideas on how to operate an independent insurance agency so when he and his business partners Tommy Saxon and Ryan Perry opened Bridge Insurance Partners in Dallas a little more than a year...
New Chattanooga Insurance Agency Satisfying for Witty Entrepreneur
Mar 25 2009 // Tennessee: Chattanooga Insurance Agency Having been both a captive agent and a producer in an independent insurance agency, John Witty knows the feeling of bringing in business and being paid well for it. But for him the...
