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Arizona Insurance Broker Launches Rebranding Campaign
Feb 4 2009 // Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Helmer Risk Management LLC has been renamed Hemer. According to president and CEO Scott A. Helmer, “We decided to drop ‘risk management’ from the company name and add the...
North Carolina Agent Arrested on Embezzlement Charges
Feb 3 2009 // North Carolina Department of Insurance investigators said they arrested Teeketa Graham Davis of Sophia, N.C. on charges of embezzling more than $68,000. Department investigators allege that Davis, a licensed insurance...
Texas Announces December Insurance Industry Enforcement Actions
Feb 3 2009 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during December. The actions include five license revocations, three license denials and fines and...
Ault Joins Specialty Insurance Broker S.H. Smith in Ohio Office
Feb 3 2009 // Lori Ault has joined S. H. Smith & Co., a national specialty insurance broker, as vice president of Sales. She will be part of the Midwestern sales team located out of S. H. Smith’s office in Ohio. Ault’s...
New York Agents’ Group Wants Streamlined Agent-Licensing Procedure
Feb 2 2009 // A trade group for New York insurance agents says it’s working with the state’s insurance department to develop a new system for licensing agents. The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York,...
Venture Introduces New Professional, Management Liability Unit
Feb 2 2009 // Venture Insurance Programs has introduced ProWriters, a new management and professional liabilities unit that works directly with appointed agencies to find the best coverage and risk management solutions for financial...
Armitage Awarded Insurance Broker/Agent Association’s Ramsden/Sullivan Award
Feb 2 2009 // The Ramsden/Sullivan Memorial Award, Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West’s most prestigious award, was presented to James T. Armitage at the 2009 IBA West Annual Meeting & Installation Luncheon in Glendale,...
Final Call: Who’s Worth What in the Independent Agency System?
Feb 2 2009 // It’s that time again! Insurance Journal is polling insurance agents and brokers nationwide in its annual quest to find out who’s worth what in the independent agency system. More than 1,000 agencies nationwide...
Colemont’s Hartford Office Assigns Additional Management Roles
Jan 30 2009 // The Hartford, Connecticut office of Colemont Insurance Brokers has assigned new management responsibilities for several key members of its personnel. Michael O’Brien, vice president, has been named Financial Services...
BancInsure Products Now Available to Bankers, Agents in Texas
Jan 30 2009 // Oklahoma-based BancInsure’s insurance and risk management products are now available to Texas bankers through their local independent insurance agents, the company announced. “As a former Texan I understand the...
Willis Re Appoints 17 Brokers to Drive Specialty Lines Growth in US, UK
Jan 29 2009 // Willis Re, the reinsurance arm of global broker Willis Group Holdings, announced the appointment of 17 professionals “to extend the global growth of the unit’s specialty lines business.” Willis said the...
Diablo Valley Insurance Acquires Gingrich Insurance Brokers
Jan 29 2009 // Diablo Valley Insurance Agency Inc. of Walnut Creek, Calif., acquired the assets of Gingrich Insurance Brokers of Orinda, Calif. Gingrich Insurance Brokers with annualized revenues of approximately $900,000, focuses on...
California Reduces Licensing Fee for Insurance Agents, Brokers, Adjusters
Jan 28 2009 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced a number of fee reductions resulting in $10.3 million in annual savings, including a 6 percent fee reduction for more than 300,000 licensed insurance agents,...
Baca Joins WIAA Insurance Services
Jan 28 2009 // Rancho Cordova, Calif.-based WIAA Insurance Services, the agency arm of Western Insurance Agents Association (WIAA), appointed Michelle Baca executive sales representative. Baca spent much of her career in business...
ACE Europe Launches Insurance, Risk Management for Mid-size Firms
Jan 27 2009 // ACE Europe has announced the launch of “ACE Evolve,” which it describes as a “coordinated insurance and risk management solution for mid-sized companies with overseas subsidiaries or assets. ACE Evolve...
Florida Puts Brakes on Agent Accused of Not Placing Truckers’ Insurance
Jan 27 2009 // Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink is urging the commercial trucking industry and the public to provide any information that may assist the Department of Financial Services’ ongoing criminal investigation into...
Main Street America Unveils New System for Quoting Personal Lines
Jan 27 2009 // Jacksonville, Florida-based insurer The Main Street America Group has introduced Main Street Station for Personal Lines — a new quoting and policy issuance system for its independent insurance agents in Maine,...
Acuity to Add New Mexico Coverage for Independent Agents
Jan 27 2009 // Acuity of Sheboygan, Wis., announced it will begin writing business in New Mexico. The expansion into the New Mexico marketplace is planned for mid-2009. Acuity is a property and casualty insurer that operates in 18...
State Farm Pulling Out of Florida Property Insurance Market
Jan 27 2009 // Florida is losing its largest property insurance company. State Farm Florida Insurance announced today it is beginning the process that will allow it to non-renew policies and halt all sales of homeowners or other...
North Dakota Agents Report More Interest in Flood Insurance in Fargo
Jan 27 2009 // North dakota insurance agents are seeing more Fargo homeowners interested in flood insurance, after a winter of heavy snow and forecasts of spring flooding Ken Kraft is an American Family Insurance agent in south Fargo. He...
