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New North Carolina Insurance Chief Agrees Beach Plan Needs Help
Dec 1 2008 // North Carolina’s new insurance chief agrees with insurance industry critics that the state’s backup wind insurance pool, known as the Beach Plan, needs shoring up. “I have described our Beach Plan or...
Agents Speak Out on ‘Putting Back the Pieces’ After Brooke
Nov 30 2008 // Brooke Group Declares Bankruptcy, Faces Rico Charges, More Lawsuits Technically, Brooke Franchise owes me $7 million, but who knows if I will ever see it,” said Roger Cunningham, former Brooke franchisee and...
Agents ‘Putting Back the Pieces’ After Brooke
Nov 30 2008 // Brooke Group Declares Bankruptcy, Faces More Lawsuits Technically, Brooke Franchise owes me $7 million, but who knows if I will ever see it,” says Roger Cunningham, former Brooke franchisee and agent/owner of RKC...
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Nov 30 2008 // Willis Group Holdings appointed Phillip Ellis leader of a new division focused on growing the company’s Enterprise Risk Management business for Willis’ Global Retail and Specialty teams. He was most recently...
What the 2008 Election Means for Independent Agents
Nov 30 2008 // With incoming President-elect Barack Obama and major increases in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate, the Democrats will now control both chambers of Congress and the White House. The changing of the...
What the 2008 Election Means for Independent Agents
Nov 30 2008 // With incoming President-elect Barack Obama and major increases in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate, the Democrats will now control both chambers of Congress and the White House. The changing of the...
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Nov 30 2008 // Safeco Insurance and Indiana Insurance, both Liberty Mutual Agency Markets companies, recently announced key management appointments to lead their respective personal and commercial lines operations in their Midwest...
Wanted: Agencies Focusing on Hispanic Market
Nov 30 2008 // The brains behind the insurance agency consolidation firm Confie Seguros say they are well-positioned to meet their goal of a $300 million revenue company focused on the Hispanic insurance market within a few years,...
Even Best Practices Agencies Struggle To Grow in Soft Market
Nov 30 2008 // Revenue Growth Proves Challenge; Hiring New Producers Remains Priority The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (the Big “I”) recently released its annual Best Practices Study. The independent...
Former Agent Ends His Second Career as Florida Gators’ ‘Two Bits’ Cheerleader
Nov 30 2008 // After more than 50 years of urging on Florida football fans, one the Gators most enthusiastic supporters is retiring. George E. Edmondson Jr., a retired insurance agent who is known to UF fans as Mr. Two-Bits, says...
Nov 30 2008 // Peter Lauve, of Abilene, Texas, has been named president of Texas-based Insurors Group. As Insurors Group president, Lauve, also a partner with CBS Insurance located in Abilene, will lead a network of Texas agents that...
Wanted: Agencies Focusing on Hispanic Market
Nov 30 2008 // Texas on the List of States for Agency Acquisitions by Consolidators Behind Confie Seguros The brains behind the insurance agency consolidation firm Confie Seguros say they are well-positioned to meet their goal of a $300...
A Good Win in North Carolina for Experience
Nov 30 2008 // New Chief Plans a Blog, Statewide Agent Meetings and a Solution for Coastal Property Owners and Insurers On Nov. 4, Democrat Wayne Goodwin won election as North Carolina Insurance Commissioner with 52 percent of the vote,...
The Importance of Being Earnest
Nov 30 2008 // Insurance Agency Profile Agency Name: SullivanCurtisMonroe Headquarters: Irvine, Calif. Year Founded: 1931 Additional Locations: Corona and Pasadena, Calif. Total Property/Casualty Premium Volume for 2007: $186.6...
What the 2008 Election Means for Independent Agents
Nov 30 2008 // With incoming President-elect Barack Obama and major increases in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate, the Democrats will now control both chambers of Congress and the White House. The changing of the...
Program Market’s ‘Best in Class’
Nov 30 2008 // Four Program Administrators Join the Ranks of Best Practices Organizations Just two years ago the Target Markets Program Administrators Association launched the TMPAA Best Practice designation as a way to encourage members...
Welcome to Encryption Nation
Nov 30 2008 // Stop putting passwords on sticky notes, require passwords for desktops and encrypt all backups. For those that haven’t done so already, insurance agents and agencies are going to have to get smart about encryption...
Steady Habits Make for a Stable Market
Nov 30 2008 // Regulator Says Nutmeg State Will Take AIG and Catastrophe Problems in Stride Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas Sullivan considers himself something of an insider when it comes to the insurance industry –...
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Nov 30 2008 // The Insurance Marketing and Communications Association (IMCA) named Richard Look as president. He is a marketing communications veteran with both agency and insurance company experience, and currently serves as vice...
Former Insurance Agent, Florida’s ‘Mr. Two-Bits’ Retires His Cheer
Nov 26 2008 // After more than 50 years of urging on Florida football fans, one the Gators most enthusiastic supporters is retiring. George E. Edmondson Jr., a retired insurance agent who is known to UF fans as Mr. Two-Bits, says...
