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Teacher, Gypsy, Even an Insurance Agent Make Fraud Hall of Shame List
Feb 10 2008 // A glass-eating gypsy, a teacher who faked terminal cancer, and an insurance agent who killed homeless clients are among the top insurance swindlers of 2007. These convicted thieves were inducted into the Insurance Fraud...
AIG to Pay $12.5M in Settlement with States Over Bid-Rigging Allegations
Feb 10 2008 // American International Group Inc. (AIG) confirmed in late January that it reached settlements with nine states and the District of Columbia relating to their investigations into alleged bid-rigging and price-fixing, and...
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Feb 10 2008 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation hired Michael Page as director of safety and loss prevention. Page previously was director of loss prevention services for Workforce Safety and Insurance in North Dakota...
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Feb 10 2008 // The Nonprofits Insurance Alliance Group in Santa Cruz, Calif., appointed Kim Aday to vice president finance/treasurer. Aday joined the group in 1997 in the position of accountant. In early 2001, she was promoted to...
Colo. Legislation to Ban Use of Credit Scoring in Underwriting Defeated
Feb 10 2008 // Agents, insurers praise legislation’s defeat but say the battle is not over yet As the issue of credit scoring continues to be the subject of state legislative proposals, insurance agents in Colorado are celebrating...
AIG to Pay $12.5M in Settlement with States Over Bid-Rigging Allegations
Feb 10 2008 // American International Group Inc. (AIG) confirmed in late January that it had reached settlements with nine states and the District of Columbia relating to their investigations into alleged bid-rigging and price-fixing and...
From Insurance to Candy
Feb 10 2008 // For former insurance pro, life really is a box of chocolates Although it’s been many years since See’s Candies President Brad Kinstler was at the helm of an insurance company, and even longer since he was...
Home-Based Business Boom
Feb 10 2008 // The risks of remote workplaces Americans’ houses have increasingly become a hodgepodge between a home and an office. It’s believed that there are more people working out of their homes now than at any time in...
BOP Opportunities Abound in Fla., Ga., N.C., Texas and Wash.
Feb 10 2008 // The U.S. business owners policy (BOP) market consists of nearly 21 million enterprises and produces more than $20 billion in premiums. Within this broad market sector, 44 percent of the premium opportunity is concentrated...
South Central Agencies Recognized by Big ‘I’ for ‘Best Practices’
Feb 8 2008 // Two independent agencies from South Central states were among the six insurance firms from across the country recognized as “Top Performing Agencies” by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of...
Revells Joins Universal’s Arizona and Nevada Operations
Feb 8 2008 // Wanda Revells, CIC, has joined Universal North America Insurance Co. as assistant vice president of marketing and agency relations for Arizona and Nevada. She will oversee development and execution of market strategy to...
Targeted High Quality Insurance Leads Offered by QuotesAuction.com
Feb 7 2008 // QuotesAuction.com is offering high quality insurance leads by separating them into individual categories. North Hollywood, CA – February 7, 2008 – QuotesAuction.com specializes in partnering with agents and...
Royal & SunAlliance Acquires Broker Fyfe Group
Feb 7 2008 // The UK’s Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group plc has acquired the Fyfe Group, a UK retail and wholesale intermediary specializing in motor trade products for small businesses. “In 2007 it delivered £10.1...
Teen May Be Ind.’s Youngest Licensed Insurance Agent
Feb 7 2008 // A Pendleton Heights High School senior is believed to be the state’s youngest licensed insurance agent. Heather Gaskill, who turned 18 in December, is licensed to sell life, car or homeowner’s insurance. She...
Insurance Agents Can Now Receive Live Transfer Insurance Leads
Feb 6 2008 // QuotesAuction.com, nations leading insurance marketing is now offering live transfer leads to interested insurance companies and agents. North Hollywood, CA – February 6, 2008 – QuotesAuction.com has launched a...
Uncertainty Over Bond Insurer Downgrades Leaves Investors Wary
Feb 6 2008 // Municipal bond investors were in a wary frame of mind Monday as they waited to learn whether ratings agencies will downgrade some ailing bond insurers. Uncertainty about the fate of the companies that insure municipal...
Lockton Expands Brokerage Operation to Phoenix
Feb 6 2008 // Lockton, a large privately held insurance brokerage firm headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., has opened a Phoenix office. The new office marks its twentieth in the United States and its forty-sixth location globally. Todd...
Professional Program Insurance Brokerage Enhances MediSpa Program
Feb 5 2008 // Professional Program Insurance Brokerage of Novato, Calif., has announced the latest enhancements to its MediSpa program. The policy now includes laser coverage for all skin types at no additional premium for technicians...
ELM Brokers Open North Calif. and Orange Cty. Offices
Feb 5 2008 // ELM Insurance Brokers, Inc., has opened two new offices – one in Concord, Calif., which will be managed by Michele Epstein, and a second in Mission Viejo, to be run by Gregg E. Higgins. Epstein began her insurance...
Jackson Becomes President of the Alliance
Feb 5 2008 // Jackson Becomes President of the Alliance The board of directors for the Alliance of Insurance Agents and Brokers has elected Debra Jackson as the association’s new president/CEO. Jackson replaces Joe...
