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Survey: MMG of Maine Named Best Ease of Doing Business Performer
Oct 23 2007 // More than 8,000 independent agents and brokers assessed the performance of over 220 property and casualty carriers in Deep Customer Connections Inc.’s (DCC) 5th annual Ease of Doing Business (EDB) survey. MMG...
Calif. Agents Alliance Offers Assistance to Industry Profesionals
Oct 23 2007 // Joe Jimenez, president of the Alliance of Insurance Agents and Brokers in California, has announced that the association is offering to assist anyone in the insurance industry who has been impacted by the numerous...
Secret Weapon for Selling Insurance
Oct 19 2007 // What is a secret weapon for selling insurance? Every insurance agent knows that the more leads they speak with, the more sales they will make. Generating insurance sales leads is not easy. But successful insurance agents...
Crump Denver Office Names Harris Senior Associate Broker
Oct 19 2007 // The Denver Office of Crump Insurance Services has named JoAnn Harris a senior associate broker in the Commercial Brokerage Department. She has several years of experience in the Wholesale excess and surplus market, where...
Higginbotham & Associates – Austin Adds Smith as Broker
Oct 18 2007 // Higginbotham & Associates hired property and casualty broker C. Adam Smith, who relocated from Springfield, Mo., as a commercial account executive at the agency’s Austin, Texas, office. With more than 12 years...
Yovino Joins N.Y.’s Tri-City Brokerage
Oct 18 2007 // Tri-City Brokerage, a division of Crump Insurance Services, Inc. in Hauppauge, New York, has named Michael Yovino as senior vice president. He will specialize in primary and excess casualty placements. Yovino was formerly...
Warrant Issued for Ga. Insurance Agent
Oct 18 2007 // A Jesup, Ga., insurance agent is wanted on insurance fraud charges, according to Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine. Catrina C. Whitley, 28, of Blackshear, Ga., has been charged with one count of insurance fraud for...
Tri-City Brokerage Names Whitelaw Senior VP
Oct 18 2007 // San Francisco-based Tri-City Brokerage, a division of Crump Insurance Services Inc., has named Matt Whitelaw senior vice president specializing in directors and officers coverage placements. Whitelaw has expertise in all...
Lloyd’s: Electronic Claims Processing Advances; Too Slow Says Langley
Oct 17 2007 // The Market Reform Group (MRG), which directs the efforts of Lloyd’s and the London insurance market to move from paper to electronic processing, has issued its latest bulletin. It focuses on the committee’s...
Learn How Insurance Agents Can Make a Million Dollars per Year Selling Insurance
Oct 16 2007 // Insurance agents know that selling insurance is a numbers game. The more leads they speak with, the more sales they will make. The biggest problem for insurance agents is getting fresh motivated insurance leads. Insurance...
Colemont Adds Vice President, Broker in Chicago Office
Oct 16 2007 // Colemont Insurance Brokers recently announced the addition of Paul Long as its new vice president and broker in the Chicago office. Long specializes in property and inland/ocean marine insurance. Long brings over 20 years...
SFA Brings Ohio and New England Retail Agents Better Access To Specialty Workers’ Compensation Markets
Oct 15 2007 // October 15 2007, Newtown, PA – Alternative risk broker and consultant Self-Funded Alternatives has announced an expanded marketing effort to assist retail agents in the State of Ohio and the New England region with...
Apollo Agencies Names Ferrel President
Oct 15 2007 // Manhattan Beach, Calif,-based Apollo Agencies Inc. has named John Ferrel president, overseeing all operations of Kinecta’s wholly owned property and casualty subsidiary. He joined the organization as vice president...
Mass. Agents Launch Site on Mandatory Health Insurance Law
Oct 15 2007 // In an effort to clarify business and individual responsibilities under the Massachusetts Health Reform Act, the Massachusetts Association of Health Underwriters (MassAHU) has launched the Web site at...
Ohio Agents Recognize Outstanding Leaders at Annual Business Meeting
Oct 12 2007 // The Professional Insurance Agents Association of Ohio, Inc. (PIA), held a special awards ceremony during its annual Business Meeting and Awards Ceremony on October 4th. Individuals were recognized for outstanding...
Lawson-Hawks Acquires Stephens and Long Insurance Brokerage
Oct 12 2007 // Lawson-Hawks Insurance Associates has acquired the Stephens and Long Insurance Brokerage in San Francisco. Stephens and Long was founded in 1925 as an independent insurance brokerage and has, a presence in the San...
Agents Fear N.Y. Coast Insurance Market Worse; Pols Weigh Options
Oct 11 2007 // New York lawmakers are considering taking action to improve coastal insurance availability while insurance agents are telling them they fear market restrictions are worsening. Insurance companies, meanwhile, claim the...
La. Agent to Lead National Assoc. of Professional Insurance Agents
Oct 11 2007 // Robert P. Page of Houma, La., has been installed as president of the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA National), the trade association reported. Page’s one-year term of office as head of the...
Munich Re Changes Model in Push for More U.S. P/C Business
Oct 10 2007 // Munich Re announced a new long-term “profitable growth strategy” aimed at increasing its share of both direct and broker reinsurance, as well as primary insurance, in the U.S. P/C market. The Group writes more...
Calif. Agents Alliance Installs New Officers
Oct 9 2007 // The Alliance of Insurance Agents and Brokers helected new officers for the 2007-2008 year at its annual business meeting held Sept. 26-30. Elected were: President/CEO Joe Jimenez of CSIS Insurance; Vice President Scott...
