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Catering to wealthy individuals
Oct 27 2007 // Most high net worth individuals already complete their personal insurance package with excess liability coverage, or the personal umbrella liability. Even so there could be opportunities missed in meeting the umbrella...
For small truckers, exceed the minimum
Oct 27 2007 // The past few years have not been easy for the U.S. trucking industry. Rising fuel prices, threats of terrorism, new regulations and the daily challenges of simply moving heavy freight from point A to point B, have combined...
News Currents
Oct 27 2007 // Conn. AG alleges reinsurance antitrust conspiracy drives-up prices A lawsuit against a major reinsurance broker for alleged antitrust activity in Connecticut is being used to raise broader questions about the largely...
Md.-Pa.-Del. Agents Group Highlights Delaware Merger, Elects Officers
Oct 26 2007 // The Insurance Agents & Brokers Service Group held its annual meeting Oct. 17, marking a year that included the inception of the Delaware Association of Insurance Agents & Brokers Inc. into its organization. The...
ACE Insurance Pays $4.5 Million to Settle Multi-state Bid-rigging Claims
Oct 26 2007 // ACE Group Holdings has agreed to pay $4.5 million to end a bid-rigging and price-fixing case, according to state officials. The monies will be divided among eight states and the District of Columbia. Florida’s Chief...
La. Agent Fined $14K, Told to Cease Business of Insurance
Oct 25 2007 // An Angie, La., insurance agent was issued a cease and desist order, summary suspension and served with a $14,000 civil fine notice recently for alleged misappropriation, document forgery and filing false public documents,...
OneBeacon Enters Indiana Small Business Market
Oct 24 2007 // Canton, Mass.-based One Beacon Insurance Group announced Tuesday that it will begin offering property-casualty products to small-business owners in Indiana through independent agent partners. OneBeacon’s local...
Fireman’s Fund Offering Wildfire Recovery Services to Agents
Oct 24 2007 // Novato, Calif.-based Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. announced it is offering all Southern California customers — homeowners and commercial customers — and independent agents free wildfire recovery...
Mass. Insurance Chief Urges Agents to Seize Opportunity in Auto Deregulation
Oct 23 2007 // Exclusive Video: Commissioner Interview Mass. Commissioner Burnes: Effect of Managed Competition on Mass. Agents Some Massachusetts insurance agents are anxious about the state’s move to a deregulated auto insurance...
Brown & Brown Posts 14.8% Third-Quarter Increase
Oct 23 2007 // Brown & Brown Inc. announced its net income for the third quarter of 2007 of $46,216,000, or $0.33 per share, an increase of 14.8 percent from the $40,270,000, or $0.29 per share, reported for the quarter ended Sept....
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...
