Latest Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Indiana Insurance Honors Ohio Agencies with 2006 Chairman’s Award
Jul 12 2007 // Troy, Ohio-based Hylant Group, Inc. and Dayton, Ohio-based Norman-Spencer McKernan, Inc. have received the 2006 Chairman’s Award, which is presented to the highest performing insurance agencies appointed with Indiana...
WIAA Announces New Board
Jul 12 2007 // The Western Insurance Agents Association (WIAA), an agent/broker associations in the West, has announced a new slate of board members and officers for the 2007-2008 term. The previous term’s Chairman-elect, Kathy...
N.Y. Agents Seeking Alternatives for Downstate Homeowners
Jul 12 2007 // Downstate New York insurance agents say they are seeking alternative sources of coverage, as many of their regular homeowners insurance companies continue to reduce exposure in their area. A membership survey conducted by...
Born in Crisis, Insurer for Mutual Insurers, Agents Marks 20th Year
Jul 12 2007 // The blueprint for the company was originally conceived by an ad hoc task force of senior executive officers from several mutual property/casualty insurance companies in response to the liability insurance crisis of the...
Pa. State Agencies Back in Operation After Budget Deal Struck
Jul 12 2007 // Thousands pf Pennsylvania state employees including those in the state insurance and motor vehicle departments were back on the job Tuesday after a one-day shutdown. The employees were called back to work after a tentative...
N.C. Insurance Agent Arrested, Charged with Embezzlement
Jul 11 2007 // North Carolina Department of Insurance officials arrested a Tarboro insurance agent on charges of embezzlement last month. Insurance Commissioner Jim Long said William “Billy” Michael Whitley, 51, of 4959...
Wholesaler U.S. Risk Acquires Boston Insurance Brokerage
Jul 11 2007 // U.S. Risk Insurance Group, Inc., a managing general agency and surplus lines wholesaler headquartered in Dallas, has expanded into New England by acquiring Boston Insurance Brokerage, Inc. in Boston. Boston Insurance...
Former Kan. Agent Sentenced for Insurance Fraud
Jul 10 2007 // Kan. Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger recently announced the results of an investigation of insurance fraud by her department’s Anti-Fraud Division. According to the Prager, former insurance agent, Ronald E....
Agents Question Receiver on Texas Select Unearned Commissions Policy
Jul 10 2007 // The Special Deputy Receiver for Texas Select Lloyds, in response to a request from the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas for clarification on unearned commission billing of former Texas Select agents, has offered the...
Burns & Wilcox named Broker of the Year by Ark. Agents Group
Jul 9 2007 // Burns & Wilcox announced it received the 2007 Broker of the Year award from the Independent Insurance Agents of Arkansas (IIAA) at their 106th annual convention held in early June. Broker of the Year is awarded to a...
BISYS Tri-City Brokerage Launches Environmental Practice
Jul 9 2007 // Tri-City Brokerage, a division of BISYS Commercial Insurance Services Inc., announced the launch of its environmental insurance practice, Tri-City Environmental. This new division will focus on providing risk solutions to...
Calif. Agents Alliance Hires D’Arelli as Executive VP
Jul 6 2007 // California’s Alliance of Insurance Agents and Brokers has hired Mike D’Arelli as executive vice president. D’Arelli is spearheading the Alliance’s grassroots advocacy program, and he is managing...
Ark. Agent Sentenced to Correction Facility for Insurance Fraud
Jul 6 2007 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman announced insurance agent Christy Vocque of Saline County has been sentenced to serve 60 days in a regional correction facility for committing insurance fraud. Vocque,...
FindMyBestAgent.com Redesigned to Provide Enhanced, Organized List of Insurance Companies and Agents
Jul 5 2007 // What began as a simple online directory has been redesigned into a comprehensive, feature-rich information powerhouse. FindMyBestAgent.com, under new ownership by an insurance industry insider, has just re-launched to...
Real Time Campaign Sees Real Results, Supporters Say
Jul 5 2007 // A new campaign to increase the implementation of real time and download technology-based workflows and independent agency-company interface applications is gaining ground, campaign supporters say. The Real Time/Download...
Quintanilla Named Broker Manager for Calif. State Fund
Jul 5 2007 // Richard Quintanilla has been promoted to broker relations manager for California State Compensation Insurance Fund’s Marketing Department. Quintanilla started his State Fund career in 1989 when he was hired as a...
Focus key to surviving insurance industry challenges
Jul 2 2007 // The “big problems” facing insurance agents and brokers today are human resources; government intervention; sustaining agency revenue growth/profit; maintaining a consistent company strategy and tactics; and...
Maximize your value by asking the right questions
Jul 2 2007 // Price, all too often, is the single factor in an agent’s choice of workers’ compensation insurance coverage for his or her clients. An effective way to differentiate your agency from your competitors is to shop...
People
Jul 2 2007 // Gregg Effner has joined Main Street America Group as assistant vice president of distribution management. Effner, who has 30 years of property/casualty industry experience, will be based at corporate headquarters in...
Industry Challenges
Jul 2 2007 // It’s great to have peripheral ways of generating business and revenue, but stay focused on your core. Focus key to surviving insurance industry challenges The “big problems” facing insurance agents and...
