Latest Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Lloyd’s Enables Advanced Slip Checking Technology
Jun 28 2007 // In a further move to bring its processing operations into the 21st Century, Lloyd’s announced that it has “teamed up with Adsensa – one of the London Market’s leading suppliers of slip and policy...
Iowa Hawkeye Honors Agencies with 2006 Chairman’s Award
Jun 28 2007 // Iowa-based Hawkeye-Security Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group’s Agency Markets business unit, recently recognized its highest performing agencies with the 2006 Chairman’s Award at meetings held in...
Willis Acquires Online Small Business Broker InsuranceNoodle
Jun 28 2007 // Willis Group Holdings Limited, the global insurance broker, has acquired Chicago-based InsuranceNoodle, an Internet distributor of U.S. small business insurance. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. InsuranceNoodle...
Fla. Agents Want to Keep Personal Injury Protection
Jun 28 2007 // Insurance agents in Florida are gearing up for a special legislative session on whether to keep the state’s no-fault personal injury protection auto insurance law. Professional Insurance Agents of Florida Government...
Cahill Joins Colemont-Texas as Broker
Jun 27 2007 // Colemont Insurance Brokers of Texas announced the addition of Rob Cahill as a casualty broker in the Dallas office on Terry Moody’s team. At Colemont, Cahill will specialize in construction casualty, but will also...
Miss. Insurance Official Briefs Congress on Abusive Medicare Sales
Jun 27 2007 // Deputy Insurance Commissioner Lee Harrell testified before a Congressional sub-committee Tuesday on the problems Mississippi faces regarding the spread of abusive Medicare insurance sales practices. Harrell was joined by...
Fla. CFO Revokes Tampa Bay Agent’s License
Jun 26 2007 // Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink issued an order revoking the license of a Tampa Bay-area insurance agent for exploiting seniors in the sale of annuities. The Department of Financial Services accused Sharon...
Swett & Crawford Adds Casualty Broker in Mich. Office
Jun 26 2007 // Swett & Crawford recently announced that Brandon King has joined the Bloomfield Hills (Detroit), Mich. office as a casualty broker. Previously King worked at Johnston Lewis Associates, Inc as a property/casualty...
E.L.M. Insurance Brokers offers Comprehensive Coverage Care
Jun 26 2007 // ELM Insurance Brokers Inc. of El Segundo, Calif., has rolled out a new suite of products, called Comprehensive Coverage Care, that includes directors and officers, employmen practice (with optional third-party extensions...
Married Insurance Agents Charged in $750,000 Fraud Scheme
Jun 26 2007 // Tanya Cornelia Dampier and her husband, Charles Ray Dampier, both former insurance agents in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., have been arrested for attempting to defraud at least 13 insurance companies of more than $750,000,...
Industry Supports Terror Bill But Not All Agree with NBCR Mandate
Jun 26 2007 // At a June 21 congressional hearing in Washington, D.C., insurance industry group representatives generally spoke in favor of a bill that would extend the federal backstop for terrorism insurance coverage for another 10...
Former Ark. Agent Gets Jail Time for Second Fraud Conviction
Jun 25 2007 // Former Arkansas insurance agent Beverly Gowan was sentenced in White County Circuit Court to 18 months detention with the Department of Community Correction for two counts of insurance fraud and one count of Theft of...
Calif. Agent Sentenced for Grand Theft
Jun 25 2007 // A Southern California agent has been convicted of one felony count of grand theft and sentenced to serve jail time and pay full restitution to her victims for stealing more than $11,000 from her clients. According to...
Donaldsonville, La., Insurance Agent on National Advisory Board
Jun 22 2007 // Independent insurance agent Brad Bourg, of Donaldsonville, La., was named to the national board of Allstate Independent Agency Council, the company announced. The council is made up of 11 outstanding independent agents...
Delta Opens Medical Malpractice, Professional Liability Division
Jun 21 2007 // Delta General Agency announced the formation of a professional liability division with specialized focus on medical malpractice coverage. The company has tapped Marla Timmons, senior health care and professional liability...
Why Insurance Agents Don’t Need to Do Marketing
Jun 20 2007 // There are two types of insurance agents: successful and not successful. Insurance agents that spend thousands of dollars on expensive bus bench advertisements, cold calling, door knocking, and yellow page ads are having a...
MyNewMarkets Grows Exponentially, Adds New Features
Jun 20 2007 // SAN DIEGO – In the four short months since its inception, MyNewMarkets.com, an Insurance Journal product, has drawn nearly 10,000 members and already started adding new features. A new search feature on the Web site...
Social Services Agencies Earn $360K Dividend from Texas Mutual
Jun 20 2007 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced a $360,349 dividend for the Social Services Agencies of Texas (SSA) purchasing group. The dividend is based largely on the group’s growth and favorable loss ratio. “Our...
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Jun 18 2007 // Gregg Effner has joined The Main Street America Group as assistant vice president of distribution management. Effner will be based at the headquarters in Jacksonville, Fla., and report to Doug Eden, senior vice president...
