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More than just business
Mar 26 2007 // Insuring child welfare organizations offers opportunities, rewards and good business After spending most of her childhood and adolescent years growing up in foster care agencies, Rhonda Sciortino, a California independent...
U.S. Risk Names Dalton a Senior Broker in Houston Office
Mar 26 2007 // U.S. Risk Brokers, a subsidiary of U.S. Risk Insurance Group, announced that James C. Dalton has been named senior broker in its Houston office. In this position, Dalton will assume responsibility of executive liability...
Agent, Councilman Sentenced to Probation in Ala. Corruption Probe
Mar 26 2007 // Orange Beach City Councilman Joseph McCarron was fined $1,000 and sentenced to six months of unsupervised probation for his conviction in a corruption case. McCarron, 69, who appeared in Baldwin County court in a...
N.D. Agent Under Investigation for Fraud Found Dead
Mar 26 2007 // Insurance Commissioner Jim Poolman is investigating whether some of an Underwood insurance agent’s customers have lacked coverage for years because she issued bogus policies and kept their premium payments. At least...
Agents group and Texas PTA team up to fight teen drinking
Mar 26 2007 // With Texas leading the nation in alcohol related deaths among young people, the Texas PTA and the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas have launched a statewide campaign designed to prevent underage drinking. The campaign...
Handle customer data with care — it’s the law
Mar 26 2007 // Insurance agents and brokers constantly deal with customers’ personal information. Yet many in the industry may not be aware of the legal requirements for handling or storing this information. How should agents and...
Bonus round
Mar 26 2007 // Last November, then-New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer notified four insurance companies that they could no longer pay contingent commissions to agents and brokers who sell automobile, homeowners and certain other...
Top 10 ways for California surplus line brokers to avoid E&O exposures
Mar 26 2007 // Editor’s note: Although this article is geared toward California surplus line brokers, with small variations the same advice may be of help to surplus line and retail brokers in other states. Surplus line brokers...
More than just business
Mar 26 2007 // After spending most of her childhood and adolescent years growing up in foster care agencies, Rhonda Sciortino, a California independent insurance agent, felt she had to give back in the best way she knew how. In 1989,...
Top 10 ways for California surplus line brokers to avoid E&O exposures
Mar 26 2007 // Editor’s note: Although this article is geared toward California surplus line brokers, with small variations the same advice may be of help to surplus line and retail brokers in other states. Surplus line brokers...
People
Mar 26 2007 // Willis Group Holdings Ltd. amended the employment agreement with Chairman and CEO Joseph J. Plumeri to extend the term for an additional year. The employment agreement, which was scheduled to expire Oct. 15, 2008, will now...
Life Brokerage Association Exec Resigns
Mar 23 2007 // The National Association of Independent Life Brokerage Agencies (NAILBA) announced today that it has accepted the resignation of Executive Vice President Joseph M. Normandy. NAILBA has appointed an executive search...
TriSure’s Folger Named President-Elect of N.C. Agents Group
Mar 23 2007 // R. Cleve Folger, a founding partner at TriSure Corp., was named president elect of the Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina. Folger will assume his duties at the association’s annual convention in...
Conn. Agents Cite OneBeacon’s Evans as Company Pro of Year
Mar 21 2007 // Ken Evans, territory manager for OneBeacon Small Business in Canton, Mass., has been named this year’s recipient of the Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc.’s Company Professional of the Year...
Wilson Heads Conn. Agents’ Group
Mar 20 2007 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc. elected officers during the association’s annual convention last week at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn. Following are the new officers who will...
Conn. Agents Honor DiMatteo as Agent of Year
Mar 20 2007 // Victoria DiMatteo, co-owner of A.A. DiMatteo Insurance Service Center in Shelton, Conn., received the Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc.’s Professional Agent of the Year award last week during the...
Calif.’s Agents Alliance Moves Board to Sacramento
Mar 20 2007 // The Board of Directors of the Alliance of Insurance Agents and Brokers has moved its headquarters to Sacramento, Calif. “Sacramento is where all the key players in the political and regulatory arena are based,”...
Qualcorp, Inc. unveils QueryPlus reporting tool for AFW & 360 Agency Management Systems at National AMS User Conference
Mar 19 2007 // QualCorp, Inc announced today that they will be showing their new agency reporting tool, QueryPlus AFW/360, in Orlando Florida at the AMS National User Conference on March 21-25, 2007. QueryPlus makes the on-going chore of...
W. Va. Hosting Workers Comp Training Sessions
Mar 17 2007 // The Offices of the Insurance Commissioner of West Virginia in cooperation with the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI), will hold training sessions around the state on development of workers’...
Dallas Agents Group Names Kull as Executive Director
Mar 15 2007 // The Board of the Independent Insurance Agents of Dallas (IIAD) announced that Carol Kull has joined the association as executive director. Kull comes to the IIAD from the Home Builder’s Association of Livingston...
