Latest Agencies Headlines
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USG Promotes Dodd at Texas Branch
Jan 19 2007 // USG Insurance Services Inc, a national broker of commercial insurance headquartered in Tampa, Fla., announced that Joanne Dodd has been promoted to brokerage manager for its Arlington, Texas, branch. Dodd has been an...
Higginbotham & Associates Names Two Managing Directors
Jan 18 2007 // Fort Worth-based independent insurance agency Higginbotham & Associates named brokers Tami Rodgers and Scott Shapard to its managing director team for 2007. Higginbotham appoints its brokers to managing directors who...
Former Mich. Legislator Joins Agent Association as Vice President
Jan 17 2007 // Former State Representative Scott Hummel of DeWitt, Mich. has been named vice president of Governmental Affairs for the Michigan Association of Insurance Agents. Hummel was first elected to the 93rd District of the House...
Booth of Allianz Chairs ACORD
Jan 17 2007 // Clem Booth, a member of the management board of Allianz, SE, has been designated the 2007 chair of ACORD’s board of directors. John Kellington, chief technology officer and senior vice president of Ohio Casualty...
Strategic Independent Agents Alliance Signs 2,100 Member
Jan 16 2007 // Strategic Independent Agents Alliance (SIAA), announced today that Barkema Insurance of Murray, Iowa has officially become SIAA’s 2,100th Independent Strategic Member Agency. Barkema Insurance joins the Midwest...
N.Y. Agents to Recognize Fastman as Professional Executive of Year
Jan 15 2007 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. will present Jerry Fastman with its Industry Professional Executive of the Year award at the annual Metro Regional Awareness Program, Jan. 25, 2007, at the New York...
CEO Storms Seeks Bigger Role in Risk Management for Marsh
Jan 15 2007 // Marsh Inc. already is one of the world’s largest insurance brokers, but its chairman and chief executive, Brian M. Storms, wants to increase its role in the risk management business. As Storms sees it, Marsh should...
Delaware Agents Groups to Merge
Jan 11 2007 // The Independent Agents Association of Delaware (IIAD) and the Insurance Agents & Brokers of Delaware (IA&B of DE) have agreed to merge their memberships. “Our members have clearly told us that they want a...
Ohio State Auto Joins Agents’ Branding Program
Jan 11 2007 // The State Auto Insurance Companies are among the first group of carriers to join the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents’ branding program, “Local Agents Serving Main Street America SM.”...
Espanola, N.M., Agent Sentenced for Embezzlement
Jan 11 2007 // An Espanola, N.M., insurance agent accused of bilking clients out of thousands of dollars has been put on probation for three years and ordered to perform 300 hours of community service. Dennis O’Brien pleaded no...
Networked Insurance Agents Appoints Arca Territorial Sales VP
Jan 11 2007 // Grass Valley, Calif.-based Networked Insurance Agents has appointed Greg Arca territorial sales vice president, in San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Marin, Sonoma and Mendocino counties. Arca steps into...
E.L.M. Insurance Brokers Creating Application Database
Jan 10 2007 // E.L.M Insurance Brokers Inc. announced that it has completed the first phase of its data flow initiative, the first step of creating a central clearinghouse of information relevant to professional liability, employment...
IIAT’s Joe Vincent Management Seminar, Legislative Day set for Jan. 28-30
Jan 9 2007 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas will host its 44th Annual Joe Vincent Management Seminar and Big I Legislative Day in Austin Jan. 28-30. The three-day conference includes an industry preview and legislative...
QualCorp, Inc. Unveils QueryPlus Reporting Tool for Agency Management Systems
Jan 9 2007 // QualCorp, Inc. announces that they have just released a reporting tool that makes the on-going chore of mining data out of the industry’s most widely used agency management systems straight forward and simple. By...
Declarations
Jan 8 2007 // Lawsuit reform revisited “While I am still reviewing [the] ruling, my initial reaction is that of disappointment, because I believe it will lead to an increase in frivolous lawsuits, higher insurance costs, and less...
New rules mean bytes of electronically stored info could have big bite
Jan 8 2007 // Insurance agents want to avoid litigation, but it is not always possible. When agents become involved in litigation in federal court, it is important for agents and their attorneys to understand the new Federal Rules of...
28.5 million holiday party hosts likely underinsured, study says
Jan 8 2007 // Most of the 28.5 million Americans who plan to host a party between Thanksgiving and the Super Bowl are underinsured, according to a new study by Trusted Choice. Of those 28.5 million party hosts, 21.3 million do not have...
Private equity market increasingly bullish on insurance and E&S
Jan 8 2007 // Historically, the insurance sector has not been high on the list of preferred investments for private equity markets, but since 2001 interest in insurance and reinsurance has been on the rise, not only with private equity...
Making the case for small/mid-size business EPLI
Jan 8 2007 // A client’s financial well-being — and an agent’s own E&O — dictate that employment liability issues be discussed We can assume that today’s litigious employment environment makes it easy...
Blueprint for Contractors Liability: Building the case for contractors … and underwriters
Jan 8 2007 // For a contractor — and his insurance agent — surveying the general liability insurance landscape, the options can seem overwhelming. Trying to navigate through a vast assortment of carriers and coverages is...
