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FSA Head Warns U.K. Brokers on Commission Disclosure
Oct 4 2006 // John Tiner, the head of the U.K.’s Financial Services Authority, warned U.K. brokers that, unless the market comes up with a solution on the issue of disclosing brokers’ commissions, the FSA would be...
MHBT Partner Named President-Elect of Dallas Independent Agent Group
Oct 4 2006 // Privately owned insurance and risk management firm, McQueary Henry Bowles Troy L.L.P. (MHBT), announced that Pat Arthur, a partner in the firm, has been appointed to serve as president-elect of the board of directors for...
Second Association Joins in Fight Against Garamendi Regulations
Oct 4 2006 // The Alliance of Insurance Agents and Brokers, La Verne, Calif., is drafting a letter to the California Office of Administrative Law in support of the recent petition by IBA West over the Insurance Commissioner’s...
WSS Adds Capacity for Wind, Hail Coverage in Texas
Oct 3 2006 // Kyle Stevens, executive vice president, announced that Western Security Surplus has increased capacity to write property coverage, including wind and hail, in Harris County, Texas. Now agents and brokers in Harris County...
AMS Users Gain Access to ChoicePoint; AMS Also Buys Priority Data Systems
Oct 2 2006 // Insurance and credit data supplier ChoicePoint said its signing of a strategic alliance agreement with insurance technology firm AMS Services will extend ChoicePoint’s capabilities for data sales to thousands of...
Indiana Insurance Honored at Applied Systems Conference
Oct 2 2006 // Indiana Insurance is among the Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional companies whose achievements in advancing interface technology were honored recently by Applied Systems and its client network, ASCnet, at the 2006...
Brown & Brown Grows Wholesale: Hull Buys DVUA; PRU Acquires Apex
Oct 1 2006 // Continuing in its acquisitions mode, insurance agency Brown & Brown Inc., through its subsidiaries Hull & Co. Inc., and Program Management Services Inc., has acquired the assets of a key wholesaler located in the...
Enriquez Joins Swett & Crawford in Fla.
Sep 29 2006 // Vivian Enriquez has brought her skills in developing programs and brokering multi-line property coverage to Swett & Crawford in Coral Gables, Fla. Before joining the Florida office she served as a broker for Allrisks...
N.J. Agents Oppose Surplus Lines Commission Disclosure Proposal
Sep 29 2006 // Agents in New Jersey are protesting a state proposal to require originating brokers making surplus lines placements to tell insureds they will receive a portion of the commission. The Professional Insurance Agents of New...
AGs File Motion Against Agents’ Amicus Opposing Zurich Settlements
Sep 29 2006 // The Attorneys General of 10 states have filed a motion with the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey opposing an amicus brief filed on Sept. 15, 2006, by the National Association of Professional Insurance...
California Association Launches Attack on Garamendi Regulations
Sep 29 2006 // California’s Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West (IBA West) has launched a legal attack on what it is calling California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi’s attempt to illegally redefine agent and...
Professional Insurance Agents of Ohio Announce 2006 Award Winners
Sep 29 2006 // The Professional Insurance Agents Association of Ohio, Inc. (PIA) presented awards this week to several of its members. The awards were announced at the 2006 PIA Agency Management and Profitability Conference. PIA of Ohio...
Agents Name Fla.-based MacNeill Group MGA of the Year
Sep 28 2006 // The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents named MacNeill Group as the Managing General Agency of the Year at a luncheon in Savannah, Ga., earlier this month. MacNeill Group based in Sunrise, Fla., received...
House Passes Surplus Lines Regulatory Reform Legislation
Sep 27 2006 // The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that would apply single-state regulation and uniform standards to the nonadmitted insurance and reinsurance marketplace. H.R. 5637, The Non-Admitted and Reinsurance...
Zaiger Heads Hanover’s Agent Council
Sep 27 2006 // The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. has selected Ron Zaiger as chairperson for the company’s National Agents Advisory Council. Zaiger will chair NAAC meetings throughout the year. The independent agents who serve on...
Industry to Congress: Permanent Solution to Terrorism Insurance Vital
Sep 27 2006 // Insurers, agents and business groups called on Congress to create a permanent solution safeguarding the economy against future terrorist attacks at congressional hearing today, “Protecting Americans from Catastrophic...
Nigohosian Joins Western Insurance Agents Association’s Team
Sep 26 2006 // The Board of Directors of the Western Insurance Agents Association announced that Ken Nigohosian has joined its management team. Nigohosian brings more than a quarter of a century of insurance industry experience to the...
India’s 3i Infotech Launches Internet Broker Platform
Sep 26 2006 // India’s 3i Infotech, a provider of IT solutions, announced the launch of Premia Insurance Broking eXchange (IBX), which it described as “a subscription based Internet solution for the Indian insurance...
Fla. Officials Arrest Mother and Son Title Insurance Agents
Sep 26 2006 // Two title insurance agents who allegedly tried to hide more than $1.2 million in financial transactions in order to fund personal purchases of homes, property and a boat were arrested last week in Lehigh Acres, Fla.,...
Susan Voss, Iowa, Commissioner of Insurance
Sep 25 2006 // Iowa is perceived by other states as a model in terms of the number of companies domiciled in the state and those wanting to do business there, as well as having a very stable legislative and regulatory environment. But...
