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New risks, laws continually expand employers’ liability

Jun 19 2006 // While insurance agents and brokers probably know employment practices liability should not be taken lightly, they might not be aware of new coverage issues and trends, according to Patricia Carlson of the Insurance Skills...

A lawsuit in the making – the EPLI insurance application

Jun 19 2006 // Every day, the Equal Employment Opportu-nity Commission receives some 200 new employment practices liability complaints alleging discrimination based on race, sex, national origin, religion, retaliation, age and...

Pay less attention to delinquent accounts, call your good customers

Jun 19 2006 // Agents can make a difference in the perception of the insurance business if, instead of tracking and billing delinquent accounts, they turn everything around and call good customers, Kat Davis of Tower Hill Insurance in...

Things that should keep you awake at night

Jun 19 2006 // The integration of the U.S. insurance market and global financial market will have a profound impact on business, according to Dave Zwiener, president and chief operating officer of Property and Casualty Operations for The...

Jun 19 2006 // People Scott A. Adamsons joined InsurBanc as vice president of sales and business development. The Farmington, Conn.-based company also hired Marie R. Rider to be vice president and director of marketing. Adamsons will...

Ill. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Lemac & Associates

Jun 16 2006 // Itasca, Ill.-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has announced that its subsidiary, Risk Placement Services, Inc., has acquired Lemac & Associates, Inc., headquartered in Los Angeles, Calif. Terms of the transaction...

New Property and Casualty Insurer Opens in Irving, Texas!

Jun 16 2006 // Irving, Texas – A new Property and Casualty insurer, Homeowners of America Insurance Company, has opened in Irving, Texas. Homeowners is a Texas company specializing in protecting residential property for Texans. In...

Gales Creek Offers Community Development Program to Agents

Jun 15 2006 // Portland, Ore.-based Gales Creek Insurance Services, Inc. (GCIS) has announced that it is offering its Community Development Corporation (CDC) program to insurance agents and brokers nationally, effective Thursday, June...

Symington Tells Miss. Big ‘I’: Federal Charter a ‘Recipe for Disaster’

Jun 15 2006 // If a mandatory or even an optional federal charter is implemented in Washington, D.C., it will be a “recipe for disaster,” a top insurance agent lobbyist has warned. Charles E. Symington, Jr., told more than...

Bollinger Acquires 2 More N.J. Agencies, Hopgood and Windsor

Jun 15 2006 // Bollinger, Inc., a national privately held insurance broker, has acquired Windsor Benefit Consultants, Inc. and James E. Hopgood & Associates of Denville, N.J. Both firms’ employees will relocate to...

Agent Asks N.Y. High Court to Overturn John Hancock Ruling

Jun 14 2006 // Attorneys for life insurance agent Sherwood Schwarz have asked the New York State Supreme Court to overturn an arbitration award in favor of the John Hancock Insurance Company that they maintain denied him $30 million in...

Colemont Promotes Jan Rose Executive Vice President in Chicago

Jun 14 2006 // Colemont Insurance Brokers recently announced the promotion of Jan Rose to executive vice president of Colemont in Chicago. “Jan was a phenomenal leader for Chicago’s Financial Services Department. I have no...

N.J. Agents Elect Anderson as Association President

Jun 14 2006 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. has elected officers for for 2006-2007, with Andrew Anderson of Beach Haven, N.J., being chosen president. He is executive vice president and secretary of the G....

Hull & Co. Acquires Assets of Excess & Surplus Lines Insurance Brokers

Jun 14 2006 // Hull & Co.Inc. has acquired the assets of Excess and Surplus Lines Insurance Brokers Inc., located in Sherman Oaks, Calif., with revenue of approximately $2 million. “This is a great acquisition for us as it...

N.Y. Agents Report on Home Insurers’ Restrictions Downstate

Jun 14 2006 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. says a recent survey of its member agents finds homeowners insurance companies have taken steps to reduce their exposure in downstate areas of New York since Jan. 1,...

WIAA & Alliance Submit Comments Opposing Mileage Verification Regulation

Jun 14 2006 // WIAA & Alliance Support Less Regulation, Not More, and More Competition, Not Less Rancho Cordova… On behalf of its members and members of the Alliance of Insurance Agents and Brokers, the Western Insurance...

Oxendyne Tells Ga. Big ‘I’: Abolishing Contingency Fees ‘A Mistake’

Jun 12 2006 // Abolishing contingency commissions and making them illegal would be a mistake, John Oxendine, Georgia Insurance Commissioner, told more than 800 agents attending the 109th Annual Convention, Trade Show and Young Agents...

N.Y. Agents Honor O’Shea

Jun 8 2006 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York Inc. announced that John O’Shea, chairman of Marshall & Sterling Inc. in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., will receive the Distinguished Insurance Service award at the...

Strategic Independent Agents Alliance Establishes New Mo.Master Agency

Jun 8 2006 // Strategic Independent Agents Alliance (SIAA) announces that The Powers Group, Inc. of Clayton, Mo. has established Valley Insurance Agency Alliance as a SIAA Master Agency. Their exclusive territory covers several counties...

Ericson Named Marketing Manager for Frye Claims Consultation

Jun 8 2006 // Adrienne Chapman Ericson has joined Frye Claims Consultation & Administration Inc. as director of marketing. She brings to the position more than 23 years experience as a professional liability and commercial general...