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Former California Agent Charged with Fraud, Grand Theft
May 5 2006 // Donald Paul Hardwick, 43, of Fresno, Calif., has been charged with three felony counts of insurance fraud, theft of insurance funds and grand theft by embezzlement, stemming from investigations conducted by the California...
Swett & Crawford Appoints New Staff Nationwide
May 5 2006 // Swett & Crawford has announced new additions to their staff in offices nationwide. Margaret Jacobs moves to the Swett & Crawford Chicago office as director, Healthcare Practice Group, from Aon Risk Services where...
Texas Agent Group Supports Increase in Windstorm Limits
May 4 2006 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas announced its support of the proposal by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) to increase commercial and government building limits to $3 million. IIAT Executive...
Wholesale Broker Mercator Adds 3 to Southeast Team
May 4 2006 // Mercator Risk Services, an independent wholesale insurance broker based in new York, has added three members to its growing casualty practice. Win Carroll, Marshall Overacre, and Anne Picheta have joined Mercator’s...
Flood Insurance Class Slated May 17 by Dade County, Fla. Big ‘I’
May 3 2006 // “The Reality of Flood Insurance,” a three-hour continuing education course, will be presented by Shawn Tinsley during a three-hour continuing education curse sponsored on May 17 by the Independent Insurance...
Ga. Rep. Kingston Honored as ‘Legislator of the Year’
May 2 2006 // U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.) was honored with the Gerald Solomon-Legislator of the Year Award for his efforts in Congress on a number of important insurance issues during the Big ‘I’ National Legislative...
Rayburn to Discuss Legislative Changes at Dade County Big ‘I’ Meeting
May 2 2006 // Florida’s 2006 legislative sessions and new updates and changes that will affect insurance agencies will be discussed by Keri Rayburn, Independent Insurance Agents of Dade County legislative consultant, during the...
N.C. ‘Young Agents’ Meet Congressional Leaders in Washington
May 2 2006 // Members of the Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina traveled to Washington, DC last week for the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America’s April 26 to 28 National Legislative Conference. The...
Wilson Honored with Big I Woodworth Award
May 2 2006 // David F. “Bud” Wilson has been awarded the most distinguished honor the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) bestows upon an individual. He was presented with the...
The Harford Saw Record First Quarter Net Income; Added 250 Agents
May 1 2006 // The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., out of Hartford, Conn., reported first quarter 2006 net income of $728 million, or $2.34 per diluted share. The Hartford’s core earnings in the first quarter of 2006 were...
Progressive Drives Commercial Auto Into North Carolina
May 1 2006 // The Progressive Group of Insurance Co.’s, the third largest auto insurance group in the country, is offering commercial auto insurance through Drive Insurance from Progressive local independent agents in North...
Ill. Mutual Hosts Disability Insurance Awareness Month in May
May 1 2006 // Peoria, Ill.-based Illinois Mutual, a provider of disability insurance, will hold its second annual Disability Insurance Awareness Month (DIAM) during May. DIAM is an event created by Illinois Mutual to help consumers and...
Texas DOI Lists March Enforcement Actions
May 1 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during March. The actions include five license revocations, three license denials and fines and...
Florida Group Alerts Members About Poe Financial’s Status
Apr 28 2006 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Florida has issued a member alert about Southern Family Insurance, a subsidiary of Poe Financial Group and its subsidiaries, Atlantic Preferred and Florida Preferred. “It’s...
Agent Group to Host President’s Roundtable and Golf Tournament on May 5
Apr 28 2006 // The Alliance of Insurance Agents of Texas announced its 7th Annual President’s Roundtable and Golf Tournament will take place in Dallas on May 5, 2006. The President’s Roundtable will include overviews and...
Founder of Calif.-based Bolton & Co., Dorance D. Bolton, Passes Away
Apr 28 2006 // Dorance Dean Bolton, founder of Pasadena, Calif.-based Bolton and Company Insurance Brokers, passed away on April 21, 2006, at the age of 96. Bolton was a pioneer Southern California insurance broker and was a founding...
Brooke Corp. Adds Mitch Holthus, Shawn Lowry to Board of Directors
Apr 28 2006 // Brooke Corporation, headquarted in Overland Park, Kansas, recently announced that Mitch Holthus and Shawn Lowry were elected to its board of directors at their annual meeting of shareholders. They become the seventh and...
Networked Insurance Agents Appoints Hood to Vice President of Placement
Apr 27 2006 // Grass Valley, Calif.-based Networked Insurance Agents, Account Placement organization, has appointed Steve Hood to vice president of placement. Prior to joining Networked, Hood spent 17 years at Chubb in a variety of key...
Fla. Insurance Council Describes Pending Legislation
Apr 27 2006 // The Florida House Insurance Committee and the House Fiscal Council have approved CS/CS/HB 7225, and according to the Florida Insurance Council, the next stop is the full House. FIC released a side-by-side comparison of...
Texas Agent Group Announces Support for Governor’s Tax Plan
Apr 27 2006 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas, representing nearly 1,800 independent insurance agencies statewide, announced it has endorsed the Perry-Sharp tax relief and school finance plan. Tax reform and school financing...
