Latest Agencies Headlines
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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...
Davis Joins Apollo Agencies as Commercial Lines Manager
Apr 26 2006 // Apollo Agencies Inc., a subsidiary of Kinecta Federal Credit Union based in Tustin, Calif., has named Yolanda Davis commercial lines manager. She will oversee client services and marketing as well as be responsible for...
InsurBanc to Offer Personal Banking Products
Apr 26 2006 // Farmington, Conn.-based InsurBanc, a federal savings bank exclusively serving insurance agents, brokers and their clients, has made plans to also offer its customers personal banking products including, mortgage programs,...
$80 Million Settlement Reached in Bid-rigging Case with Ill., Conn., N.Y.
Apr 26 2006 // Attorney General Lisa Madigan, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today announced an $80 million settlement agreement with Bermuda-based holding company ACE,...
S. Fla. Agent Banned From Selling ‘Bogus’ Policies
Apr 26 2006 // The license of South Florida insurance agent Gordon Arthur Esses of Aventura, Fla. has been revoked for selling “bogus” policies and the agent has been banned from writing business in the state, according to...
U.S. Commercial Brokers Reiterate Call for Terrorism Backstop
Apr 25 2006 // The commercial insurance marketplace cannot effectively price and underwrite terrorism coverage because there still is no effective modeling, so any long-term solution to the terrorism risk coverage must involve the...
N.Y. Agents Disappointed with Zurich Commission Disclosure Plans
Apr 24 2006 // New York independent insurance agents are not too happy that Zurich Financial Services has decided to implement nationwide the stricter of two agency compensation disclosure policies it signed as part of recent settlements...
Zurich’s CEO Comments on Results, Future Plans at Annual Meeting
Apr 24 2006 // Zurich Financial Services’ Annual General Meeting, held April 20, evinced the considerable turn around in its fortunes under the direction of CEO James J. Schiro, who took over the faltering giant in May 2002. In his...
Conn. Health Management Firm Repays Alleged Rebates; No Fines
Apr 24 2006 // An Avon, Conn. obstetrician and gynecologist management company subpoenaed last June for allegedly accepting illegal insurance rebates will repay $198,000 to its clients to settle the case, according to state Attorney...
N.Y. Agents Take E&O Concerns Over Contractor Certificates to Officials
Apr 21 2006 // New York insurance agents face potential errors and omissions claims if they follow a New York City requirement on certificates of insurance for road contractors, an agents group has warned. The New York City Department of...
Two Ga. Agents Kept Premiums, Charged With Fraud
Apr 21 2006 // Arrest warrants have been issued for two Gainesville, Ga. insurance agents; both are charged with insurance fraud. Robert Frank Kubitz, 51, allegedly kept premiums paid to his business, RF Kubitz Agency, for coverages...
Miami Agent Banned After Providing Fake Insurance Certificate
Apr 20 2006 // Insurance agent Francois Noel, 46, of North Miami, Fla. has been banned from selling insurance in Florida, after he sold a fraudulent certificate of insurance to a woman who was subsequently injured in a car...
Survey: Commercial P/C Rates Hold Flat or Drop Slightly
Apr 20 2006 // Commercial property/casualty rates were flat or fell slightly during the first quarter of 2006, with renewal premiums for half of all account sizes holding steady or dropping between 1 percent to 10 percent in the first...
Professional Insurance Agents of N.C. Acquires Associated Agencies
Apr 20 2006 // A small agents’ association, Associated Agencies, based in Aberdeen, N.C., has been acquired by the Professional Insurance Agents of North Carolina. Associated Agencies was formed in the 1980s by Jimmy...
Fla. Encourages Agents to Use Translated Policy Forms
Apr 19 2006 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has issued a formal notice to all insurance companies licensed in Florida, reminding them that the use of approved translated policy forms is acceptable and...
White & Co. Insurance Elects Valdivia President
Apr 19 2006 // White & Co. Insurance Inc., Santa Monica, Calif., has elected Andrew J. Valdivia president of White & Co. Insurance Inc., responsible for property and casualty sales, account development and account...
Pavlik Joins Jimcor Brokerage in Pittsburgh
Apr 18 2006 // W. Flagg Pavlik has joined Jimcor Agencies’ brokerage division in Pittsburgh, Pa. Patrick Fleming, Pittsburgh branch manager, said Jimco will draw on Pavlik’s expertise to grow its Jimcor Select Risk division...
Hamman-Miller-Beauchamp-Deeble Inc. Mourns Passing of Harlan Miller Jr.
Apr 18 2006 // E. H. “Harlan” Miller Jr. of Long Beach, Calif., has died. He was chairman of the board of Hamman-Miller-Beauchamp-Deeble Inc. “Harlan was an incredible contributor to the industry and his...
N.C. Agents Invite Young Golfers to Play in Qualifying Tournaments
Apr 18 2006 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina will sponsor qualifying tournaments for the annual Trusted Choice Big I Junior Classic (Big I) national finals. The tournament is open to local junior golfers, 18 and...
PLUS Foundation Hasn’t Forgotten Industry Victims of Katrina
Apr 18 2006 // The PLUS Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS), reports that it has granted more than $90,000 to support its members and other insurance related hurricane relief...
