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Guy Carpenter Unveils Report on Jan. 1 Property Reinsurance Renewals
Jan 31 2006 // Guy Carpenter & Company Inc. reported the publication of Property Specialty Update – 1 January 2006 Renewal Season Overview, an in-depth report on the Jan. 1, 2006 property renewal season. The study, which...
Higginbotham & Associates Adds P/C Broker in Dallas Office
Jan 31 2006 // Fort Worth-based Higginbotham & Associates named recent college graduate Drew Robinson an account executive in its Dallas office. Robinson is a December 2005 graduate of Ouachita Baptist University, Arkadelphia, Ark.,...
‘Agency Licensing’ Feb. 1 Latin Agents Meeting Topic
Jan 30 2006 // “Agency Licensing, are you prepared?” will be discussed by Keri Rayborn of Rayborn Consultants during the Feb. 1 monthly dinner meeting of the Latin American Association of Insurance Agencies in Miami,...
‘Big I’ Calls for Implementation of Real-Time Multiple Company Rating
Jan 30 2006 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) is calling for the industry to accelerate current efforts to implement real-time multiple-company rating. “Real-time multiple-company rating was a...
Mandates, Regulations Key Topics During W.Va. Big ‘I’ Feb. 12-13 Legislative Topics
Jan 26 2006 // An update describing local, state and national industry and government issues, focusing on the latest legislative topics affecting the insurance industry and independent insurance agents in West Virginia will be held...
Agents Group to Support Terrorism Backstop Study
Jan 25 2006 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America is throwing its support behind a study of the need for long-term federal terrorism insurance. The association backs a bipartisan bill introduced in the House of...
TDI Posts December Enforcements
Jan 25 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during December 2005. The actions include two license revocations, one license denial and fines and...
Calif. Alliance Hosts Golf Tourney
Jan 25 2006 // The Alliance of Insurance Agents and Brokers, LaVerne, Calif., will be hosting its inaugural “Alliance Classic” Golf Tournament on May 17 at the Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club, 26772 Avery Parkway, Mission Viejo,...
Latin American Agents Assoc. to Host Conference, Convention in June
Jan 25 2006 // The 7th annual Latin American Agents Association Convention will open its four-day program on June 8th in Long Beach, Calif. In conjunction with the convention, LAAA will host its 1st annual National Conference, with...
CIAB Survey Shows Wind, Flood Coverage Issues for Coastal Property
Jan 24 2006 // Although the overall commercial property/casualty marketplace has seen little impact from the severe 2005 hurricane season, coastal property is experiencing a sharp increase in prices for wind and flood coverage, according...
Specialty Global Unveils Travel Agents E&O Program
Jan 24 2006 // Specialty Global Insurance is launching a nationwide Travel Agents E&O program. The new program is designed for travel agents and tour operators with gross written receipts of $5,000,000 or more. Specialty Global...
Insurer, Agent Groups Push for Regulatory Oversight for Ind. Insurance Pooling Bills
Jan 24 2006 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, the Insurance Institute of Indiana and the Independent Agents of Indiana are calling on the governor and legislators to include regulatory oversight in proposals to...
Texas Governor to address agents at management seminar
Jan 23 2006 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry will deliver a special luncheon address at the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas’ 43rd Annual Joe Vincent Management Seminar. Nearly 400 of the state’s most progressive and influential...
Former South Dakota Agent Faces 60 Years in Prison for Fraud
Jan 23 2006 // A former South Dakota insurance agent has changed his plea in a fraud case. Ryan Wingler, 33, of Sioux Falls, is accused of taking more than $170,000 from elderly South Dakota customers between 2004 and 2005 while acting...
Producers’ own liability grows as they and their clients expand
Jan 23 2006 // Property and casualty insurance agents and brokers are being exposed to more lawsuits as they move into unfamiliar products, states and technologies, and as their clients do the same. Cus-tomers and juries see agents and...
Only your E&O carrier and your boss care how smart you are
Jan 23 2006 // We insure some local rural water districts. One of our customers called and asked if I would call one of their friends, another rural water district. On my visit to the prospect, I found out their current agent, from...
Seven tips for successful insurance process outsourcing
Jan 23 2006 // Outsourcing often receives a bad rap, with large corporations using it to reduce staff count, bureaucracy and overhead. However, for smaller companies such as small and medium sized insurance agencies, outsourcing can be a...
Producers’ own liability grows as they and their clients expand
Jan 23 2006 // There is increased pressure to be an answer or expert to the evolving risks that change with companies as they grow and become diverse,” notes Mark Ruggles of Calsurance. Ruggles moderated a panel on the subject of...
Seven ways to benefit by trading with other agents
Jan 23 2006 // Some days it seems that you are in battle with every person who sells property casualty insurance. It’s easy to view other local independent and exclusive agents as the enemy. This assessment is understandable, but...
Caught in the middle
Jan 23 2006 // State legislatures are meeting, or will soon meet in most southeastern states to consider insurance proposals, many of which attempt to regulate the industry and prepare for the 2006 hurricane season. Associations in...
