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Dec 18 2005 // Massachusetts Auto Producer Reassignments Delayed: Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julianne Bowler has asked that a plan for reassignment of auto insurance producers doing business with the state’s residual...
S.D. Court Follows Others in Striking Down Countersignature Law
Dec 18 2005 // A federal district court judge in South Dakota ruled that the state’s countersignature law is unconstitutional. The ruling means that 50 states have taken action to eliminate the countersignature requirement,...
Technology Can Enhance Agent-Carrier Relations
Dec 18 2005 // Technology, often derided as harmful to human relations in business, may actually hold the key to the insurance industry remaining a “people business,” including helping improve relationships between carriers...
How to Choose the Right Bank for Your Agency
Dec 18 2005 // As an independent agent or agency owner, you have unique financial needs. Unfortunately, few banks truly understand those needs. Worse yet, it has become the norm for banks to also sell insurance, meaning they actually...
CNA Launches New Small Business Product Combining Former Policies
Dec 15 2005 // CNA has introduced a new product, CNA Connect, for small business customers that will combine the company’s former business owners policy and commercial package policies into one broad flexible product. CNA Connect...
Sheppard Named S.C. Big ‘I’ President; Ruef Retiring Dec. 31
Dec 15 2005 // G. Frank Sheppard has been named president of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of South Carolina, assuming the leadership role from Leland C. Ruef, president, who retires Dec. 31. As chief staff member,...
Segal’s Near North Brokerage Firm Fined $1.4 million
Dec 15 2005 // The brokerage firm from which a former insurance mogul siphoned millions of dollars was ordered Tuesday by a federal judge to pay a fine of $1.4 million, according to an Associated Press account this week. The politically...
Calif. Latin American Agents Association Names Auto Market of the Year
Dec 15 2005 // The California-based Latin American Agents Association has awarded Birmingham, Ala.-based Infinity Property and Casualty Corp. its “Auto Market of the Year.” This was the second time in five years that Infinity...
National Producer Registry Appoints Big ‘I’ Exec as Vice President
Dec 14 2005 // Wesley Bissett, vice president for government affairs and state relations for the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America has been elected vice president of the National Insurance Producer Registry. Bissett...
N.J. Agents Honor Gilchrest of for Community Volunteer Service
Dec 14 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New Jersey recently presented the Richard C. Hardenbergh Community Service Award to Richard J. Gilchrest of the Martin Agency in Toms River, New Jersey. The award,...
Ga. Agents Complete Fall Legislative Meetings; Schedule Spring Sessions
Dec 14 2005 // A series of six legislative meetings attended by 30 legislators and 102 agents were held this fall by the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia in Augusta, Macon, Savannah. Marietta, Gwinnett County and...
Brokers in Pursuit of Professional Liability Coverage
Dec 14 2005 // It happens quite often. An insured is sued and a question is raised as to whether there is insurance coverage for the claim. The insured states that “it thought it had coverage,” and if it does not have...
N.Y. Agents Name Morstan’s Levy as General Agent Executive of Year
Dec 14 2005 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. will present Howard Levy, principal of Morstan General Agency, with its General Agent Executive of the Year award at the 12th annual Metropolitan Regional Awareness...
Hurricane Katrina: The Long Road to Recovery <em>An Insurance Journal Exclusive Video Report from the Gulf States</em>
Dec 14 2005 // With Gulf Coast residents and the insurance industry trying to recover from the country’s worst natural disaster ever, two Insurance Journal reporters set out to see for themselves the effects of Hurricane...
Agents Exercise Skills to Build Insurance Program Muscle
Dec 12 2005 // Like Arnold Schwarzenegger, today’s biggest and strongest insurance programs started out as scrawny kids, yet many carriers remain reluctant to take a chance with fledgling programs for niche markets, reports...
Hurricane Katrina: The Long Road to Recovery
Dec 12 2005 // With Gulf Coast residents and the insurance industry trying to recover from the country’s worst natural disaster ever, two Insurance Journal reporters set out to see for themselves the effects of Hurricane...
Court Upholds W. Va. Woman’s Coverage, Despite Bounced Check
Dec 12 2005 // A West Virginia Supreme Court ruling upholding coverage for a woman who wrote a bad check to start an auto insurance policy, saying she deserves coverage after she was involved in an accident, has Charleston insurance...
Crump Makes Additions to P/C Teams in Dallas, Houston
Dec 12 2005 // Crump Insurance Services of Texas Inc. appointed three new members to the Dallas property/casualty brokerage team: Brent Jenkins, Stephanie Murillo and Matt Sheehan. Additionally, Crump Insurance Services of Houston Inc....
PIA of La. Resolutions Seek Hurricane Relief Assistance
Dec 12 2005 // Thanking insurance carriers on behalf of Louisiana insurance agents and the policyholders they represent for the carriers’ hard work and assistance in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Professional...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Names Golden Northeast Regional Manager for Brokerage Retail Division
Dec 7 2005 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced that Michael Golden has been appointed Northeast Regional Manager of the company’s Brokerage Retail Division. He will report directly to James Gault, president of the...
