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Alliance Produces MVR Compliance Manual for Agents and Brokers
Nov 1 2005 // The Alliance of Insurance Agents and Brokers has produced an MVR Compliance Manual for insurance agents and brokers. Alliance Vice President Gary Jensen, who helped to develop the MVR Compliance Manual with Alliance...
Washington Big I Elects Officers, Presents Awards
Nov 1 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of Washington (IIABW) in Bellevue, a statewide trade association which represents 1,300 independent insurance agents, has elected Mike Reed of Mitchell, Reed and Associates...
Wilma’s Aftermath: Dade, Broward Counties Await Electricity; Agents Expect An Onslaught of Claims
Oct 31 2005 // Four days after Hurricane Wilma crossed southwest Florida and tore into South Florida, insurance agents told Insurance Journal they had not encountered the onslaught of claims they expected, but since a large percentage of...
CPCU Society Names 2005-06 Officers and Governors
Oct 31 2005 // The CPCU Society has announced its new officers and governors, effective immediately. The following officers have been officially elected: The CPCU Society’s incoming president, Millicent W. Workman, CPCU, CPIW, is...
Insurance Industry Scores Win
Oct 31 2005 // United Industry Effort Results in CDI Deletion of Contentious Proposed Regulation Language Rancho Cordova…The Western Insurance Agents Association commended the recent action by the California Department of Insurance...
PIA National Debuts Spanish Web site
Oct 28 2005 // The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents has debuted a Spanish language Web site to provide additional service to members of the association whose primary language is Spanish or who do business in Hispanic...
CDI Amends Proposed “Action Notice” Filing Regulations
Oct 28 2005 // The California Department of Insurance has agreed to delete a controversial section of proposed regulations that would have required insurers to notify CDI whenever a notice of agency appointment was terminated “for...
Berkshire Bank Acquires 2 Western Mass. Agencies
Oct 27 2005 // Berkshire Insurance Group, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. in Pittsfield, Mass., has acquired the business and assets of each of MacDonald & Johnson, Inc., a full-service property and...
TDI Reports Sept. Enforcement Actions
Oct 27 2005 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during September. The actions include seven license revocations, two license denials and fines and...
IIASA Luncheon to Focus on Workers’ Comp
Oct 27 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents of San Antonio announced that Amy Lee, with the Workers’ Compensation Division of the Texas Department of Insurance, will provide an update of developments in Texas’ workers...
Okla. Young Agents to Bunch for Lunch
Oct 26 2005 // The Young Agents of Oklahoma announced their next Lunch Bunch meeting will take place Nov. 15 at the Spaghetti Warehouse in Tulsa. The lunch, which takes place from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., will feature an update on the...
CAA Adds North Texas Agency
Oct 25 2005 // Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC announced the addition of Bryan Insurance Agency Ltd. in Graham, Texas, as its 34th member. Bryan Insurance Agency was founded in 1921 by Pat Bryan Sr. In 1983 Denny Bryan...
Alliance Denounces “DOI Attack” on Agents and Brokers
Oct 25 2005 // The Alliance of Insurance Agents and Brokers is warning California agents and brokers that the Department of Insurance (DOI) is drafting another new set of proposed regulations to impose fiduciary duties, disclosure of...
Best Practices Report Outlines Tips for Effective Use of Agency Technology
Oct 25 2005 // The Agents Council for Technology (ACT) has compiled a series of best practices to help carriers, vendors, user groups and agent associations convince independent agencies and brokers to implement new workflows and...
Insurance Agent Honored by National Society of CIC
Oct 24 2005 // Scottscom Insurance Services has recently been recognized for professional leadership and advanced knowledge by the Society of Certified Insurance Counselors (CIC), a national insurance professional organization. Jeanette...
Lamparelli Joins E&S Broker Connecticut Underwriters
Oct 24 2005 // Nick Lamparelli recently joined Connecticut Underwriters, Inc. and will be based out of the firm’s Portsmouth, New Hampshire office. Lamparelli joins the firm as a commercial lines underwriter. He will focus on new...
Commercial P/C Market Gets Ready for Post-Katrina Price Increases
Oct 24 2005 // Commercial insurance brokers from across the country say so far, the impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita has been minimal, but they are bracing for higher prices, reduced capacity, increases in deductibles and tighter...
Orlando Agent Forged Signatures; Loses License, Fined $90,000
Oct 20 2005 // An insurance agent in Orlando, Fla. who misled at least 35 customers, including several senior citizens, in the sale of annuities and forged their signatures to cover his tracks has had his license revoked and has been...
N.Y. Gov. Hopeful Weld ‘s Insurance Chief in Massachusetts Stirred Controversy
Oct 19 2005 // As governor of Massachusetts, William Weld, a Republican who has said he wants to be governor of New York, helped turn around the state’s workers’ compensation system and introduce some competition into the...
Study Accuses FEMA of Lax Implementation of Flood Program Changes Passed in 2004
Oct 19 2005 // A government report has found that the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which administers the national flood insurance program, has not fully implemented reforms mandated by Congress in 2004, including improved...
