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Meeting the Needs of Customers by Providing Superior Customer Service
Oct 3 2005 // During a recent project, the agency owners and the staff all agreed that the key strength of the agency was “customer service.” When asked to define “customer service” most people replied with...
Katrina, Asbestos, Soft Market Test Mettle of Today’s Bright CEOs
Oct 3 2005 // Industry pundits have praised today’s insurance chief executive officers as better informed and more disciplined than their peers of the past. The next few months may put that notion to the test as these leaders are...
Progressive’s Drive Web site Attracts One Million Visitors
Sep 30 2005 // More than one million consumers have visited Progressive’s Drive Insurance web site, www.driveinsurance.com, to find out more about the benefits of buying auto insurance through an independent agent or broker, the...
PIA Legislative Update: Agents Have Until March to Make Recommendations to Florida’s Hurricane Task Force
Sep 30 2005 // Legislative changes effecting property insurance that took place this year in the Florida Legislature were discussed by Keri Rayborn, Rayborn Consultants, and Ron Villella, PIA’s government affairs director, during a...
100 Georgia Stations to Air Trusted Choice Radio Advertising Promo
Sep 30 2005 // The Trusted Choice national television advertising campaign ended Sept. 25, but as of Sept. 26, more than 100 radio stations across Georgia began to air Trusted Choice radio commercials. According to an Independent...
IIAG Slates Educational Events to Meet Georgia CE Requirements
Sep 30 2005 // A series of educational events, being sponsored by the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia to enable members to meet new state continuing education requirements have been scheduled in October. A new Georgia Insurance...
DFS Spokesperson Outlines New Licensing Changes, Requirements to PIA of Florida
Sep 29 2005 // Changes in Florida’s legislation during the spring session and new administrative changes requiring agency licensure or registration were detailed by Hazel Muhammad, bureau chief of Agent and Agency Licensing with...
Commissioner Oxendine Stresses Education’s Importance at PIA of Georgia’s Atlanta Expo
Sep 29 2005 // The importance of professional education was stressed by John Oxendine, Georgia’s Insurance Commissioner, during the Professional Insurance Agents of Georgia’s ninth annual Education Expo held on Tuesday in...
AirSure Ltd., Aero Insurance Merge
Sep 28 2005 // Officials of two of the nation’s largest aviation insurance brokerage firms: AirSure Limited and Aero Insurance, a division of the Van Gilder Insurance Corporation, announced the completion of a definitive merger...
Williams Heads New Officer’s Slate for PIA of Florida
Sep 28 2005 // The new slate of officers of the Professional Insurance Agents of Florida will take over Oct. 1, with Lori Williams, president; Bob Fowinkle, president-elect; Phil Zelman, vice president; and Doug Whitaker,...
InsWeb Launches National Lead Generation Program
Sep 27 2005 // InsWeb Corp. announced the launch of AgentInsider, its new local agent lead generation program. InsWeb says the AgentInsider program will extend the reach of local agents by providing a cost effective way to connect with...
W.V. Big ‘I’ Convention: Commissioner Cline, Experts to Discuss Workers’ Comp Issues
Sep 27 2005 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline, and leading West Virginia insurance instructors, experts and officials will address the Oct. 7 to 10 annual Professional Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of...
FAIA Extends MATS Seminar Online Registration Date
Sep 27 2005 // The deadline to register online has been extended to Sept. 30 for the Florida Independent Insurance Agents Management and Automation Training Seminar and Exhibit. The seminar and exhibit will be held by FAIA Oct. 16 to 18...
Greater N.Y. Brokers to Honor Utica First’s Zick as Man of the Year
Sep 27 2005 // The Council of Insurance Brokers of Greater New York will present its 2005 Man of the Year award to Richard Zick, president and chief executive officer of Utica First Insurance Co., at its 28th Annual Dinner Dance. The...
Insurance Commissioner Candidate to Keynote American Agents Alliance Convention
Sep 26 2005 // Steve Poizner, a candidate for California Insurance Commissioner, will deliver the keynote address at the 2005 Convention of the American Agents Alliance. Poizner, a Silicon Valley Republican candidate, replaces current...
Carter Joins Chopra Insurance
Sep 26 2005 // Chopra Insurance Brokerage Inc. announced that Kimberly R. Carter has joined as a property/casualty broker. Carter will be responsible for developing new agencies and adding new insurance carriers for brokerage...
Big ‘I’ Adopts Insurer Disclosure Policy
Sep 25 2005 // The national board of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) has adopted a new policy on producer compensation disclosure by carriers. The policy seeks to avoid disparate and conflicting company...
PIA Texas Agents Offer Office Space to Agents Fleeing Hurricane Rita
Sep 23 2005 // Professional Insurance Agents in Texas who are fleeing Hurricane Rita are getting a helping hand from their fellow PIA agents. Agents located inland from the projected landfall of Rita have offered temporary office space...
IIAT Ready to Help Agents Impacted by Hurricane Rita
Sep 23 2005 // IIAT is ready to assist its members following the damage caused by Hurricane Rita. The association announced it is taking the following steps as part of its assistance plan: 1. Beginning Monday, Sept. 26, IIAT will have a...
IIASA Installs Officers, Directors for 2005 – 2006
Sep 22 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents of San Antonio reported that Gregory A. Stevens was recently installed as the 84th president of the association. Stevens is president of Texas Insurance Division of Compass Insurance Agency...
