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N.Y., Conn., N.J. Agents Pick Best-Performing Insurance Companies
Aug 8 2005 // Asked to evaluate insurers in 16 performance categories, agents in the tri-state region of Connecticut, New York and New Jersey rated 14 insurance companies as overall best performers. The winners, in no particular order,...
New Missouri Commissioner Brings Agent Experience to the Job
Aug 8 2005 // How W. Dale Finke Was Selected a Matter of Controversy Dale Finke doesn’t see what all the fuss is about. When Missouri’s Republican Gov. Matt Blunt nominated Finke to be the state’s insurance director...
Alabama’s Healthy Market Impresses Commissioner Bell
Aug 8 2005 // Alabama Insurance Commissioner Walter A. Bell described his state’s insurance market as “impressive” and as a “healthy market, trending upward,” during the Alabama Independent Insurance...
How to Plan an Insurance Industry Golf Event
Aug 8 2005 // The job description of property/casualty agents and brokers can on occasion include “golf event planner.” Typically insurance professionals turn to event experts, but sometimes budgets and time don’t...
Hit a Hole-in-One: How to Market to Hispanics Effectively
Aug 8 2005 // From celebrity tournaments to charity events, more and more consumers have gained interest in golf and are hitting the links or enjoying the game from a spectator level. For insurance agents, a round of golf is an...
Alabama’s Healthy Market Impresses Commissioner Bell
Aug 8 2005 // Alabama Insurance Commissioner Walter A. Bell described his state’s insurance market as “impressive” and as a “healthy market, trending upward,” during the Alabama Independent Insurance...
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Aug 8 2005 // American International Group Inc. announced that AIG Vice President Charles Dangelo has been appointed AIG’s senior reinsurance officer, effective immediately. In this role, he will be responsible for all outward...
Broadening Club Coverage in a Softening Market
Aug 8 2005 // The softening market has provided some welcome price relief for golf and country clubs, which had weathered significantly higher premiums in the last few years. To agents and brokers writing golf and club business, this is...
Trade Associations Oppose Continuation of Low Cost Auto in California
Aug 8 2005 // California’s Low Cost Auto program may or may not continue, depending on the passage of SB 20 (Escutia), which would extend the pilot program beyond its Jan. 1, 2007, sunset date. The bill was re-referred to the...
IIABL Celebrates the ‘New Louisiana’; Installs Officers at Annual Convention
Aug 8 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Louisiana celebrated the “New Louisiana” in Destin Fla., June 26 – 29, 2005, at the association’s 103rd annual convention and trade...
New Missouri Commissioner Brings Agent Experience to the Job
Aug 8 2005 // Interviewed by Kevin B. O’Reilly Dale Finke doesn’t see what all the fuss is about. When Missouri’s Republican Gov. Matt Blunt nominated Finke to be the state’s insurance director back in February,...
N.Y., Conn., N.J. Agents Pick Best-Performing Insurance Companies
Aug 8 2005 // Asked to evaluate insurers in 16 performance categories, agents in the tri-state region of Connecticut, New York and New Jersey rated 14 insurance companies as overall best performers. The winners, in no particular order,...
N.Y. Big ‘I’ Promotes Lounsbury, 5 Other Staff Members
Aug 5 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York Inc. recently announced the promotion of six staff members at the statewide trade association, effective Aug.1. IIABNY, which represents more than 18,000...
AmPro Launches New Professional Liability Program in Four S.E. States
Aug 5 2005 // Miami, Fla.-based American Professional Liability Underwriters Inc. (AmPro), wholesale brokers and managing general agents, dealing exclusively in professional liability, have been appointed as managers for a new program...
3 More Execs Plead Guilty in Ongoing Spitzer Insurance Brokerage Probe
Aug 4 2005 // Former employees of Marsh & Mclennan, Inc, and Zurich Financial Services have pleaded guilty to bid rigging in insurance charges brought by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer. According to the Washington Post,...
St. Paul Travelers Launches New Real Estate Agent and Broker PL Policy
Aug 4 2005 // St. Paul Travelers has introduced a new policy for real estate agents and brokers that provides broader protection from possible claims or litigation against errors and omissions they may make while performing their...
IIABO to Hold 77th Annual Convention Aug. 28-30
Aug 4 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Oregon (IIABO) have announced the highlights of their upcoming annual convention, “United We Stand.” The event will be held at the Tigard Embassy Suites Aug. 28...
Agent Arrested for Defrauding, Faking S. Fla. Seniors’ Policies
Aug 4 2005 // An insurance agent who targeted victims between the ages of 72 and 86 and fed on their fears about aging has been arrested for defrauding at least nine South Florida senior citizens by offering them a quote for one level...
$1.3M Arthur J. Gallagher Refund Motivates Fla. AG to Continue Brokerage Investigation
Aug 3 2005 // The Florida Attorney General’s Office is investigating why Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. sent a $1.3 million refund check to the City of Gainesville, Fla. to reimburse the city for overcharges that took place over...
N.Y.’s Lawley Joins RiskProNet
Aug 3 2005 // Lawley Service Inc., one of the Northeast’s largest insurance firms, has joined RiskProNet International Inc., a network of 28 major independent brokers across the United States and Canada. The Buffalo, N.Y.-based...
