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Mass. Agents Seek 18% Auto Commission Boost
Aug 16 2005 // Massachusetts insurance agents are asking for an 18 percent boost in private passenger auto insurance commissions for 2006. If approved, the request would raise the average commission from $119.50 to $141.23. The...
Trusted Choice Campaign Hits the Airwaves Again
Aug 16 2005 // Trusted Choice, the consumer marketing brand for the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America, will again air television ads for a two week run next month, touting the benefits of using the...
S&P: Without Contingent Commissions, Some Insurance Brokers Still Cope
Aug 16 2005 // With the outlooks on Aon Corp. and Willis Group Holdings Ltd. — two of the world’s largest insurance brokers — having recently been revised to stable from negative, the industry is beginning to recover...
WIAA Submits Comments On Latest Garamendi Agenda Proposal
Aug 12 2005 // Requiring insurers to submit written explanations of “for cause” terminations of company appointments is unnecessary and lacks statutory authority Rancho Cordova…The Western Insurance Agents Association,...
Cooper Gay Venture to Strengthen North American Reinsurance Treaty Operations
Aug 10 2005 // London-based Cooper Gay Group and Michael W. Cashman, have joined forces to form Cooper Gay & Cashman, a new reinsurance brokerage firm that will focus on the North American Treaty Reinsurance Brokerage market. The...
American Agents Alliance Comments on CDI’s Amendment of Agency Appointment Regulations
Aug 10 2005 // Thanks to the pressure applied by the American Agents Alliance and its association partners, the California Department of Insurance has amended its proposed regulations dealing with the electronic reporting of agency...
APPEX Adds 10 New Member Agencies
Aug 9 2005 // APPEX (Agency Peak Performance EXchange) has announced that 10 new agencies have joined its membership. The new members include: Christensen Group Insurance Resources International Founded in 1952, CG-IRI, located in...
IIASA Announces Fun Day 2005
Aug 9 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents of San Antonio will hold its Big “I” Fun Day 2005 on Sept. 12 at the Oak Hills Country Club, 5403 Fredericksburg Road in San Antonio. The club is the home of the “2005...
WIAA Submits Comments On Latest Garamendi Agenda Proposal
Aug 9 2005 // The Western Insurance Agents Association, a leader in the fight against the Garamendi Agenda, submitted comments to the California Department of Insurance opposing yet another over-reaching proposed regulation impacting...
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...
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...
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...
