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Jul 4 2005 // Joe Grauwiler has been named regional vice president of The Main Street America Group’s Jacksonville Region and president of its Old Dominion Insurance Co. unit. The region encompasses Main Street America’s...
Small Business Owners Face Gaps, Confusion Over Insurance Problem
Jul 4 2005 // Many U.S. small business owners face a major gap in their insurance coverage or do not fully understand coverage they have, a new national survey conducted by Trusted Choice finds. Trusted Choice agencies are insurance and...
Jerry Blais
Jul 4 2005 // Tom Ellis Zurich North America appointed Jerry Blais to a newly created executive position as head of Zurich’s South Central region. Headquartered in Dallas, the region consists of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and...
Va. Agents Warned to Adhere to State’s Fee Disclosure Law
Jul 4 2005 // Virginia insurance agents might not have to worry about a new far-reaching compensation disclosure law as do agents in some other states, but they should pay attention to laws already on the books, the state’s chief...
Analysis From Three Perspectives: Consumer, Employer and Broker
Jul 4 2005 // Analysis From Three Perspectives: Consumer, Employer and Broker Over the past couple of years, the most used phrase in the employee benefits industry has been consumer-driven health care. Though its broadest definition may...
IIABA Leader Fears Hodgepodge of Fee Disclosure Rules by Insurers
Jul 4 2005 // While insurance companies are calling upon state officials to coordinate their responses to the various brokerage compensation and other inquiries, independent insurance agents are worried about how the insurers themselves...
Commerce Bancorp Buys Conn.’s BK International Insurance Brokers
Jul 1 2005 // Commerce Insurance Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Commerce Bancorp, Inc., has entered into an agreement to acquire BK International Insurance Brokers, Ltd., headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. The acquisition...
FAIA Speaker Warns: Make Hurricane Policy Changes Before That One-in-10,000 Hurricane Hits
Jul 1 2005 // It’s essential to prepare now in case that one-in-10,000 major hurricane hits the Southern United States, Roger Looyenga, CEO of Auto-Owners Insurance told conventioneers attending the Florida Association of...
Word & Brown General Agency Introduces New Online Quoting System
Jul 1 2005 // Orange, Calif.-based Word & Brown General Agency introduced an all-new Web-based integrated system that enhances the quoting capabilities of California’s health insurance brokers by giving them the ability to...
Agents Unhappy with Administration’s View on Terror Insurance
Jul 1 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America expressed both cautious optimism and concern over Administration comments regarding a federal backstop for terrorism insurance. The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act is...
New Broker Integro Adds Lowenthal as Chief Information Officer
Jun 30 2005 // Integro Ltd. announced that Craig S. Lowenthal has joined the company as managing director and chief information officer. Based in the company’s New York headquarters, Lowenthal will be responsible for the...
American Hobbyist Adds Online Rating, Submission to Site
Jun 29 2005 // American Hobbyist Insurance, a national provider of collector-vehicle insurance, has added real-time online quoting and submission capabilities to its newly redesigned Web site. “The collector-car market is sizzling...
FAIA Targets PIA of Florida: Claims It Took Credit for ‘Big I’ Accomplishments While It ‘Gave Away the Playbook’
Jun 29 2005 // During two “Big I” conventions held in Florida in June, speakers accused the Professional Insurance Agents of Florida of taking credit for Florida Association of Insurance Agents accomplishments, while actually...
Agents Oppose Crop Insurance Premium Reduction Plan
Jun 29 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America testified Tuesday before a Senate committee on the ongoing question of the Premium Reduction Plan (PRP), which potentially opens the door for unqualified and...
10 Companies, Nine Agents Fined Nearly $1 Million in W.V. in 2004
Jun 29 2005 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline, has announced that the Insurance Commission fined 10 companies and nine agents nearly $1 million dollars last year for violations relating to the insurance code of the...
PIA Sponsoring Program to Aid Agents in Taking Back Personal Lines Market Share from Direct Writers
Jun 29 2005 // The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) announced its sponsorship of a special program to help its members take back market share from direct writers. In cooperation with Agency Revenue Tools LLC,...
PIA Defends State Regulation, Opposes Federal Charter, Objects to Disclosure
Jun 28 2005 // The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents steadfastly supports state regulation of insurance, strongly opposes an optional federal charter and has cautioned carriers against adopting company-specific...
Stiglitz Warns AIIA: ‘Compensation System Is Under Attack’
Jun 28 2005 // “Our compensation system is under attack, it is probably about $2 billion that independent agents put in their pockets due to profit sharing and it is under attack, there is no doubt about it,” Bill Stiglitz,...
Best Study: Agents, Insurers Raid Competition for New Employees
Jun 28 2005 // When insurance companies and agencies go looking for new producers, they rely mostly on referrals and word-of-mouth recommendations, and they say the best places to look for those new recruits are other insurers and...
Yates & Assoc. Adds New Admitted Transportation Carrier
Jun 27 2005 // Yates’ commercial transportation department has just added a new Admitted carrier to its line up and the carrier is hungry for new business from California agents according to Barbara Parker-Hatch, executive vice...
