Latest Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Doing the Right Thing Brings Rewards for SRA’s John Wood
Apr 18 2005 // Specialty Risk Associates, a managing general agency headquartered in Shreveport, La., has been on the move in the past several years–expanding beyond its Louisiana base into neighboring states–and has plans to...
E&O for Broker-Dealers
Apr 18 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: CalSurance has enhanced its specialized errors and omissions program for broker-dealers with 75 or fewer registered representatives. It provides each broker-dealer with their own policy limits without...
IIA Oklahoma Urges Agents to Attend Capitol Event
Apr 18 2005 // Dan Ramsey, executive director of the Independent Insurance Agents of Oklahoma (www.iiaok.com) sent a message to agents encouraging them to attend IIAO Day at the Capitol on April 27. Urging agents to become actively...
AGENT CHARGED WITH POCKETING PAYMENTS
Apr 18 2005 // A Lake Charles, La., insurance agent (producer) was arrested and issued a cease and desist order, along with a summary suspension of his license, on charges of submitting fraudulent damage repair claims and pocketing the...
CE CREDIT SCAM INVOLVES AGENTS
Apr 18 2005 // Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr. announced that Leo Vincent Jacob of Covington, La., has pled guilty to six counts of filing false public records in a criminal scheme that involved hundreds of insurance...
The Attack on Credit Scoring and Other Risk-Based Insurance Pricing Tools
Apr 18 2005 // Independent Agents and Their Customers Have the Most to Lose As product manager for the state’s largest writer of auto insurance through independent agents, I want to take this opportunity to remind you that...
Errors and Omissions for Broker-Dealers
Apr 18 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: CalSurance enhanced its specialized errors and omissions program for broker-dealers with 75 or fewer registered representatives. The program enhancement now provides each broker-dealer with its own...
Aon Complaint Memos Reveal Personal Lines Arrangements
Apr 18 2005 // The recent $190 million settlement between the world’s second largest insurance broker, Aon, and officials in three states sheds light on how, as New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and other public officials...
IVANS Survey: Independent Agents Concerned About Internet Security
Apr 18 2005 // IVANS Inc., a provider of networking and e-commerce solutions for the insurance and healthcare industries, announced the results of an independent insurance agent survey covering technology issues such as security and...
Top 10 Gadgets for High-Tech Insurance Agents & Brokers
Apr 18 2005 // After walking through a client’s office this week, an important epiphany occurred. Noticing Visoneer scanners at every desk exemplified the need and reliance of tech gadgets in the insurance workplace. Not only are...
IBA West Prepares for Blue Ribbon Conference in Hawaii
Apr 18 2005 // Attendees at the upcoming Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West Blue Ribbon Conference, to be held May 1-5, can expect more than sunbathing, snorkeling and golfing at the Mauna Lani Bay Hotel on the big island of...
PIA National Names Neb. Agent as Tops
Apr 15 2005 // Carter “Cap” Peterson of Wayne, Nebraska was named 2005 Professional Agent of the Year by the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents during an awards luncheon on April 9, in Arlington,...
SIAA Keynoter Describes Successful Agents as Smart, Efficient, Well-Informed
Apr 15 2005 // “The best way for a consumer to buy insurance is to use the services of an independent agent, but to be successful that agent has to be smart, efficient and well-informed,” Mike LaRocco, Safeco Insurance...
President Bush to Speak at Big ‘I’ National Legislative Conference April 21
Apr 15 2005 // President George W. Bush will address more than 1,000 independent insurance agents and brokers Thursday, April 21, at the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s (the Big “I”) National...
Search Underway for Nation’s Top Independent Insurance Agencies
Apr 15 2005 // Insurance Journal Says It’s Time to Recognize Top Performing Agencies With some 60,000 privately held independent agencies nationwide, locating the most successful ones is a tough job but some company’s got to...
IIAT Urges Action on Agent Liability Bill
Apr 14 2005 // Stating that the agent liability bill, Texas House Bill 2155, was heard recently in the House Insurance Committee, where trial attorneys attacked agents, trying to discredit the proposal, the Independent Insurance Agents...
Text of Proposed Regs on California Broker Fiduciary Duties Now Available
Apr 14 2005 // Yesterday, California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi issued a press release briefly outlining proposed changes to his regulations regarding broker fiduciary duties (see Garamendi Unveils New Broker Disclosure...
Search for Nation’s Top Independent Insurance Agencies Commences
Apr 14 2005 // With some 60,000 privately held independent agencies and brokerages nationwide, locating the most successful ones is a tough job but some company’s got to do it. That company is Insurance Journal. Insurance Journal...
SIAA Meeting: 2004’s Top Performers, Top Rookie, Top Recruiter Honored
Apr 14 2005 // Last year’s top agencies, the “rookie of the year” and the “recruiter of the year” were honored by the Strategic Independent Agents Alliance on April 14 during SIAA’s 19th semi-annual...
Young N.C. Golfers Invited to Compete in Regional ‘Big I’ Qualifying Tournaments
Apr 13 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina has invited participants to play in qualifying tournaments for the annual Trusted Choice Big I Junior Classic (Big I) national finals. The tournament is open to local...
