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Conn. Gov. Rowland, Former Insurance Agent, Resigns from Office Amid Impeachment Inquiry
Jun 22 2004 // John Rowland, a member of a prominent Connecticut insurance and political family and himself a former insurance agent, resigned last evening as governor of Connecticut rather than testify before a legislative panel...
N.Y. Assembly Prepares to Close Today with Budget, Fair Plan, Other Insurance Issues Unresolved
Jun 22 2004 // The Legislature in Albany is scheduled to adjourn today and barring last-minute action will do so without passing a state budget and without addressing a slew of insurance and other key issues. Political observers,...
IIANC Selects Broker, Company of the Year
Jun 21 2004 // The Young Agents Committee of the Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC) named Burns & Wilcox/Morehead City as Broker of the Year and St. Paul Travelers as Company of the Year. IIANC says the Broker...
Mo. JUA Starts Taking Med-Mal Applications
Jun 21 2004 // Missouri’s new state-sponsored medical malpractice insurance program has begun accepting applications for coverage effective June 30 or later, the state’s insurance department announced recently. Physicians and...
It’s Real Time for Agency Technology
Jun 21 2004 // Real-time, security, download, paperless to the agent, multiple passwords, proprietary company Web sites, choosing an ASP—there is so much going on that it is hard to know where to start! Every day, independent agents...
MICH. AGENTS URGE ‘NO’ VOTE ON HELMET REPEAL:
Jun 21 2004 // The Michigan Association of Insurance Agents (MAIA) said that any attempt to weaken or repeal the state’s motorcycle helmet law will increase deaths and injuries for cyclists and raise insurance and medical costs....
West Bend Mutual: In With the New, and Hang On to the Old
Jun 21 2004 // Thanks to a hard market, a light catastrophic claims load and consistent underwriting, a little mutual based out of West Bend, Wis., was able to surpass the $1 billion asset mark at the end of 2003 for the first time in...
Wisconsin Big I Gets Visit From New Insurance Commissioner Gomez
Jun 21 2004 // The high point of Independent Insurance Agents of Wisconsin’s (IIAW) annual convention in May was a lengthy speech from Jorge Gomez, the state’s new insurance commissioner. A February 2003 appointee of...
‘Mutual’ Respect: SECURA Says Agent Loyalty Can Survive Softer Market
Jun 21 2004 // West Bend is far from the only Wisconsin-based regional mutual insurer making a mark. The CEO of Appleton, Wis.-based SECURA Insurance Cos., John Bykowski, took some time recently to talk with IJ during the Independent...
Regional Focus
Jun 21 2004 // Former Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill once famously said, “All politics is local.” The same could be said for the insurance industry—insurance coverage is definitely local. In addition, there...
Agent Groups Commend Final Vote to Reauthorize National Flood Program
Jun 21 2004 // Both the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (The Big “I”) and the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) commended the House of Representatives’ passage of the...
Regional Focus
Jun 21 2004 // Former Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill was attributed with the comment that “all politics are local.” The same could be said for the insurance industry—insurance coverage is definitely local. In...
Former Broker Arrested in $4M Fraud Scam
Jun 21 2004 // Richard W. Peterson, 63, of San Francisco, a former insurance broker/agent, was arrested at Miami International Airport on federal fraud charges for allegedly selling approximately $4 million of fake insurance policies...
Program Business Leaders Receive Targeted Advice
Jun 21 2004 // The Target Markets Program Administrators Association held its first mid-year meeting last month and attracted almost 200 program business professionals. In-between scheduled networking sessions and informal meetings at...
The Value of Belonging
Jun 21 2004 // Insurance producers are a busy group, with day-to-day operations that include writing new business, servicing existing policies, taking care of employment issues, etc. Often, there is a myriad of factors—seemingly...
SECURA: Looking to Sustain Hard-Market Success
Jun 18 2004 // The CEO of Appleton, Wis.-based SECURA Insurance Cos., John Bykowski, took some time recently to talk with IJ during the Independent Insurance Agents of Wisconsin’s annual convention. SECURA has total assets of $406...
Speakers Celebrate FAIA’s 100th Anniversary
Jun 18 2004 // Orlando – From Capt. Scott O’Grady who survived six days in hostile territory after his F-16 was shot down enforcing the no-fly zone over Bosnia. To IIABA’s President Louise “Bebe” Canter and...
Ga. Agent Charged with Defrauding Client
Jun 18 2004 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine said an investigation by his Fraud Unit resulted in a Valdosta insurance agent being arrested and charged with defrauding one of his clients. Dustin Ty Arnold, 24, has been...
SIAA Canada Adds New Broker
Jun 17 2004 // The Strategic Independent Agents Alliance (Canada), announced that Rhodes & Williams Limited of Ottawa, Ontario has joined SIAA Canada and has established Brokers Helping Brokers Alliance, Limited, operating as BHB...
nuServe Partners with ACORD
Jun 17 2004 // nuServe, a privately-held risk-management tools provider, has joined ACORD, the insurance industry’s global standards association, announced nuServe CEO Kai Tamara Hare. nuServe’s risk management products are...
