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‘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...
Kingsley Elected President of the Professional Insurance Agents of Oregon/Idaho
Jun 17 2004 // Richard Kingsley, owner of Stayton-based Cammack-Kingsley Insurance Inc., has been elected president-elect of the Professional Insurance Agents of Oregon/Idaho, a trade association that represents more than 2,300...
McGinnis Named VP American Re Broker Market Finite Risk Department
Jun 16 2004 // American Re Broker Market announced that Daniel McGinnis has joined the company as Vice President and Finite Risk Underwriter. He will be involved in underwriting the full range of finite risk business that the company...
Association Files Countersignature Suit in Puerto Rico
Jun 15 2004 // The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB) has filed suit against the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico challenging a statute that precludes non-resident insurance brokers from conducting business in Puerto Rico...
Acordia Inc. Acquires Speare & Company
Jun 14 2004 // Acordia Inc., America’s fifth largest insurance brokerage and a subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, acquired Speare & Company, one of the largest privately held insurance brokerages in the western United...
Industry Coalition Praises Regulators’ Resolution to Support Terrorism Act Extension
Jun 14 2004 // A broad-based coalition of property/casualty insurance company, insurance producer and reinsurance trade associations commended the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) for adopting a resolution...
Wausau Now On Board for TransactNow
Jun 10 2004 // Wisconsin-based property/casualty insurer Wausau Insurance announced that it is launching technology to expand middle-market electronic links with its brokers and agents. Wausau has developed the technology to accept...
MarketScout: Robust Competition Across the Board with Reductions in Premiums, Brokers Compensation
Jun 10 2004 // Dallas-based MarketScout recently released its Market Barometer for May. Market Barometer for May MarketScout’s Market Barometer According to Richard Kerr, chairman and CEO, “The composite premium increase for...
Striving for Balance in Louisiana as Reform Efforts Continue
Jun 9 2004 // Insurance and tort reform measures passed by the Louisiana Legislature in 2003, along with efforts by the insurance department and two major insurance agents’ associations to get the word out about the state’s...
