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CAA Elects 2004 Management Committee
Jun 9 2004 // Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC announced its 2004 management committee, elected to serve two-year terms by CAA’s board of members. The new committee is as follows: Chairman of the Board –...
Former N.C. Agent Under Investigation for Embezzlement
Jun 8 2004 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long announced Gevedon Insurance Agency, of Columbus, is currently under criminal investigation for numerous charges of alleged embezzlement. Polk County Sheriff’s Department...
Products Liability Insurance Seminar To Be Held in Orange County
Jun 8 2004 // Yates & Associates invites agents and brokers to an informative Products Liability Insurance seminar on June 24, 2004. The topic, “Insuring Tough Products Liability Accounts,” will give the attending...
Finally Got a Piece of the Pie: Breaking Down the Public Entity Barrier
Jun 7 2004 // From a small- to mid-sized agency’s perspective, producing public-entity business can seem like a Herculean task. The risks are often large and complex, and the political circumstances in which public entities are...
Group Long-Term-Care Insurance: How to Cash in on this Hot Voluntary Benefit
Jun 7 2004 // Voluntary benefits, where the employees pay the full freight through payroll deduction, are booming. Voluntary plans let employers offer attractive fringe benefits like dental, vision care and disability insurance at no...
Variety is the Spice of Life
Jun 7 2004 // Being on the editorial side of things here at Insurance Journal Southeast, one never knows what will be coming across their desk on a given day. This issue, as with all publications we put out, has a bit of something for...
One-on-One with NIIA’s President Rick Aniello
Jun 7 2004 // Medical malpractice is hot on the list of concerns for Nevada’s independent agents, and the state as a whole. With physicians leaving the state due to the lack of affordable med-mal coverage, the crisis has caught...
Get Out of the Office!
Jun 7 2004 // It’s here—convention season, that is. From now until the end of November, there will be plenty of opportunities for agents in the South Central states to get out of the office and go mingle with friends and...
Program Business Leaders Receive Targeted Advice
Jun 7 2004 // Target Market Mid-Year attendees learn about planning, branding and purchasing. The Target Markets Program Administrators Association held its first midyear meeting recently and attracted almost 200 program business...
IIAH Celebrates Its 80th Anniversary This Month
Jun 7 2004 // The year was 1924. The first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was held in New York City. Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” premiered at Carnegie Hall. The first Winter Olympics opened in Chamonix, France....
Texas State Senator Shapiro to Speak at IIAT’s 107th Annual Convention
Jun 7 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas’ 107th Annual Convention, which takes place June 10-12, 2004 at the Wyndham Anatole in Dallas, promises to be a jam-packed two and a half days of continuing education...
BANG! Lets Agents Start Advertising Right Away
Jun 7 2004 // Time after time, whether it’s one-on-one or in groups, agents want to talk to us at the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas about advertising … “How do you get started? What do you say? Where is the...
Wyoming Med-Mal Rates on the Rise
Jun 7 2004 // Medical malpractice insurance rates are on the rise in Wyoming, and lawmakers anticipate being called into a special legislative session this summer to address the issue. The Doctors Co., which insures about 30 percent of...
ACORD LAUNCHES NEW ADVANTAGE WEB SITE:
Jun 7 2004 // ACORD’s new Advantage Web site (www.acordadvantage.org), which was launched recently at the ACORD LOMA Insurance Systems Forum, will reportedly improve ACORD Advantage agents and brokers access to ACORD’s...
Regional Focus
Jun 7 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...
IBA West Blue Ribbon Conference Focuses on Workers’ Comp
Jun 7 2004 // Approximately 300 independent agents, brokers and senior level insurance company executives attended the IBA West 18th annual Blue Ribbon Conference, held May 2-6, 2004 at the Mauna Lani Resort located on the Kohala coast...
Summer Means Wild Weather in Some Western States
Jun 7 2004 // Summer is here and with it comes unstable weather conditions that can cause problems for consumers and agents alike in some parts of the United States. As if ushering in the season, insurers and insurance organizations are...
Could the California Wildfires Have Been Predicted’
Jun 7 2004 // Lessons for Agents and Insurers In late October 2003, major wildfires broke out in five southern California counties, burning more than 750,000 acres, or an area the size of Rhode Island. These devastating fires burned for...
The Broker–The Policyholder’s Advocate
Jun 7 2004 // Some large brokerage firms are under siege by New York Attorney General Eliott Spitzer as his investigation scrutinizes the legality of the longstanding practice of Placement Service Agreements (PSAs). This is really about...
Unitrin, CSC Conclude Outsourcing Contract
Jun 4 2004 // Calif.-based Computer Sciences Corporation announced a seven-year agreement with Trinity Universal Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Unitrin, Inc., to provide Unitrin Multi Lines Insurance’s commercial lines of...
