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PIA, GE AWS Marketing Partnership Pact for Agents
Jun 3 2004 // The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents announced a new marketing partnership, effective immediately, with GE Auto Warranty Services (GE AWS). The exclusive, long-term national agreement, will enable...
Ohio Brokerage Launches Branding Campaign
Jun 3 2004 // The Toledo, Ohio, insurance and financial services firm of Savage & Associates is launching a new branding campaing that will encompass print, radio and outdoor ads along with a new Web site. The theme of the ads,...
AMS Says Real-Time Comparative Rater is Only Months Away
Jun 2 2004 // Leading agency automation provider AMS says it is just months away from completing a real-time comparative rater that will satisfy independent agents’ need for a single-entry, multiple carrier interface, also known...
Finally Got a Piece of the Pie: Breaking Down the Public Entity Barrier
Jun 2 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...
Michigan Agents Urge No Vote on Helmet Repeal
Jun 2 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....
In Virginia, Prepaid Legal Agents Must Register with Consumer Affairs Office Starting July 1
Jun 2 2004 // In response to a law change taking effect July 1, 2004, agents selling prepaid legal service plan contracts in Virgnia must register with the Office of the Consumer Affairs (OCA) at the Virginia Department of Agriculture...
SCA Insurance Completes Nexsure Deployment and Achieves Enhanced Levels of Productivity
Jun 2 2004 // SCA Insurance of Pueblo, Colorado, a large multi-office agency, had been watching the insurance agency management system market for years, keeping an eye open for a new and compelling agency management solution. Having...
Missouri DOI to Give Agent Tax Scofflaws Extra Warning Before Revoking Licenses
May 28 2004 // The Missouri Department of Insurance (MDI) announced it will provide an additional 15 days’ extra warning before it revokes licenses when agents have apparent unpaid tax liabilities to the state. MDI said it has...
ACT Unveils Agent-Broker ‘One-Stop’ Web Site for Real-Time Interface Information
May 28 2004 // The Agents Council for Technology (ACT) is announcing ACTtech, a new Web-based service that enables independent agents and brokers to assess the latest real-time interface technology solutions that vendors and carriers are...
Willis Takes Majority Control of Argentina Broker
May 27 2004 // Global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings announced that it has finalized the buy-out of a 20 percent stake in Herzfeld & Levy, the Group’s retail operation in Argentina. On completion of the transaction...
N.H. Orders Audit of Insurance Broker Fees
May 27 2004 // The New Hampshire Legislature’s audit division will be looking into fees paid to brokers for handling the state’s insurance contracts. The joint legislative Fiscal Committee voted unanimously to approve the...
AIG Small Business Introduces New Online Services for Insurance Brokers and Agents
May 27 2004 // AIG Small Business, a unit of the property and casualty insurance subsidiaries of American International Group, announced the launch of “AIG eDelivery(SM),” a new submission status and policy retrieval system...
Stewart Title to manage P&C operation with Nexsure from XDimensional Technologies
May 26 2004 // With more than 7,400 issuing locations nationwide, you’d think a product line extension would be a simple process. But that wasn’t the case when Stewart Information Services Corporation decided to add Property...
Best Expands E-Fusion Award to Six Categories
May 26 2004 // A.M. Best Co. announced that the 2004 E-Fusion Insurance & Technology Awards have been expanded to six categories. “Interest in our awards program has snowballed, so we need to better reflect the widespread...
IIAK Holding 108th Annual Convention in Bowling Green
May 25 2004 // Independent agents from throughout the state of Kentucky will converge in Bowling Green from June 17-19, for what will be the 108th Annual Convention of the Independent Insurance Agents of Kentucky (IIAK). Featured at this...
Reinsurance Brokers Bring ‘More Value Than Ever,’ Guy Carpenter CEO Tells Conn. CPCU
May 25 2004 // The role of reinsurance brokers has evolved well beyond the basic placement and relationship responsibilities of 25 years ago and will continue to evolve into new areas, according to the chief executive officer of Guy...
Hartford Announces New eSubmission Capabilities
May 25 2004 // The Hartford Financial Services Group announced that it is introducing a series of eSubmission tools for new middle market accounts, which it feels will “revolutionize how middle market business is handled, saving...
ACORD Launches New Advantage Web Site
May 24 2004 // ACORD’s new Advantage Web site (www.acordadvantage.org), which was launched Monday at the ACORD LOMA Insurance Systems Forum, will reportedly improve ACORD Advantage agents and brokers access to ACORD’s...
SAN Group Named Travelers’ Agency of Year
May 24 2004 // Travelers Personal Lines has named The SAN Group, Inc. Agent of the Year for the New England Regional Office. Travelers presented the award to Matthew Masiello, chief operating officer of the SAN Group, Inc., based in...
New Surplus Lines Brokerage Formed in California
May 24 2004 // Lionheart Insurance Services, a new surplus lines brokerage based in Calabasas, Calif., was recently formed. Lionheart will specialize in writing business for artisan contractors, apartments and restaurants, products...
