Latest Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Schinnerer Upgrades Broker Launchpad for Real-time Use
Mar 22 2004 // Victor O. Schinnerer & Company upgraded its account management section of its Web site to increase functionality and provide real-time access to broker accounts. The new account management section, called the Broker...
Five Arrested in Fla. Scheme to Defraud Seniors
Mar 22 2004 // Florida Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher and Attorney General Charlie Crist announced the arrests of five south Florida residents on charges that they systematically defrauded hundreds of senior citizens in an...
Mass. Eyes Fla.-style Hurricane Fund to Ease Coastal Homeowners Crisis
Mar 22 2004 // Massachusetts officials, searching for ways to ease a homeowners insurance availability crisis on Cape Cod and other coastal areas, are researching how Florida dealt with its insurance difficulties 10 years ago when it set...
Learn from the Pros-Common Attributes of Successful Agencies
Mar 22 2004 // You’re a 15 handicap on the links. Your swing isn’t perfect, but you have managed to rationalize, or compensate for, your deficiencies. If you worked with a golf pro, you could probably correct several...
Selecting the Right Company Partner for Workers’ Comp Pays Dividends
Mar 22 2004 // First, this article is not about “parting shots.” When I hear this expression I immediately think of a retaliatory barrage to a poor unsuspecting sole. Instead, I’m going to discuss an issue near and dear...
The Case for Group Legal: Now More Than Ever
Mar 22 2004 // To say today’s human resource managers are getting the squeeze is the understatement of the year. They are forced to do more with less, yet at the same time, they need to provide more options. In a recent study...
Adding Value in the Workers’ Comp Market Through Technical Analysis
Mar 22 2004 // If insurance brokers want to add value and differentiate themselves from their competitors in this hardening workers’ compensation marketplace, they should pay attention to the intricacies of how experience...
Applicant Attorneys Desperate to Maintain Job Killing Work Comp System
Mar 22 2004 // Applicant attorneys, labor and industrial physicians are attempting to divert attention from the real cost drivers in California’s workers’ compensation system. Despite overwhelming evidence from the Insurance...
IIABNY Reviews ‘Road Shows’ Success
Mar 19 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York Inc. noted in a recent bulletin that its innovative mix of up-to-date Web site information and personal contacts is working very well. The Syracuse-based trade...
Pa. Brokers Arrested in New Jersey, Charged with Stealing More than $100,000 in Client Premium Monies
Mar 19 2004 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced the arrest of two Pennsylvania insurance brokers on charges they stole more than $100,000 in client insurance premium monies which were supposed to be used to purchase...
Insurers, Agents Back Oxley’s ‘Middle Ground’ Proposal
Mar 18 2004 // Both insurer and agent groups have reacted positively to U.S. Rep. Michael Oxley‘s recent proposal to give the federal government sweeping new powers to oversee how states regulate the insurance industry. Oxley, an...
Mass. Agents, Bar Compete with Lawyers Programs
Mar 18 2004 // Three months after the insurer and the Massachusetts Bar Association (MBA) parted ways, Westport Insurance Corp. has signed on with the state’s agent association to sell its lawyers’ professional liability...
IIAT Expands MarketsCentral Online Market Search Tool
Mar 18 2004 // To help its members search for markets in the state, the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas has expanded and updated its online market search tool, MarketsCentral. In its MarketsCentral announcement, the IIAT noted that...
Sampson Joins Lockton Insurance Brokers
Mar 18 2004 // Lockton Insurance Brokers, the nation’s largest independently owned insurance broker, has named Jennifer Sampson Employee Benefits Practice Consultant. She will be based in Lockton’s San Francisco...
Ga. Agent Charged with Theft, Insurance Fraud
Mar 18 2004 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine announced that an arrest warrant has been issued for a Savannah insurance agent who has been charged with insurance fraud and other charges in connection with medical...
Calif. Agent Pleads Guilty to Selling Phony Policies
Mar 18 2004 // California Department of Insurance (CDI) investigators are seeking additional victims in the case of a West Sacramento insurance agent/broker who sold phony policies to more than two dozen construction firms, bilking them...
nuServe Expands Software Services for MGAs
Mar 18 2004 // nuServe, a San Francisco-based provider of technology-related risk management tools, announced the expansion of a new service called nsBusiness Network. The expanded nuServe software aims to provide managing general...
CIAB Urges W. Va. Governor to Ink Legislation Repealing Counter-Signature Statute
Mar 18 2004 // The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB) on Thursday sent a letter to West Virginia Gov. Bob Wise urging him to sign legislation approved by the West Virginia House and Senate repealing that state’s...
Louisiana Agent Arrested for Forgery, Theft
Mar 17 2004 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance reported that a Jennings, La. insurance agent (producer) was booked on charges of forgery and theft in the latest of a series of insurance fraud arrests around the state. Shari Vincent...
SAIS Introduces New Subscription Business Model
Mar 17 2004 // Irvine, Calif.-based Superior Access Insurance Services Inc. has released a new business model that requires agents to subscribe to gain access to over 100 insurance companies and programs in 48 states. According to SAIS...
