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Modernizing the Sales and Service Functions in an Insurance Agency
Jan 26 2004 // An old adage states, “If you keep doing what you’ve done, you keep getting what you got.” As a matter of fact, the true definition of insanity is to continue to do the same thing over and over again and...
Alleged Life Agents E&O Fraud Uncovered by IJ
Jan 24 2004 // Insurance Journal has discovered that there is an ongoing investigation into Torrance, Calif.-based Manning Riddell Insurance Services Inc. (License #0827722) in connection with the issuance of more than 1,000 phony Errors...
Rain and Hail L.L.C. Joins Trusted Choice
Jan 23 2004 // Rain and Hail L.L.C., a national crop insurance underwriter, is the newest company partner of Trusted Choice —the national branding initiative created for independent agents and brokers that highlights the benefits they...
IIABNY Supports “Get Smart About Insurance Week”
Jan 23 2004 // In a show of support for the New York Insurance Department’s efforts promoting “Get Smart About Insurance Week,” the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York Inc. hosted Superintendent of...
Agents E&O Fraud Uncovered by <em>IJ</em>
Jan 23 2004 // Insurance Journal has discovered that there is an ongoing investigation into Torrance, Calif.-based Manning Riddell Insurance Services Inc. (License #0827722) in connection with the issuance of more than 1,000 phony Errors...
Robert F. Brooks is Lemac & Associates’s Newest Broker
Jan 22 2004 // William Newton, president of Lemac & Associates Inc. recently announced the new hire of Robert F. Brooks as assistant vice president. As a casualty specialist, Brooks will be responsible for developing new client...
IIABA Reports It’s Time for Regulatory Reform
Jan 21 2004 // Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) CEO Robert Rusbuldt released a statement on Tuesday on recent developments in the debate over state insurance oversight: “IIABA does not dispute that the...
‘Clean Streets’ Program Now Open to Agents Doing Business with The Hartford
Jan 21 2004 // The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. has opened its street cleaners insurance program to all independent agents doing business with The Hartford. Hartford-affiliated agents can place their clients’ business...
AIIA Members Have Access to New E&O Umbrella
Jan 21 2004 // Alabama Independent Insurance Agents (AIIA) member agencies now have access to a new E&O Umbrella. In response to member requests IIABA through Big “I” Advantage programs is making a commercial umbrella...
Acordia Acquires Feeney Durler West Insurance Services
Jan 21 2004 // Acordia,Inc., the fifth largest insurance brokerage in the U.S., and a subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, acquired Feeney Durler West Insurance Services, LLC. The agency’s professional staff will continue...
Zurich NA Small Business Account Execs Now Are ‘State Agents’
Jan 21 2004 // The small business unit of Schaumburg, Ill.-based Zurich North America has elevated the position of its 175 account executives to the position of state agent, the company said in a statement. The transition recognizes the...
Vermont Commissioner Lists “Top 10” Investment Fraud Schemes
Jan 21 2004 // Vermont’s Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration (BISHCA) Commissioner John Crowley issued a bulletin aimed at helping investors cope with the “increasingly complex and...
CNA Announces New BOP Options
Jan 20 2004 // Chicago-based commercial lines insurer CNA announced the early release of its enhanced Business Account Package Policy (BAPP). Originally scheduled for release in late March, the company said in a statement that the...
N.J. Auto Profits’ IIANJ Disputes Findings
Jan 19 2004 // Statistics released by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners last week, have received widespread coverage in New Jersey. They seem to show that, contrary to industry statements, the state’s auto...
PIANY Honors Faina Aynbinder, Nicole DeVito
Jan 19 2004 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. announced that Faina Aynbinder will receive its Bernard I. Kozel Memorial Scholarship award and Nicole DeVito will receive its Arthur I. Moll Memorial Scholarship...
IIANC’s Annual Eastern Agents Conference Runs Jan. 28-29
Jan 15 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina’s (IIANC’s) annual Eastern Agents Conference, the largest insurance conference in the eastern part of North Carolina, will be held Jan. 28-29, at the Holiday...
Fla. Advises on ‘Top 10’ Investment Scams to Beware of for 2004
Jan 15 2004 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher and Don Saxon, Director of the Office of Financial Regulation, warned that investors will be challenged with increasingly complex and confusing investment frauds in...
IIABA National Legislative Conference Runs April 21-23
Jan 15 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) has scheduled its 28th annual National Legislative Conference for April 21-23 at The Capital Hilton in downtown Washington, D.C. The event, which always...
Guy Carpenter Voted Best Reinsurance Broker
Jan 14 2004 // In a recent study of the reinsurance marketplace by Flaspohler Research Group, U.S. ceding companies, which include the world’s largest property and casualty companies, have ranked Guy Carpenter & Company, Inc....
New Non-Underwritten Homeowners Program Available from Superior Access
Jan 14 2004 // Richard Swoy, chairman of Irvine, Calif.-based Superior Access Insurance Services Inc. has announced that a new specialty program is available to California agents and brokers having problems placing homeowners’...
