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Ky. Agents to be Sentenced for Insurance Fraud
Feb 3 2004 // According to the Fraud Investigation Division of the Kentucky Office of Insurance, two individuals have been convicted of committing fraudulent insurance acts. Mark A. Calitri, 34, of Richmond was found guilty of two...
Travelers Unveils New Web-Based Ocean Cargo Certificate Capability
Feb 3 2004 // Travelers Property Casualty Corp. will now provide Web-based ability to create and print Ocean Cargo Certificates of Insurance to its Ocean Cargo policyholders and their agents. In addition to the anywhere, anytime...
BenefitMall Completes Acquisition of Colorado Group Services
Feb 3 2004 // BenefitMall, one of the nation’s leading broker services companies, announced that it has purchased the assets of Colorado Group Services (CGS), a full-service general agency that has served Colorado’s...
Ohio Casualty Signs on to SIS WebLink
Feb 2 2004 // Gahanna, Ohio-based insurance software vendor Strategic Insurance Software Inc. collaborated with Ohio Casualty Group to provide SIS WebLink real-time inquiry to their agencies using SEMCI PARTNER system. Ohio Casualty,...
Tim Rose New President of Liberty Mutual Property; Advisory Council Formed
Feb 2 2004 // Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group announced that it has appointed Tim Rose as the new president of Liberty Mutual Property, replacing Doug Nelson who advanced to executive vice president of the company’s Business...
Sen. Nickles to Address IIABA Insiders’ Luncheon
Jan 30 2004 // Sen. Don Nickles (R-Okla.), who is spearheading the fight for common-sense asbestos litigation reform in the Senate, will speak to national leaders of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA)...
ACORD’S Board of Directors Names New Posts
Jan 30 2004 // David Findley, senior vice president, Travelers Insurance, has been designated the new chair of ACORD’s Board of Directors and Charles “Chuck” McCaig, senior vice president and managing director, Chubb...
PIANJ Launches Online Agency Staffing Assistance Program
Jan 30 2004 // In an effort to help insurance agencies recruit and hire new employees, the Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. has launched its “Agency Staffing Assistance Program (ASAP),” descibed as a...
Notice on N.Y P/C License Updates
Jan 29 2004 // A message from the New York State Insurance Department, as relayed by the Professional Insurance Agents of New York, Inc., reminds all of the state’s individual P/C agents that the license renewal process is...
N.Y. Agent Arrested on 50 Counts of Insurance Fraud
Jan 28 2004 // New York State Insurance Department Superintendent Gregory V. Serio announced the arrest of Lon T. Horton, who has been charged with 43 counts of issuing fraudulent certificates of insurance, two counts of insurance fraud,...
Update on Alleged Life Agents E&O Fraud
Jan 27 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...
Life Agent’s Alleged E&O Fraud Uncovered by <em>IJ</em>
Jan 26 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...
The Strange Saga of Near North National Group’s Michael Segal
Jan 26 2004 // Powerful Friends, Enemy Insiders and Embezzlement Charges We are destroyed as of today,” Michael Segal, owner of Chicago-based Near North National Group, told me several weeks ago in his 20th-floor office in the John...
North Carolina Agents Team Up for Winning Model
Jan 26 2004 // I once observed a high school football program go 1-9 for two consecutive years. Then with the backing of the administration, a new coach was brought in who had been part of a successful program. With a new attitude and...
Felony Charges Filed Against Kansas Agent
Jan 26 2004 // The Kansas Insurance Department (KID), in cooperation with Sheridan County Attorney Mike Haas and the Kansas Attorney General’s Office, has filed felony charges against a Selden, Kan., insurance agent. An...
ROGUE AGENT IN ARKANSAS:
Jan 26 2004 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens issued a warning that despite his arrest for fraud, Steven Edward Gwin, better known as Steve Gwin, is continuing to sell insurance products in the Northwest Arkansas area....
TRUSTED CHOICE ADS SET TO RUN:
Jan 26 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) announced it will launch a new advertising campaign to help educate consumers on the benefits of using a Trusted Choice agency. The first of six flights of...
The Case for Group Legal: Now More Than Ever
Jan 26 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...
Mission Possible: Bringing Insurers Back to Louisiana
Jan 26 2004 // If the Professional Insurance Agents of Louisiana, the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Louisiana (IIABL) and Louisiana’s insurance commissioner have their way, the state will soon be flooded with insurers...
IIABA Outlines Legislative Agenda for 2004
Jan 26 2004 // With the start of the New Year and the beginning of a new session of Congress only a few weeks away, the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA) is rolling out its legislative agenda for 2004. Top...
