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Arkansas Agent Arrested on Fraud Charges
Dec 23 2003 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens announced the arrest of Steven Edward Gwin, who has been charged with a class D felony count of Fraudulent Insurance Act. A Jan. 20, 2004 court date has been set in Pulaski...
International E&S Brokers Offers New Market for Apartment Facilities
Dec 23 2003 // International E&S Insurance Brokers Inc. has announced the addition of a new apartment facility market available through their Irvine office. The facility is currently accepting risks in the state of California,...
IIANJ Young Agents Council Donates Christmas Gifts to Foster Children
Dec 23 2003 // A bulletin from the Young Agents Council (YAC) of the Independent Insurance Agents of New Jersey notes that members have “spread holiday cheer by donating gifts to foster children this season through The Foster...
Insurance Journal, InsuranceTimes Team Up for Northeast Publication
Dec 23 2003 // San Diego-based Wells Publishing Inc., publisher of the Insurance Journal (IJ) magazine and Online Daily Newsletter, has merged with the InsuranceTimes, a Boston-based insurance industry publication for the northeastern...
PIANY’s MetroRAP Selects Kay Giustiniani, Robert Pfeffer for Awards
Dec 22 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. will present Kay Giustiniani, vice president of marketing for Associated Mutual Insurance in Woodridge, with its Company Executive of the Year award and Robert...
LDI Employees Face Fraud Charges
Dec 22 2003 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that two department employees have been arrested for Public Bribery and Conspiracy to Commit Public Bribery. According to the LDI, in February 2001 the Louisiana State Police...
IIAT Gearing Up for Annual Joe Vincent Seminar
Dec 22 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas announced that more than 350 of the state’s most progressive and influential agency principals and managers will gather for its Joe Vincent Management Seminar Jan. 25 –...
IIANJ Comments on DOBI’s “Three Scenarios” and Alternate Underwriting Rules
Dec 22 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of New Jersey recently provided input to the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI) on several proposed regulations implementing the “Competition and Choice Act signed...
Coalition Against Insurance Fraud Reports Convictions Rise Nearly a Third
Dec 19 2003 // Alice Ross, an engaging 71-year-old grandmother, died when her Buick was rammed by a car packed with gang members allegedly staging a crash in Brooklyn to make fake injury claims against insurance companies. Increasingly,...
Insurance Media Association Elects van Aartrijk President; Angelone and DeMartine Also Named to Offices
Dec 19 2003 // Peter van Aartrijk Jr., CIC, a marketing communications professional with 20 years of experience in the insurance industry, has been elected the first president of the Insurance Media Association. Walter Podgurski,...
LDI Employees Face Fraud Charges
Dec 19 2003 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that two department employees have been arrested for Public Bribery and Conspiracy to Commit Public Bribery. According to the LDI, in February 2001 the Louisiana State Police...
Brown Named Public Affairs Manager at IIABA
Dec 17 2003 // Cliston Brown has been named manager of public affairs for the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America. Brown comes to the Big “I” after two years as director of communications for Congressman Pete...
Mutual of Enumclaw Offers Internet Auto Endorsement Processing through IBQ Systems
Dec 17 2003 // Wash.-based Mutual of Enumclaw announced that agents can process auto endorsements via the Internet using the IBQ Systems platform. The company’s agents currently use IBQ’s platform for rating and applying for...
IIANC Offers Course at Wake Technical Community College
Dec 17 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC) are offering an insurance course at Wake Technical Community College. IIANC is offering the Certification Preparation for Property and Casualty Insurance...
PIANJ Says N.J. DOBI Accepts Plan for Agents to Recoup Expenses
Dec 17 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey, Inc. has issued a bulletin noting that a reform it has long supported, to allow agents to recoup certain out-of-pocket expenses, has been accepted by the state’s...
Gallagher Acquires Calif. Broker
Dec 15 2003 // Itasca, Ill.-based brokerage giant Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Avery-Hammer Insurance Associates, Inc. of Fresno, California. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1980,...
J.D. Power: Independent Agents Expect Volume Increase With Carriers
Dec 15 2003 // Independent insurance agents expect to see an increase in the number of policies written with the majority of insurance carriers in the next year, according to the inaugural J.D. Power and Associates 2003 Independent...
IIABA Boasts Anti-Spam Exemption
Dec 15 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America said an intensive lobbying effort paid off when it brokered an 11th-hour exemption for trade associations to the anti-“SPAM” bill conference report passed...
Top 10 2003 Newsmakers
Dec 15 2003 // While less turbulent than 2001-2002, this year hasn’t exactly been a walk in the park. The industry continues to face intractable problems—a lack of capital strength, accompanied by accusations that it’s...
PIANJ Files Court Brief in ‘Standard of Care’ Case
Dec 15 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. announced that it was recently granted permission by the state’s Supreme Court to file an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in an important case that could...
