Latest Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
SIAA Claims More Than Just Aggregation
Dec 1 2003 // At first blush, the Strategic Independent Agents Alliance may look like just one more short-term solution to the increasing shift in the balance of power toward insurance carriers away from independent agents. Commissions...
9 Programs That May Just Fit the Bill
Dec 1 2003 // The December 2002 Insurance Journal “program directory” issue highlighted eight programs that the editorial staff considered to be unique, interesting or tough to find. This year we’ve added one more to...
Your Fastrack to CE Credits
Dec 1 2003 // Insurance Journal Associate Publisher Dena Kaplan interviews Brad Nevins, president and co-founder of online continuing education service FastrackCE about the benefits of online education and the advantages over...
LA. AGENT ARRESTED:
Dec 1 2003 // A Ruston, La. insurance agent with expired licenses was issued a cease and desist order in the wake of his arrest on charges of felony theft and insurance fraud. According to the Louisiana Department of Insurance the...
9 Programs That May Just Fit the Bill
Dec 1 2003 // The December 2002 Insurance Journal “program directory” issue highlighted eight programs that the editorial staff considered to be unique, interesting or tough to find. This year we’ve added one more to...
How to Develop Program Business Despite Tough Market Standards
Dec 1 2003 // Over the past several years, launching new insurance programs—both from the perspective of potential producers, such as MGAs, retail agent groups and wholesalers, and the specialty insurance carriers—has been...
SIAA Claims More Than Just Aggregation
Dec 1 2003 // At first blush, the Strategic Independent Agents Alliance may look like just one more short-term solution to the increasing shift in the balance of power toward insurance carriers away from independent agents. ommissions...
Canadian Study Examines Government Role in Auto Insurance
Dec 1 2003 // The Centre for Spatial Economic and Shift Central Inc. have released a study, commissioned by Insurance Bureau of Canada on behalf of brokers, agents and insurers in the Canadian Province of New Brunswick, that sheds new...
Former Calif. Agent Sentenced to Six Years
Nov 26 2003 // David Alfred Tetley, 50, a former insurance agent, was sentenced to six years in state prison and ordered to pay restitution to victims after pleading guilty to six felony counts of Financial Elder Abuse and Grand...
Indiana Big I Elects Mark Bates Immediate Past President
Nov 26 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Indiana (IIAI) elected its officers to serve the association in the year 2004 at the IIAI Annual Convention, Nov. 16-18, 2003. Mark A. Bates will continue to serve as part of the IIAI...
Safeco Adds Workers’ Comp Policies to Online Sales Platform
Nov 25 2003 // Seattle-based Safeco Business Insurance (SBI) has expanded its online sales platform to make it faster and easier for agents to sell workers compensation insurance to small businesses. The update means agents can go online...
Balboa to Sell Renters Insurance Program Through Agents, Brokers
Nov 25 2003 // Balboa Insurance Group Inc. has announced new delivery methods for a renters insurance program offered through two of its insurance company subsidiaries. BIG’s renters product, which has been sold through financial...
Iowa Agent Gets 4 Years for Securities Fraud
Nov 25 2003 // A Marion, Iowa, insurance agent was sentenced to four years in prison for selling fraudulent securities, according to The Marion Star. Paul L. Edwards, 68, received three years for reportedly engaging in a pattern of...
InVest Unveils New Web Site Design Targeting Agents Among Others
Nov 24 2003 // InVEST, an education program to strengthen the insurance industry by attracting a large pool of qualified insurance recruits, has unveiled its new Web site design. “The new Web site is a single source for everything...
Independent Survey Reveals Good News for NGM
Nov 24 2003 // According to a recent nationwide survey conducted by Deep Customer Connections, Inc. (DCC), a Massachusetts-based management consulting firm serving the property and casualty (P/C) industry, National Grange Mutual (NGM),...
PIACT Requests Nominations for 2004 Distinction of Professionalism Awards
Nov 24 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc. is calling for nominations for its 2004 Distinction of Professionalism Awards, two awards honoring those independent agents who exemplify the qualities and actions that...
MexiPass Notes 30% Commission Rate for Personal Auto Program
Nov 24 2003 // MexiPass Global Assurance, an MGA for insurance in Mexico, announced a new commission rate of 30 percent and On-line Policy Issuance, under the MexiPass exclusive Personal Automobile Programs underwritten by...
John B. Collins Associates Adds Pair of Reinsurance Brokers
Nov 24 2003 // John B. Collins Associates, one of the world’s reinsurance intermediaries, announced the addition of two senior property/ casualty reinsurance brokers, Chris Ruyak and Andrew Petersen, to the firm’s San...
IIAT, TSLA Share Views on Good Working Relationships
Nov 24 2003 // Retail and wholesale insurance agents need to work at maintaining good relationships with each other to ensure the best workflow between the two industry sectors. According to the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas,...
Md. Commissioner Urges Agents to Attend National Flood Insurance Workshops
Nov 21 2003 // Maryland Insurance Commissioner Alfred Redmer, Jr., is encouraging Maryland agents to take advantage of the free two-hour workshops being offered by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) on Nov. 24-25. The workshops...
