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PIANY Notes Effect of Law to Protect Policyholders, Agents
Feb 6 2004 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. noted that as of Feb. 12 a new law comes into effect in New York that will give greater protection to the state’s insurance-buying consumers, who can be...
IIABNY Members Meet with Legislators During 34th “L-Day”
Feb 6 2004 // Nearly 200 agents and brokers gathered today at the State Capitol in Albany for the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York’s 34th Legislative Day. During the day, agents and brokers met with...
IIANJ Schedules Continuing Education Program
Feb 6 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of New Jersey will hold a marathon two-day session for continuing education credits at its “Spring Fling,” scheduled for March 16 and 17, 2004 at the Sheraton in Eatontown, New...
Aviva to Close U.K. Brokerage Operation
Feb 6 2004 // The U.K’s largest insurer, Aviva plc, announced that intends to close down its insurance brokerage operation, Hill House Hammond. The closure will eliminate around 1,600 jobs, as Aviva shutters the broker’s 240...
IBA West Membership Approves 2004 Resolutions
Feb 5 2004 // Members of the Independent Brokers and Agents of the West approved eight resolutions at the recent 2004 Installation of Officers and Directors and Annual Meeting in Los Angeles. Three of the eight resolutions address the...
Mass. Agents Assn. Stresses Need for Participation in Auto Cost Study
Feb 4 2004 // If you’re asked to participate in the 2004 private passenger auto insurance agency cost study, it’s crucial for your future to do so. That’s the message the Massachusetts Association of Insurance Agents...
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...
