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IIABA Tells Senate Panel That State Regulation Should Be Reformed, Not Abolished
Oct 23 2003 // There is a vital role for Congress to play in reforming the state insurance regulatory system, but such an effort need not replace or duplicate at the federal level what is already in place at the state level, the...
CIAB: Q3 Marks Return of Competitive Pricing
Oct 23 2003 // The commercial insurance marketplace witnessed a return to competitive pricing for a number of lines during the third quarter of 2003 and flattening or decreasing premiums for commercial property coverage, according to the...
ICT Reminds Agents, Policyholders of FAIR Plan Limitations
Oct 23 2003 // The Texas FAIR (Fair Access to Insurance Requirements) Plan is on its way to insuring more than 100,000 homeowners before the end of the year, according to the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT), and on the Plan’s...
Former N.C. Agent Charged with Embezzlement
Oct 22 2003 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long announced the arrest of Anthony Wayne Allen of Fayetteville, a former insurance agent charged with embezzling $60,000 from a Cumberland County woman. Allen is currently held...
IIANC to Host Agency Management Conference
Oct 20 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC) will be holding an Agency Management Conference Nov. 11-12, at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill. Topics will range from Data Security & Other Technology...
Speakers at CIWA Breakfast Underscore Role of Local Wholesale Brokers’ Assoc.
Oct 20 2003 // Richard Bouhan, executive director of NAPSLO, and California Insurance lobbyist Dietmar Grellman of Norwood & Associates stressed the need for vigilance and activism at a breakfast sponsored by the California...
Texas Young Agents Honored:
Oct 20 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas’ Young Agents Committee was recognized by the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers at the IIABA Conference and InfoXchange in Las Vegas, for the Texas group’s work...
Agents’ Professional Liability
Oct 20 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: Target Insurance Services and Lloyd’s of London have entered into a new program partnership to provide insurance agents professional liability insurance. It will be offered to property and casualty...
Insurance Journal 80th Anniversary
Oct 20 2003 // One-on-One with Mark Wells, Publisher of the Insurance Journal By Charles E. Boyle Despite his still somewhat boyish appearance, Mark Wells has been the publisher of the Insurance Journal for 33 years, a long time in any...
Former A&A CEO Traces the Roots of Insurance in New Book
Oct 20 2003 // ormer Alexander & Alexander CEO John A. Bogardus recently released his comprehensive history of the insurance marketplace entitled Spreading the Risks, Insuring the American Experience (ISBN# 1-889274-16X). The...
Insurance Journal 80th Anniversary
Oct 20 2003 // One-on-One with Mark Wells, Publisher of the Insurance Journal By Charles E. Boyle Despite his still somewhat boyish appearance, Mark Wells has been the publisher of the Insurance Journal for 33 years, a long time in any...
Former A&A CEO Traces the Roots of Insurance in New Book
Oct 20 2003 // Former Alexander & Alexander CEO John A. Bogardus recently released his comprehensive history of the insurance marketplace entitled Spreading the Risks, Insuring the American Experience (ISBN# 1-889274-16X). The...
AMS Responds to Customer Wants with PS4 Plus Version 2.5
Oct 20 2003 // Responding to a wish list of customer wants, AMS Services Inc. released Version 2.5 of PS4 Plus, chock full of new features to make agent’s lives a little bit easier. PS4 Plus is a commercial point of sales process...
American Agents Alliance Conference Focuses on the Future
Oct 20 2003 // More than 1,400 agents and brokers ventured out to an oasis in Indian Wells, Calif., to take part in the American Agents Alliance 29th Annual Conference and Expo held on Oct. 8-12. The four-day event, held at the...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Purchases CAL E&S Companies
Oct 17 2003 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisitions of CAL E&S Brokers, Inc. of Bay Shore, N.Y. and CAL E&S Brokers of New Jersey, Inc. of Morristown, N.J. Both companies were established in 2000. The CAL...
Fireman’s Fund Named Partner of Big ‘I’ Markets
Oct 16 2003 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company is the newest partner in the Big “I” Affluent Package Program that is accessible through Big “I” Markets, the online market-access program developed by the...
Crump’s Dallas Office Adds Underwriter, Broker
Oct 16 2003 // The Crump Group announced the addition of new staff members in its Dallas office. Charles Bauman joined as a property/casualty underwriter and Patrick Bell is now on board as a casualty broker. Bauman was previously with...
SIAA Adds Master Agency in Calif.
Oct 16 2003 // SIAA Inc., the largest network of partnering independent insurance agencies in the country, announced that Tague Insurance Agency of Carlsbad, Calif. has established Tague 3M Insurance Alliance Inc. as a SIAA Master Agency...
Water Craft Insurer Ordered to Halt Fla. Operations; Agent Faces License Revocation
Oct 16 2003 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has ordered a Canadian company to stop selling unauthorized insurance in the state, and a Venice agent is facing revocation of his license for reportedly selling the bogus...
Ind. Young Agents Again Dominate IIABA Awards
Oct 14 2003 // For the fourth consecutive year, the Indiana Young Agents Committee (YAC) enjoyed a tremendous amount of success in the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA) annual Young Agents Committee national...
