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Health Care Costs Play Major Role in Company’s Fortunes
Aug 18 2003 // The cost of health care is the most popular issue that politicians, employers and Americans of all walks of life are talking about. Health care in America represents approximately 15.6 percent of the Gross National Product...
nuServe Allows Agents to Identify Risks Quickly
Aug 18 2003 // In today’s fast-paced business world, technology is an invaluable tool to agents and brokers who want to compete. And to compete well means knowing all of the options that are available. Most agents and brokers are...
Uninsured Drivers Travel Under the Radar
Aug 18 2003 // Two things are abundantly clear when it comes to the issue of uninsured motorists: The problem is a big one and it’s nearly impossible to know with any certainty how many uninsured drivers there are on the...
Seeking Stability in the Surety Bond Market
Aug 18 2003 // The past two years have resulted in a time of turmoil for the surety business—a fact that is not lost on the independent agent searching for stability in the market. Due to tremendous losses, consolidations, sales and...
Production, Service & Employee Satisfaction Drive Higginbotham to the Top
Aug 18 2003 // Fort Worth-based Higginbotham & Associates began as a small personal lines agency in 1948 representing Trinity Universal Insurance Company and SAFECO. Today it is one of the largest independent agencies in North...
nuServe Allows Agents to Identify Risks Quickly
Aug 18 2003 // In today’s fast-paced business world, technology is an invaluable tool to agents and brokers who want to compete. And to compete well means knowing all of the options that are available. Most agents and brokers are...
IIABA to Unveil New Diversity Professional Development Course
Aug 15 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) in October will unveil its diversity professional development training program that will provide independent agency owners, producers and managers who...
Canales Joins Lockton Insurance Brokers
Aug 14 2003 // Scott Canales recently joined Los Angeles-based Lockton Insurance Brokers Inc. as vice president and producer. He will be focusing on developing new business and responding to risk management needs of Lockton’s...
S&P Revises Aon Outlook to Negative
Aug 14 2003 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has revised its outlook on Aon Corp. to negative from stable because of concerns about the disparity in pre-tax margins between what Aon is earning on its risk and insurance...
Orange Cty Agents Plead Guilty to Theft, Conspiracy
Aug 13 2003 // Two former insurance agents have been sentenced to imprisonment and ordered to pay $322,000 in restitution after an investigation by the California Department of Insurance revealed the two had allegedly stolen insurance...
IIANC Enhances Scholarship Endowment
Aug 13 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC) announced it recently added a $10,000 contribution to its existing $50,000 endowed scholarship for business majors at the University of North Carolina at...
New Agricultural Coverage Available in Okla.
Aug 13 2003 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher announced the approval of emergency rules to grant special licenses to agents allowing them to sell a new form of insurance for cattle producers. The Agriculture Revenue...
Orta Joins Western Security Surplus as Broker
Aug 12 2003 // Rocio L. Orta recently joined Pasadena-based Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers Inc. as a broker. Orta will be responsible for servicing an existing book of business, as well as developing new business with new...
Harbor Capital Appoints Assoc. Director for Ga. Office
Aug 12 2003 // Harbor Capital Advisors announced that Jesse J. Watkins has joined the firm as Associate Director in its Savannah, Ga. office. The company noted that Watkins is well know in industry circles as a result of his long tenure...
N.J. DOBI Publishes Guide to Credit Scoring for Agents
Aug 12 2003 // New Jersey’s Department of Banking and Insurance has published a useful guide to “what every insurance agent needs to know about credit-based insurance scores” on its Web site:...
PIANY to Offer CE for N.Y., N.J. Agents at Hudson Valley RAP
Aug 7 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. will hold a course that offers continuing education credits for both New York state and New Jersey independent agents at its first Hudson Valley Regional Awareness...
Aon Revenues Up 15% Over Year Ago
Aug 7 2003 // Chicago-based brokerage Aon Corp. reported that its net income for the second quarter was $146 million or 46 cents per share compared with breakeven results in the year ago period. Six months results increased to $298...
Hub Posts Strong Q2 Growth
Aug 4 2003 // Chicago-based brokerage Hub International Ltd. reported strong growth in the second quarter and first half of 2003, leading the company to update its earnings guidance for the full year. All financials are reported in U.S....
Insure the Game You Love to Play
Aug 4 2003 // Like most other industries, clubs have been impacted a great deal by the hardening market. While recent pricing has improved slightly, clubs still face pricing, stability and consistency issues with respect to their...
Employers Mutual Operators Fined $12.5 Million by TDI
Aug 1 2003 // Texas Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor levied fines totaling $12.5 million against the operators and chief marketer of a fraudulent health care plan that enrolled approximately 7,200 Texas residents. The unlicensed...
