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IIABA Honors Evans With Burns Award
Apr 10 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) presented Donald C. Evans of Ash, N.C., with its Bernard J. Burns Award, bestowed annually upon the agent or broker making the most significant impact on...
WebCE’s Self-Study Insurance CE Courses Now Available in New Jersey
Apr 10 2003 // Over 300 Hours of WebCE’s Self-Study Insurance Continuing Education (CE) Courses Have Already Been Approved for N.J. Agents, said a company announcement. The nationwide insurance continuing education provider said...
Big ‘I’ Markets and St. Paul Roll Out Three Products
Apr 10 2003 // Big “I” Markets, the online market-access program developed by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA), has launched a nationwide expansion of three product lines that provide member...
Travelers Bond Launches Online Premium Indication Tool
Apr 9 2003 // Travelers Bond, a division of Travelers Property Casualty Corp. announced the debut of a new tool that allows agents to obtain – via the Internet – premium indications for Travelers executive liability...
Paul Monacelli, Kimberly Tompkins Named Winners of PIA National Awards
Apr 9 2003 // New Jersey’s Paul Monacelli and Connecticut’s Kimberly Tompkins were honored by the National Professional Insurance Agents during an awards luncheon on April 5 in Arlington, Virginia. Monacelli CIC, CPIA, the...
PIANY Long Island RAP 2003 Is a Success Despite the Weather
Apr 9 2003 // The early spring chill wasn’t enough to keep nearly 400 agents, company representatives and industry colleagues from showing up at The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc.’s Long Island Regional...
Foresight Publishing, Inc. Releases New Custom Newsletter Program For Insurance Agencies
Apr 8 2003 // Facing increased demand for a custom newsletter product, Foresight Publishing is now offering a service called “Select”, which allows insurance agencies to create their own newsletters. “Instead of having...
Kemper Auto and Home Certifies IBQ Systems for Real-time XML Rating
Apr 8 2003 // Kemper Auto and Home (KAH) announced the certification of IBQ Systems for real-time XML rating of its products. KAH agents can now get quotes and apply for policies through IBQ’s SEMCI interface. The certification...
National Interstate Offering Flood Insurance
Apr 7 2003 // National Interstate has been recently approved to act as a Write Your Own (WYO) carrier for the NFIP’s Flood Insurance Program in all 50 states. They are currently seeking agencies of all sizes to write Flood...
Conn. Senator Chris Dodd Honored as 2002 IIABA Legislator of the Year
Apr 7 2003 // Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd (D) was presented with the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s 2002 Gerald Solomon Legislator of the Year Award during the Association’s 27th Annual National...
Henderson Joins Western Security Surplus
Apr 7 2003 // Richard L. Polizzi, president of Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers Inc., (WSS) announced that WSS has moved its San Rafael office to new offices in the Sacramento-metropolitan area to better serve the northern...
Challenges Abound in the High-Valued Homes Market
Apr 7 2003 // For more than a decade, the U. S. homeowners insurance industry has failed to produce acceptable results. Less publicized has been the challenges faced by insurers of high-valued homes. To a large extent, the same culprits...
IBA West Sets Sail for Hawaii, May 4-8
Apr 7 2003 // With Hawaii as its backdrop, the 2003 IBA West Blue Ribbon Conference will be held at the Mauna Lani Resort May 4-8. As BRC chairman Jim Wells noted, “This is a time where networking is key. Who can put a price tag...
White Took a Chance and Built Alliance Insurance Services
Apr 7 2003 // In our continuing series on Agency Insights, we look at Bill White, president of California-based Alliance Insurance Services, who took quite a chance back in the mid-80s by putting his home up for sale when he went to...
Innovation at Work Meets the Power of One as AMS Users Connect
Apr 7 2003 // The 27th Annual AMS Users’ Group Conference met March 13-16 in Orlando, Fla. The conference had a show of more than 2,600 agents, CSRs and company representatives with more than 50 exhibitors. The conference featured...
ARK. SUSPENDS AGENTS FOR MEWAS
Apr 7 2003 // Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens of Arkansas said five insurance agents have had their licenses suspended for enrolling Arkansans in a health plan not authorized in his state. The unauthorized plan has left Arkansas...
Challenges Abound in the High Valued Homes Market
Apr 7 2003 // For more than a decade, the U. S. homeowners insurance industry has failed to produce acceptable results. Less publicized has been the challenges faced by insurers of high valued homes. To a large extent, the same culprits...
Playing the Waiting Game in the Texas Homeowners Market
Apr 7 2003 // Could it be that there is a light at the end of the tunnel for the Texas homeowners market? Rates have firmed through waves of increases over the past two years to the point where they may have reached a pinnacle, at least...
Ed Weeren Insurance Agency: Tweaking the Model for a Perfect Fit
Apr 7 2003 // In this new Insurance Journal series we will spotlight agencies that have made a name for themselves in the industry in special or unique ways. Edward L. Weeren and his daughter Kelli Stanford have fashioned their...
Innovation at Work Meets the Power of One as AMS Users Connect
Apr 7 2003 // The 27th Annual AMS Users’ Group Conference met March 13-16 in Orlando, Fla. The conference had a show of more than 2,600 agents, CSRs and company representatives with more than 50 exhibitors. The conference featured...
