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Miami Agent’s License Revoked
Mar 25 2003 // A Miami insurance agent charged with failing to return a refund to a customer and with writing worthless checks has lost his license to sell insurance, according to the Florida Department of Financial Services. The...
PIACT Elects Officers, Directors at Convention; New President Stresses “the Importance of Perpetuation”
Mar 24 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut announced the newly elected officers and Directors at the organization’s annual convention held last week at Foxwoods Casino and Resort, Mashantucket, Conn. PIACT...
CIAB Study Says Many Commercial Interests Not Buying Terrorism Coverage
Mar 24 2003 // Insurers are offering terrorism coverage, but many buildings, businesses and other commercial interests across the United States are not buying the insurance because they do not consider themselves targets of terrorism,...
CDI Looks to Shore Up California’s Workers’ Comp Market
Mar 24 2003 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi took center stage when he addressed the problems plaguing State Compensation Insurance Fund on the heels of his recent plans to reform California’s ailing...
PIANJ Calls for 2003 “Distinction of Professionalism” Awards Nominations
Mar 24 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. has issued a call for nominations for this year’s “Distinction of Professionalism” awards to be presented at the PIANJ’s Annual Business...
Lost at Sea: Hardening Marine Market Challenges Agents and Brokers
Mar 24 2003 // Marine insurance is, as Insurance Journal put it last year, “a unique animal.” The belly of the beast consists of cargo and yacht coverage, which account for 50 percent of U.S. written premium. But another...
InsuranceNoodle Appointed to Distribute Safeco Small-Business Insurance to More than 3,600 Small-Commercial Agents
Mar 24 2003 // InsuranceNoodle has signed an agreement with Safeco Insurance Corp. to distribute its small-commercial insurance products to more than 3,600 independent commercial agencies using the InsuranceNoodle platform. “By...
Cooperative Agencies Can Increase Bottom Line
Mar 24 2003 // Whether you are trying to access major carriers’ markets for hard-to-place risks, find a way to brand your agency, or tap into the expertise of other veteran agents, a cooperative may be the way to go. Clusters,...
Lloyd’s Awards U.S. Brokers; Accredits New Asian, Pair of London Brokers
Mar 24 2003 // Lloyd’s of London announced that Constance Curnow of Guy Carpenter and Gerald J. Sullivan of The Sullivan Group are the first brokers to win the Lloyd’s U.S. Broker Awards. The awards for U.S. Reinsurance...
Agency Cooperatives Can Boost Bottom Line
Mar 24 2003 // Whether you are trying to access major carriers’ markets for hard-to-place risks, find a way to brand your agency, or tap into the expertise of other veteran agents, a cooperative may be the way to go. Clusters,...
Managing Claims
Mar 24 2003 // In these days of sky high premium rates a sales person needs an edge when trying to close a sale. Many firms are adding extra services to woo new clients and retain the existing ones as well. These ideas are great....
St. Paul Cos. Adopts AMS’ TransactNOW
Mar 21 2003 // The St. Paul Cos. has adopted TransactNOW technology in partnership with AMS Services, Inc. This new technology gives agents and brokers the ability to process billing and claims inquiry transactions directly from their...
Minority Report: Feds Chasing Near North on Subcontractors, Group Alleges
Mar 20 2003 // Federal investigators are pursuing charges that Chicago-based Near North Insurance Brokerage has regularly failed to pay and in some cases falsely listed minority- and women-owned subcontractors on municipal insurance...
AgentSecure Picks Up Endorsements from Agent Associations
Mar 19 2003 // Fort Worth-based AgentSecure, a division of InsureZone, announced it has received exclusive endorsements from two more state-based associations affiliated with the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America...
CT Broker Implements Xcipio’s Pilot Program for Single-Point-of-Entry Access System
Mar 18 2003 // Massachusetts-based Xcipio, announced that Burns, Brooks & McNeil, headquartered in Torrington, CT, one of New England’s largest independent insurance agencies, has implemented its XcelerRator(TM) system...
Maria Treglia to Head Hub International Program Brokerage Corporation Initiative
Mar 18 2003 // Chicago-based Hub International Limited announced today that its New York City-based wholesale insurance unit, Program Brokerage Corporation (PBC), will offer its network of over 1200 producers access to Professional...
CaliforniaSelect Releases Homeowners Program to Ind. Agents
Mar 18 2003 // CaliforniaSelect Insurance Agency, Inc., an affiliate of the Vesta Insurance Group (NYSE: VTA) announced the launch of a residential property program in California. CaliforniaSelect, part of Vesta’s Select Group of...
FAIR Plan Open to All Texas P/C Agencies
Mar 18 2003 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced that the Texas FAIR (Fair Access to Insurance Requirements) is now open to all licensed property and casualty insurance agencies in the state. The FAIR plan, the state’s...
Big Day for NJ Auto Reform Supporters
Mar 18 2003 // St. Patrick’s Day in Trenton NJ took on a decidedly political character as supporters of proposals to change the state’s restrictive automobile insurance regulations gathered at the state capital both inside...
BISYS Purchases San Francisco’s Tri-City Brokerage
Mar 17 2003 // BISYS, a global provider of business process outsourcing solutions for the financial services sector, announced its acquisition of San Francisco-based Tri-City Brokerage, the nation’s seventh largest commercial lines...
