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Zurich N.A. Small Biz Launches Direct Bill Web Site
Mar 1 2003 // Zurich North America Small Business today announced a new Direct Bill website on zurichna.com. The new site gives agents and brokers direct online access to their customers’ billing information, including the status,...
Hilb, Rogal and Hamilton Acquires Boston Broker Sheppard Riley Coughlin
Feb 27 2003 // Boston’s Sheppard Riley Coughlin (SRC), one of the Northeast’s leading insurance brokerage firms, announced that it has been acquired by Hilb, Rogal and Hamilton Company (HRH), the world’s tenth largest...
Diane Eger to Receive PIACT’s Agent of the Year Award
Feb 27 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut announced that Diane L. Eger, VP of Orange Insurance Center in Orange, will receive the organization’s ” Professional Agent of the Year award” at this...
Asbestos Bill is Common Sense, Says IIABA
Feb 25 2003 // A bill introduced by Sen. Don Nickles (R-Okla.) is a common-sense solution to the asbestos litigation crisis, says the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA). IIABA, which represents 300,000 agents...
Encompass Pilots Commission Download System
Feb 25 2003 // Chicago-based Encompass Insurance is now piloting a new commission download system designed to automatically post billing and commission information in an agency’s office management system. The Encompass direct bill...
PIANJ Says Auto Market Problems Stem from Availability
Feb 24 2003 // David Madara, president of the Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc., told the Assembly Banking and Insurance Committee at the state house in Trenton last week that reforms to New Jersey’s ailing...
Broker Fees Raise Questions in Mercury Lawsuit
Feb 24 2003 // A lawsuit filed by a private citizen questioned the legality of broker fees being collected by Mercury Insurance Company producers, according to the American Agents Alliance. A preliminary ruling in the San Francisco...
Marine Surveyors Cast a Wide Net
Feb 24 2003 // Chances are if you’ve been working with the marine insurance market for some time, the term “marine surveyor” may not be unfamiliar to you. But how many property and casualty insurance agents and...
Anaheim Agent Pleads Guilty to Felony Counts of Grand Theft
Feb 24 2003 // An Anaheim agent was arrested as the result of an investigation by California Department of Insurance’s (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch. Gary Stromme, 47, was arrested at his Anaheim business office on May 9,...
Time to Jump on the Employee Benefits Bandwagon’
Feb 24 2003 // In some respects, the world of employee benefits seems to be on a roll. The Indepen-dent Insurance Agents & Brokers Association (IIABA) reports that about 26 percent of the U.S. agencies examined in its “2002...
Industry Looks to Meet Challenge of Modernization
Feb 24 2003 // Insurance industry leaders are clamoring for information technology (IT) modernization but are inhibited by budget constraints, a recent survey conducted by Sapiens International revealed. Sapiens, a provider of business...
LOUISIANA AGENT FACES CHARGES
Feb 24 2003 // Acting Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley confirmed that a Monroe, La. insurance agent was arrested as a part of an ongoing statewide crackdown on insurance fraud being conducted by the La. Department of...
Time to Jump on the Employee Benefits Bandwagon’
Feb 24 2003 // In some respects, the world of employee benefits seems to be on a roll. The Indepen-dent Insurance Agents & Brokers Association (IIABA) reports that about 26 percent of the U.S. agencies examined in its “2002...
Marine Surveyors Cast a Wide Net
Feb 24 2003 // Chances are if you’ve been working with the marine insurance market for some time, the term “marine surveyor” may not be unfamiliar to you. But how many property and casualty insurance agents and...
Industry Looks to Meet Challenge of Modernization
Feb 24 2003 // Insurance industry leaders are clamoring for information technology (IT) modernization but are inhibited by budget constraints, a recent survey conducted by Sapiens International revealed. Sapiens, a provider of business...
You Bet There’s More to a Comparative Rater Than Just Quoting
Feb 24 2003 // Comparative raters for independent agents have been available since the early 80s with the introduction of personal computers. Just like today’s PC, they have made great strides since the days of the floppy drive...
Century Group Provides Docucorp’s Policy Automation Solutions to Agents
Feb 21 2003 // Dallas-based Docucorp® International, a provider of enterprise information solutions, announced an agreement with Century Insurance Group, a commercial property-casualty insurer, to provide Docucorp’s policy...
Sen. Majority Leader Bill Frist to Address IIABA Nat. Legislative Conf.
Feb 21 2003 // Sen. Bill Frist, M.D. (R-Tenn.), the majority leader of the U.S. Senate, will be a keynote speaker at the 27th Annual National Legislative Conference of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) in...
Ohio Casualty Group Agents Now Have Access to Policy Loss Run Inquiry
Feb 21 2003 // Ohio Casualty Group (OCG) agents using Applied Agency Management Systems will now have access to Policy Loss Run Reports available through IVANS Transformation Station. The Loss Run Reports also will be accessible through...
United Agencies’ Equipment Floater to be Managed by APM Platform
Feb 19 2003 // Abacus Insurance Brokers, Inc. announced that United Agencies, Inc. and APM Platform (a subsidiary of Abacus) have signed an agreement for APM to co-manage and distribute an Equipment Floater arranged by United through...
