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AgentSecure Partners with BenefitMall
Feb 19 2003 // AgentSecure, a division of Fort Worth-based InsureZone, announced it is expanding its offerings through a virtual partnership with nearby Dallas-based BenefitMall. AgentSecure, which provides independent agents with online...
Koch Featured at IIASA Membership Luncheon
Feb 19 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of San Antonio will hold its membership luncheon on February 20 at the Old San Francisco Steakhouse. The featured speaker, Cheryl L. Koch of the Agency Management Resource Group, will...
Korngold Joins Heffernan Insurance Brokers as AVP
Feb 19 2003 // Portland-based Heffernan Insurance Brokers announced the appointment of Jacob Korngold as assistant vice president. In this role, Korngold is charged with developing new business opportunities in the Portland area,...
Iroquois Group Now Open to Louisiana Agents
Feb 18 2003 // Gerald Scriber and Nick Poulos, regional managers for Iroquois Group, of Winnsboro, La., announced the opening of Iroquois of Louisiana Inc. to member agents. Mike Reiter, Iroquois long-time managing partner, is...
Rep. Pickering to Address Professional Agents in D.C. April 3
Feb 14 2003 // Rep. Charles “Chip” Pickering (R- Mississippi) will address members of the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA National) during the group’s annual Federal Legislative Summit April...
Hagerty Agent Site Now Open 24/7
Feb 14 2003 // Collectible auto and boat insurer Hagerty Insurance recently updated its agents-only Web site to allow for 24-hour, seven-day-a-week access to client policies and customer ID cards. The changes are available in the...
Unigard Embraces ACORD Standards, Empowers Agents
Feb 13 2003 // Washington-based Unigard Insurance Company (www.unigard.com) has taken the next step of an ongoing commitment to facilitate greater profits for their partner agents through the efficiencies of open ACORD standards. Arne...
Aon Pulls Down $178 Million in Fourth Quarter
Feb 13 2003 // Aon Corp.’s fourth-quarter net income soared and the company appears to have made a stunning recovery from the impact of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center. The Chicago-based insurance brokerage...
E.L.M. Insurance Announces New Agents E&O Program
Feb 13 2003 // E.L.M. Insurance Brokers recently announced a new errors & omissions program for insurance agents in California, Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Kansas and Wyoming. Managing general agents...
Pacific Associates Joins United Agencies
Feb 12 2003 // Garden Grove, Calif.-based Pacific Associates Insurance Agency will join United Agencies’ group of affiliated agencies. Pacific Associates Insurance Agency is owned and operated by Gene Sokolski and Sergio...
Oklahoma Agents Set to Tango
Feb 12 2003 // The Independent Agents of Oklahoma invites agencies to send their whole office staff to a half-day workshop, “Teamwork and Tangos…it Takes Two.” The workshop, to be held Feb. 18 from 1-5 p.m. at the IIAOK...
Gallagher Acquires Kentucky and Seattle Agencies
Feb 11 2003 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired W. E. Kingsley Co. Inc. of Lexington, Ky., and McRory & Co. and Harman & McRory Co., both of Seattle, Wash. The Itasca, Ill.-based brokerage did not disclose terms of...
IIABA’s Virtual Univ. Offering New Sales Skills Programs to Ind. Agents, Brokers
Feb 10 2003 // The Big “I” Virtual University (VU) of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) is now offering Richardson QuickSkills™: a four-star rated portfolio of online sales skills programs...
Exclusive Agents Feel the Squeeze
Feb 10 2003 // The times they are a’changin’.” Bob Dylan’s 60’s refrain could be the theme song for a new spirit moving through the ranks of the insurance industry’s exclusive (captive) agents. The...
Trusted Choice National Televised Ad Campaign Debuts
Feb 10 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIABA) have unveiled their national ad campaign for Trusted ChoiceSM, with television commercials appearing on the nation’s prominent cable news channels: CNN, MSNBC, FOX...
The Evolving Character of Technology Outsourcing
Feb 10 2003 // Perhaps it’s time to replace the word “outsourcing” with a new term. This might be especially appropriate for some of the technology outsourcing options available to the insurance industry today. To some,...
Commercial Lines Auto: A Sleeping Giant Awakens
Feb 10 2003 // The commercial lines auto market used to be a steady line of business, stirred up occasionally by a Department of Transportation regulatory change or fallout from personal auto regulatory issues. Like other lines, it was...
LOUISIANA AGENT BOOKED
Feb 10 2003 // A Slidell, La. insurance agent was charged on numerous counts of theft and misappropriation. According to acting Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley, Nathaniel Durant, was arrested at his home in Slidell by the...
IIATC TRADEFEST 2003 IS ON
Feb 10 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Tarrant County will hold its annual TRADEFEST on Feb. 18 at the Woodhaven Country Club in Fort Worth. The theme for this year’s event is “Mardi Gras” and attendees are...
Commercial Lines Auto: A Sleeping Giant Awakens
Feb 10 2003 // The commercial lines auto market used to be a steady line of business, stirred up occasionally by a Department of Transportation regulatory change or fallout from personal auto regulatory issues. Like other lines, it was...
