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The Agency Business Plan – A Road Map to Success
Jan 13 2003 // Why Plan? As the manager and/or owner of your agency, you know that every task you undertake on a daily basis should be one step closer to the completion of an overall agency plan. Why plan, you ask? It is no secret that...
New Year…New Fraud Scams…New Fraud Solutions
Jan 13 2003 // Most people wake up on New Year’s Day and make a resolution: lose weight, exercise more, spend more time doing the things you enjoy. The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) woke up on New Year’s Day 2003...
Zurich North America Small Business Notes System Enhancements for Agents, Brokers
Jan 10 2003 // Zurich North America Small Business has announced system enhancements that give its agents and brokers online access to important customer account management documents. By logging onto eZSB, the Zurich Small Business...
Bankers Sells First Community, Flood Renewal Rights
Jan 10 2003 // Officials of St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Bankers Insurance Group announced the sale of selected assets to Fidelity National Financial and Fidelity National Insurance Services has been finalized. In the sale, Fidelity...
Ariz. DOI Fines State National $110,00 for Auto Violations
Jan 10 2003 // The Arizona Department of Insurance ordered State National Insurance Company to cease and desist from violating auto insurance laws on Dec. 10, 2002. The Department of Insurance conducted an examination of the automobile...
Palisades, PIANJ Develop Alternate Independent Agent Contract
Jan 10 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. (PIANJ) announced it and Palisades Safety and Insurance Association have developed an alternative contract option to former agents of Harleysville Garden State, Twin...
Two Tallahassee Ind. Agencies Merge To Form Area’s Largest
Jan 9 2003 // Two of Tallahassee, Fla.’s oldest and largest independent insurance agencies, Rogers, Atkins, Gunter & Associates and Vaughn Insurance Agency, announced they merged into one company effective January 1, 2003....
InsureZone Tripled User Population in 2002
Jan 9 2003 // InsureZone, based in Fort Worth, Texas, announced that it closed out 2002 with more than 2,500 agents across the nation approved to submit business using the advanced single-entry, multiple-company interface (SEMCI) its...
SAFECO Introduces New ESP Technology
Jan 8 2003 // SAFECO introduced XML-based technology that allows insurance agents to quote and issue small business policies online in minutes. Called ESP(TM), SAFECO’s e-business system cuts days off the traditional insurance...
IIABA to Pursue Ambitious Agenda in 108th Congress
Jan 7 2003 // With the much-anticipated 108th Congress convening Tuesday, the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) said it is prepared to wage a proactive lobbying effort on behalf of independent agents and...
AgentSecure Receives IBA West Endorsement
Jan 7 2003 // AgentSecure, a Fort Worth-based division of InsureZone providing agents with online access to big-brand property/casualty and life products through a single-entry, multiple-carrier interface (SEMCI), announced it was...
IIABA’s 27th Annual National Legislative Conf. Set for Washington, D.C.
Jan 3 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s (IIABA’s) 27th Annual National Legislative Conference will be held April 2-4 at The Capital Hilton in downtown Washington, D.C. The event will bring...
Piedmont Ordered into Liquidation in South Carolina
Dec 31 2002 // The South Carolina Department of Insurance announced that Piedmont Insurance Company recently became the subject of an Order of Liquidation which declared the company insolvent and directed the South Carolina Department of...
Oklahoma Agent Fined $20,000
Dec 31 2002 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher announced that a Ponca City agent has agreed to pay a $20,000 fine, forfeit his license and pay claims from customers who thought they had insurance but did not. The agent,...
Acacia Associates Joins United Agencies Family
Dec 30 2002 // Thomas Hays, chairman of the board for United Agencies, announced effective Jan. 1, 2003, the addition of Acacia Associates Insurance Services, Inc. to United Agencies’ family of affiliated agencies. Acacia...
Ohio Ins. Dept. to Revoke Agent Licenses for Alleged Fraudulent Investment Schemes
Dec 26 2002 // Holly Saelens, the interim director of the Ohio Department of Insurance (ODI), has notified Powell securities dealer Vernon W. Shiflett and associate Paul L. Edwards, an insurance agent from Marion, of the...
Superior Access Adds National Market for D&O and EPLI
Dec 26 2002 // Richard Swoy, chairman of Superior Access Insurance of Irvine, Calif. announced the addition of an “A++ XV” Superior A.M. Best rated carrier offering professional liability coverage nationally. Quotes are...
Agent Suspended in Oklahoma
Dec 24 2002 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher suspended the license of Ponca City insurance agent Mark Jordan, who is accused of several violations of the Oklahoma Insurance Code over a number of years. Under the order,...
Study Shows Agency Growth and Increased Productivity
Dec 24 2002 // A new edition of the Growth and Performance Standards (GPS) study by the Academy of Producer Insurance Studies shows growth in revenues, commissions and productivity for independent insurance agencies since 1999. The GPS...
Golden Apple Appoints London Broker
Dec 23 2002 // Miami-based Golden Apple Holding Company (GAHC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Navigator Ventures Inc. appointed Ballantyne McKean & Sullivan Ltd. (BMS) as lead broker of record to secure reinsurance for Golden...
