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Travelers P&C and AMS Services to Offer Real-time SEMCI Quoting
Dec 13 2002 // Travelers Property Casualty announced it will offer real-time quoting capabilities for small commercial insurance to independent agents with AMS Services Inc. This new capability allows agencies to obtain quotes for...
Fla. Arrests Agent for Forgery, Theft and Exploitation
Dec 13 2002 // The Florida Department of Insurance announced that department fraud investigators have arrested insurance agent Alton Michael Haynes III and charged him with six felony offenses. Haynes, 55, is charged with...
Calif. Agents, Brokers to Comply with New Privacy Regs
Dec 13 2002 // The California Department of Insurance has announced that California agents must comply with new privacy regulations effective March 24, 2003. The new stipulations will unite the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) with the...
NE Ins. Dept., USDA Risk Management Agency Conclude Agreement on American Growers
Dec 12 2002 // L. Tim Wagner, Director of the Nebraska Department of Insurance (NDI), and Ross J. Davidson, Jr., Administrator of USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) announced the signing of a “Memorandum of...
La. Agent Hiding in Closet Arrested for Misappropriation of Premiums
Dec 12 2002 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance shut down an Alexandria insurance agency amid charges of misappropriation of premiums. The department said it is the second Alexandria agency to be closed in just over a...
Hub International Finalizes So. Calif. Brokerage Acquisition
Dec 10 2002 // Hub International Limited reported that the previously announced agreement to purchase the stock of Hooper, Hayes & Associates, Inc. (Hooper), a Los Angeles-based insurance brokerage firm founded in 1946, and...
Fla. Bail Bond Agent Arrested for Stealing Premiums
Dec 10 2002 // Florida Department of Insurance fraud investigators charged bail bond agent Davey Brent Locke, with organized fraud, grand theft and failure to return bail bond collateral. Locke surrendered at the Palm Beach County Jail...
Allfirst, IFS Join Forces to Offer Products Through Independent Agents
Dec 9 2002 // In an effort to reach more customers, Allfirst has joined forces with Independent Financial Services (IFS) to offer a variety of loan products through independent insurance agents. This new program will provide insurance...
Main Street America Launches Online Commercial Quoting Tool
Dec 9 2002 // Main Street America Group, the Keene, N.H.-based parent of National Grange Mutual Insurance and Old Dominion Insurance, announced the launch of a new online quoting tool, Quick Quote, for commercial insurance products on...
IIAANY Survey Shows Shrinking Commercial, Personal Capacity
Dec 9 2002 // Results of a recent survey conducted by the Independent Insurance Agent Association of New York Inc. (IIAANY) indicate a continuing decrease in availability of both personal and commercial insurance coverages in the state,...
CDI Announces Toll-Free Telephone License Renewals
Dec 9 2002 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) announced the addition of another method for California resident licensees to renew their licenses. CDI is now able to process renewals for its California resident licensees...
N. Dak. Ins. Commissioner Issues Order Against Agent Following Fraud Convictions
Dec 9 2002 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jim Poolman announced that his Department has issued a “Cease and Desist Order” against former Wimbledon insurance agent Duane Huber, following his recent conviction on 19...
Mass. Broker Sentenced for Issuing Bogus Liability Policies
Dec 6 2002 // John Grinnell, a former insurance broker from Fall River, Mass., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Mark L. Wolf to 5 years’ probation on charges of issuing almost 150 bogus insurance liability policies and taking...
Pa. Independent Agent Associations Merge
Dec 5 2002 // Members of two Pennsylvania independent agent associations, The Independent Insurance Agents of Pennsylvania (IIAP) and the Pennsylvania members of Professional Insurance Agents Association (PIA) of Pennsylvania, Maryland...
E.L.M.’s Mortgage Banker/Broker Program to Include E&O
Dec 5 2002 // E.L.M. Insurance Brokers Inc., a specialist in professional liability, has tailored a new, comprehensive program for mortgage bankers and mortgage brokers that includes errors & omissions and financial institution...
SIAA Adds Master Agency in Miss.
Dec 5 2002 // SIAA Inc., a national network of independent insurance agencies, announced that The Insurance Mart Inc. of Jackson, Miss. has established Mississippi Insurance Alliance Inc. (MIA) as a SIAA Strategic Master Agency. Robbie...
Miami Agent Arrested for Third Time This Year
Dec 3 2002 // Fraud investigators with the Florida Department of Insurance announced they have charged Phillip J. Sammario, of P.J. Insurance Agency in Homestead, with committing dozens of criminal offenses. Sammario who was arrested in...
Progressive Survey Finds Advertising Helps Agents Grow
Dec 3 2002 // A survey conducted by Ohio-based Progressive Insurance found that independent insurance agents use a variety of advertising methods to help them attract consumers to their agency, and “the overwhelming majority of...
Calif. Court of Appeals Overturns E&O Decision
Dec 3 2002 // In a significant victory for insurance agents and brokers, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a lower court decision that had permitted an E&O insurer to deny coverage to an insurance broker by...
PIACT, PIANY Unveil Company Performance Surveys
Dec 3 2002 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc. and the Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. announced plans to conduct member surveys to determine agents’ views of companies in Connecticut and...
