Latest Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
IIABA Optimistic on Legislative Agenda Following Mid-Term Election
Nov 8 2002 // The results of Tuesday’s historic mid-term election have buoyed the hopes of independent agents and brokers that several critical insurance and business concerns may cross the finish line in the new 108th Congress,...
Tampa Agent’s License Revoked
Nov 8 2002 // The Florida Department of Insurance announced it revoked the license of insurance agent Terry Homer Hatfield, of Tampa. According to a complaint filed by the department, Hatfield allegedly collected premiums without...
Charges Filed Against Miami Bail Bonds Agent
Nov 8 2002 // The Florida Department of Insurance revoked the bail bond license of Huxley Petigny, following an emergency order of suspension based on criminal charges filed against him by the Miami-Dade Police Department. Petigny is...
BR Corp. Purchases Calif. Broker
Nov 8 2002 // Bertholon-Rowland Corp. (BR Corp.) announced its purchase of Travel Insurance Services (TIS) of Walnut Creek, Calif., an agency that has served the global travel community since 1973. “This acquisition is an...
New Orleans Agent Receives InVEST’s Dach Award
Nov 8 2002 // Albert S. Pappalardo Jr. of Pappalardo Companies Inc., New Orleans, is the recipient of the 2002 Steven Dach Award, given by InVEST, a business-education partnership training high school and community college students in...
Progressive Provides Independent Agents with More Efficient Software Links
Nov 4 2002 // Ohio-based Progressive Corp. announced that independent insurance agents across the country who use agency management system software manufactured by AMS Services, Inc. now have a new way to save time and effort when...
iLeads.com Unveils New System for Agents
Oct 31 2002 // A new online lead system for helping personal lines property/casual agents increase production through qualified sales leads is now available at www.homeownersleadsdirect.com. Introduced by California-based iLeads.com, the...
IIABA: GLBA Does Not Preempt W. Va. Insurance Laws
Oct 31 2002 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) and the state of West Virginia argued before a federal appeals court against a U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) opinion letter stating...
Vista Opens Dallas Office
Oct 31 2002 // San Antonio-based wholesale insurance broker, Vista Insurance Partners, announced the opening of an office in Dallas, Texas. Through the Dallas office, Vista will be able to extend its brokerage expertise, underwriting...
S.I.S. Launches New Company/Agent Software
Oct 31 2002 // Strategic Insurance Software, Inc. (S.I.S.), based in Gahanna, Ohio, announced the official launch of their new release of SEMCI PARTNER(R), a system that will put agents “one mouse click away from policy holder...
Aon CEO Reports ‘Excellent Progress in Brokerage Segment’
Oct 31 2002 // Aon Corp. reported third quarter 2002 earnings increased to $0.46 per share from $0.26 per share in third quarter 2001. Operating segment reported revenues for third quarter were up 17 percent year-over-year reflecting...
CAA Members Part of IIABA Best Practices Study Group
Oct 29 2002 // Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) announced two of its member agencies, Bigham-Kliewer-Chapman-Watts and Crockett Insurance Services, were selected to participate in the Independent Insurance Agents...
Florida Man Ordered to Stop Selling Insurance Without a License
Oct 29 2002 // The Florida Department of Insurance ordered Roy Gutierrez, of State No-Fault Insurance Agency in Kissimmee, to stop selling insurance without a valid insurance agent license. The department alleged that Gutierrez also...
Commercial Insurance Market Index Released
Oct 28 2002 // Top commercial insurance brokers, noting insurers have been buffeted by terrorist attacks, stock market woes and increasing environmental hazard claims, have cast their eyes ahead to the coming year and voiced concern that...
Father & Son Brokers Plead Guilty to Grand Theft
Oct 28 2002 // Following a combined three-year investigation by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division and Investigation Bureau, two Sacramento residents appeared in Sacramento...
ACT Urges Companies, Vendors to Adopt New Formatting Guidelines
Oct 28 2002 // New recommended guidelines for company and vendor password formatting have been approved by the Agents for Council Technology (ACT) affiliated with the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA), to...
Reinsurance Market Tries to Reel In Profits
Oct 28 2002 // A year ago the reinsurance industry faced the biggest loss event in its history – the attacks on the WTC and the Pentagon. Nevertheless, commentators were almost unanimous in predicting that the market would harden,...
Broker Guilty of Felony Grand Theft
Oct 28 2002 // Marc Laurence Ellen, 41, of Thousand Oaks, Calif. was sentenced in Ventura County Superior Court to serve 10 days in county jail, pay restitution, and complete 36 months of formal probation after pleading guilty to one...
Reinsurance through an MGA: A Retail Agent’s Guide
Oct 28 2002 // Retail agents know where to turn when they have a specialized need, a difficult coverage to place, or any kind of excess or surplus line of business: the managing general agent. Due to the broad range of coverage options...
Agents Speak Out Against TDI Residual Market Proposals
Oct 28 2002 // At a Texas Department of Insurance public hearing held in early October, insurance agents and other interested parties testified on TDI proposals to create a temporary residual market or market-of-last-resort for...
