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BB&T’s CRC to Acquire Piedmont Brokerage Services
Sep 19 2002 // CRC Insurance Services Inc., based in Winston-Salem, N.C. and the wholesale insurance subsidiary of Branch Banking and Trust Company, announced plans to buy professional liability specialist Piedmont Brokerage Services LLC...
IIABA Points Congress to Pragmatic Reform Approach
Sep 18 2002 // The problems of state oversight are significant, requiring reform of the system, but Congress can best modernize state rules through federal legislation, not regulation, Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of...
Attracting and Retaining Employees in a Competitive World
Sep 16 2002 // One consistent trend throughout the United States is the difficulty in finding people to fill job openings. No matter where I travel, I hear this lament from agency owners and managers. In some areas of the country, there...
The State of Agency Technology in 2005
Sep 16 2002 // The agency system is positioned to make significant progress with technology and business process improvement over the next three years, but progress will not happen on its own. It will be realized only through the active...
Garamendi Does Labor Day Visits; Mendoza Meets with Brokers, Contractors
Sep 16 2002 // Democratic Insurance Commissioner candidate John Garamendi joined thousands of workers by participating in a number of Labor Day activities throughout California earlier this month. “I am pleased once again to share...
CALIF.-BASED ABACUS INS. BROKERS FINALIST FOR AWARD
Sep 16 2002 // Six online insurance-related projects have been selected as finalists for the E-Fusion Award. Judges selected the top six projects from among 67 entries by a first round of judges. They will be reviewed on Sept. 29 at the...
Management More Crucial Than Ever
Sep 16 2002 // When I was a student in college and majoring in insurance, my professors used to tell us that there was a crying need for good, educated insurance agents. In their opinion, there were too many agents who were...
The Process
Sep 16 2002 // Today, more than ever before, the independent agent needs to reduce expenses and increase income. In order to accomplish this, an agency needs to establish processes that incorporate four cornerstones to effective...
Expanding the Pie
Sep 16 2002 // We have all heard the old adage that to succeed we need to do one thing and do it well. That might be one formula for success, but it is not the only one. There are two main types of growth—vertical and horizontal....
Management More Crucial Than Ever
Sep 16 2002 // When I was a student in college and majoring in insurance, my professors used to tell us that there was a crying need for good, educated insurance agents. In their opinion, there were too many agents who were...
The Process
Sep 16 2002 // Today, more than ever before, the independent agent needs to reduce expenses and increase income. In order to accomplish this, an agency needs to establish processes that incorporate four cornerstones to effective...
Expanding the Pie
Sep 16 2002 // We have all heard the old adage that to succeed we need to do one thing and do it well. That might be one formula for success, but it is not the only one. There are two main types of growth—vertical and horizontal....
Attracting and Retaining Employees in a Competitive World
Sep 16 2002 // One consistent trend throughout the United States is the difficulty in finding people to fill job openings. No matter where I travel, I hear this lament from agency owners and managers. In some areas of the country, there...
Iowa Insurance Agent Ordered to Pay $332,000 in Investment Fraud Case
Sep 13 2002 // Iowa insurance agent Edwin Pace was ordered to reimburse $302,000 to investors, and $30,000 in commissions to the state, plus costs and attorney’s fees, following a court ruling that he had sold fraudulent...
MarketScout Posts E.L.M. Brokers as E&O “Best of Class”
Sep 13 2002 // MarketScout, a Dallas Texas-based insurance exchange specializing in the distribution of property and casualty insurance products, announced E.L.M. Insurance Brokers Inc., a specialist in Miscellaneous Errors &...
IVANS Networking Provides Broadband Connectivity Program for Independent Agents
Sep 10 2002 // IVANS Networking, a division of IVANS Inc., has created a DSL program that helps carriers deal with the logistics of broadband connectivity migrations for agents and trading partners. With insurance carriers deploying...
Callahan Joins IIABA Communications Team
Sep 9 2002 // Kevin Callahan has joined the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) communications department as the new manager of consumer media. Callahan is replacing Kevin Craiglow, who will leave the...
Hub International Expands U.S. Brokerage Operations
Sep 6 2002 // Hub International Limited announced that Kaye Insurance Associates, Inc. (KIA), the largest retail brokerage unit of Hub’s New York subsidiary, Kaye Group Inc. (KGI), purchased the assets of C. S. Nenner, Inc.S, a...
PIANJ Contracts with New Jersey Skylands
Sep 3 2002 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. (PIANJ) and New Jersey Skylands Insurance Association (NJSIA) announced they had entered a contract maintaining agents’ rights relating to NJSIA. Devised by both...
National Security Fire & Casualty Signs on with Trusted ChoiceSM
Sep 3 2002 // National Security Fire & Casualty, a regional insurance company with operations in 10 Southeastern states, has joined Trusted ChoiceSM—the consumer marketing brand established by the Independent Insurance Agents...
