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Anaheim Agent Arrested on 13 Counts of Fraud
Jun 24 2002 // The CDI’s Fraud Division arrested Gary Stromme, 46, of Anaheim, at his business and charged him with 13 felony counts of grand theft. According to investigators, in 1999, Stromme, a Farmers Insurance Group agent,...
8 Easy Strategies for Building Your Agency
Jun 24 2002 // While building a successful agency takes much dedication and hard work, it may not be as difficult as you think provided that you implement several key strategies. A wealth of material exists on the tangible factors and...
XDimensional Rolls Out New Agency Management Software
Jun 24 2002 // It is a complete agency management system,” said Craig Fuher, of XDimensional Technologies latest agency automation solution Nexsure, a Web-based program based on the Microsoft technology platform. The software,...
Carriers Under Fire’
Jun 24 2002 // As mentioned previously in this column, this year is gearing up to be an interesting one with respect to insurance and politics. And at least one industry group—carriers—are likely to feel rather embattled before the...
AGENTS SELLING BOGUS COVER’:
Jun 24 2002 // Texas State District Judge Pete Lowry issued a temporary restraining order against Robert Harrison of Richmond and Pete Ballard of San Antonio to keep them from selling bogus commercial insurance coverages. The order put a...
Carriers Under Fire’
Jun 24 2002 // As mentioned previously in this column, this year is gearing up to be an interesting one with respect to insurance and politics. And at least one industry group—carriers—are likely to feel rather embattled before the...
AGENTS SELLING BOGUS COVER’
Jun 24 2002 // Texas State District Judge Pete Lowry issued a temporary restraining order against Robert Harrison of Richmond and Pete Ballard of San Antonio to keep them from selling bogus commercial insurance coverages. The order put a...
XDimensional Rolls Out New Agency Management Software
Jun 24 2002 // “It is a complete agency management system,” said Craig Fuher, of XDimensional Technologies latest agency automation solution Nexsure, a Web-based program based on the Microsoft technology platform. The...
Protegent Announces AgentAudit Software Suit to help with Compliance
Jun 21 2002 // Protegent, Inc. has announced the first Web-based software suite that provides insurance companies a highly accurate and efficient way to supervise the activities of insurance brokers and reps with regard to regulatory...
Crump Adds New Brokers in Dallas
Jun 20 2002 // Crump Insurance Services of Texas added two new brokers to its Dallas office, Robert Thompson and Kathy Bell. Thompson joins the firm as an underwriter/broker, and will be producing MGA and brokerage business. He writes...
IIABA Backs Pragmatic Reform Plan to House Panel
Jun 19 2002 // Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) President Thomas B. Ahart presented a “pragmatic, middle-ground” reform proposal that advocates the adoption of federal legislative tools to foster...
IIABA Applauds Senate’s Approval of Terrorism Ins. Backstop
Jun 19 2002 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) reacted to the Senate’s recent approval of the terrorism insurance backstop legislation in a statement released June 18. The final vote invoking...
Texas Agent Arrested for Issuing Bogus GL Policies
Jun 19 2002 // John Tesseyman III of Tyler, Texas has been arrested on four felony charges after a raid of his Old Bullard Road office, and stands accused of bilking millions of dollars in bogus general liability insurance policies from...
iLeads.com Develops Agent Technology to Bridge Communication Gap
Jun 19 2002 // California-based iLeads.com has developed new technology to enable agents to better bridge the initial communication gap with consumers. The iLeads.com “Lightning Response System” automatically sends consumers...
Five States Become Latest to Back AgentSecure’s Web-Enabled Tool for Smaller and Rural Agents
Jun 18 2002 // AgentSecure, a division of InsureZone that provides agents with online access to big-brand P/C and life products through a single-entry, multiple-carrier interface (SEMCI), has received exclusive endorsements from five...
PIACT’s Company Performance Survey Evokes Responses from Insurers
Jun 17 2002 // James Pascarella, CPCU, President of the Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut (PIACT) announced that the organization had received wide ranging responses from many insurers to its year long survey of independent...
CDI Revokes Agent’s License
Jun 17 2002 // California Insurance Commissioner Harry W. Low recently issued an order to revoke the fire and casualty broker-agent license of George Alfred Bivins, Jr. Low also ordered that Bevins cease and desist from participating in...
Fla. Agents Banned from Industry
Jun 14 2002 // Three South Florida men have been banned from the state’s insurance industry after one of the agents pleaded guilty June 11 to organized fraud, a first-degree felony, stemming from a reported scheme that diverted...
Restraining Order Issued Against Two Texas Agents
Jun 13 2002 // Texas State District Judge Pete Lowry has issued a temporary restraining order against Robert Harrison of Richmond and Pete Ballard of San Antonio to keep them from selling reported bogus commercial insurance coverages and...
CDI Updates Agent/Broker License
Jun 13 2002 // The California Department of Insurance recently announced that they have updated the look for licenses issued to insurance agents and brokers doing business in California. The design was based on feedback the CDI received...
