Latest Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Technology: Do Agents Really Need to be Involved’
May 13 2002 // Today, the independent agency system is faced with new challenges and opportunities, many of which are fostered by the development of new technologies, not the least of which is the growth of eCommerce through the...
XML Provides the Missing Link for SEMCI
May 13 2002 // Agents have faced the problem ever since insurance companies first introduced applications. Each company had its own form, so the agent who wanted to submit the same account to several underwriters had to write the same...
InsurBanc Notes One-Year Anniversary
May 10 2002 // InsurBanc, the federal savings bank developed by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) to serve independent agents and brokers and their clients, has marked its first anniversary. “As we...
PIANJ Joins Coalition for Auto Insurance Reform
May 9 2002 // The Coalition for Auto Insurance Competition announced that the Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey (PIANJ) has joined the Coalition in the effort to bring much needed reform to the state’s auto insurance...
Superior Access Unveils Online Comparative Quoting, Application Feature
May 9 2002 // In addition to a newly redesigned Web site, California-based Superior Access Insurance Services, Inc., has unveiled a new on-line comparative quoting and application feature for its 8,000 appointed agents writing home and...
PIANH To Hold Annual Conference
May 8 2002 // Th e Professional Insurance Agents of New Hampshire Inc. will convene its 2002 Annual Conference on Wednesday, May 22, at the Marriott Courtyard and Grappone Conference Center in Concord. Current market conditions,...
ASPN President and CEO Addresses Fair’s Success, Challenges
May 7 2002 // Jerry Tegan Tucson—Networking is essential in any business. In the insurance field, it can be critical for the independent agent to be successful or not. Following last week’s Aon Specialty Product Network...
Insurance Noodle Adds N.M. to Fold
May 7 2002 // InsuranceNoodle has achieved its goal of being licensed to sell small business insurance in every state in the continental United States, with the recent addition of New Mexico to the fold. “With the licensing of New...
ASPN Resource Fair Networks New Connections
May 6 2002 // Industry employees take advantage of ASPN’s Exhibit Hall to make new contacts. Tucson—Don Gwizdalski, executive vice president for California-based Dodge, Warren & Peters, said he has a new perspective...
IIABA Notes Dates for Sept. New Orleans Infoxchange
May 6 2002 // Just four months remain until the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s (IIABA) New Orleans InfoXchange, which will be held Sept. 21-24 at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside and the nearby Ernest N....
Penn. Agents Can Now Renew Licenses Online
May 3 2002 // Pennsylvania Governor Mark Schweiker and Insurance Commissioner Diane Koken announced that insurance agents and brokers in the state can now save valuable time by renewing their insurance licenses online. “In the...
Plymouth Rock Downloads Policy Information to Conn. Agents
May 2 2002 // A little over a month after it first began doing business in Connecticut, Boston-based Plymouth Rock Assurance Corporation has started downloading policy information to its independent agencies in the state. Cleared to...
PIA Conducts Agent E-Survey on Hard Market
May 1 2002 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey and New York has launched a survey on their collective Web sites, asking their members to evaluate the conditions of several sectors of the...
Twin City Agency Joins SIAA
May 1 2002 // Strategic Independent Agents Alliance (SIAA) announced that the Twin City Service Agency Inc., of Menominee, Mich., has established Superior Insurance Service (SIS) as an SIAA Strategic Master Agency. With over 39 years of...
Updated Guide Available on Buying, Selling Agencies
May 1 2002 // The Academy of Producer Insurance Studies has published “Maximizing Agency Value II: Buying, Selling and Perpetuating Insurance Agencies.” The publication is an update of its predecessor, “Maximizing...
Prudential Agents Reject Union
Apr 30 2002 // Agent employees of Prudential Financial have narrowly rejected a proposal from the Professional Employees Union to represent them. When the ballots were counted at the Newark, NJ office of the National Labor Relations...
IBA West Promotes Oliver, Cohrs
Apr 30 2002 // California-based IBA West announced the promotions of Ann Oliver to Vice President of Member Services and Constance Cohrs to Membership ServicesManager. “Under Ann’s direction, IBA West has substantially...
Is the Texas Personal Auto Market Another Homeowners in the Making’
Apr 29 2002 // The personal automobile insurance market in Texas may not be approaching the crisis level at which the homeowners market currently finds itself, but signs indicate that it may be in for a rough ride. According to the Texas...
Giving Credit Where Credit is Due
Apr 29 2002 // To some it is the greatest thing since sliced bread, but others see it as the most flagrant abuse the insurance industry has every heaped upon the consumer. Insurance companies, consumer advocates and regulators just...
Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due
Apr 29 2002 // To some it is the greatest thing since sliced bread, but others see it as the most flagrant abuse the insurance industry has ever heaped upon the consumer. Insurance companies, consumer advocates and regulators just cannot...
