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Shh! Don’t Tell Anyone, but E-Insurance is Alive and Well
Nov 12 2001 // Progress continues as Internet technologies integrate into sales and service process. Let the critics think that online insurance won’t survive the dot-bomb shakeout. Let them say that consumers aren’t...
Commentary: Purchasing Insurance for Mexico
Nov 12 2001 // Tourists, property owners and businesspersons who drive, own homes, or operate businesses or subsidiaries in Mexico need to properly protect their assets south of the border. It is ironic that most agents place insurance...
Are Your Files Defensible’ A Look at E&O Risks for Agents and Brokers
Nov 12 2001 // A short time ago, the Wall Street Journal ran an article on litigation, the caption of which read: “When all else fails, the American way is to file a lawsuit.” The article correctly pointed out that it has...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires NJ, DC Brokers
Nov 9 2001 // Arthur J. Gallagher has added three new brokers to its recent list of acquisitions, taking control of Cashan & Company of Hammonton, New Jersey; Hartstein Associates, Inc. of Warren, New Jersey, and Washington...
InsureZone’s AgentSecure Adds Seven New Customers
Nov 8 2001 // InsureZone, the nationwide “clicks and mortar” insurance agency that enables purchases of small commercial insurance through multiple channels, announced that AgentSecure — its Web-enabled market-access...
Safeonline Launches Product to Cover Costs in Recovering Lost Data
Nov 7 2001 // Safeonline, an Okemos, Mich.-based manufacturer and distributor of digital risk insurance products and services, announced the launch of SafeData, a new product that covers the costs of recovering data lost from computer...
Ohio Department Issues Order Against Agent
Nov 6 2001 // The Ohio Department of Insurance issued a Cease and Desist order and a Notice of Hearing to William T. Snapp, of Milford (Clermont County), ordering the agent to stop engaging in the business of insurance by soliciting and...
Calif.-Based Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers Expands Operation
Nov 6 2001 // The Orange County/San Diego branch of Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers Inc. has moved to larger facilities in Los Alamitos. Becky Hill, vice president and branch manager of the new offices, commented that the new...
ACT Releases Comprehensive Technology Study
Nov 5 2001 // A groundbreaking and indispensable insurance technology study was recently released at the Independent Insurance Agents of America’s (IIAA) Hawaii InfoXchange by the Agents Council of Technology (ACT), announced ACT...
Liberty Mutual, One Beacon Reach Definitive Agreement
Nov 5 2001 // Liberty Mutual Group and OneBeacon, a wholly owned subsidiary of White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd., reached a definitive agreement regarding a previously announced partnership transfering business and operations in 42...
Could What You Don’t Know About Reinsurance Bankrupt Your Business’
Nov 5 2001 // Many of today’s most well-informed insurance professionals do not possess a basic understanding of the reinsur-ance industry, according to reinsurance expert Andy Barile. Independent agents must in-crease their...
Are Your Files Defensible’
Nov 5 2001 // A short time ago the Wall Street Journal ran an article on litigation, the caption of which read: “When all else fails, the American way is to file a lawsuit.” The article correctly pointed out that it has...
Commentary: Purchasing Insurance for Mexico
Nov 5 2001 // Tourists, property owners and businesspersons who drive, own homes, or operate businesses or subsidiaries in Mexico need to properly protect their assets south of the border. It is ironic that most agents place insurance...
Shh! Don’t Tell Anyone, but E-Insurance is Alive and Well
Nov 5 2001 // Let the critics think that online insurance won’t survive the dot-bomb shakeout. Let them say that consumers aren’t interested in buying insurance online or that nobody’s making money on the Internet. The...
Court of Appeals Expands Scope of Discrimination Statute
Nov 5 2001 // With its recent ruling in Cortez v. Progressive County Mut. Ins. Co., No. 3-99-00846-CO (Tex. App.—Austin, Sept. 13), the Austin Court of Appeals called into question the scope of the anti-discrimination statute and...
IIAA Announces 2002 National Executive Committee
Nov 2 2001 // The Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) confirmed Thomas B. Ahart, as president; installed W. Cloyce Anders and Louise “Bebe” Canter to key executive leadership positions and added Alex Soto, ARM,...
Seattle-Area Commercial Insurance Agents, Brokers to Gather to Learn about Risks
Nov 2 2001 // Local commercial insurance agents and brokers will gather Nov. 6 in Seattle to learn about the expanding scope and impact of e-commerce risks affecting businesses today, and how companies can identify e-risk exposures and...
Hoffman Concludes Term, Ahart Inaugurated as IIAA’S 97th President
Nov 1 2001 // The strength of the insurance industry in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks was highlighted by William B. Hofmann III, in his farewell speech as president of the Independent Insurance Agents of America...
NY, NJ Agents Offer Halloween Safety Tips
Oct 31 2001 // The presidents of the Professional Insurance Agents of New York (PIANY) and of New Jersey (PIANJ), John Bailey and Steve Reichman, have both issued warnings to parents to observe certain basic safety rules for their trick...
IIAA Recognizes Presidential Citation Recipients, Young Agents, State Associations and Individual In
Oct 30 2001 // Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) President William F. Hofmann III, bestowed special IIAA Presidential Citations awards to several deserving individuals for their outstanding contributions on behalf of the...
