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Four Companies Join Trusted Choice Branding Initiative as Founding Partners
Oct 29 2001 // Four leading insurance carriers have signed on as founding sponsors of Trusted Choice, the new consumer marketing brand created by the Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) and independent agency insurance...
Zurich North America Environmental Kicks Off Incentive Reward Program for Agents
Oct 29 2001 // Zurich North America Environmental kicked off a fourth-quarter sales promotion for its agents on Monday, Oct. 22. Through the rewards program, called “Turn up the Volume,” Zurich North America agents who reach...
Commercial Insurance Market Index Shows Evidence of Hardening Market
Oct 26 2001 // According to the recently released third-quarter Commercial Insurance Market Index — reflecting market observations of the largest commercial insurance brokers across the nation — commercial insurance premium...
TowerStreet Adds More Internet Support for Agents
Oct 25 2001 // Windsor Conn.-based TowerStreet, a division of AMS Services Inc., which provides rating and underwriting services via the Internet, announced that it has added two new marketing partners, idNET and WAMMAC. “idNET...
NY, NJ Agents Offer Winter Safety Tips
Oct 23 2001 // The presidents of the Professional Insurance Agents of New York (PIANY) and of New Jersey (PIANJ), John Bailey and Steve Reichman, have issued bulletins warning consumers of potential fire hazards, and offering safety tips...
Agency Management Systems Evolve, Expand Opportunities for Agents
Oct 22 2001 // I’m amazed and astounded that in today’s marketplace there are still some holdouts out there that have no automation system whatsoever or are using automation systems, not necessarily complete agency management...
IIAA Heads to the Islands for a Much-Needed Industry ‘Update’
Oct 22 2001 // Grow Your Business—Secure Your Future” was slated to be the theme of this year’s Independent Agents of America (IIAA) InfoXchange. But the events of last month suddenly made the idea of securing your future...
In the Thick of National Crisis: IJ Talks with IIAA CEO Rusbuldt
Oct 22 2001 // As the nation was reeling from tragedy, Robert A. Rusbuldt, CEO of the Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA), was moving ahead with other industry representatives to ensure that the important role of independent...
Consumer Online Access: Help Your Customers Help You
Oct 22 2001 // People used to get into elevators and give the floor number to an attendant. He’d close the outer and inner doors, and pull a lever to take you to your floor. There was a time when you couldn’t telephone anyone...
Independent Broker Network Joins the National Auto Agents Alliance
Oct 19 2001 // The National Auto Agents Alliance has accepted an application for affiliation from the Independent Broker Network (IBN). IBN is a 12-year old organization headquartered in San Jose, Calif. IBN founder Fred...
Minnesota Commissioner Extends Insurance Agent Licenses
Oct 18 2001 // Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Jim Bernstein announced that due to a strike by state employee unions that slowed license-processing procedures, insurance agent licenses that were set to expire on Oct. 31 will remain in...
IVANS Survey Finds Insurers Just Hitting Their Stride with Web
Oct 18 2001 // Even as “new economy” hype is receding into memory, insurance companies are finally hitting their stride in finding practical uses for Internet technologies, according to a recent “Emerging Strategies in...
Minnesota Dept. of Commerce Investigating Agents
Oct 17 2001 // The Minnesota Department of Commerce has become aware of companies and individuals targeting insurance agents to participate in the sale of non-insurance products with the guarantee of high commissions ranging from 11...
Agents Now Able to Offer Commercial Banking Products Through Capital Avenue
Oct 17 2001 // Capital Avenue, a company that provides insurance agencies the ability to offer commercial banking products to their business customers through a simple, co-branding arrangement, announced that a number of independent...
Agency Management Systems Evolve, Expand Opportunities for Agents
Oct 15 2001 // How “high-tech” is your agency? The range of difference between agencies with regard to level of automation is still fairly wide. While many agents bought their first agency management systems years ago, others...
First Trade Show Goes Forward After Tragedies, Calderon Keynotes
Oct 15 2001 // It was not an easy decision when, immediately following the Sept. 11 tragedies, members of the board of the American Agents Alliance were polled by Executive Director Lorelle Kitzmiller as to whether its Conference &...
IIAA Heads to the Islands for a Much-Needed Industry ‘Update’
Oct 15 2001 // Grow Your Business—Secure Your Future” was slated to be the theme of this year’s Independent Agents of America (IIAA) InfoXchange. But the events of last month suddenly made the idea of securing your future...
Agency Management Systems Evolve, Expand Opportunities for Agents
Oct 15 2001 // I’m amazed and astounded that in today’s marketplace there are still some holdouts out there that have no automation system whatsoever or are using automation systems, not necessarily complete agency management...
In the Thick of National Crisis: IJ Talks with IIAA CEO Rusbuldt
Oct 15 2001 // As the nation was reeling from tragedy, Robert A. Rusbuldt, CEO of the Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA), was moving ahead with other industry representatives to ensure that the important role of independent...
Commentary: Help Your Customers Help You With Online Self-Service
Oct 15 2001 // People used to get into elevators and give the floor number to an attendant. He’d close the outer and inner doors, and pull a lever to take you to your floor. There was a time when you couldn’t telephone anyone...
