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Progressive Expands Homeowners Product Offering to Illinois Agents
Sep 21 2001 // Progressive, one of the largest auto insurance companies in Illinois, made its homeowners insurance product available to be sold exclusively by independent agents in Illinois starting the week of Sept. 19. Initially, the...
IIAA Establishes Industry Disaster Resource Website
Sep 21 2001 // The Independent Insurance Agents of America’s (IIAA) Virtual University has established an insurance industry resource page to explain the insurance implications of the recent tragedies in New York and Washington...
Yates & Associates Opens in Glendale
Sep 19 2001 // Jim Yates, president of Yates & Associates, announced that Yates has opened another branch office in Glendale that will focus on larger commercial brokerage accounts. The new staff includes Ravi Chopra, regional vice...
The Heffernan Group and MBO Insurance Brokers Announce Merger
Sep 18 2001 // The Heffernan Group, one of the largest full-service brokerages firms in California, and MBO Insurance Brokers Inc., an independent brokerage firm specializing in commercial insurance on a worldwide basis, announced the...
Greater Los Angeles CPCU Chapters Host All Industry Day
Sep 18 2001 // (left) Andrew Zagrzejewski, CPCU, San Gabriel Chapter President, Farmers Insurance. (right) Betsey Brewer, CPCU, Society Regional Governor, Aon Risk Services. (left to right) Keynote Speaker Dr. Benjamin Zycher, Earl...
IIAA, New York Association Establish America’s Survivor Relief Fund
Sep 17 2001 // The Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) and the Independent Insurance Agents Association of New York (IIAANY) have established a relief fund to benefit victims and surviving family members of individuals who...
FIWT Stays Focused on Education, Networking
Sep 17 2001 // The Federation of Insurance Women of Texas holds its 57th annual convention in San Antonio October 3-7. True to the number one objective of the organization-education-the FIWT convention will offer members the opportunity...
Hollywood and The Insurance Industry
Sep 17 2001 // Once upon a time in a country far, far away, a few visionaries (and yes, a few con artists) laid the foundations of the multi-billion dollar motion picture industry. It required taking considerable risks, and still does....
Unique Coverages, A Hard Market Look at How Programs Are Meeting Needs of Challenging Risks
Sep 17 2001 // Underwriting tough risks can be particularly troublesome in a hardening market. Where do you turn when rates skyrocket, exclusions multiply or worse, when carriers begin to shut their doors to classes that no longer...
IIAA Expresses Condolences, IIAANY Coordinates Agent Community Response
Sep 11 2001 // The Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) released a statement expressing its heart-felt condolences to the victims and their families. IIAA and the Independent Insurance Agents Association of New York (IIAANY)...
Free Professional Liability Seminar for Healthcare Industry Scheduled
Sep 10 2001 // Richard L. Polizzi, president of Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers Inc., is sponsoring a free seminar for “Professional Liability for the Healthcare Industry.” Agents can earn three continuing...
Environmental Pollution Insurance: A Fluid and Ever-changing Market
Sep 10 2001 // Environmental pollution policies – they’re not just for oil industry giants and radioactive waste depositories anymore. Even the most seemingly benign businesses may carry the risk of producing, storing or...
Are Fine Arts Floaters A Silver Lining in the Insurance Market Cloud’
Sep 10 2001 // Unlike many lines of insurance, the fine arts and collections market has so far managed to avoid the difficulties of a hardening environment. But is it robust enough to carry the industry through tough times? Maybe not,...
Meeting Volume Requirements Presents a Challenge for Agents
Sep 10 2001 // Independent agents who have been in the business for several decades will say that insurance company-mandated volume requirements have been around as long as they can remember. Most will also admit that the practice makes...
NAPSLO Retrospective: A Visit With Outgoing President John Latham
Sep 10 2001 // John Latham will soon step aside as National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO) president making room for Tap Johnson, Jr. Before his exit, he agreed to spend a few minutes with Insurance Journal to...
Singin’ the Hard-to-Place Blues
Sep 10 2001 // Ever had a really obscure risk and no idea where to look for a market? As it turns out, you’re not alone. The forum for “Hard-to-Place Accounts” is rapidly becoming the new hotspot on InsuranceJournal.com...
Looking Back at the Rise of NAPSLO
Sep 10 2001 // NAPSLO, or the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices, Limited, was organized during the years of 1973, 1974 and 1975. The first meetings were usually held at the same time as the meetings of the...
Progressive Survey: Nearly 1 in 10 Consumers Likely to Commit Insurance Fraud
Sep 7 2001 // With a $120 billion annual price tag, insurance fraud is one of the costliest crimes in America. Progressive Insurance recently conducted a telephone survey on more than 31,000 Americans to better understand how people...
Midwest Agencies Join SIAA
Sep 7 2001 // Two Midwest insurance agencies, one in Ohio and the other in Nebraska, joined the Strategic Independent Agents Alliance. Hertvik Insurance Agency Inc., of Middleburg Heights, Ohio, has established Mid American Insurance...
Arch Capital to Acquire Tri-City Brokerage
Sep 6 2001 // Arch Capital Group Ltd., a diversified Bermuda-based financial services company, announced plans to acquire Tri-City Brokerage, Inc. from Ullico Inc. for an undisclosed amount. Tri-City, which has offices in Chicago, Long...
