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Living Through the Dot-Com Shakeout
Apr 9 2001 // Either through personal experience or observation, we all know that during the later half of 2000, Wall Street pummeled the value and image of Internet companies. The bloom was off the rose. Investors realized that most...
Game Over for this Agent
Apr 9 2001 // Investigators with the CDI Criminal Investigations Branch served an Order of Summary Revocation on John Blanton Breland, a 52-year-old Lodi insurance agent. The license revocation became effective March 6. According to...
Are You Ready to Put the Life Back into Your Agency’
Apr 9 2001 // Traditional p/c agencies may consider a life department for increasing profits, retention Insured households carry more coverage than ever before, but at the same time, the insurance industry is reaching fewer U.S....
InsuranceNoodle Adds Three States To Roster
Apr 5 2001 // Keeping with its goal of providing insurance in all 50 states by the end of second quarter 2001, InsuranceNoodle is now licensed to sell insurance in Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Montana. The Chicago-based insurance e-broker...
Ohio DOI to Revoke Agent’s License
Apr 3 2001 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Lee Covington has issued a notice of opportunity for hearing to Harry D. Houser Sr., of Beverly, Ohio, informing Houser of his intent to revoke his license as an insurance agent. The...
Big “I” Could Be Free For One Big Kahuna
Apr 3 2001 // Hagerty Classic Insurance will make one lucky independent agent a Big Kahuna this fall by footing the bill for this year’s Big “I” convention in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Traverse City, Mich.-based classic...
Website for Agents Unveiled
Apr 2 2001 // Instantquote.com has launched Agentquote.com, a new way to create online Web Sites for insurance agents. Agentquote.com allows agents to create a custom, professional Web Site that is rich in content in all the products...
Father and Son Agent Licenses Revoked Based on Consumer Complaints
Apr 2 2001 // Two Santa Clarita insurance brokers licenses have been revoked by the California Department of Insurance after the brokers were found guilty of multiple felony counts of grand theft. The revocation will become effective...
Shopping for Insurance Can Be a ‘Progressive’ Experience
Apr 2 2001 // It’s getting to be that time of year again. March Madness? Maybe. Tax time? Too early. No, for me it’s my yearly auto insurance renewal for my two cars: the Sienna minivan and the crusty Tercel. Each year, I...
Online Insurance Provider eCoverage Ceases Operations, is “History”
Apr 2 2001 // San Francisco-based eCoverage, an online provider of insurance services founded just over two years ago, has ceased operations. Known for its slogan: “The industry is history,” eCoverage predicted the demise of...
Bush Signs Federal Ergonomics Repeal; Draws IIAA Praise
Apr 2 2001 // Independent agents are hailing the finality of freeing small businesses from costly federal ergonomics rules following President Bush’s signing of a measure to repeal them, said Independent Insurance Agents of...
Cracking Down on the Industry’s Fraud Problem
Apr 2 2001 // Fraud investigators in June busted a Tampa fraud ring that crashed cars at a private site, scooped up the debris and moved the wreckage to a public roadway. The members then called police so that they could file fraudulent...
Agents at the Capitol
Apr 2 2001 // There were about 11 of them in the House insurance committee hearing room. These 11 Allstate “independent contractor” agents had left San Antonio that morning just after 7 a.m. They were joined by a few State...
Brokers Acordia, Heath Lambert Form Alliance
Mar 29 2001 // U.S. broker Acordia, which was recently purchased by the Wells Fargo Bank, and U.K. broker Heath Lambert announced plans to form an alliance aimed at offering their respective clients enhanced global services. They plan to...
Cracking Down on the Industry’s Fraud Problem
Mar 26 2001 // Fraud investigators in June busted a Tampa fraud ring that crashed cars at a private site, scooped up the debris and moved the wreckage to a public roadway. The members then called police so that they could file fraudulent...
SAFECO Considers New Distribution Channels in Rebound Efforts
Mar 26 2001 // Circumventing independent agents. Under-mining agents’ sales. These are phrases that don’t set well with SAFECO CEO Mike McGavick. And it’s no wonder. Appointed as the man to turn the struggling...
Brokers Not Classified as Professionals
Mar 26 2001 // A ruling by the New York Court of Appeals last week set breach of contract suits brought against insurance brokers to a six-year statute of limitations, because brokers are not professionals. The ruling, handed down...
WORKERS’ COMP IN CALIFORNIA: A Barren Landscape
Mar 26 2001 // Three months into the new year, the picture for the California workers’ comp market is not pretty, and it’s likely to get worse. Developments in recent weeks-including lowered ratings, carrier losses, declining...
CPIA Takes National Sales & Marketing Education Conference to San Diego
Mar 26 2001 // Members of the Certified Professional Insurance Agent (CPIA) Society enjoyed a valuable National Sales & Marketing Education Conference March 7-10 in San Diego’s balmy climate. Attendees had the opportunity to...
Independent Broker Network Holds
Mar 26 2001 // The Independent Broker Network (IBN) held its 2001 Technovention at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in San Jose, Calif., on March 16 and 17. This year’s theme concentrated on the Internet and how that medium is enabling...
