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All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Recent Court Decision Rocks WC System
Apr 16 2001 // On March 29, 2001, the Supreme Court of Texas decided a consolidated case of enormous importance to insurance intermediaries. In Lawrence v. CDB Services Inc., the high court said by a vote of 6-2, that employees could...
Successful e-Marketing, Using Cutting-Edge Technology to Keep Customers Happy
Apr 16 2001 // Depending on how you felt about e-commerce before, current events in the tech world can inspire emotions ranging anywhere from despair to gloating. But before you decide that it’s perhaps a good time to stay away...
CDI Revokes Insurance License of San Diego Agent
Apr 12 2001 // California Insurance Commissioner Harry W. Low issued an Order of Summary Revocation dated April 5, 2001, revoking the insurance license of Allen Prasky. The revocation becomes effective May 5, 2001. On March 14, 2001, in...
Webster Financial Acquires Two Agencies
Apr 10 2001 // Webster Financial Corp., through its wholly owned insurance subsidiary Webster Insurance, announced the acquisition of Wolff-Zackin & Associates Inc. and Benefit Plans Design & Administration Inc., both of...
IIAA Endorses U.S. House Anti-Fraud Bill
Apr 10 2001 // The Independent Insurance Agents of America is endorsing a House proposal that would empower state insurance commissioners and all financial regulators to better coordinate the fight against financial fraud, says IIAA...
U.S. E&O Brokers to Provide Agents’ E&O Coverage on MarketScout.com
Apr 10 2001 // MarketScout, a Dallas-based e-commerce company specializing in the distribution of property and casualty insurance products, announced that U.S. E&O Brokers Group has been selected as its exclusive “Best of...
Former Ohio Agent Sentenced to Two Years
Apr 9 2001 // The U.S. Federal Northern District Court has sentenced former insurance agent Richard S. Zureich of Cleveland to two years in prison and ordered him to pay $560,000 in restitution and approximately $250,000 to settle all...
San Francisco Viatical Broker Indicted for Fraud
Apr 9 2001 // California Insurance Commissioner Harry W. Low announced the filing of felony charges against a San Francisco area viatical broker. The charges are the result of an ongoing joint investigation by the California Department...
ERC Acquires, Reactivates New ‘GE CyberComp’ Brand
Apr 9 2001 // On March 29, Employers Reinsurance Corporation (ERC), a GE company, acquired and reactivated Cyber-Comp through its subsidiary Westport Insurance Corporation. Westport will use “GE CyberComp” as the brand name...
Successful E-Marketing: Using Cutting-Edge Technology To Keep Customers Happy
Apr 9 2001 // Depending on how you felt about e-commerce before, current events in the tech world can inspire emotions ranging anywhere from despair to gloating. But before you decide that it’s perhaps a good time to stay away...
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...
