Latest Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Playing The Green: Insuring Golf Courses
Oct 9 2000 // It’s a well known fact in the insurance industry that we are also, in large part, the golf industry. Nine times out of 10, a golf tournament will accompany a convention. Want to raise money for charity? Sponsor a...
Red Bluff Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty to Bilking His Clients
Oct 4 2000 // David Michael Chene, a former Red Bluff insurance agent pleaded guilty to four felony counts for allegedly duping his former clients into believing that they were investing in legitimate investments backed by State Farm....
ING Canada, Local Brokers Bid For Equisure
Oct 2 2000 // ING Canada, a subsidiary of Holland’s ING Group, and seven Canadian insurance brokers have made a joint bid for all of the shares of Equisure Financial Network, one of Canada’s leading insurance brokers and...
After the Gold Rush: Insurance Dot-Coms Shift increasingly Toward the Agent
Oct 2 2000 // In the “stake-your-claim” environment of Internet insurance, any attempt to define trends and categorize business models can be an exercise in frustration. However, in some ways the dot-com gold rush is slowing...
Independent currents:Survey Says: Agency Systems are Stronger
Oct 2 2000 // Silicon Valley operatives like to gloat about a shrinking independent agency system. Today there are 42,000 independent agencies in the U.S., down from 46,000 in 1992. Nearly three out of 10 independent agencies have been...
Association’s Hard Work Pays Off with Success of NAPSLO 2000
Oct 2 2000 // “There are leaders all over this room—it doesn’t just have to be in politics, because your business requires great leadership,” Former Senator Robert Dole told NAPSLO attendees. “And I think that...
Independent currents Survey Says: Agency Systems are Stronger
Oct 2 2000 // Silicon Valley operatives like to gloat about a shrinking independent agency system. Today there are 42,000 independent agencies in the U.S., down from 46,000 in 1992. Nearly three out of 10 independent agencies have been...
WebFSC: Is It Hype or Help’
Oct 2 2000 // There was quite a commotion over at the FSC (Facilities & Service Corporation) booth at the recent Alliance convention, according to various reports. My editor says, “You know, John, a lot of people are talking...
Travelers’ Web-based System Implemented
Sep 28 2000 // Almost 3,000 independent agents are signed up to use Travelers’ Issue Express Net, a web-based quote, rate and issuance system for small business insurance, a sure sign, the company said, that many agents are...
NAIC Submits Legislative Proposal to Combat Insurance Fraud
Sep 27 2000 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has submitted proposed legislation to grant state insurance regulators access to the FBI’s National Crime Information Center database. The NAIC made the request in...
South Dakota to Keep Countersignature Law
Sep 26 2000 // South Dakota legislators have voted to keep the state’s countersignature law for insurance policies, which requires all policies to be signed by a resident agent. The move is viewed as a setback for insurers and...
Reverse Soft Market Bad Habits
Sep 25 2000 // Without revealing your age, are you one of those who only faintly remembers the daily exercise regimen? At one time, did you count calories? fat grams? And now, you just count the number of pounds that you would like to...
Insurscape.com Launches Web-Based Workers’ Comp Underwriting Facility; Looking for Additional Agents
Sep 25 2000 // Insurscape.com(TM), a workers’ compensation underwriting program that provides total services via e-commerce, today launched a national web-based workers’ compensation service to select brokers. Insurescape.com...
IIAA, NCCI Reach Agreement to Delay Application Surcharge
Sep 25 2000 // The Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) and the National Council of Compensation Insurers (NCCI) have reached an agreement that will delay for at least one year implementation of a non-electronic filing fee for...
CNA Maritime Launches Cargo Insurance Via Internet
Sep 25 2000 // Cargo insurance, the grandfather of all international property coverage, is about to enter the Internet age with the announcement that CNA Maritime has established “Ocean Marine Manager network interface,”...
An Agent’s Nightmare: Who Knew Forwarding Lawsuit Papers Could Get So Sticky
Sep 25 2000 // Insurance agencies mediate between insurance companies and policyholders all the time. One of the most important focal points for this kind of activity has to do with forwarding suit papers. An insured gets sued. He hands...
Crop Insurance Investigated
Sep 22 2000 // The U.S. Department of Agriculture and other federal agencies are investigating claims that farmers in Darke and other Ohio and Indiana counties are conspiring with insurance agents to defraud the federal crop insurance...
Gallagher Acquires Three Agencies
Sep 20 2000 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has completed the acquisition of three agencies; Atlantic Risk Management Corporation, of Baltimore; Murphy Consultants, of Elgin, Ill.; and R.G. Speno, Inc. Insurance Brokerage, of...
Kemper Looking to Web-Enable Agent Applications
Sep 20 2000 // Looking to meet future business goals, Kemper Insurance Companies is leveraging its information technology infrastructure, managed by Tivoli Enterprise from Tivoli Systems Inc. Kemper’s goal is to Web-enable legacy...
YouZoom.com Expands Online Insurance Offering to Arizona
Sep 19 2000 // YouZoom.com has expanded its online insurance offering to give independent agents and brokers in Arizona the ability to market, sell and service insurance policies over the Internet. YouZoom allows Arizona insurance agents...
