Latest Independent Agencies Headlines
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States Give a ‘Thumbs Up’ to Fingerprinting Insurance Producers
Oct 5 2009 // Regulators Say Fingerprinting Keeps Criminals Out of the Business Don’t be alarmed, but there are convicted criminals roaming around the country acting as insurance producers. They could be robbers, forgers, possibly...
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Oct 5 2009 // David Daniel was named chairman of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big “I”). He will lead the organization as chairman for the 2009-2010 term. Daniel is president of Daniel &...
States Give a ‘Thumbs Up’ to Fingerprinting Insurance Producers
Oct 5 2009 // Regulators Say Fingerprinting Keeps Criminals Out of the Business Don’t be alarmed, but there are convicted criminals roaming around the country acting as insurance producers. They could be robbers, forgers, possibly...
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Oct 5 2009 // Jim Newberry, assistant vice president and risk control manager of Island Insurance in Honolulu, has received the Risk Management/Insurance Practice Specialty Safety Professional of the Year Award. The award is from the...
Independent Agencies’ Overall Growth Down But Personal Lines Up
Oct 1 2009 // The bad news is that overall organic growth for independent insurance agencies is down. The good news is that there continues to be growth in two areas: personal lines and group product sales. The Independent Insurance...
Minnesota Agent Installed as Vice Chairman of Big ‘I’
Sep 25 2009 // Michael “Mike” R. Donohoe of Mankato, Minn., was installed as vice chairman of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) at the association’s recent Leadership...
States Give a ‘Thumbs Up’ to Fingerprinting Insurance Producers
Sep 21 2009 // Regulators Say Fingerprinting Keeps Criminals Out of the Business Don’t be alarmed, but there are convicted criminals roaming around the country acting as insurance producers. They could be robbers, forgers, possibly...
People
Sep 21 2009 // Insurance broker Marsh announced the appointment of Gary Grose as U.S. marketing director. Grose joins Marsh with 20 years of insurance industry marketing and sales experience. He reports to Jack Butcher, U.S. sales and...
Agent Group Installs New President, President-Elect
Sep 21 2009 // J. David Daniel was inaugurated as the chairman of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) at the recent Big “I” Leadership Conference in New Orleans, La. He will...
Dressel Insurance Named Trusted Choice Agency of the Month
Sep 16 2009 // Dressel Insurance Agency Inc. in Saint Bonifacius, Minn., has been named the Trusted Choice Agency of the Month by Trusted Choice, the consumer branding program for independent insurance agents and brokers. “The team...
North Carolina Young Insurance Agents Bestow Annual Awards
Sep 10 2009 // The Young Agents Committee of the Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC) recently named its Agent of the Year, Broker of the Year and Company of the Year for 2009. Eric Stevens, of Moore and Johnson Agency...
States Give a ‘Thumbs Up’ to Fingerprinting Insurance Producers
Sep 7 2009 // Regulators Say Fingerprinting Keeps Criminals Out of the Business Don’t be alarmed, but there are convicted criminals roaming around the country acting as insurance producers. They could be robbers, forgers, possibly...
Japanese Agents Hope to Learn Best Practices from U.S. Agencies
Sep 2 2009 // The owners and producers of Japan’s estimated 300,000 insurance agencies can only dream of the success and freedom that the 40,000 independent agencies in the U.S. enjoy. But they can still learn best practices from...
States Give ‘Thumbs Up’ to Fingerprinting Insurance Producers
Aug 21 2009 // Don’t be alarmed, but there are convicted criminals roaming around the country acting as insurance producers. They could be drunk drivers, robbers, forgers, possibly even rapists. They got their producer licenses in...
States Give a ‘Thumbs Up’ to Fingerprinting Insurance Producers
Aug 3 2009 // Regulators Say Fingerprinting Keeps Criminals Out of the Business Don’t be alarmed, but there are convicted criminals roaming around the country acting as insurance producers. They could be robbers, forgers, possibly...
How Independent Agents View Super Regional Carriers
Aug 3 2009 // Survey: Agents Report Recession Not as Disruptive as Initially Predicted Main Street businesses may still be trying to recuperate from the recession, but independent insurance agencies report that it has not been as...
Top 100 Property Casualty Independent Agencies
Aug 3 2009 // About This Report: The economy, soft market and industry consolidations continued to shake up the nation’s leading independent insurance agencies in 2008. Still, nearly half, or 45 percent, of the privately-owned...
Lewis to Lead Independent Insurance Agents of Central Texas
Jul 29 2009 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Central Texas announced the following new board members for 2009-2010: President Steven Lewis, Anco Insurance Vice President Kyle Paschall, Naler Insurance Agency Past-President Don...
Colorado Independent Insurance Agents Association Seeks Award Nominees
Jul 23 2009 // The Professional Independent Insurance Agents of Colorado (PIIAC) is sseeking nominations recognizing outstanding service to the association or to the insurance industry. The awards recognize individuals in several...
Health Insurance Agents’ ‘Fly-In’ Has Impact on Capitol Hill, But Is It Enough?
Jul 22 2009 // Health insurance advisors, independent agents and brokers, consultants and employee benefit specialists combined forces again recently to voice their concerns over the single most important issue for insurance providers...
