Latest Independent Agencies Headlines
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Congressional hearing held on terrorism and insurance
Aug 7 2006 // News Currents Two U.S. House subcommittees-the Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Oversights and Investigation, and the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk...
The Drive Group Opens Colorado Data Center
Aug 3 2006 // The Drive Group of Insurance Companies, the largest auto insurer through independent agents and brokers in the country, announced the completion of a new data center and document production facility in Colorado Springs,...
House Bill Would Establish National Disaster Commission
Jul 31 2006 // Legislation that would establish a bipartisan national commission tasked with recommending policies to help the federal government prepare for and manage disaster response has been introduced in the House of...
Safeco CEO: ‘We will sell to consumers in the way they want to buy’
Jul 24 2006 // Explaining Seattle-based Safeco’s recent announcement that it would sell its products directly to consumers via the Internet, President and CEO Paul Rosput Reynolds said the company previously had been not...
IIAT honors Fitzhugh for 60 years of state conference attendance
Jul 24 2006 // Third-generation and longtime Waco independent insurance agent Champe Fitzhugh Jr., was honored in mid-June by his insurance profession’s state association, the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT), for...
Big ‘I’ exec tells agents federal charter is a ‘recipe for disaster’
Jul 24 2006 // If a mandatory or even an optional Federal Charter is implemented in Washington, D.C., it will be a “recipe for disaster,” says Charles E. Symington Jr., Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of...
Longfellows Lead Independent Insurance Agents of Montana
Jul 24 2006 // Dale Longfellow of Hobson Insurance, Hobson Mont., was elected the 76th President of the Independent Insurance Agents of Montana. He has been an insurance agent for more than 35 years and has been involved with the Montana...
IIAT honors Fitzhugh for 60 years of state conference attendance
Jul 24 2006 // Third generation Waco agent going strong at 89 Third-generation and longtime Waco independent insurance agent Champe Fitzhugh Jr., was honored in mid-June by his insurance profession’s state association, the...
Gibson, Ridge, Win 2006 Trusted Choice Big ‘I’ Junior Classic
Jul 18 2006 // Tommy Gibson of Pilot Mountain, N.C. shot a 138 over two days to place first in the Boys division at the 36-hole North Carolina Trusted Choice Big “I” Junior Classic (previously the IIAJC) championship on July...
Big “I” Testifies for Targeted Federal Tools, State Regulatory Reform
Jul 11 2006 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) testified today before the Senate Banking Committee in support of targeted “federal tools,” and in opposition to federal...
Big ‘I’ Hires Koonce as New Federal Lobbyist
Jul 10 2006 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) has expanded its Capitol Hill staff by hiring Thomas C. Koonce as its new assistant vice president for federal government affairs,...
News Currents
Jul 3 2006 // Mass. agents seek 4% auto pay raise Massachusetts independent insurance agents have filed for a four percent hike in the commission they receive on private passenger auto insurance polices. If approved by Insurance...
Diversification plus education equals a successful independent agency
Jul 3 2006 // Note to independent agents and brokers: Pay attention to the Geico gecko and former “24” actor who is now shilling for Allstate. They are gunning for your business. Either you can try to go head to head against...
New officers, award presentations among highlights of IIAT conference
Jul 3 2006 // Robert W. Hempkins, founding principal of Hempkins Insurance, Denison, was sworn in as president for 2006-2007 of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas at the association’s 109th Annual Conference and Trade Show,...
Mass. agents seek 4% auto pay raise
Jul 3 2006 // Massachusetts independent insurance agents have filed for a four percent hike in the commission they receive on private passenger auto insurance polices. If approved by Insurance Commissioner Julianne Bowler, the increase...
Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Orange County Holds Professional Liability Session
Jun 30 2006 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Orange County, Calif., will be hosting its quarterly meeting on July 20 at the Tustin, Calif., Banquet Center. Katie Freeman Insurance Services will be sponsoring the...
N.C. Young Agents Name Top Agent; Broker, Company
Jun 30 2006 // The Young Agents Committee of the Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina has named Kenneth L. Richardson, vice president of Senn Dunn in Greensboro, N.C., as its “Young Agent of the Year.” At the same...
CAA Adds LKL Insurance Group
Jun 26 2006 // Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA), based in Austin, Texas, announced that Lynn, Kiecke, Lackey Insurance Group Inc. in Bellville has joined the organization as its 35th member agency. “LKL Insurance is located in...
Awards, New Officers Featured at Texas Big ‘I’ Conference
Jun 26 2006 // Among the highlights of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas’ 109th Annual Conference and Trade Show held recently in Houston were the election of new officers and the presentation of awards to outstanding...
Texas Agents Group Elects Hempkins President for 2006-07
Jun 23 2006 // Robert W. Hempkins, founding principal of Hempkins Insurance, Denison, Texas, was elected president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas for 2006-2007 and sworn in during IIAT’s 109th Annual Conference and...
