Latest Independent Agencies Headlines
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Agent Leader Hits Hodgepodge of Disclosure Rules by Insurers
Jul 4 2005 // While insurance companies are calling upon state officials to coordinate their responses to the various brokerage compensation and other inquiries, independent insurance agents are worried about how the insurers themselves...
Romney Auto Reforms Hit Roadblocks from Mass. Agents and Court
Jul 4 2005 // When the chief executive officer of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America spoke before the Virginia Big “I” recently, he snuck in several digs at liberal-leaning Massachusetts, at one point...
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Jul 4 2005 // Joe Grauwiler has been named regional vice president of The Main Street America Group’s Jacksonville Region and president of its Old Dominion Insurance Co. unit. The region encompasses Main Street America’s...
Small Business Owners Face Gaps, Confusion Over Insurance Problem
Jul 4 2005 // Many U.S. small business owners face a major gap in their insurance coverage or do not fully understand coverage they have, a new national survey conducted by Trusted Choice finds. Trusted Choice agencies are insurance and...
IIABA Leader Fears Hodgepodge of Fee Disclosure Rules by Insurers
Jul 4 2005 // While insurance companies are calling upon state officials to coordinate their responses to the various brokerage compensation and other inquiries, independent insurance agents are worried about how the insurers themselves...
FAIA Targets PIA of Florida: Claims It Took Credit for ‘Big I’ Accomplishments While It ‘Gave Away the Playbook’
Jun 29 2005 // During two “Big I” conventions held in Florida in June, speakers accused the Professional Insurance Agents of Florida of taking credit for Florida Association of Insurance Agents accomplishments, while actually...
Stiglitz Warns AIIA: ‘Compensation System Is Under Attack’
Jun 28 2005 // “Our compensation system is under attack, it is probably about $2 billion that independent agents put in their pockets due to profit sharing and it is under attack, there is no doubt about it,” Bill Stiglitz,...
Reynolds Sworn in as IIAT President; McCain Wins Drex Foreman Award
Jun 24 2005 // Among the many highlights of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas’ 108th IIAT Conference and Trade Show, held recently in Austin, were the installation of Randy Reynolds, managing partner of Texas Associates...
FAAI Conference Speaker: Rep. Bense Congratulates Fla. Agents
Jun 24 2005 // Rep. Allan G. Bense, (R-Panama City) Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, and one of the most influential political figures in Florida, congratulated insurance companies, agents and claims personnel for their...
FAIA President Says: In Our Future Some Things Will Never Change
Jun 20 2005 // Created more than a century ago in 1904 as the Florida Local Underwriters Association, the Florida Association of Insurance Agents adopted its present name in 1941. FAIA is dedicated to enhancing the independent agency...
FAIA Celebrates Its 101st Anniversary: General Session Features Four Experts
Jun 20 2005 // The Florida Association of Insurance Agents will celebrate its 101st anniversary during its June 23 to 25 Convention and Educational Symposium at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. “I...
Agent Leader Rusbuldt Speaks Out Against Hodgepodge of Disclosure Rules by Insurers
Jun 16 2005 // While insurance companies are calling upon state officials to coordinate their responses to the various brokerage compensation and other inquiries, independent insurance agents are worried about how the insurers themselves...
IBA of Sacramento Holds Annual Big ‘I’ Day Oct. 19
Jun 15 2005 // The Insurance Brokers & Agents of Sacramento will hold their Annual Big “I” Day on Wednesday, Oct. 19, at the Sacramento Convention Center. Zurich North American is the grand sponsor of this year’s...
Industry Economist Hartwig Named to N.Y. Big ‘I’ Agent Group Board
Jun 14 2005 // Robert Hartwig, vice president and chief economist of Manhattan-based Insurance Information Institute, was recently appointed to a one-year term as an at-large director of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of...
Big ‘I’ States Opposition to Optional Federal Charter Plan
Jun 14 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America ) does not support a proposal to establish an optional federal charter (OFC) for insurance regulation, but continues to support the proposed State Modernization...
Combined Independent Agencies
Jun 6 2005 // Alan Hardin, Jr. I realize John Allen is President of a PEO that provides workers’ compensation and that his view of non-subscription is the view of a competitor. That in no way, however, gives license to overlooking...
IIAT’s 108th Conference & Trade Show Set for June 16-17 in Austin
Jun 6 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas will hold its 108th Conference & Trade Show on Thursday and Friday, June 16-17, 2005, at the downtown Austin Hilton. IIAT said the state’s premier gathering of...
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Jun 6 2005 // Higginbotham & Associates, a privately held insurance brokerage firm based in Fort Worth, Texas, named commercial property and casualty broker Scott Fitzgerald as vice president to reflect his increased 2004 sales...
Outgoing IIAT President Focused on Creating Value for Membership
Jun 6 2005 // When Bill Harrison Jr., IIAT president and president of Coleman Company Insurance Services in San Antonio, hands over his leadership responsibilities to incoming IIAT president Randy Reynolds, Harrison expects the...
Protecting Agency Security Takes Center Stage
Jun 6 2005 // High profile cases of identity theft have been all over the general press in recent weeks. We have seen from these cases just how devastating an impact these security breaches can have on the reputations of the firms...
