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Four Victims Sue Consulting Firm in Minnesota 35W Bridge Collapse
Nov 18 2008 // Four victims of the Minneapolis bridge collapse are suing the consulting firm that evaluated the Interstate 35W bridge and the contracting company that was repaving the structure when it fell. Minneapolis attorney Jim...
Two New York Agencies Named Top Performers
Nov 2 2008 // Reagan Consulting and the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big “I”) announced the Best Practices Agencies for 2008-2009. A total of 189 agencies from around the country maintained their...
Three’s a Crowd
Nov 2 2008 // Recent Insurance Decisions of the Texas Supreme Court On Aug. 29, 2008, the Texas Supreme Court continued its recent foray into insurance law by issuing three important insurance coverage decisions. Each of these decisions...
Six Independent Agencies Named as Best Practices Top Performers
Oct 17 2008 // Reagan Consulting and the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big “I”) announced the Best Practices Agencies for 2008-2009. A total of 189 agencies from around the country maintained their...
Three New Surety Team Executives Join Marsh from Aon
Sep 29 2008 // Marsh announced that three new executives – Steve Powney, Steven Lewis and Tricia Burgess – have all joined its International Surety Practice from Aon’s Surety and Guarantee team. Powney will lead the...
Three-Wheeler Vehicles Get Okay on Ohio Streets
Sep 25 2008 // Three-wheeled vehicles are now street legal in Ohio. A new law that took effect on September 23 and allows fuel-efficient three-wheelers such as the Zap Xebra (ZEE’-bruh) and the Myers Motors NmG to be registered and...
Two Arrested after Deadly NYC Scaffold Fall
Sep 15 2008 // A painting company owner told a worker to pose as a qualified scaffold-rigging foreman on a job where a scaffold collapse killed another employee, investigators said Friday. The owner and worker were arrested on...
Four Former AIG Execs Including Greenberg Settle Shareholder Suit
Sep 12 2008 // Four former executives of American International Group Inc., including ex-CEO Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, agreed on Thursday to settle a long-standing shareholder lawsuit for $115 million. The insurer will...
Eight Reasons Agencies Need a Strong Database Effort
Sep 1 2008 // A solid, up-to-date, well-managed database is the No. 1 factor in stimulating and maintaining business growth. The word “marketing” may conjure up images of the fast-paced world of television advertising, a...
Four Small SUVs Earn Top Safety Pick
Aug 20 2008 // Automakers are improving the crashworthiness of their vehicles and quickly installing side airbags and electronic stability control, an important crash avoidance feature, on more models, according to the Insurance...
Two Men Charged in Minnesota Arsons
Aug 14 2008 // Two Fosston men are charged with first-degree arson in a string of fires that burned buildings in northwestern Minnesota. Levi Coyer and Nick Schouviller, both 19 years old, were arrested on August 8 in Fosston. The August...
Two New York City Window Washers Die in Accident
Aug 7 2008 // New York City police say two men washing windows at a building in downtown Manhattan were killed when the vehicle carrying their lift tipped over. Detective John Sweeney says the accident occurred early Tuesday at the...
Two New York Contractors Face Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges
Aug 5 2008 // A New York contractor and the sub-contractor he hired are both facing charges of workers’ compensation fraud following their arrests by New York State Police. Police arrested Phillip Gish, 70, of East Aurora, N.Y. on...
One Year Later Recovery from Flood Slow in Kansas Town
Jul 25 2008 // A year after a refinery oil spill into floodwaters blanketed a third of this southeast Kansas town, little remains in the area that was damaged. The oil-drenched houses are gone, and only a few homeowners have rebuilt....
Three Reasons to Work with a Lead Generation Company
Jun 16 2008 // As an insurance agent, there is nothing wrong with getting help when need be. In fact, the agents who search for outside help are those who are making the big money. If you want to join them, it is time for you to get...
Three Attorneys Named to Award Aid to Minnesota Bridge Collapse Victims
Jun 2 2008 // Three Twin Cities lawyers make up a special panel determining how much state money victims of the Interstate 35W bridge collapse will get. Minnesota Chief Justice Russell Anderson has appointed Susan Holden to chair the...
Eight Lawsuits Filed Over Failed Vermont Heating System
May 19 2008 // Eight lawsuits have been filed against companies involved with the heating system that malfunctioned at the Redstone Apartments near the University of Vermont in January, 2005, killing one person and sickening others. The...
Nine Catastrophes to Cost P/C Insurers $3 Billion in First Quarter
May 19 2008 // U.S. property/casualty insurers are expected to pay homeowners and businesses an estimated $3.35 billion for first-quarter property losses resulting from nine catastrophes. The nine events identified as catastrophes by the...
Five Effective Insurance Marketing Tips
May 9 2008 // Once you are established as an insurance agent, you will want to do whatever you can to improve your marketing power. The better your insurance marketing plan the more money you are going to earn. With the five tips below...
One Year after Tornado, Greensburg Still Struggling to Survive
May 9 2008 // Unlike Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, one year after a devastating tornado destroyed their town, many in Greensburg, Kan. are still not able to go home. Some 700 residents remain in the town that once had a population of...
