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Texas Commissioner Orders $551K in Fines and Restitution in June
Aug 5 2010 // Enforcement actions taken by Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during June 2010 included four license revocations, three license denials, and fines and restitution totaling $551,012. Copies of...
How Program Partners Can Help Agents Sell Value
Aug 2 2010 // There is a quote from Warren Buffet that I want to put on my wall and send to all my colleagues: “Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.” Agents, brokers and underwriters should heed Mr. Buffet’s...
IJ’s Academy of Insurance Instructor Gears Up for Leadership Training
Jul 27 2010 // Kathy Ryan is no stranger to the challenges of leadership in the workplace. For two years, she’s been coaching executives of large companies on how to have those tough conversations with employees on performance. She...
Country Sees Growing Power of Hispanic Agents and Customers
Jul 19 2010 // Latin Agents Group Launches in New York The growth of the country’s Hispanic population is a hot topic among demographers and marketers – including insurance producers and brokers. As of 2008, the last year for...
Insurance Journal’s Academy of Insurance Instructor Ryan Gears Up for Performance, Leadership Sessions
Jul 19 2010 // How to Have Tough Conversations with Employees and Leadership Training Top Webinar Schedule Kathy Ryan is no stranger to the challenges of leadership in the workplace. For two years, she’s been coaching executives of...
Webinar to Help P/C Agents Benefit from Health Insurance Boom Under Reform Law
Jul 19 2010 // For independent insurance agents, upcoming healthcare reform could be an opportunity to gain a bigger share of the health insurance and benefits market, provided they can properly advise their customers about their...
Illinois Set to Implement State-Based Licensing System for Producers
Jul 13 2010 // The Illinois Department of Insurance has announced that on July 26, 2010, it will implement the State-Based Systems (SBS) licensing system. SBS will allow producer licensing functions to be completed electronically through...
State Auto Western Region Reports Additions, Promotions in Texas
Jul 9 2010 // State Auto Western Region has announced the following staff additions and promotions in Texas: Steve Harmon has joined State Auto as a business insurance account executive. In this role, Harmon will have responsibility for...
Insurance Skills Center Names Koch Managing Director
Jul 8 2010 // Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West’s (IBA West) education division, Insurance Skills Center (ISC), has entered into an agreement with Cheryl L. Koch, president and CEO of Agency Management Resource Group, for...
Latin Insurance Agent Groups Growing, Going Mainstream
Jul 7 2010 // A group of New York insurance agents has launched a new trade group for Latin insurance producers as well as brokers who serve the Hispanic community in the Northeast. LABA is not the first group geared toward insurance...
LWCC Promotes 2 to Director Positions
Jul 7 2010 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) has promoted two longtime managers to director positions. Debra Taylor is now the director of Human Resources, and Jill Breard is the director of Risk Management...
Washington Agents Advised to Update Listing on OIC Web Site
Jul 7 2010 // Washington agents and brokers are being advised to update the licensing business address with the Office of the Insurance Commissioner. In October, the OIC will launch a new search feature on its Web site to help consumers...
West Virginia’s BrickStreet Faces Competition for Government Accounts
Jul 5 2010 // West Virginia’s state-created workers’ compensation insurers is expecting to lose million of dollars in government agency contracts following the opening of the market to other carriers on July 1. One by one,...
Webinar to Help P&C Agents Benefit from Health Insurance Boom Under Reform Law
Jul 1 2010 // For independent insurance agents, upcoming healthcare reform could be an opportunity to gain a bigger share of the health insurance and benefits market, provided they can properly advise their customers about their...
North Carolina to Issue Temporary Pyrotechnic Licenses for July 4th
Jun 28 2010 // North Carolina will issue temporary one-time pyrotechnic licenses to operators instead of the new standard three-year licenses to meet high demand around the July 4th holiday. The Legislature quickly passed and the...
How to Overcome the Hurdles of Hiring to Smaller ‘Big Cities’
Jun 28 2010 // Regardless of a high unemployment rate, top talent will always be in demand among insurance organizations. If your company is based in a smaller city, you may face obstacles such as a limited local talent pool and...
California Launches Disaster Corps
Jun 28 2010 // California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has launched the first-in-the-nation Disaster Corps to professionalize, standardize and coordinate trained disaster volunteers statewide. Disaster Corps volunteers will be registered...
Nurturing a Newbie: Developing a Producer Training Program
Jun 24 2010 // Every independent insurance agency wants to find and keep good talent, but how exactly do you do that? Paul Saich, CEO of Thoits Insurance in San Jose, Calif., has a plan. His company developed a formalized program about...
Earthquake, Tornado, Storms Hit Canada’s International Summit Site
Jun 24 2010 // International leaders might be forgiven if they nervously eye the skies above and the ground below as they gather for summits of the Group of Eight and the Group of 20 in Canada’s province of Ontario this weekend. In...
UK Regulatory Consultant Analyzes Financial Services Regime Change
Jun 22 2010 // The UK’s new Chancellor (Finance Minister) George Osborne has announced plans to fundamentally reform the way financial services, including insurance, are to be regulated [See IJ web site –...
