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SIIS Unveils Program for Annual Conference

Apr 26 2006 // Southwestern Insurance Information Service announced the program for its 53rd Annual Educational Conference, June 27-28, 2006, at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Dallas, Texas. “We have arranged an outstanding array of...

Reviewer Doubts Server Training Helps Curb Alcohol-Related Injuries

Apr 21 2006 // Programs for modifying environments where alcohol is served — including bars and liquor stores — do not help reduce alcohol-related injuries, according to a new review of controlled studies. “There is no reliable...

Crawford & Co. Recognized by Insurance Education Association

Apr 20 2006 // Crawford & Co.’s Fresno, Calif., Integrated Services branch has been awarded the Roger Smith Award for Excellence in Education from the Insurance Education Association (IEA). The award will be presented at the...

American Financial Group Announces 2006 1st Quarter Conference Call

Apr 19 2006 // American Financial Group, Inc. expects to release its 2006 first quarter results after the market closes on Tuesday, April 25. The earnings release will be available shortly thereafter on AFG’s website at...

Hamman-Miller-Beauchamp-Deeble Inc. Mourns Passing of Harlan Miller Jr.

Apr 18 2006 // E. H. “Harlan” Miller Jr. of Long Beach, Calif., has died. He was chairman of the board of Hamman-Miller-Beauchamp-Deeble Inc. “Harlan was an incredible contributor to the industry and his...

RLI Corp. Posts Strong 1st Quarter Results; Hosts Conference Call Today

Apr 18 2006 // Peoria, Ill.-based RLI Corp. reported first quarter net earnings of $25.7 million compared to $29.3 million reported in the same quarter last year. Operating earnings were $22.8 million ($0.86 per share) for the first...

Fireman’s Fund Sponsors Wildfire Seminar on San Francisco Earthquake Centennial

Apr 18 2006 // As the nation commemorates the one hundredth anniversary of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, one of the surviving companies from that disaster — Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co., will be hosting a...

Apr 17 2006 // People Hub International Ltd., a Chicago-based brokerage has named Jonathan Axel senior vice president of the Kagan-Kozberg Division at Hub International of California Insurance Services Inc., a subsidiary of the insurance...

Combat job outsourcing and off-shoring with education

Apr 17 2006 // Closer Look: Insurance professionals must keep up their credentials and education if they want to combat outsourcing and off-shoring of insurance industry jobs, Don Hurzeler, Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters...

Closer Look: Premium Funds Financial Management

Apr 17 2006 // Insurance agencies have millions of dollars in transit through their trust bank accounts. How should agencies manage premium dollars? Unlike other sales and service companies, independent insurance agencies have a...

Closer Look: Insurance Associations

Apr 17 2006 // Editor’s note: This is the second article in a series on Western insurance associations. Part I of this article appeared in the April 3, 2006, western region publication beginning on page 47. As people migrate to the...

CLOSER LOOK: Agribusiness

Apr 17 2006 // City slickers are looking for entertainment on the farm – but that brings new risks Alternative and agro-tourism enterprises are allowing farmers and ranchers to earn higher profits by replacing or supplementing...

E-Discovery and Electronic Records

Apr 17 2006 // The focus of litigations and investigations on electronic documents, particularly e-mails, and the increasing accountability of compliance programs, including record retention, are leading organizations to reexamine their...

•Doron M. Rotman, audit and RAS managing director for Information Risk Management; and

Apr 17 2006 // The participants included: •Scott B. Moritz, director of KPMG Forensic; •Hugh C. Kelly, principal of Financial Risk Management; •Joanna Taylor, senior associate for Financial Risk Management; •Linda...

ProCentury Corp. to Hold Financial Conference Call, May 4

Apr 14 2006 // Columbus, Ohio-based ProCentury Corporation announced today that it plans to release its first quarter 2006 financial results after market close on Wednesday, May 3, 2006. On Thursday, May 4, 2006, ProCentury management...

National Alliance, FSU Announce Online M.S. for Risk Management, Insurance

Apr 13 2006 // A master’s degree program focusing on risk management and insurance, offered entirely on the internet has been announced in a collaborative effort by The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research and...

Boating Safety Bill Clears Okla. House

Apr 7 2006 // A measure requiring teenagers in Oklahoma to take a boater safety course before operating boats and jet skis moved one step closer to becoming law after passing the House of Representatives. Senate Bill 1495, by State Sen....

N.H. Agents Plan Education Conference; Commissioner to Speak

Apr 4 2006 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Hampshire Inc.’s 2006 Annual Conference will be held Wednesday, May 24, 2006, at the Marriott Courtyard and Grappone Conference Center, Concord, N.H. More than 100 insurance...

Eastern Agribusiness Conference Slated for Hartford, Conn. in May

Apr 3 2006 // A two-day conference focusing on farm and agribusiness insurance risks will be held May 22-23, 2006 in Hartford, Conn. The Eastern Agribusiness Conference allows participants to receive continuing education credits from...

Leverage agency resources by retaining your talent

Apr 3 2006 // (Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a series of articles offering “best practices” suggestions for the hiring process in the independent agency. More information is available at iiat.org under Agency...