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Calif. Commissioner Issues New Workers’ Compensation Regulations
Feb 22 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has announced new workers’ compensation regulations that will require all insurers to submit certification forms that verify that claims adjusters and medical bill...
The missing ingredient in new hire training
Feb 20 2006 // Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a continuing series of articles offering “best practices” suggestions for the hiring process including training in the independent agency. More information is...
Seven tips for successful process outsourcing and boosting productivity
Feb 20 2006 // Outsourcing often receives a bad rap, with large corporations using it to reduce staff count, bureaucracy and overhead. However, for small- and medium-sized insurance agencies, outsourcing can be a valuable, even critical,...
CALIFORNIA CREATES WEB SITE
Feb 20 2006 // The California Department of Insurance has launched a new Web site to fight workers’ compensation fraud . The site, accessible on the California Department of Insurance (CDI) web site (www.insurance.ca.gov), will...
Meetings
Feb 20 2006 // Introduction to Insurance Glendale Community College (Calif.) has added new credit courses for training in the insurance industry. Courses were developed as part of a $1.2 million President’s Community-Based Job...
Closer Look: Producer Liability
Feb 19 2006 // Keeping up with increasing liability as clients expand Property/casualty insurance agents and brokers are being exposed to more lawsuits as they move into unfamiliar products, states and technologies, and as their own...
People
Feb 19 2006 // United America Indemnity Ltd.’s board of directors has selected Joseph F. Morris as its president. The company will also consolidate its two U.S. insurance subsidiaries, United National Group and Penn-America Group,...
Agency Advisor
Feb 19 2006 // It is context that helps employees think through complex problems in the absence of their seniors. Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a continuing series of articles offering “best practices”...
Meetings
Feb 19 2006 // Glendale Community College (Calif.) has added new credit courses for training in the insurance industry. Courses were developed as part of a $1.2 million President’s Community-Based Job Training Grant involving 16...
Outsourcing
Feb 19 2006 // Outsourcing often receives a bad rap, with large corporations using it to reduce staff count, bureaucracy and overhead. However, for small- and medium-sized insurance agencies, outsourcing can be a valuable, even critical,...
Producer School
Feb 19 2006 // To an inexperienced agent, learning the insurance industry’s ropes – and many acronyms – can be difficult. Yet there are many educational opportunities designed to coach young agents into better...
St. Paul Travelers CEO to Speak at Merrill Lynch Investors Conference
Feb 14 2006 // Jay S. Fishman, chairman and chief executive officer of The St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc. is scheduled to speak at 2:55 p.m. , eastern standard time on Thursday, Feb. 16 at the Merrill Lynch Insurance Investors...
Phony Fla. Katrina Web Site Operator Fined, Barred From Using Sites
Feb 14 2006 // A civil lawsuit filed against a Nassau County, Fla. man for unlawfully soliciting relief donations intended for Hurricane Katrina victims has been successfully concluded by Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist. Robert...
Travelers’ Foundations Provide $15 Million to Community Organizations
Feb 14 2006 // Minnesota-based St. Paul Travelers and its two private foundations, St. Paul Travelers Foundation and St. Paul Travelers Connecticut Foundation, contributed more than $15 million in a total of of 418 grants to...
Past, Present and Future Hurricane Issues Top Feb. 8-11 Windstorm Conference Agenda
Feb 8 2006 // Past, present and future hurricane issues, how to prepare for the 2006 hurricane season and what to expect will be discussed during the Feb. 8 to 11 Seventh Annual Windstorm Insurance Conference and Exhibit kicking off...
Accident Fund Names First Policyholder of the Year for 2005
Feb 8 2006 // The Christman Company was named Accident Fund Insurance Company of America’s first “Policyholder of the Year” during the company’s annual all employee meeting at the Lansing Center on January 26,...
Agribusiness Conference – Sacramento
Feb 8 2006 // The nation’s largest two-day conference focusing on farm and agribusiness insurance risks will be held March 15-16, 2006 in Sacramento, CA at the beautiful Radisson Resort Hotel. This 19th Annual Agribusiness...
Agency Management Resource Group Holds Producer School in Sacramento
Feb 6 2006 // The Ultimate Producer School, provided by Agency Management Resource Group (AMRG) is hosting its next school starting in April 2006 in Sacramento, Calif. The school combines technical coverage information, emphasizing...
Seven tips for successful insurance process outsourcing
Feb 6 2006 // Outsourcing often receives a bad rap, with large corporations using it to reduce staff count, bureaucracy and overhead. However, for smaller companies, such as small and medium sized insurance agencies, outsourcing can be...
Carve diem: The 2006 Peak Performance Ski Conference
Feb 6 2006 // Insurance professionals were asked to sharpen more than just their skis at the 2006 Peak Performance Ski Conference held Jan 25-28 in Vail, Colo. At the conference, reinsurance carriers, reinsurance intermediaries,...
