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Closer Look: Producer Liability
Jan 22 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...
La. Health Care Conference Scheduled for Jan. 23
Jan 19 2006 // The Tenth Annual Health Care Conference, sponsored by the Louisiana Department of Insurance, will be held on Monday, Jan. 23, 2006, at the Holiday Inn Select (formerly the Radisson Hotel and Conference Center) 4924...
Conn. Gov. Rell Pushes Road Safety at Avon Mountain Crash Site
Jan 18 2006 // Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell has proposed doubling the fines for people who break traffic laws on Avon Mountain, part of a package of recommendations prompted by a fiery crash that killed four people over the summer. Rell...
PIA of Florida Announces Its 2006 Continuing Education Class Lineup
Jan 13 2006 // A wide variety of continuing education courses to be taught in various Florida locations during 2006 have been announced by the Tallahassee-based Professional Insurance Agents of Florida. The curriculum includes classes...
Ariz. Governor Napolitano Urges Action on Tax Relief
Jan 12 2006 // Arizona’s Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano has offered a $100 million tax-relief package focused on school children, health care insurance and fuel-thrifty vehicles — a dramatic contrast from broader and bigger...
FEMA Flood Insurance Program Launches Agent Web Site
Jan 9 2006 // The National Flood Insurance Program has launched a FloodSmart Agents Web site to provide access to agent materials and new content in a password-protected agents-only section of www.FloodSmart.gov. After registering for a...
N.H. Vows to Target Motorcycle Safety as Accident Deaths Rise
Jan 6 2006 // Around this time last year, when New Hampshire reported a dramatic increase in motorcycle accident deaths, the state announced it was working on a safety campaign directed specifically at motorcyclists. A $100,000 campaign...
R.I. Requiring Bartenders to Complete Alcohol-Awareness Class by April
Jan 5 2006 // Rhode Island bartenders are being told they must go back to school to learn about how to help prevent underage drinking and drunk driving by patrons. The state’s servers must complete an alcohol-awareness class by...
Gov. Perry to Headline IIAT’s Joe Vincent Management Seminar
Jan 5 2006 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry will deliver a special luncheon address to nearly 400 of the state’s most progressive and influential independent insurance agency principals and managers when they gather for the Independent...
‘Longshore Forum’ Web Site Launched by LIG Marine Managers
Jan 4 2006 // A Web site designed as an independent source of information and resources on Longshore insurance topics has been launched by LIG Marine Managers of St. Petersburg, Fla. The Web site is open to all marine businesses,...
Risk management strategies before, during and after construction
Jan 2 2006 // The construction-defect wave of the past decade has demonstrated that a comprehensive litigation risk management program must address a project’s needs at pre-construction, during construction and at...
In recruiting, qualify before you sell
Jan 2 2006 // Editor’s note: This is the third 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...
In recruiting, qualify before you sell
Jan 1 2006 // Editor’s note: This is the third 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...
In recruiting, qualify before you sell
Jan 1 2006 // Editor’s note: This is the third 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...
By Don Neff
Jan 1 2006 // The construction-defect wave of the past decade has demonstrated that a comprehensive litigation risk management program must address a project’s needs at pre-construction, during construction and at...
Texas Farm Bureau VP Elected Chairman of ICT
Dec 30 2005 // The Insurance Council of Texas has elected James Langford, chairman of the board of directors beginning Jan. 1, 2006. Langford is the assistant vice president of compliance, regulatory and governmental affairs and training...
Santa Barbara Hotel Housekeeper Pleads Guilty to Fraud
Dec 30 2005 // Fabiola Rosas DeArzate, aka Blanca Estela Garcia DeArzate, 35, of Santa Barbara, Calif., has plead guilty to insurance fraud and was sentenced to 120 days in county jail, five years formal probation, and ordered to pay...
‘Certificates of Insurance’ CPCU Jan. 9 Continuing Education Topic
Dec 27 2005 // “Certificates of Insurance: The Second Most Dangerous Piece of Paper,” will be discussed by Bill Perkins, an instructor with the Florida Association of Insurance Agents, during a Jan. 9 continuing education...
News Briefs
Dec 18 2005 // Alaska President Declares Alaska Major Disaster Following Fall Weather The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has reported that President George W. Bush has...
