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Producer Development: Learning to Sell
Jul 18 2005 // Beginning this week, 15 insurance agents are returning to Normal, Ill., to do an unusual thing in the world of insurance training: talk with each other about what’s worked and what hasn’t. It’s the third...
Do Your Customers Know What You Did Last Summer?
Jul 18 2005 // Consider this story. Fifty years ago a relatively unknown entrepreneur opened a family-oriented entertainment complex in Southern California. He decided to place signs at each attraction or ride indicating the expected...
FAIA Management, Automation Training Seminar Participants to Discuss Agency Concerns, Workflow
Jul 18 2005 // Automation workflow, practical leadership, technical agency valuation, automation management, incentive compensation, recruiting, sales management and a wide range of other agency concerns will be discussed by some of the...
Calif. Legislature Breaks for Summer, Takes Action on Measures
Jul 18 2005 // Following is ACIC’s weekly update on legislative action taken on insurance-related bills last week and the measures scheduled for consideration in the future. Note: Legislature begins its month-long summer recess...
Virginia Big ‘I’ Breaks Ground in Education, Starting with CSR Program
Jul 18 2005 // It’s an age-old problem for agency owners: where to find customer service representatives. Ask agency principals to name their biggest challenges and locating CSRs is right up there at the top of most...
Closing Time
Jul 18 2005 // The Insurance Journal directory issues are known as “keepers,” because both empirical and anecdotal evidence tells us that readers are likely to hang on to them longer for easy access. In this case,...
The Industry Goes to School: Universities That Offer Insurance Degrees
Jul 18 2005 // Twenty years ago, it was nearly impossible to find colleges and universities offering degrees in insurance. Now there are many programs across the nation that offer bachelor’s degrees, concentrations, certifications...
Producer Development: Learning to Sell
Jul 18 2005 // New Program Teaches a Consultative Approach to Insurance Sales Beginning this week, 15 insurance agents are returning to Normal, Ill., to do an unusual thing in the world of insurance training: talk with each other about...
Education Essential
Jul 18 2005 // Frequent CE Classes Keep Agents Informed Efforts to provide first-quality education at its annual convention, insurance day programs and at regular errors and omissions education programs puts the Professional Independent...
Continuing Education Opinions Differ
Jul 18 2005 // It was a pleasure talking to insurance agency and insurance association representatives to discuss agent education for the education story on page 12. It was also interesting to hear the differing opinions about...
National Alliance Names Outstanding CSRs; Awards CIC, CISR Scholarships
Jul 18 2005 // The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research, headquartered in Austin, Texas, started out the summer of 2005 with a bang–handing out a basketful of honors and awards. In late June the insurance and...
AWCC ADDS POC SEARCH TO WEB SITE
Jul 18 2005 // Effective July 1 the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission changed its proof of coverage (POC) procedures, added a POC search link on its Web site at www.awacc.state.ar.us, and eliminated a form it had required...
National Alliance Names Outstanding CSRs; Awards CIC, CISR Scholarships
Jul 18 2005 // The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research, headquartered in Austin, Texas, started out the summer of 2005 with a bang-handing out a basketful of honors and awards. In late June the insurance and risk...
Online Registration Open for Annual AWCC Educational Conference
Jul 14 2005 // The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission established online registration for its 18th annual Educational Conference, scheduled for Oct. 12-14, the first under the direction of Chief Executive Officer Alan...
Sunshine State Insurance Garners NFIP Award at Conference
Jul 8 2005 // Florida-based Sunshine State Insurance Company has been honored by the National Flood Insurance Program for growth in new business production. The award was presented at the recent NFIP annual conference in Marco Island,...
AWCC Adds Proof of Coverage Search to Web site; Discontinues Form AR-I
Jul 8 2005 // Effective July 1, 2005, the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission changed its proof of coverage (POC) procedures, added a POC search link on its Web site, and eliminated a form it had required for...
Texas Workers’ Comp Education Conference Features New Format
Jul 6 2005 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission and the International Workers’ Compensation Foundation Inc. will sponsor the 15th Annual Texas Workers’ Compensation Education Conference on August 17-19, 2005....
Standard & Poor’s Annual Insurance Conference
Jul 4 2005 // Top Corporate Executives Stress Moving Beyond Spitzer Despite recent adversity and scrutiny faced by the insurance industry, financial ratings for companies appear on the upswing. “For the first time that I can...
MGAs, Program Administrators Told Selling Out May be Way to Go
Jul 4 2005 // Steve Way Has Built Giant HCC Holdings Via Acquisitions and He’s Not Done Yet Managing general agents and program administrators have an admirer with deep pockets in Steven Way. Getting some of that money might be...
IIAT Traditions Run Deep at Convention in Austin
Jul 4 2005 // Reynolds sworn in as president, McCain wins Drex Foreman Award. Among the many highlights of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas’ 108th IIAT Conference and Trade Show, held June 16 and 17 in Austin, were the...
