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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...
Disclosure, Marketing Dominate Young Brokers and Agents Conference
Jul 4 2005 // Agents and brokers must unite and work together so that their industry is able to flourish despite recent challenges involving broker disclosure, participants learned at IBA West’s Young Brokers and Agents Conference...
American Hobbyist Adds Online Rating, Submission to Site
Jun 29 2005 // American Hobbyist Insurance, a national provider of collector-vehicle insurance, has added real-time online quoting and submission capabilities to its newly redesigned Web site. “The collector-car market is sizzling...
IIAT Releases Hiring, Training Tools
Jun 29 2005 // Finding and keeping the best employees is more critical than ever for maintaining a competitive edge. And now independent insurance agents who are members of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas have an important ally...
Munich Re Discusses Risk Model at London Investors’ Day Conference
Jun 28 2005 // Munich Re held an investors’ day conference in London yesterday, June 27. In conjunction with the event it published detailed information on its internal risk model, which shows that “the Group’s...
AIIA Conference: Bell Calls Market ‘Impressive’; Rowe Says Response, Timing Are Critical
Jun 27 2005 // The Alabama insurance market is “impressive” and the state has a “healthy market, trending upward,” Alabama Insurance Commissioner Walter A. Bell told members of the Alabama Independent Insurance...
FAAI Conference Speaker: Rep. Bense Congratulates Fla. Agents
Jun 24 2005 // Rep. Allan G. Bense, (R-Panama City) Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, and one of the most influential political figures in Florida, congratulated insurance companies, agents and claims personnel for their...
