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Keeping Retention Rates High in a Softening Market
Apr 4 2005 // The success or failure of any organization can be traced to customer retention. Agents and carriers who retain the most customers have greater long-term success and profitability than those who consistently lose...
J.E. Brown & Associates Takes Updated Web Site Live
Apr 1 2005 // J.E. Brown & Associates announced new additions to their Web site, www.jebrown.net. The updated site offers many added features which make navigation quicker, easier and more efficient. The site offers three...
S&P Lowers AIG Ratings to ‘AA+’; To Hold Conference
Mar 31 2005 // And then there was one. The announcement late yesterday, March 30, that Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has lowered its long-term counterparty credit and senior debt ratings on American International Group...
CE Credits for Insurance Adjusters Offered at Texas Safety Summit May 11-12
Mar 25 2005 // The Texas Department of Insurance has approved continuing education credits for insurance adjusters for breakout sessions offered at the 9th Annual Safety and Health Conference on May 11-12 in Austin. Insurance adjusters...
Main Street Matters
Mar 21 2005 // New York is one of the worst; New Jersey is also poor; Virginia remains among the best; Massachusetts and Maryland are looking better and better; Connecticut is holding steady, while Pennsylvania has some catching up to...
Serving the Friendly Skies
Mar 21 2005 // When the 1970s began, Bill Moloney was afraid of flying. When the 21st century dawned, he had his own aviation brokerage based in an airport and flew his plane as often as he could. Moloney, a self-described...
OneBeacon Launches New Web Site
Mar 18 2005 // Boston, Mass.-based OneBeacon Insurance Group has redesigned its Web site to provide more comprehensive access to products and services for customers, prospective employees and its agency partners. The new site features...
Capital One Expanding, Plans to Hire 150 New Agents
Mar 15 2005 // Capital One Insurance Services, formerly InsLogic, an insurance broker in Oak Ridge, Tenn. has put out a ‘Help Wanted’ sign and plans to triple its work force. Capital One Insurance was acquired in January by...
Regulators Name Consumer Liaison Reps for 2005
Mar 15 2005 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners recently named its funded consumer liaison representatives for 2005. Established in 1992, the program promotes consumer representation and interaction with NAIC members,...
Chubb Redesigns Web site
Mar 14 2005 // The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies announced that the company redesigned its Web site to make it easier to do business with the insurer and help increase agent productivity. Chubb reports the upgraded Web site features...
Main Street America’s Board of Directors Announces Five Top-Level Promotions
Mar 14 2005 // Five promotions and appointments have been announced by the board of directors of the Main Street America Group in Jacksonville: Ed Kuhl, senior vice president and chief financial officer; Toni Porterfield, senior vice...
Anderson Murison Inc. Web site Relaunched
Mar 7 2005 // Anderson Murison Inc. announced it has redesigned its Web site with additional functionality and made it easier for insurance producers to use. New features and design improvements include changing the...
ASCnet Unveils 2005 Calendar of Education Programs
Mar 7 2005 // The Applied Systems Client Network Inc. (ASCnet), the user group for Applied Systems agency management technology, is launching its 2005 member education effort with expanded training opportunities for agency support...
Preparing Your Personal Lines CSRs to Sell
Mar 7 2005 // Sales generated by property/casualty customer service representatives are the least risky, most profitable of all agency activities. They generate the easiest of all new commissions and help to keep rivals out of the...
Auto Task Force, Industry PR Effort Herald Busy Summer Ahead in Mass.
Mar 7 2005 // A task force appointed by Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney last spring has concluded that the state’s private passenger auto insurance system is heading for a crash and has promised to produce a legislative reform...
Hurricane Experts Unsure About 2005
Mar 7 2005 // Support Windstorm Impact Reduction Program Hurricane expert Max May-field and Rep. Jim Davis attempted to make long-range predictions about future events that will affect the Florida insurance industry during the annual...
FEMA Encourages States to Implement Flood Training Program for Agents
Mar 4 2005 // States will soon require minimum training, education and knowledge requirements for insurance agents who write flood insurance, Ed Pasterick, an industry relations spokesman for the Federal Emergency Management Agency told...
TWCC to Host Statewide Safety and Health Conference
Mar 3 2005 // The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission announced it will host its 9th Annual Safety and Health Conference, the Texas Safety Summit, on May 11 and 12 in Austin at the Omni Austin Hotel Southpark, 4140 Governors...
FSLSO Creates Digital Online Classroom, Stresses Online Education
Mar 2 2005 // The Florida Surplus Lines Service Office in Tallahassee has made a concerted effort to create a digital online classroom to improve educational resources to provide quick and quality service at its customers’...
Online Fla. Insurance Agent Licensing Course Offered
Feb 25 2005 // The Florida Insurance Licensing Association has announced Florida’s first 100% online insurance agent licensing course. This 40-Hour course (2-15 Life, Health & Variable Annuity) is required to become an...
