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FEMA Pledges to Improve its Public Education; Will Produce Video
May 2 2005 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency pledged at a conference in Orlando to improve its public education efforts to that in the future hurricane victims will not have unreasonable expectations about how FEMA can help...
Fireman’s Fund Contributes More than $500,000 to Chicagoland Firefighters
Apr 28 2005 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company is awarding fire agencies throughout the Chicagoland area with more than $500,000 in grants and donations for firefighting equipment, firefighter training, community fire safety...
Organizations Collaborate, Form ‘The Georgia Alliance’ Education Partnership
Apr 27 2005 // A collaboration between The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research and The Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) of Georgia has resulted in a new insurance education partnership in Georgia: The Georgia...
Pair Plead Guilty in La. Insurance Scam
Apr 25 2005 // Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti, Jr. announced that two more men have entered guilty pleas for their association in an insurance fraud scam that involved hundreds of insurance agents across Louisiana. Over the past...
National Alliance Unveils New Designation Program for School Risk Managers
Apr 22 2005 // An all-new education and designation program specifically for education risk management specialists has been developed by The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research in partnership with Texas Schools Risk...
Insurers Voice Opposition to Proposed Mass. Auto Premium Surcharge
Apr 21 2005 // A proposal to surcharge auto insurance policyholders $15 million to pay for police training reportedly unfairly forces responsible motorists in Massachusetts to fund a program that benefits every citizen and business in...
IIABNJ Holds Spring Fling for Industry Professionals
Apr 21 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of New Jersey are preparing to hold the Annual Spring Fling for Continuing Education, May 17-18, at the Sheraton Hotel in Eatontown, N.J. Insurance professionals will have a...
Unique ‘How to Write’ Seminars Deliver More Than an Education
Apr 18 2005 // Insurance Journal’s 14-Part Series Gives Agents Added Time and Potential Income Where do retailers go to find the solutions they need to write new business? Insurance Journal, in partnership with Shand Morahan &...
AAMGA Technology Conference
Apr 18 2005 // Disaster Plan Waiting to Happen? MGAs Must Prepare For All Emergencies His last words of advice might have been the most important: “If you haven’t started, start small.” Not all managing general agencies...
Annual Charity Motorcycle Rally Fun Kicks Off AAMGA Conference
Apr 18 2005 // Mary Zeller, vice president and manager of Seaboard Underwriters office in Council Bluffs, Iowa, hasn’t ridden a motorcycle or a Harley-Davidson, but will play a major role in the April 29 “Managing General...
Keeping Retention Rates High in a Softening Market
Apr 18 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...
Doing the Right Thing Brings Rewards for SRA’s John Wood
Apr 18 2005 // Specialty Risk Associates, a managing general agency headquartered in Shreveport, La., has been on the move in the past several years–expanding beyond its Louisiana base into neighboring states–and has plans to...
CE CREDIT SCAM INVOLVES AGENTS
Apr 18 2005 // Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr. announced that Leo Vincent Jacob of Covington, La., has pled guilty to six counts of filing false public records in a criminal scheme that involved hundreds of insurance...
IBA West Prepares for Blue Ribbon Conference in Hawaii
Apr 18 2005 // Attendees at the upcoming Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West Blue Ribbon Conference, to be held May 1-5, can expect more than sunbathing, snorkeling and golfing at the Mauna Lani Bay Hotel on the big island of...
Watson to Serve on CIC Board of Governors
Apr 15 2005 // Jack L. Watson, president of Collier Insurance Agency Inc., Blakely, Georgia has been selected to serve on the Certified Insurance Counselor’s Board of Governors according to an announcement from The National...
President Bush to Speak at Big ‘I’ National Legislative Conference April 21
Apr 15 2005 // President George W. Bush will address more than 1,000 independent insurance agents and brokers Thursday, April 21, at the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s (the Big “I”) National...
Va. Web Site Offers Comparisons of Hospitals
Apr 12 2005 // Virginia consumers trying to decide which hospitals to use now have a new online tool to evaluate and compare how the facilities treat patients with heart attacks, heart failure and pneumonia. Starting this month,...
Safeco President to Address SIAA Orlando Conference; Discussions to Focus on Key Branding
Apr 11 2005 // Representatives of more than 150 Strategic Independent Agents Alliance’s Master Agency, Strategic Partner Companies and vendors will attend the April 13-15 semi-annual business meeting at the Marriott World Center in...
FAIA Mourns Passing of Former Exec. V.P. Tom Johnson
Apr 11 2005 // Tom Johnson, the former executive vice president of the Florida Association of Insurance Agents from 1948 to 1986, passed away in his sleep at 7:05 p.m. April 8 with his family and a few close friends at his bedside....
CWCI to Offer Web-Based Training Sessions on AMA Guides in April and May
Apr 8 2005 // Dr. Chris Brigham, featured speaker at CWCI’s AMA Guides 101 seminars last October and PD Rating 102 seminars in February, has scheduled three live, Web-based seminar series (four two-hour sessions each) on the use...
