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St. Paul Travelers Risk Control Site
Dec 20 2004 // St. Paul Travelers announced the debut of a new Web site housing more than 1,400 risk management resources for customers, agents and brokers. Resources are said to include the latest research reports and news on safety...
Insurance Education Foundation Redesigns Web site
Dec 17 2004 // The Insurance Education Foundation (IEF) has redesigned its Web site (www.ief.org) to be more user friendly and dynamic. “The IEF website was redesigned to be more responsive to high school teachers and other...
Swiss Re Conference Sees Continued Industry Growth
Dec 15 2004 // Andreas Beerli, Head of Swiss Re’s U.S. P/C business in the Americas, speaking at the company’s annual year-end economic and insurance industry review and outlook, asserted that the P/C reinsurance industry...
Alabama Agents Schedule March Legislative Conference
Dec 8 2004 // Alabama agents will be briefed about pending legislation, review topics to discuss with Alabama legislators and attend a BBQ at the Capital March 17 during the 18th Alabama Independent Insurance Agents Legislative...
Canter Says State, Federal Regs Are Detrimental
Dec 7 2004 // More than 120 firms participated in the Big “I” exhibit During my term we have made numerous advances, I couldn’t have done any of them without the help of the Executive Committee and dedicated...
Hurricane Experts, Mayfield, Bailey to Address Tampa Windstorm Conference
Dec 6 2004 // Max Mayfield, National Hurricane Center director and Bill Bailey, Hurricane Insurance Information Center director will join leading property insurance industry experts speaking at the Feb. 1 to 4 Sixth Annual Windstorm...
Big “I” Panelists Concerned About Terrorism, Asbestos, Tort Reform
Dec 6 2004 // Terrorism, asbestos and tort reform will be key industry concerns according to five insurance company chief executives participating in a panel discussion during last month’s Independent Insurance Agents &...
MORE TOOLS ON TEXAS MUTUAL SITE:
Dec 6 2004 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company has enhanced its online safety tools. Policyholders can visit the new Safety Resource Center at www.texasmutual.com to order and download training material from a multi-media safety resource...
Turning 35: The National Alliance Looks Back … and Into the Future
Dec 6 2004 // Insurance education society has served more than 130,000 participants. 1969. It was the dawning of the age of Aquarius, it was one giant leap for mankind, it was the Summer of Love, it was Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida, baby. And, it...
FLORIDA AGENTS TAKING CONFERENCE REGISTRATIONS:
Dec 6 2004 // The “Power of One” will be the topic of the June 23 to 25 Florida Association of Insurance Agents (FAIA) 101st Anniversary Convention and Education Symposium in Orlando at the Gaylord Palms Resort and...
Carl Warren & Company Launches New Web Site
Dec 1 2004 // Carl Warren & Company, a liability claims management company headquartered in Orange, California, celebrates 60 years as a third party claims administrator and launches a new Web site at their current Web site address...
Fireman’s Fund Unveils $1 Million Program to Improve Fire Safety, Prevention for the Bay Area
Nov 30 2004 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company (FFIC) of Novato, Calif. today announced more than $1 million in funding and donations for firefighting equipment, fire prevention tools, firefighter training and community fire...
AIG Specialty WC Expands Web site Capabilities
Nov 29 2004 // AIG Specialty Workers’ Compensation, a division of the property and casualty insurance subsidiaries of American International Group, Inc. (AIG), announced the expansion of its “Partners in Productivity”...
Fla. Employer of Workers Killed at July Construction Site Accident Charged with Fraud
Nov 26 2004 // The employer of two workers killed in a July construction accident on a Hobe Sound work site has been arrested and charged with workers’ compensation fraud, Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher...
Swiss Re Hosts Investors’ Day Conference
Nov 24 2004 // Swiss Re hosted its annual Investors’ Day at its Rüschlikon Conference Center near Zurich, yesterday, Nov. 23. The presentation offered additional insights into the Group’s risk management framework and a...
PIANY’s MetroRAP 2005 Education Designed for Downstate Insurance Professionals
Nov 24 2004 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. will feature two continuing education courses during its annual Metropolitan Regional Awareness Program, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005, at the New York Marriott Brooklyn,...
PIA of Fla. Board Honors Cobb, Silverman, Fowinkle
Nov 23 2004 // Dave Cobb, Ron Silverman and Bob Fowinkle were honored by the Professional Insurance Agents of Florida (PIA) board of directors during a meeting this week in Hutchinson Island, Fla. Mark O’Connell, PIA executive vice...
1969, Education and Politics
Nov 22 2004 // Where were you in 1969? Hitchhiking to Woodstock? Surviving the jungles of Vietnam? Graduating from high school? Learning the ropes of the insurance industry? Not born yet? If you were in Austin, Texas, in the fall of that...
NATIONAL ALLIANCE STUDY RELEASED:
Nov 22 2004 // Austin, Texas-based National Alliance Research Academy has published the third edition of their producer compensation study, Producer Profile: Compensation, Production, and Responsibilities. This study surveyed over 400...
Turning 35: The National Alliance Looks Back … and Into the Future
Nov 22 2004 // Insurance education society has served more than 130,000 participants. 1969. It was the dawning of the age of Aquarius, it was one giant leap for mankind, it was the Summer of Love, it was Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida, baby. And, it...
