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Fireman’s Fund Launches Program to Aid Firefighting in San Diego County
Apr 6 2004 // San Diego County fire departments and fire and burn prevention organizations will receive more than $1 million this year through Fireman’s Fund Heritage(SM), a community-based corporate giving program launched by...
Federal Roads Bill Upgrades States’ Driver Safety
Apr 5 2004 // Kevin Jordan is a retired State Highway Patrol trooper who believes that learning how to drive means learning what to do when the brakes lock up. “Many kids don’t get anything more than the basic stuff, and the...
ALABAMA DEPTARTMENT OF INSURANCE UNVEILS UPDATED WEB SITE:
Apr 5 2004 // The Alabama Department of Insurance has launched an updated Web site. It remains at the same address, which is http://www.aldoi.gov/. The new site, designed by department webmaster Jelene Hardy, should reportedly provide...
Agents Learn about Opportunities, Challenges at Agribusiness Conference
Apr 5 2004 // The Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West (IBA West) and Insurance Skills Center sponsored the 17th Annual Agribusiness Conference held March 17 and 18 in Sacramento. The nation’s largest agricultural conference...
Wash. Drivers with High Incomes, Degrees Speed More Often
Apr 5 2004 // According to a PEMCO Insurance survey, the person passing you on the highway well above the speed limit is more likely to have an advanced education and earn a higher income than those traveling at safer speeds. The...
LAAA Prepares for Expansion, Upcoming Annual Convention
Apr 5 2004 // Founded five years ago to address the specific needs of the Hispanic insurance community in California, the Latin American Agents Association (LAAA) is well known for its popular monthly meetings and entertaining annual...
Flood, Credit Rank Among Top 2004 Maryland Issues as Session Ends
Apr 5 2004 // As the 2004 Maryland legislative session draws to a close, a myriad of property/casualty insurance bills reportedly benefiting consumers in providing disaster relief and fair underwriting and rating practices are...
WebAward Competition Looking for Best Insurance Site
Apr 1 2004 // The Web Marketing Association is calling for entries for its eighth annual WebAward Competition, including the category of best insurance Web site. The competition is meant to recognize the individual and team achievement...
IIA San Antonio to Hold Professional Liability Seminar
Mar 29 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of San Antonio announced a continuing education seminar on professional liability to be held on April 15, 2004. Presenters for the seminar will be Joseph H. Schneider and Beth Snyder...
Wash. Drivers with High Incomes, Degrees Speed More Often
Mar 23 2004 // According to a PEMCO Insurance survey, the person passing you on the highway well above the speed limit is more likely to have an advanced education and earn a higher income than those traveling at safer speeds. The...
Ga. Commissioner Named Liaison to Hague Conference
Mar 23 2004 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) recently announced that Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine has been named the NAIC liaison to the Hague Conference. In this role he will attend Hague...
Selecting the Right Company Partner for Workers’ Comp Pays Dividends
Mar 22 2004 // First, this article is not about “parting shots.” When I hear this expression I immediately think of a retaliatory barrage to a poor unsuspecting sole. Instead, I’m going to discuss an issue near and dear...
Ethics Awareness Month
Mar 22 2004 // I have mixed views on Martha Stewart’s plight. On the one hand, I feel she’s been unfairly targeted and made an example of by the federal government because she’s a prominent media personality. On the...
Workers’ Comp – Buying a Policy or Selecting an Insurance Partner’
Mar 22 2004 // Recently, while conducting an education program for a group of agency professionals on the subject of workers’ compensation, I realized that for many agents, the workers’ compensation policy is the...
Is Ethics Training ‘Full of Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing”
Mar 22 2004 // March is Ethics Awareness Month in the insurance and financial services industries, and this seems an appropriate time to suggest that the majority of what passes for “ethics training” is having little or no...
Study Finds Employees Unprepared for Retirement
Mar 22 2004 // The greatest fear amongst employees is outliving their savings, according to Met Life’s 2003 Employee Benefits Trend Study. Nearly half the workers polled said they believe they will have to take on full or part-time...
New PIACT Pres. Stresses Relationships, Education
Mar 19 2004 // Jeffrey D. Parmenter, CPCU, the newly elected president of the Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc. stressed relationship building and continuing education as primary requirements of success for individuals in...
N.J. DOBI Notes Success of Online Auto Insurance Site
Mar 18 2004 // According to New Jersey’s Department of Banking and Insurance, the state’s innovative Auto Insurance Purchasing Planner has been used by more than 6,500 consumers shopping for auto insurance since the program...
IIA San Antonio Presenting Ethics Course
Mar 16 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of San Antonio announced it is presenting a two-hour continuing education ethics course on April 8, 2004. IIASA noted that this course is back by popular demand. The class will be taught by...
NAIW Education Foundation Tourney Tees Off May 20
Mar 16 2004 // The Alabama State Council of Insurance Women will hold a golf tournament on Thursday, May 20, beginning at 7 a.m. at the Indian Oaks Golf Course in Anniston, Alabama. Proceeds will benefit the NAIW Education...
