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Ala. Department of Insurance Unveils Updated Web Site
Mar 9 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...
Building Agency Value Through Perpetuation
Mar 8 2004 // The number of independent insurance agencies with revenue greater than $250,000 dwindled to 20,066 in 2000, from 35,000 in 1990. By 2010, the number of agencies will decline to less than 12,000. While some portion of...
CPIA SOCIETY ANNOUNCES NEW NAME AND LOGO:
Mar 8 2004 // The Certified Professional Insurance Agents (CPIA) Society, a national organization dedicated to providing sales training, networking and marketing innovation to insurance professionals, unveiled both a new name—American...
Is Ethics Training “Full of Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing'”
Mar 8 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...
IIABNJ Lauds N.J. DOBI Consumer Education Initiative
Mar 8 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New Jersey (IIABNJ) has issued a bulletin applauding the state’s Insurance Commissioner, Holly Bakke and the Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI) for the new...
A New Day in Alabama for the Independent Agent
Mar 8 2004 // We have found not all members are knowledgeable about all of the programs we have available for them, which means they are not getting the full value of their membership in the association. It’s hard to believe that...
Oklahoma’s Fisher Faces Felony Corruption Charges
Mar 8 2004 // Last August, Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and he pleaded no contest to the charge in October 2003. Now, he’s facing felony counts ranging from embezzlement...
RIMS, Marsh Crisis Academy Join Forces to Provide Crisis Readiness Courses Online
Mar 4 2004 // Marsh’s Crisis Academy, the e-learning solution for Crisis Readiness, is working with the Risk and Insurance Management Society Inc. (RIMS) to offer 11 online courses including the global best practices standard for...
AIG Higher Education Risk Solutions Unveiled to Meet College and University Risks
Mar 4 2004 // American International Group Inc. (AIG), announced the formation of AIG Higher Education Risk Solutions, a division of the property and casualty insurance subsidiaries of AIG, to address the growing risks faced by colleges...
Online Insurance Marketing Conference Set for May in Princeton, N.J.
Mar 4 2004 // The publishers of e-Insurance Marketer and digital insurance agency, The Credo Group, announced it would hold its e-Insurance Conference on May 17, 2004 in Princeton, N.J. The conference, which has been created especially...
Congressman Frank Guest Speaker at IIABA National Legislative Conference
Mar 4 2004 // Congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass.), the ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, will speak to members of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) during their National...
Insurance Institute of Mich. Launches Web Site
Mar 3 2004 // There’s a new site on the World Wide Web and it is loaded with timely insurance information for Michigan residents. Web surfers can find the new website recently unveiled by the Insurance Institute of Michigan (IIM)...
CII Supports Incentives for Continuing Education
Mar 3 2004 // The U.K.’s Chartered Insurance Institute is preparing a study, which it will present to the Government, advocating modifications in its system of tax relief and improvement in communications to provide greater...
Montpelier Re Execs to Present at Annual AIFA Conference in Florida
Feb 26 2004 // Bermuda-based Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. announced that Anthony Taylor, president and CEO, Russell Fletcher, Chief Reinsurance Officer, and Neil McConachie, treasurer and Chief Accounting Officer, are scheduled to present...
N.Y. Gov. Pataki Announces $4.3 Million in Grants to Combat Auto Theft and Fraud
Feb 26 2004 // Governor George E. Pataki has announced $4.3 million in grants to 27 programs to reduce motor vehicle theft and insurance fraud across New York State. The funding will be distributed to programs that provide law...
Pinnacle, MSA Group Unveil New Agency Education Institute
Feb 25 2004 // Pinnacle Training & Consulting is partnering with The Main Street America Group to make available a new series of personal and commercial lines training programs to independent agents. The new programs...
IIABA’s “Big I” Convention, Young Agent Leadership Conference Set for October
Feb 24 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) announced it will hold its annual convention and Young Agent Sales & Leadership Conference, Oct. 9-12, at the Swan and Dolphin Hotel, located on the...
BIG ‘I’ CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIPS:
Feb 23 2004 // A number of scholarships are available to help young agents and brokers attend the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s (IIABA) National Legislative Conference—taking place April 21-23, 2004 at...
CPIA Society Announces New Name and Logo
Feb 19 2004 // The Certified Professional Insurance Agents (CPIA) Society, a national organization dedicated to providing sales training, networking and marketing innovation to insurance professionals, unveiled both a new name –...
Grand Jury Unseals Indictments Against Oklahoma’s Fisher
Feb 18 2004 // Four grand jury indictments unsealed by the Oklahoma County District Court on Feb. 17 accuse Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher mishandling continuing education funds and operating his charity illegally,...
