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IIASA to Hold Surplus Lines Seminar
Oct 1 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of San Antonio announced an upcoming continuing education seminar, “Surplus Lines & Putting Together a Winning Submission.” The seminar, which will be presented by...
Tailgating the Most Common Driving Error, Study Finds
Sep 30 2003 // Smith System, which provides professional driver training, announced the results of an analysis that found inadequate following distance to be the most common driving error. The Smith System study, culled from 50 years of...
Higginbotham’s Yarborough to Head AMS Southern Users Group
Sep 25 2003 // Marsha Yarbrough of Fort Worth-based Higginbotham & Associates, one of the nation’s 100 largest insurance and financial services brokers, was named president of the Southern Sagitta Users Group, a local chapter...
NYSID Gives Details for Electronic Filing
Sep 23 2003 // The New York State Insurance Department has issued Circular letter No. 15, giving details of its plans to move the property/casualty insurance industry towards full electronic filing through its “System for...
Apprehensions over Regulation, Capital, Industry Image, Dominate CII Conference
Sep 22 2003 // The 102nd Insurance and Financial Services Conference of the U.K.’s Chartered Insurance Institute wound up proceedings in London last Friday on an upbeat note. President Andy Homer told delegates that the industry...
Industry Has Not Forgotten
Sep 22 2003 // Now that the two-year anniversary passed us earlier this month, it would be very easy for all of us to go about our business and put in the background the impact of Sept. 11, 2001. Not only did the events of that day...
Industry Has Not Forgotten
Sep 22 2003 // Now that the two-year anniversary passed us earlier this month, it would be very easy for all of us to go about our business and put in the background the impact of Sept. 11, 2001. Not only did the events of that day...
PIA CT, NH, NJ and NY Join Fall Return to School
Sep 22 2003 // A bulletin from the Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey and New York State Inc. notes that “summer has come and gone. It’s time for calculators and textbooks—for the...
McLaughlin Receives Matt Wells Producer Development Scholarship
Sep 22 2003 // Jeff McLaughlin, a producer with Dallas-based McLaughlin Brunson Insurance Agency, was recently named the recipient of the Matt Wells Producer Development Scholarship. The scholarship—established by Insurance Journal...
IWIF, MERVO Partnership Increases Workplace Safety Training for Students
Sep 16 2003 // In an effort to reduce workplace injuries among Maryland teens the Injured Workers’ Insurance Fund, the state’s largest workers’ compensation insurance company, developed a teacher’s guide called:...
CNA Sues Former Exec for Raiding Talent
Sep 11 2003 // Chicago-based insurer CNA has filed suit against a former executive it says violated an exit agreement not to hire away any employees for at least three years by luring away 11 top company executives to a competing firm,...
Aon Fund Assists Children of Employees Lost on 9/11
Sep 11 2003 // More than 150 children of Aon employees who perished on Sept. 11, 2001, will persevere in their educational endeavors thanks to the continuing support of the Aon Memorial Education Fund. Established by Aon Corporation on...
N.C. Workers’ Comp Conference Set for October
Sep 10 2003 // The North Carolina Industrial Commission announced it is sponsoring the Eighth Annual North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference, to be held Oct. 8 – 10, in Durham. The event, produced in...
NACE 2003 Conference Offers 45+ Educational Sessions
Sep 9 2003 // The International Autobody Congress & Exposition (NACE) 2003 Conference will include 45+ educational sessions covering shop management, general interest, small shop, vehicle repair, lifestyle, jobber and insurance...
PIACT to Host “Education Expo”
Sep 9 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc. will host its annual Education Expo on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2003, starting at 9 a.m. at the Ramada Inn in Plainville, Conn. The Expo serves “as a meeting place for...
Online CE Education Weighs In
Sep 8 2003 // For most agents and brokers, earning their state-mandated continuing education credits and certificates is undoubtedly a hassle. The earning of CE credits equals time away from the office, time away from the family, and in...
Fraser to Address NAAIA’s National Conference
Sep 2 2003 // The National African-American Insurance Association (NAAIA) announced that its 2003 National Conference and Empowerment Summit, to be held Sept. 19-21 in Las Vegas, will feature keynote speaker George Fraser, the author of...
Texas Mutual Wins Web Site Award
Aug 29 2003 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that for the second year in a row, its Web site, www.texasmutual.com, took top honors in an international competition hosted by the American Association of State Compensation...
CIWA Invites Attendees to Breakfast, Briefing at NAPSLO Conference
Aug 28 2003 // The California Insurance Wholesalers’ Association (CIWA) is inviting attendees to a continental breakfast and a briefing on the California Regulatory, Legislative and Political Environment and Issues facing the...
Venture Programs Kicks Off Re-Branding Campaign with Newly Designed Web Site
Aug 27 2003 // Pennsylvania-based Venture Programs, Inc., which designs and deploys specialty industry-focused insurance programs, has launched a redesigned version of its Web site as part of a new corporate identity and branding...
