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The Hartford’s BMG Agency Survey Finds Employee Shortage Driving Compensation, Education
May 23 2003 // While the rest of the economy struggles with worker layoffs, independent insurance agencies are reportedly facing a very different problem: filling their jobs with knowledgeable workers. As a result, more firms facing a...
Cochran, Caronia & Co. Convenes Insurance Investor Conference May 21
May 20 2003 // Cochran, Caronia & Co., investment bankers to the insurance industry, will convene a conference to address critical issues facing the property and casualty insurance industry. The day- ong conference will feature...
Insurance Journal Increases Audio Broadcasts From Web Site
May 19 2003 // In an effort to deliver more insurance news to the industry, Insurance Journal is going on the road to interview industry figures and report from various conferences. Mitch Dunford, executive vice president, noted,...
Woodruff-Sawyer Focuses on Delivering Results
May 19 2003 // In our continuing series on Agency Insights, we look at Woodruff-Sawyer, a brokerage specializing in a variety of services. A member of Assurex, the company is led by CEO, Stan Loar, Chairman of the Board, Doug Morton, and...
IBC’s AIM Conference Brings Together Insurers and Car Makers
May 15 2003 // The opening in Toronto of the Insurance Bureau of Canada’s sixth annual Automotive Insurers and Manufacturers Forum gave insurance and automotive professionals from across Canada a valuable opportunity to share...
S&P’s Hosts 18th Annual Conference June 1-3
May 13 2003 // Unprecedented challenges facing the U.S. insurance industry in the past year, including asbestos claims and lawsuits, terrorism, a weak economy, and a continuing weak investment markets, have many insurance executives...
PLUS So. Cal Chapter Holds Professional Liability Exposures Conference
May 13 2003 // The PLUS Southern California Chapter will hold a one-day conference on the ABCs of E&O: Identifying Professional Liability Exposures Facing Your Mainstream Commercial Clients, Thursday, June 5, at the Sheraton Four...
Cigital Chief Tech Officer to Deliver Keynote Address at TechAssure Conference
May 12 2003 // Markham Rollins, III chairman of TechAssure Association, Inc. announced that Gary McGraw, Ph.D., Chief Technology Officer of Cigital, which provides Software Quality Management solutions, will provide the keynote address...
LOMA Reschedules Singapore Conference for November
May 9 2003 // LOMA announced that, due to the SARS outbreak, it has rescheduled its Third International Underwriting Congress (IUC) for November 9-12, 2003, at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore. “We regret the inconvenience...
IBC to Hold “Emerging Trends” Conference May 14
May 9 2003 // The Insurance Bureau of Canada announced that it will sponsor a one-day conference at the sixth annual Automotive Insurers and Manufacturers Forum (AIM) to be held Wednesday, May 14, 2003 at the Metro Toronto Convention...
A Good CSR is Hard to Find
May 5 2003 // It’s no secret that these days CSRs oftentimes are in contact with clients far more than an agent or producer is, and therefore, are crucial to the agency’s success. The role of the CSRs has evolved over the...
ISO Tech Conference to Explore Terrorism, Mold, Med-Mal, ID Theft
May 5 2003 // The Insurance and Technology Conference, sponsored by Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO), will be held Nov. 2-4 at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim. Dr. James Canton, futurist and author, will be the keynote speaker,...
Credit Scoring – Agents, Carriers Look to Bridge Divisions
Apr 21 2003 // Give them credit—both agents and carriers have made credit scoring an issue that the industry can’t turn its back on. From studies to hearings, the issue has soared to become one of the top three or four issues in...
IIABA Conference Welcomes Agents, Brokers to D.C.
Apr 21 2003 // Agents and brokers called Washington, D.C. home for several days earlier this month as they brought a number of industry issues with them to the 27th National Legislative Conference. As Jeff Myers, Independent Insurance...
Credit Scoring – Agents, Carriers Look to Bridge Divisions
Apr 21 2003 // Give them credit—both agents and carriers have made credit scoring an issue that the industry can’t turn its back on. From studies to hearings, the issue has soared to become one of the top three or four issues in...
Oklahoma Offers Relief for Agents on Active Duty
Apr 18 2003 // Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher announced plans to defer continuing education requirements for insurance agents, adjusters and bail bondsmen who are called upon to serve in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Insurance agents...
United Agencies & Industrial Risk Services Form Alliance
Apr 16 2003 // Thomas E. Hays, chairman of the board for Pasadena, Calif.-based United Agencies, recently announced that United Agencies and John Kallas of Industrial Risk Services have formed a strategic alliance. United Agencies’...
Gilmore Insurance Agency Named to ACSR Honor Roll
Apr 16 2003 // The Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) announced that Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) has awarded CAA member Gilmore Insurance Agency Inc. of Lubbock, Texas, the “Accredited Customer Service...
PIANH Gears Up for 2003 Annual Conference
Apr 15 2003 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Hampshire Inc. will hold its 2003 annual conference May 21, at the Marriott Courtyard and Grappone Conference Center, Concord, N.H. Last year nearly 100 industry representatives...
SalvageSale Unveils Newly Enhanced Web Site
Apr 11 2003 // Houston-based SalvageSale Inc., the global online salvage marketplace and salvor services provider for the claims recovery and commercial salvage markets, announced the launch of its newly enhanced Web site. Designed in...
