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You Bet There’s More to a Comparative Rater Than Just Quoting
Feb 24 2003 // Comparative raters for independent agents have been available since the early 80s with the introduction of personal computers. Just like today’s PC, they have made great strides since the days of the floppy drive...
Hagerty Agent Site Now Open 24/7
Feb 14 2003 // Collectible auto and boat insurer Hagerty Insurance recently updated its agents-only Web site to allow for 24-hour, seven-day-a-week access to client policies and customer ID cards. The changes are available in the...
IIABA’s Virtual Univ. Offering New Sales Skills Programs to Ind. Agents, Brokers
Feb 10 2003 // The Big “I” Virtual University (VU) of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) is now offering Richardson QuickSkills™: a four-star rated portfolio of online sales skills programs...
Calif. Adopts Regs on Worker Occupational Safety
Feb 4 2003 // Last year’s workers’ compensation benefit increase bill (AB 749) eliminated the state’s loss control certification unit as of Dec. 31, 2002, replacing it with a new “Worker Occupational Safety and...
CSRcross-selling.com Redesigns Web Site
Jan 29 2003 // North Carolina-based Agency Ideas® announced a complete transformation of its CSRcross-selling.com(TM) Web site, which is dedicated to advancing cross-selling skills throughout the property and casualty insurance...
National Alliance Appoints Smith to Marketing Post
Jan 28 2003 // Austin, Texas-based insurance education provider, The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research, announced the selection of Carolyn Smith as the new director of Marketing and Promotions for the...
Progressive Debuts First Motorcycle, ATV, RV and Boat Claims Training Center
Jan 23 2003 // Ohio-based Progressive announced the opening of two new expanded auto insurance claims training facilities and the industry’s first center dedicated to training representatives to handle motorcycle, ATV, RV, boat and...
AIA Conference Explores Challenges of Terrorism Ins. Law
Jan 23 2003 // Top government officials, along with insurance industry experts and leaders, kicked off an American Insurance Association (AIA) conference this week focused on the recently enacted Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of...
Texas Watch Launches Insurance Reform Web Site
Jan 22 2003 // The consumer group Texas Watch unveiled a new Web site designed to help consumers participate in the legislative debate on insurance reform. Through the Web site at www.fixtexasinsurance.org, the group will provide...
MetroRAP Conference Set For Thursday in Brooklyn
Jan 21 2003 // This year’s MetroRAP conference is scheduled to be held at the New York Marriott in Brooklyn on Thursday, Jan. 23. Highlights of the Program will include a Keynote address by Warren Heck, chairman and CEO of the GNY...
Great Lakes Chapter of AICP Sponsors Education Day
Jan 16 2003 // The Great Lakes Chapter of the Association of Insurance Compliance Professionals (AICP) is sponsoring an Education Day Thursday, March 20, at the Clarion Barcelo Hotel, 5615 North Cumberland, Chicago. The conference will...
InVEST’s Borger Garners Rudy Award from SAFECO
Jan 14 2003 // InVEST, a business-education partnership training high school and community college students in insurance agency and company operations and preparing them for careers in the industry, announced its own JaneMarie...
ACE INA to Support Philadelphia Dance Company
Jan 13 2003 // The Philadelphia Dance Company (PHILADANCO) announced that it has received financial support from the ACE Group of insurance and reinsurance companies through the ACE INA Foundation, which is based in the city. The...
New Board Officers Selected at CISR
Jan 9 2003 // The Society of Certified Insurance Service Representatives (CISR), headquartered in Austin, Texas, selected a new team of executive officers to head its Board of Governors. The CISR Board is the policy-making entity for...
AXA, U.K.’s Hammerson to Develop Prestige Site in Paris
Jan 6 2003 // France’s Axa Group has concluded an agreement with U.K. property developer Hammerson PLC to create a new office and shopping complex in the Place Vendome, rue St. Honoré area, one of the most fashionable and...
NE Ins. Dept. to Upgrade Use of Electronic Data Processing for On-site Financial Examinations
Dec 26 2002 // Nebraska’s Department of Insurance (NDI) issued a statement indicating that due to “advancements in technology” it will be making substantial changes in the periodic on-site financial examinations it...
Liability Crisis Looming for University of Louisville School of Medicine
Dec 25 2002 // The Kentucky Medical Association (KMA) and the Kentucky Hospital Association (KHA) notified state leaders that the University of Louisville School of Medicine’s OB/GYN Department may lose its liability insurance...
Superior Access Internet Software Unveils Redesigned Web Site
Dec 24 2002 // Irvine, Calif.-based Superior Access Internet Software Inc. (SAIS), a professional services company with expertise in insurance specific Internet software development, Web services and XML data translation, unveils its new...
DriveCam and Smith System Announce Strategic Alliance
Dec 12 2002 // Calif.-based DriveCam Video Systems, a developer of fleet safety technology, announced it has signed a strategic marketing agreement with Smith System® Driver Improvement Institute to provide fleets with enhanced driver...
PIANY Sets Date for MetroRAP 2003
Dec 10 2002 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. will host its annual Metropolitan Regional Awareness Program Thursday, Jan. 23, 2003 at the New York Marriott Brooklyn, Brooklyn, N.Y., starting at 8 a.m. This is...
