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IIANJ Announces Details for 109th Annual Conference
Oct 3 2002 // The Independent Insurance Agents of New Jersey (IIANJ) announced details for its 109th Annual Conference, which will take place October 6-9 at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn. Hundreds of members and industry friends...
PIANJ Advantage Program Marks Five Year Anniversary
Oct 2 2002 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. (PIANJ) celebrated the five-year anniversary of its Advantage and Advantage Plus agent education programs, in which enrollment has grown to include almost 25 percent of...
IIABA Chooses Richardson Programs
Oct 1 2002 // Richardson, a sales training and consulting firm, announced that the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) has selected Richardson QuickSkills (TM), an interactive online sales training curriculum,...
Environmental Risk Resources Ass’n. to Hold Conferences on Mold and Environment
Oct 1 2002 // The Environmental Risk Resources Association (ERRA) will hold an Educational Event on October 9 to examine the risks connected with mold coverage and a second seminar on environmental risks on October 10. Both events are...
INSURANCE JOURNAL WEB SITE REACHES MILESTONE
Sep 30 2002 // Insurance Journal.com’s associate publisher Mitch Dunford announced recently that the Web site for the 79-year-old insurance publication surpassed 1 million page views in the month of August. “This is a...
S.C. Sees Decrease in Job Site Deaths
Sep 30 2002 // Studies show that fewer South Carolina workers are dying on the job and safety training is being attributed to the decline. According to the South Carolina newspaper The State, the increased emphasis by businesses and...
An Exact Science: Insuring Biotech Takes Know-How
Sep 30 2002 // As far as commercial property and casualty coverages are concerned, it goes without saying that individual companies require specific types of policies to most effectively address risks inherent to their industries. The...
Task Force Releases Scoring Report, Unveils Water Intrusion Prevention Pilot
Sep 27 2002 // The NeighborWorks® National Insurance Task Force (NITF) has announced several activities to support its efforts to make insurance more available and affordable in lower-income communities. The activities include a report...
Help for Texas Homeowners from Allstate, UNT
Sep 25 2002 // Allstate Insurance Company and the University of North Texas (UNT) announced the launch of a consumer education Web site, www.insuretexas.org, to help Texans learn about and compare the new homeowners policy forms approved...
PIA Northeastern Unit Announces Slate of CE Courses
Sep 23 2002 // The The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey and New York State Inc. (PIACT, PIANH, PIANJ, PIANY) has unveiled a new set of continuing education (CE) courses for insurance...
PIIAI to Hold Annual Convention
Sep 20 2002 // The Professional Independent Insurance Agents of Illinois (PIIAI) announced that it will host its Annual Convention on October 2-4 at the Crowne Plaza in Springfield, Ill, featuring continuing education classes and one of...
Images of the Western States Surplus Lines Conference
Sep 18 2002 // The industry got together in Whistler, British Columbia July 25-28 for the Western States Surplus Lines Conference. Below are some images captured over those three days. Can you find yourself? Derek Borisoff of Monarch...
Attracting and Retaining Employees in a Competitive World
Sep 16 2002 // One consistent trend throughout the United States is the difficulty in finding people to fill job openings. No matter where I travel, I hear this lament from agency owners and managers. In some areas of the country, there...
King v. Dallas Fire: Occurrence From Another Angle
Sep 16 2002 // On August 29, 2002, the Texas Supreme Court issued its revised opinion in King v. Dallas Fire Insurance Company (No. 00-1152, Tex. Sup. Ct., Aug. 29, 2002), withdrawing and replacing its previous opinion of May 30, 2002,...
Swiss Re to Host NY Conference on ART Market
Sep 16 2002 // Swiss Re announced that it will host a conference on the Alternative Risk Transfer market, “ART Solutions in a time of capacity shortage,” from 8:30 am to 10:30 am, Thursday, September 19, at the Park Avenue...
PIANY to Co-Sponsor 2002 CEO Agency Conference
Sep 16 2002 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York (PIANY) will be jointly sponsoring the 2002 CEO Agency Conference with the New York Insurance Association and the Young Insurance Professionals Network. The event will feature...
Management More Crucial Than Ever
Sep 16 2002 // When I was a student in college and majoring in insurance, my professors used to tell us that there was a crying need for good, educated insurance agents. In their opinion, there were too many agents who were...
Management More Crucial Than Ever
Sep 16 2002 // When I was a student in college and majoring in insurance, my professors used to tell us that there was a crying need for good, educated insurance agents. In their opinion, there were too many agents who were...
Attracting and Retaining Employees in a Competitive World
Sep 16 2002 // One consistent trend throughout the United States is the difficulty in finding people to fill job openings. No matter where I travel, I hear this lament from agency owners and managers. In some areas of the country, there...
Insurance Journal Web Site Reaches Milestone of 1 Million Page Views a Month
Sep 10 2002 // InsuranceJournal.com’s associate publisher Mitch Dunford announced recently that the Web Site for the 79-year-old insurance publication surpassed 1-million page views in the month of August. “This is a...
