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Who’s Who Across Texas, Local Associations at Work

Jun 4 2001 // Local associations across the state continue to contribute to their communities and their profession in a variety of ways. Following is a report on activities for the past year from those that responded to our queries...

IMCA, LCA Announce Joint Insurance Communicators Conference

May 30 2001 // Insurance Marketing Communications Association (IMCA) and Life Communicators Association (LCA) announced today that their organizations will hold a joint conference in Toronto, Canada, in June 2002. Both non-profit...

ACORD Honors InsureHiTech, Royal & SunAlliance USA at Tech Conference

May 25 2001 // InsureHiTech, an eBusiness property/casualty insurance portal designed for mid-sized technology clients, and Royal & SunAlliance USA received the ACORD XML Implementation Champions Award for Property & Casualty...

NATIONAL Hartford Financial Services Group, Travelers and IVANS Receive Awards at ACORD Conference

May 24 2001 // The Hartford Financial Services Group was honored with the AL3 Upload Company of the Year award for total agent implementations and an XML Implementation Champion award presented during a ceremony at the ACORD Technology...

Ohio Courses Available for Agents

May 21 2001 // The State of Ohio has given the go-ahead for a set of MindLeaders interactive online training courses which will allow insurance agents in the state to earn continuing education credits. MindLeaders, with more than 600...

AMS Users’ Group Hits the Right Key at Annual Conference

May 21 2001 // Three major forms of American music are deeply rooted in the rolling green landscape of Tennessee—blues, rock ‘n’ roll and, in the grand old city of Nashville, country. It’s no wonder then that the...

N.Y. No-Fault Insurance Anti-Fraud Summit Conference Scheduled

May 16 2001 // The New York No-Fault Insurance Anti-Fraud Coalition announced that it will hold a summit conference on May 22, 2001, in Albany, N.Y. According to the organizers, program speakers will address two serious problems: staged...

Info-laden Site Helps Texas Agents

May 14 2001 // When I bought my minivan, I refused to buy it from my local dealership. The reason? The local sales rep added no value to my sales transaction. He was satisfied in having me or a rep from another dealership do all of the...

St. Paul Re Joins inreon – Internet Reinsurance Site

May 11 2001 // The St. Paul Companies’ reinsurance unit, St. Paul Re, has joined the inreon platform, launched last December by Munich Re and Swiss Re, to offer reinsurance products on-line. “Initially, St. Paul Re is...

Chubb to Host Investor Conference in New

May 8 2001 // The Chubb Corporation announced it will host a meeting for members of the investment community on May 10, 2001 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York. Attending the meeting from Chubb will be Dean R. O’Hare, Chairman...

Connecticut Insurance Department Joins Site

May 4 2001 // The Connecticut Insurance Department recently joined other state agencies on Connecticut’s CLIC (Connecticut Licensing Info Center) website. The website, www.ct-clic.com, offers direct, online access to licensing and...

Sen. John McCain Scheduled to Speak at IIAA Conference

May 2 2001 // Republican John McCain, former Presidential candidate and current Arizona Senator, will speak at the Independent Insurance Agents of America’s (IIAA) 25th Annual National Legislative Conference. McCain will address...

AMS Users Group Annual Conference Hosts First AUGIE Meeting

May 2 2001 // The AMS Users Groups meet with company and vender partners to discuss the future of technology and how to work together. Last week, the ACORD-User Groups Information Exchange (AUGIE) held the first meeting in conjunction...

AMS Users’ Group National Conference Brings Together 3,000 Independent Agents

Apr 24 2001 // More than 3,000 independent insurance agents are gathering this week for four days of education, networking and exhibits at the AMS Users’ Group 25th National Conference. Taking place at the Opryland Hotel in...

The Producer Dilemma Revisited: There are Solutions

Apr 23 2001 // Four years ago, we wrote an article for Insurance Journal that outlined what we called the “Producer Dilemma.” This article follows up on what has been a chronic problem of finding good producers for the...

Record High Site Traffic at InsuranceJournal.com

Apr 6 2001 // Visits to www.InsuranceJournal.com reached an all-time high during the month of March with more than 3 million hits. To better understand the traffic report to InsuranceJournal.com, it’s important to track of the...

Cracking Down on the Industry’s Fraud Problem

Apr 2 2001 // Fraud investigators in June busted a Tampa fraud ring that crashed cars at a private site, scooped up the debris and moved the wreckage to a public roadway. The members then called police so that they could file fraudulent...

Cracking Down on the Industry’s Fraud Problem

Mar 26 2001 // Fraud investigators in June busted a Tampa fraud ring that crashed cars at a private site, scooped up the debris and moved the wreckage to a public roadway. The members then called police so that they could file fraudulent...

CPIA Takes National Sales & Marketing Education Conference to San Diego

Mar 26 2001 // Members of the Certified Professional Insurance Agent (CPIA) Society enjoyed a valuable National Sales & Marketing Education Conference March 7-10 in San Diego’s balmy climate. Attendees had the opportunity to...

CPIA Holds Sales, Marketing Conference in San Diego

Mar 14 2001 // Members of the Certified Professional Insurance Agent Society attended an educational National Sales & Marketing Education Conference March 7-10 in San Diego. With a smaller-than-anticipated turnout, attendees had the...