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Agency Advisor
Apr 3 2006 // By serving your employees with the same retention principles that you use with clients, you can enhance the value and durability of your employee relationships and ensure a long-term relationship. In previous articles,...
Agency Advisor
Apr 3 2006 // In previous articles, Paul Martin and I have shared key strategies for recruiting, hiring and training employees. While designed to be effective and efficient, the processes we outline, nevertheless, require significant...
Agency Advisor
Apr 3 2006 // Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a continuing series of articles offering “best practices” suggestions for the hiring process, including training in the independent agency. More information is...
Closer Look: Insurance Associations
Apr 3 2006 // Editor’s note: This is the first article in a series on Western insurance associations. Part II of this article will appear in a future issue. As people migrate to the West to enjoy the weather and opportunities for...
Consumer group accuses Geico, other insurers of unfair underwriting
Apr 3 2006 // News Currents A U.S. consumer group has made claims that Geico Corp. uses rate-making methods that directly base eligibility and premiums solely upon the educational background and occupation of consumers. The Consumer...
Insurance Skills Center Hosts Two Contractors Conferences
Mar 31 2006 // The Insurance Skills Center will be hosting a Contractors Conference in Fresno, Calif., and in Las Vegas to provide specialized contractors information on how to: size up the construction market; build a construction book;...
Md. Commissioner Orr Defends GEICO Against Unfair Underwriting Charges
Mar 29 2006 // In a letter to the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) and to the New Jersey Citizens United Reciprocal Exchange (CURE), Maryland Insurance Commissioner R. Steven Orr dismissed allegations by those organizations that...
Safeco To Host First-Quarter Earnings Conference Call
Mar 29 2006 // Seattle-based Safeco will be announcing its first quarter financial results on a conference call to be held 11 a.m. EST on May 2, 2006. The call also will be archived later in the day for replay on the Internet at...
Cincinnati Financial to Host Internet Conference Call on 2006 Earnings
Mar 29 2006 // Cincinnati Financial Corporation will host a live Internet broadcast of its conference call to discuss first-quarter 2006 earnings results on Wednesday, May 3, 2006, at 11:00 a.m. (eastern time). Results will be released...
Regulators Launch Consumer Insurance Education Program
Mar 28 2006 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners today launched a comprehensive public education program to assist consumers with information about insurance issues. Under the banner of Insure U, the campaign has two...
Aon Reports on 9th Latin American Energy Insurance Conference
Mar 28 2006 // Aon said the results of a survey conducted at its 9th Latin American Energy Insurance Conference in Cancun, Mexico, indicated that a majority of participants expect insurance rates to soften for non-U.S. programs later in...
W.Va. Commissioner Joins ‘Insure U’ Education Program
Mar 28 2006 // An ambitious national public education program on insurance issues, under the banner of Insure U, has been joined in by West Virginia Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline and 19 other state insurance...
Texas Workers’ Comp Division to Host Workplace Health/Safety Conference
Mar 22 2006 // As part of its mission to help employers and employees maintain safe workplaces and prevent occupational injuries and illnesses, the Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation will host the 10th...
Consumer Group Accuses Geico of Unfair Underwriting Practices
Mar 21 2006 // A U.S. consumer group has made claims that Geico Corp. uses rate-making methods that directly base eligibility and premiums solely upon the educational background and occupation of consumers. The Consumer Federation of...
How should agencies manage premium dollars?
Mar 20 2006 // Unlike other sales and service companies, independent insurance agencies have a management function in their daily operations. Most property and casualty insurance agencies agree not only to sell and service insurance...
Client Education
Mar 19 2006 // Are you an insurance agent, or are you an insurance educator? If you don’t know the answer, chances are pretty good that you are an agent. Anyone who has sold insurance for even a short period knows that the world is...
Deadline Nears for 2006 Ark. Workers’ Comp Conference
Mar 13 2006 // The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission reported there is still time to make reservations for the March 29-31 Arkansas Workers’ Compensation and Arkansas Self Insurer Association Educational Conference....
WellPoint , Inc. Ranked Top Company for Executive Women
Mar 13 2006 // Indianapolis-based WellPoint, Inc. said that it was named one of the top 30 companies for executive women by the National Association for Female Executives (NAFE). This is the seventh consecutive year WellPoint has been...
IBHS Annual Conference to Focus on Property Loss Reduction
Mar 10 2006 // “Making the Right Connections” is the theme for the Institute for Business & Home Safety’s (IBHS) 2006 Annual Conference on Property Loss Reduction. The event is scheduled for Nov. 16-17 at the...
Calif. State Fund, Kern County, Host Heat Illness Prevention Seminar
Mar 8 2006 // The Kern County Builders’ Exchange, in association with California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund, is sponsoring a free heat illness prevention seminar for policyholders, Exchange members and employers at...
