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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...
N.Y. Firefighters Kick Off Fire Safety Campaign Aimed at Children
Mar 8 2006 // There’s more to fire safety education than stop, drop and roll, firefighters say. New York City firefighters and a fire safety advocate launched a national fire safety education campaign this week with the release of...
Cavignac & Associates Holds OSHA Construction Seminar in San Diego
Mar 7 2006 // San Diego-based commercial insurance brokerage firm Cavignac & Associates recently held the first of two sessions of its new Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 10-Hour Construction Safety Training...
Max Mayfield gives wind conference ‘bad news’
Mar 6 2006 // There is no reason to think there will be any change in hurricane patterns in the near future; the number of hurricanes have been increasing since 1995 and there is no doubt that they will continue to do so for the next...
State Fund to Host Restaurant Health and Safety Workshop in San Francisco
Mar 6 2006 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund will sponsor a free restaurant health and safety workshop in San Francisco to help restaurant supervisors and owners design a comprehensive safety training program and...
Alabama Big ‘I’ supports five bills, rejects two
Mar 6 2006 // Alabama HB627 defining insurance fraud and making it easier for the Insurance Commission to join with neighboring states to crack down on fraud has gained the support of the Alabama Independent Insurance Agents. During...
Calif. commissioner issues new workers’ compensation regulations
Mar 6 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has announced new workers’ compensation regulations that will require all insurers in the state to submit certification forms that verify that claims adjusters and...
THE AGRIBUSINESS CONFERENCE
Mar 6 2006 // The Agribusiness Conference, hosted by the Insurance Skills Center, is filed for continuing education credits in more than 30 states. Conference locations for 2006 include: March 15-16 Sacramento, Calif.; May 22-23...
Grange Expands Identity Theft Coverage to Ohio Auto Policyholders
Mar 3 2006 // Grange Insurance will offer its Identity Theft victim resolution and education program coverage to auto policyholders in Ohio. The program is being offered in partnership with Identity Theft 911, a national fraud solutions...
S.C. Big ‘I’ Conference: Officials to Discuss Insurance Fraud, ‘Hot Topics’
Mar 2 2006 // Insurance fraud and “hot topics” facing the insurance industry will be discussed by South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster and Director of Insurance Elanor Kitzman during the March 22 and 23 annual...
Okla. Bill Seeks Protection for 9-1-1 Dispatchers Against Lawsuits
Mar 2 2006 // Legislation protecting emergency medical dispatchers from lawsuits has passed the Oklahoma House Appropriations and Budget Committee. The House of Representatives reported that House Bill 2879, by State Representatives...
Main Street America Group to Honor Seven Employees
Mar 1 2006 // Seven of the Main Street America Group’s leading employees will be honored March 9 in Jacksonville, Fla. They will receive the company’s highest honor by being inducted into its Circle of Excellence, an annual...
TDI Reports More Than $171K in Fines and Restitution in January
Mar 1 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during January. The actions include three license revocations, two license denials and fines and...
Lord Levene Answers Questions after Bermuda Conference
Mar 1 2006 // Following last week’s World Insurance Forum in Bermuda, Lloyd’s chairman Lord Peter Levene undertook to give his answers to some important questions in a Q&A format on the Lloyd’s Website...
RMS CEO Discusses Cat Models at Bermuda Conference
Mar 1 2006 // Speaking at the World Insurance Forum in Bermuda, Hemant Shah, Risk Management Solutions CEO, warned that insurers should be preparing to increase their reserves for catastrophe losses, not only due to the unprecedented...
