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LWCC Addresses Unique Disaster Recovery Issues
Oct 24 2005 // The Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC), a private, nonprofit mutual insurance company that covers more than one-third of Louisiana’s workers’ comp insurance market, reported it is working...
Prettejohn Stresses Underwriting Discipline, Reforms in Keynote Speech to ACORD Forum
Oct 21 2005 // Lloyd’s CEO Nick Prettejohn, in what may be his last major address as Lloyd’s CEO (See IJ Web site Oct. 17 and 18), told those assembled for the ACORD Forum in London that underwriting discipline continues to...
Study Accuses FEMA of Lax Implementation of Flood Program Changes Passed in 2004
Oct 19 2005 // A government report has found that the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which administers the national flood insurance program, has not fully implemented reforms mandated by Congress in 2004, including improved...
BIBA, CII Schedule Business Interruption ‘Masterclass’ Nov. 25
Oct 18 2005 // Popular demand for their previous Business Interruption “Masterclasses” has been so great that the British Insurance Brokers Association (BIBA) and the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) have scheduled an...
Integrity Insurance Adds Identity Theft Education Program
Oct 18 2005 // Integrity Insurance of Appleton, Wis., is introducing a victim resolution and education program to aid its policyholders. The program, Integrity Identity Theft Services, is being offered in partnership with Identity Theft...
News Briefs
Oct 17 2005 // ALABAMA AIIA Conference, Educational Sessions The Alabama Independent Insurance Agents has scheduled five upcoming seminars in Mobile, Birming-ham and Huntsville. Oct. 19, Small and Rural Agents Conference, two topics,...
PIA of Georgia’s Atlanta Expo Stresses Education
Oct 17 2005 // The importance of professional education was stressed by John Oxendine, Georgia’s Insurance Commissioner, during the Professional Insurance Agents of Georgia’s ninth annual Education Expo held on in late...
Using a Marketing Approach to Recruiting Employees
Oct 17 2005 // The lifeblood of the independent insurance agency system is sales. You are the distribution system for insurance carriers and your long-term success is rooted in your ability to produce business. As a result, you probably...
Chubb’s Contractors Equipment Express
Oct 17 2005 // The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies created an online system designed to make it easier for agents and brokers to quickly obtain a rate, quote or binder for contractors’ equipment risks with schedules up to $5...
Reputation, Regulation and Recruitment Focus of U.K. Conference
Oct 17 2005 // Pulling Together” was the overall theme of the United Kingdom’s Chartered Insurance Institute’s Annual Conference, which concluded Sept. 23 in London. However, the “Three Re’s” took an...
PIIAWV Conference: Agents Learn In’s and Out’s of Policy ‘Glitches,’ Coverage ‘Fixes’
Oct 11 2005 // “Glitches” in policies agents select for insureds and possible coverage “fixes” to close these gaps or lapses in coverage were discussed by Fred Macy, president of Gray Wolf Insurance Seminars...
Universal Insurance Company of Texas Adds Staff
Oct 11 2005 // Universal Insurance Holdings of North America announced it has added new members to the Universal Insurance Company of Texas (UICTX) team, based in San Antonio. Katherine Moore, vice president of Texas operations for UICTX...
Educational Seminar Kicks Off Big ‘I’ of W.Va.’s Annual Conference
Oct 7 2005 // An educational seminar on “Glitches, Hitches and Fixes,” by Fred Macy of Gray Wolf Insurance Seminars kicks off the Friday afternoon opening of the Professional Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of...
Cambridge General Agency Updates Web Site
Oct 5 2005 // California-based Cambridge General Agency has recently updated their Web site to include an online indicator in addition to their new company logo. “We are very pleased to release a new version of our Cambridge Web...
IIABA of W.Va. Conference and Expo in Shepherdstown
Oct 3 2005 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline and leading West Virginia insurance instructors, experts and officials will address the Oct. 7 to 10 annual Professional Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of...
People
Oct 3 2005 // Victor McCarley Sr., executive director of the Alabama Independent Insurance Agents was presented the L.P. McCord National Education Award for outstanding commitment to education by Thomas Grau, president of the...
Progressive’s Drive Web site Attracts One Million Visitors
Sep 30 2005 // More than one million consumers have visited Progressive’s Drive Insurance web site, www.driveinsurance.com, to find out more about the benefits of buying auto insurance through an independent agent or broker, the...
Arch Insurance Redesigns Web site
Sep 30 2005 // Arch Insurance Group, a division of Arch Capital Group Ltd., has redesigned its Web site with fresh content, easy-to-use navigation, and special features for both brokers and customers. “We’ve embarked on an...
IIAG Slates Educational Events to Meet Georgia CE Requirements
Sep 30 2005 // A series of educational events, being sponsored by the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia to enable members to meet new state continuing education requirements have been scheduled in October. A new Georgia Insurance...
AIIA Slates Conference, Educational Sessions in October, November
Sep 29 2005 // The Alabama Independent Insurance Agents has announced its schedules for five upcoming fall seminars in Mobile, Birmingham and Huntsville. Oct. 19, Small and Rural Agents Conference, two topics, “Agency Ethics and...
