The Ultimate Producer School, provided by Agency Management Resource Group (AMRG), is offering its next school starting in September in Sacramento. The school combines technical coverage information, emphasizing commercial insurance, with sales training and business development planning. It also includes …
United Agencies Inc. Insurance announced that Joan Panasiti has been hired as general manager for the company’s Pasadena, Calif., headquarters. She will be responsible for liaison with carrier relationships and troubleshooting for the multiple member agencies of United Agencies. Panasiti …
Swett & Crawford has added four new brokers to offices in California, New York, Arizona and Idaho. Tae Yoon joins the Woodland Hills office as a property and casualty broker. He has been with American Excess & Surplus Brokers since …
In recognition of his lifelong contributions to the insurance industry, the Insurance Marketing Communications Association (www.imcanet.com) awarded its Golden Torch Award to John A. (Jack) Bogardus, Jr. Bogardus, former chairman and CEO of global insurance broker Alexander & Alexander, also …
The foundations run by Warren Buffett’s three children, including one who lives in Illinois, will likely be the first to start handing out the nearly $37 billion the world’s second-richest man promised to start giving away next month. The business …
The head of a petition drive aimed at capping state spending has filed a lawsuit alleging that the cities of Omaha, Lincoln and Grand Island, Neb. are hampering the ability of petition circulators to gather signatures. The petition drive, working …
In Washington, D.C., a city that always seems to be in a hurry, this week’s soggy weather forced almost everyone to slow down. Water and mudslides blocked highways. Commuter rail lines sputtered. Some federal office buildings closed, and other government …
Running for president, George W. Bush said he was ready to regulate carbon dioxide. But in early 2001, shortly after taking office, he changed his mind. It would be too expensive to force reductions of the leading heat-trapping “greenhouse gas” …
A former Hillside, New Jersey police officer has been sentenced to one year in jail and barred from public employment for taking part in a chop shop insurance scheme. Dennis Melendez, who had been on the Hillside department for seven …
