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Alliance of Insurance Agents and Brokers sets sights on political involvement in 2007
Feb 12 2007 // The Alliance of Insurance Agents and Brokers hopes to take political action in 2007. Several speakers at the association’s first annual State of the Alliance held in Sacramento on Jan. 23 emphasized the role agents...
Calif. commissioner to examine broker disclosure, workers’ comp issues
Feb 12 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner may have three major priorities for his office — to make his office non-partisan, to fight insurance fraud and to prepare the state for the next major disaster —...
Declarations
Feb 12 2007 // History of hostility “Am I going to be as hostile as the last guy? I’m going to fulfill my legal obligations to protect consumers.” — California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, summing up an...
One-on-one interviews with 15 insurance regulators
Feb 12 2007 // One-on-one interviews with 15 insurance regulators At a recent meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Insurance Journal sat down with 15 insurance regulators to talk about issues affecting their...
Insurance Journal’s MyNewMarkets Web site offers 20,000 markets
Feb 12 2007 // Property/casualty agents looking for new markets and suppliers with markets to offer have a dynamic new online meeting place. Now agents and brokers, managing general agents (MGA) and insurance companies can communicate...
Underwriters tighten ropes on yacht accounts
Feb 12 2007 // Crew hires, new materials in boat construction, faster speeds, market values must be considered Following the costly hurricane years of 2004 and 2005, the yacht insurance market has “hardened” substantially....
Howard Mills, New York, Insurance Commissioner
Feb 11 2007 // Howard Mills, formerly an elected state representative, served the State of New York as its appointed insurance superintendent for the last two years. He stepped in to fill the shoes of Greg Serio when he departed and...
Commercial clients ‘swallow a bitter pill’ when it comes to cat coverage
Feb 11 2007 // When it comes to property catastrophe insurance coverage, many commercial clients are being forced to swallow a bitter pill in the form of steep prices, new limits on policies, higher deductibles and a shortage in the...
Why a regional carrier might be an agent’s best friend
Feb 11 2007 // The old saying “all politics is local” is born of the realization that the things that most directly affect us are local issues. In that respect, one could say that insurance is a local business. Risk...
People
Feb 11 2007 // Privately owned insurance and risk management firm, McQueary Henry Bowles Troy L.L.P., has named Mike Rutledge a partner. Rutledge is a vice president in MHBT’s Fort Worth, Texas, office. Rutledge’s career in...
8 Calif. to examine broker disclosure, workers’ comp reform
Feb 11 2007 // Commissioner wants to fine-tune system to protect consumers 8 Agents, brokers set sight on political involvement Meeting with legislators helps them relate to insurance issues 9 West has highest number of...
Declarations
Feb 11 2007 // History of hostility “Am I going to be as hostile as the last guy? I’m going to fulfill my legal obligations to protect consumers.” — California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, summing up an...
David Rivera, Colorado, State Insurance Commissioner
Feb 11 2007 // In 2004 at the age of 34, David Rivera was appointed to be Colorado’s State Insurance Commissioner, the youngest insurance person to serve in that position. This January, newly elected Gov. Bill Ritter announced he...
News Currents
Feb 11 2007 // Calif. commissioner to examine broker disclosure, workers’ comp issues California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner may have three major priorities for his office — to make his office non-partisan, to fight...
Alliance of Insurance Agents and Brokers sets sights on political involvement in 2007
Feb 11 2007 // The Alliance of Insurance Agents and Brokers hopes to take political action in 2007. Several speakers at the association’s first annual State of the Alliance held in Sacramento on Jan. 23 emphasized the role agents...
Why a regional carrier might be an agent’s best friend
Feb 11 2007 // The old saying “all politics is local” is born of the realization that the things that most directly affect us are local issues. In that respect, one could say that insurance is a local business. Risk...
Underwriters tighten ropes on yacht accounts
Feb 11 2007 // Following the costly hurricane years of 2004 and 2005, the yacht insurance market has “hardened” substantially. Although the market has seen some “softening” recently, the Florida, Gulf Coast states...
Fla. Charges 2 Insurance Brokers, 1 Other in Major Workers’ Comp Fraud
Feb 9 2007 // Three Floridians including two insurance brokers have been charged with fraud and conspiracy for allegedly providing hundreds of workers with falsified workers’ compensation insurance certificates to more than 300...
Agents Welcome Windstorm Debate; Insurers Warn Against Subsidies
Feb 9 2007 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) says the debate over windstorm coverage is crucial for consumers and independent agents and brokers in many regions throughout the...
Heritage General Names Senteno Brokers/Senior Underwriter
Feb 8 2007 // Los Angeles-based Heritage General Agency announced that Uriel Senteno, broker/senior underwriter, has joined the company’s personal lines division. Senteno has a history of working in the life and healthcare...
