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Aon’s Agency Specialty Product Network Forms LifeSource Alliance
Feb 14 2006 // Agency Specialty Product Network has joined with LifeSource – a BISYS Company to provide independent property and casualty agents and brokers a “virtual” life insurance department to enhance sales,...
Fisher’s Agent License Revoked After Felony Conviction
Feb 13 2006 // Oklahoma’s current insurance commissioner has revoked the insurance agent license of her predecessor, the Associated Press reported. Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland rescinded Carroll Fisher’s inactive...
Miami-Dade County Big ‘I’ Slates Feb. 22 ‘All Industries Day’
Feb 13 2006 // “Lessons Learned and How to Prepare for the Next Hurricane Season” will be the topic of the Feb. 22 All Industries Day sponsored by the Independent Insurance Agents of Dade County in Miami-Dade County,...
Moraitis Joins Network E&S Insurance Brokers as a Vice President
Feb 10 2006 // Network E&S Insurance Brokers LLC, a California-based wholesale broker, reported that Michael Moraitis has joined Network E&S Insurance Brokers, as a vice president – Casualty Broker in the Calabasas...
Big ‘I’ Supports Senate Action on Flood Borrowing Authority
Feb 10 2006 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) said it supports Friday’s Senate vote on a bill, S. 2275, which would extend the borrowing authority of the National Flood...
S.C. Big ‘I’ Names New Officers
Feb 9 2006 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of South Carolina, during its 2006 annual membership meeting named Jon A. Jensen, chairman of the board; Julius J. Anderson Jr., chairman-elect and treasurer; and W. Ashley...
Broker Investigation Finds No Problems in Washington
Feb 8 2006 // An investigation of Washington insurance brokers and brokerages spawned by a national scandal in the insurance industry has not uncovered criminal or unethical behavior in the state, according to a report released by...
Agent Group Garners N.Y. Award for ‘Lunch ‘n’ Learn’ Seminars
Feb 8 2006 // ˜The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State, New Jersey, Connecticut and New Hampshire has received an Association Excellence Award in Education for its Lunch ‘n’ Learn multimedia Web teleconference...
Agents Object to Allstate Ads in Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicle Mailings
Feb 7 2006 // Ohio Governor Bob Taft has asked a state agency to look into a contract that allows an insurance company to advertise in thousands of vehicle registration renewal notices sent to drivers, according to the Associated...
Agents Win Round in Texas Courts Over Insurer’s Claim of ‘Trade Secrets’
Feb 7 2006 // A group of agents recently won a round in a Texas court in their fight to have documents that an insurance company has claimed were trade secrets unsealed and made available to the public. Travis County District Judge...
Irwin Siegel Agency Announces New D&O Program
Feb 7 2006 // Rock Hill, NY – Irwin Siegel Agency, Inc. (ISA), a leading specialty program underwriter for the Social Services field recently announced a new Directors and Officers (D&O) Program. The new D&O Program will...
Network E&S Insurance Hires Gomez for Calif. Office
Feb 7 2006 // Network E&S Insurance Brokers LLC, a California based wholesale broker, has hired Matt Gomez as a casualty and property broker in the Calabasas office. He will concentrate on writing general liability/products,...
Agency Management Resource Group Holds Producer School in Sacramento
Feb 6 2006 // The Ultimate Producer School, provided by Agency Management Resource Group (AMRG) is hosting its next school starting in April 2006 in Sacramento, Calif. The school combines technical coverage information, emphasizing...
Real-time has come
Feb 6 2006 // Imagine going online to receive competing rates for an account from multiple carriers just once. No more logging on to individual company sites, with their separate log-ons and passwords, and re-entering data at every...
Fitch: stable outlook for broker industry in 2006
Feb 6 2006 // New York-Chicago-based Fitch Ratings is predicting stability and growth for the broker industry in 2006, while admitting that earnings will be down in 2005 because of litigation connected to New York Attorney General Eliot...
Former South Dakota Agent Faces 60 Years in Prison for Fraud
Feb 6 2006 // Former South Dakota Agent Faces 60 Years in Prison for Fraud Associated Press account. Wingler was scheduled to go to trial but he decided in court to change his plea to guilty to six of the 13 charges against him. The...
Young agent tricks and treats
Feb 6 2006 // Like many of you, I started my insurance career with an empty desk and a phone. Over the years I have learned some tips or ‘tricks’ I have used effectively to generate sales. Cold calling was the first lesson I...
Baylor University endowed professorship honors Texas agent
Feb 6 2006 // Bill Bailey, founder of Bailey Insurance & Financial Services in Waco, Texas, was honored recently with the establishment of the Bill Bailey Endowed Professorship of Insurance & Risk Management in Baylor...
Spitzer probe brought bad practices to light, panel says
Feb 6 2006 // That the investigation of New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer into compensation practices of the nation’s insurance brokers and carriers brought to light the unethical behavior of some bad industry apples was a...
Oklahoma’s legislative session shifts into gear
Feb 6 2006 // The bill-filing deadline for the Oklahoma Legislature passed Jan.19, 2006, and the session opens Feb. 6. At the close of the filing process, the state Senate had 1,034 bills and 28 joint resolutions filed, the House filed...
