Latest Independent Agencies Headlines
All the headlines from our Independent Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Progressive Takes ‘Drive’ Online
Dec 13 2004 // The Progressive group of companies has announced the debut of its newest Web site, driveinsurance.com, highlighting the important role that independent agents and brokers play in Progressive’s business model. Drive...
Big ‘I’ Backs NAIC Compensation Disclosure Amendment
Dec 9 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America announced that it supports the stated goals and objectives of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) compensation disclosure amendment,...
New Agents Council for Technology Report Outlines Recommendations for Privacy Policies
Dec 7 2004 // As Americans become increasingly concerned about the privacy of their health and personal information, independent insurance agents and brokers must make safeguarding private client information a specific focus within...
Canter Says State, Federal Regs Are Detrimental
Dec 7 2004 // More than 120 firms participated in the Big “I” exhibit During my term we have made numerous advances, I couldn’t have done any of them without the help of the Executive Committee and dedicated...
SPITZER TAKES COMPENSATION PROBE TO WASHINGTON
Dec 6 2004 // Senate Panel Wants In, Agents Want Out of Brokerage Scandal At recent Senate hearings in Washington called to follow-up on allegations of bid rigging and hidden compensation by Marsh and other large insurance brokers,...
For Mass. Independent Agents, State Attorney General Reilly is No Ally
Dec 6 2004 // Even as Massachusetts tackles the challenge of making the state’s private passenger auto system more like that in other states (see story page 18), independent insurance agents must continue to play by the...
FOCUS ON THE FUTURE: Come 2014, Industry Should Look Very Familiar
Dec 6 2004 // Ten years from now, some of the players within the property casualty insurance industry will have changed but the industry itself will not look dramatically different from what it is today: Smaller companies and...
IIAT Reports Homeowners Rates Down in Texas, Coverage Improved
Dec 3 2004 // Homeowners who buy insurance from independent insurance agents in Texas should be seeing lower premiums and better coverages, according to the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas. The claim is based on results of a...
Maine, N.H., Vt. Rules May Spur Attorney Competition
Dec 3 2004 // For Conn. Agents, Concern Over Privacy in Disclosure The ongoing investigation of brokerage commissions and alleged bid-rigging that started in New York is being felt everywhere, nowhere more so than neighboring...
For Conn. Agents, Concern Over Privacy in Disclosure
Dec 3 2004 // The ongoing investigation of brokerage commissions and alleged bid-rigging that started in New York is being felt everywhere, nowhere more so than neighboring Connecticut. Despite an agenda that ranged from identity theft...
Allstate, Encompass Partner for Agents
Dec 2 2004 // To better serve independent insurance agencies, The Allstate Corp. is integrating its three independent agency brands under its Encompass independent agency organization, forming one combined sales organization dedicated...
Feds Put Brake on More Direct-to-Consumer Crop Insurance Pending Further Review
Nov 22 2004 // American farmers and independent insurance agents selling crop insurance reportedly scored an important victory late Friday, when the Federal Crop Insurance Corp. (FCIC) Board put the brakes on the proliferation of Premium...
Focus on the Future: Come 2014, Industry Should Look Very Familiar
Nov 22 2004 // PCI Execs Contend Current Players Will Adapt to Maintain Advantages Ten years from now, some of the players within the property/casualty insurance industry will have changed but the industry itself will not look...
IIABL Offers La. Big I Network for Member Agents
Nov 18 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Louisiana (IIABL) reported it has established the Louisiana Big I Network to offer alternative markets for agencies that are restricted because of premium volume. What...
Allied Insurance Joins Trusted Choice
Nov 17 2004 // Des Moines, Iowa-based property/casualty insurer Allied Insurance has joined the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America’s Trusted Choice branding campaign. Allied, a division of exclusive-agent behemoth...
Independent Insurance Agents Defend Themselves at Senate Hearing over Broker Compensation
Nov 16 2004 // The nation’s largest independent insurance agency group will go before a Senate subcommittee in Washington today to attempt to put some distance between large insurance brokers facing allegations of illegal...
NAIC Conference Call Places State Insurance Investigations on Hold
Nov 8 2004 // State insurance commissioners in the southeast and across the United States consulted in a conference call the week after New York Attorney Gen-eral Eliot Spitzer made allegations of rigged bids and price-fixing among...
Agents Watching Spitzer Broker Fraud Charges Closely
Nov 8 2004 // New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s filing on Oct. 14 of charges against giant insurance broker Marsh for alleged commercial account steering and bid rigging has already had significant impact on Marsh and is...
Big ‘I’ Panelists Concerned About Terrorism, Asbestos, Tort Reform
Nov 8 2004 // Terrorism, asbestos and tort reform will be key industry concerns according to five insurance company CEOs participating in a panel discussion during last month’s Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of...
ASCnet Conferees Hear How to Manage a Profitable Business
Nov 8 2004 // The latest technologies to allow independent agents and brokers to efficiently manage and ensure a profitable business were presented to more than 1,800 conferees attending the Applied Systems Client Network’s...
