Latest Independent Agencies Headlines
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Progressive Hopes to Drive Market Share Its Way with New Agency Brand
Oct 11 2004 // Progressive Insurance Co.’s move to re-brand its independent agency segment is being met with good reviews from outside financial analysts and branding experts, but mixed reviews from the independent agents who are...
Big ‘I’ Weighs Minority Producer Database
Oct 11 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America is considering a proposal to compile a nationwide database of minority–owned agencies for carriers looking to expand their presence in urban markets to utilize,...
Progressive’s New Branding Effort Hopes to ‘Drive’ Market Share
Oct 11 2004 // Progressive Insurance Co.’s move to re–brand its independent agency segment is being met with good reviews from outside financial analysts and branding experts, but mixed reviews from the independent agents who...
Going Paperless — Is it for the Independent Agency’
Oct 11 2004 // Many independent insurance agents and brokers are used to the concept of “paperless processing” since most of the insurance companies they represent utilize imaging and content management technology. For these...
Progressive Hopes to Drive Market Share Its Way
Oct 11 2004 // Progressive Insurance Co.’s move to re-brand its independent agency segment is being met with good reviews from outside financial analysts and branding experts, but reviews from independent agents at the center of...
Progressive Hopes to Drive Market Share With Independent Agency Brand
Oct 11 2004 // Progressive Insurance Co.’s move to re-brand its independent agency segment is being met with good reviews from outside financial analysts and branding experts, but mixed reviews from the independent agents who are...
CEOs Praise Hudson Valley N.Y. Market
Oct 10 2004 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. celebrated its second annual Hudson Valley Regional Awareness Program recently as about 250 insurance professionals attended the conference in Suffern, N.Y. During...
IIANC Names Bingham Agent of the Year
Oct 10 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC) announced that Bill Bingham has been named as IIANC’s Agent of the Year. Selected annually, this award recognizes the North Carolina agent who has...
Four Companies Honored with Best Practices Award at Big ‘I’ Conference
Oct 10 2004 // Four national insurance companies have been presented the “Best Practices Award of Excellence” at the 2004 Big “I” Convention in Orlando, Fla.. Honorees were St. Paul Travelers, Safeco Insurance,...
Big ‘I’ Concerns: Insurance CEOs Cite Terrorism, Asbestos, Tort Reform
Oct 10 2004 // Terrorism, asbestos and tort reform will be key industry concerns according to five insurance company chief executive officers participating in a panel discussion during the Oct. 9 to 12 Convention held by the Independent...
Illinois Earns YAC Award at Big ‘I’ Event
Oct 10 2004 // The Young Agents Committee (YAC) of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) has presented its annual award to the Young Agents Committee of the Professional Independent...
Walker Named President of IIANC; Executive Committee of Association Elected
Oct 7 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC) announced the election of Bo Walker of Walker Robinson Clark in Statesville, as its new president. Walker was elected to the office during the IIANC Annual...
Big ‘I’ Weighs Minority Producer Database
Oct 6 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America is considering a proposal to compile a nationwide database of minority-owned agencies for carriers looking to expand their presence in urban markets to utilize, the...
Big ‘I’ Applauds Countersignature Trends
Oct 5 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (The Big “I”) is applauding continuing efforts by state policymakers and federal courts to eliminate countersignature laws. The Big “I” has...
IIABA Selects MHBT as a Best Practices Agency
Sep 30 2004 // McQueary Henry Bowles Troy L.L.P. (MHBT), one of the largest independent commercial insurance firms in Texas, has been selected as a 2004 Best Practices Agency by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America...
Big ‘I’ Praises Approval of Terrorism Insurance Backstop Bill by Financial Services Committee
Sep 29 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) is hailing House Financial Services Committee passage of H.R. 4634, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Backstop Extension Act. The Association...
Progressive Introduces ‘Drive’ Brand for Independent Agents and Brokers
Sep 23 2004 // For weeks, more than 1,200 of Progressive’s largest independent agents and brokers have speculated about why the company invited them to meet in Las Vegas. Their questions were finally answered as the Progressive...
Wyrsch Sworn In as N.J. Big ‘I’ Chairman
Sep 23 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of New Jersey (IIABNJ) swore in new officers for the 2004/2005 year at its 111th annual conference in Newport, Rhode Island. Dave L. Wyrsch, Sr., of The Van Dyk Group in Beach...
LEE, MOON CAPTURE IIAJC TITLES:
Sep 20 2004 // After four days of intense play and weather delays at Dornick Hills Country Club in Ardmore, Okla., the 36th annual Independent Insurance Agent Junior Classic (IIAJC) concluded recently in thrilling fashion for newly...
Progressive Weighs Rebranding for Independent Agency Force
Sep 20 2004 // Mayfield Village, Ohio-based leading vehicle insurer Progressive Corp. has called its top-selling independent agents to a meeting in Las Vegas this week to unveil what is described by a company spokeswoman as an...
