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Tech Providers Are Scoping Out the Online MGA Market
May 14 2001 // Electronic communications between agents and carriers have received much attention over the years, as the struggle goes on for better technology, single entry of data and lower-cost delivery. But what if you’re a key...
AAMGA Selects Desrt Backdrop for ‘Diamond Jubilee’
May 7 2001 // This year the American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) will celebrate its 75th Anniversary with a Diamond Jubilee, to be held May 20-24 in Palm, Desert, Calif. “[The Desert Springs Marriott Resort...
Corralling The Horse Market
Apr 23 2001 // In today’s steady economy, equine insurance could be one of the best markets you’ve never thought about tapping. Then again, if you don’t know the front end of a horse from the back, it could also be the...
iwix.net to Cease Operations
Apr 6 2001 // iwix.net, the Internet specialty insurance marketplace, will close effective April 30 due to its inability to secure additional funding. The exit plan has been communicated in detail to its carrier/MGA partners and its...
Transit Casualty Co.’s “Titanic” Insolvency Teaches Many Lessons
Mar 5 2001 // It’s been called “the Titanic of all insolvencies”—on Dec. 3, 1985, Transit Casualty Company, domiciled in Missouri, was declared insolvent by the Cole County Circuit Court. During the late ’80s,...
PRC Corp. Acquires Insurity Solutions
Mar 1 2001 // PRC Corp., a subsidiary of ChoicePoint® , entered into an agreement to purchase 100 percent of the stock of Insurity Solutions Inc., from an internal management group and private investors. The deal is PRC’s second...
ProgramBusiness.com Launched; Open to Agents, Providers
Feb 20 2001 // National Marketing Services Inc., a provider of marketing products and services since 1988, has announced the launch of www.Programbusiness.com, designed to bring retailers, wholesalers, MGAs and program managers together...
Commercial Auto-The LONG Road Back to Profitability
Feb 19 2001 // The signs were there in 2000—and now it can safely be said that prices in the commercial auto industry are definitely firming. But how long it will take the industry to truly return to profitability is still hard to...
NAPSLO Legislative Report: Surplus Lines Issues Covered at NAIC Meeting
Feb 12 2001 // NAPSLO Legislative Report: Surplus Lines Issues Covered at NAIC Meeting With the end of the year 2000 state legislative sessions and the U.S. Congress winding down its post-election lame duck session, legislative activity...
‘Titanic’ of Insolvencies Teaches Lessons
Feb 12 2001 // It’s been called “the Titanic of all insolvencies”—on Dec. 3, 1985, Transit Casualty Company, domiciled in Missouri, was declared insolvent by the Cole County Circuit Court. During the late ’80s,...
iwix.net Signs Two New MGAs to Website
Dec 19 2000 // iwix.net, an Internet specialty insurance marketplace, announced that F.L. Dean & Associates Inc. and Gulf Coast Marine have joined the iwix.net marketplace. These MGAs will add 16 new coverages to the iwix.net...
Corraling The Horse Market
Oct 23 2000 // With only 17 percent of the nation’s 6 million horses insured, the equine market is ripe for picking In today’s steady economy, equine insurance could be one of the best markets you’ve never thought about...
iwix.net Signs Three New MGAs
Oct 4 2000 // iwix.net has signed up three new MGAs to their site – Russell Grace, Inc. of Fort Worth, Tex.; Vark Underwriters Agency, Ltd. of Heyworth, Ill.; and Acupuncture Insurance Services, Inc. of Elmhurst, Ill. Russell...
NAPSLO Survey Shows Net Revenues for MGAs, Brokers Grow
Sep 4 2000 // Average pretax profit and net retained revenues for MGAs and brokers increased in 1999, according to the results of the Income & Expense Survey recently completed for the National Association of Professional Surplus...
iwix.net Signs Three New MGAs
Aug 10 2000 // Five Star Managers (representing Brockbank, a Lloyd’s syndicate and part of the XL Group), ProSurance (representing ACE USA Insurance Companies), and Sterling Risk Management, an MGA for aviation products, are now a...
iwix.net Announces Partnerships with Five MGAs
Jun 26 2000 // iwix.net, an Internet specialty insurance marketplace, has announced partnerships with five major Managing General Agencies (MGAs), who will be offering specialty products on the site. RA&MCO (representing Great...
Agency Management SystemsIn Their Own Words
May 15 2000 // Very few agencies tell short stories about agency management systems. ItÕs usually more of a trial-and-error tale that includes a series of purchases, regret and, in many cases, a happy ending that is contingent on...
AAMGA Outgoing President Takes Changing Marketplace in Stride
May 1 2000 // It was the eve of a major trade association event, the annual convention of the American Association of Managing General Agents. AAMGA Outgoing President James A. Roe, president of Arlington/Roe &Co. Inc. in...
AAMGA Members Set to Convene in the Florida Sunshine
May 1 2000 // Follow Your Dreams” will be the theme at the 74th annual meeting of the American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) to be held at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress in Orlando, Fla. from May 7-11,...
