Latest Numbers Headlines
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Two Firefighters Plead Guilty to Torching Firehouse
Jan 8 2004 // Two former volunteer firemen have pleaded in a federal court in Pittsburgh to charges that on two occasions they deliberately set fire to their firehouse in neighboring Isabella in order to collect around $500,000 in...
Two More Uninsured Ill. Docs to Move
Dec 1 2003 // Two Belleville, Ill., doctors whose medical liability policies were non-renewed by their respective providers will move out of state, according to the Belleville News-Democrat. The two doctors, Mike Leavell and Mark...
Seven Ways to Improve Your People Intelligence
Nov 17 2003 // he greatest weakness of salespeople today is that they’re product-centered, not people-oriented and they are sadly unaware of this shortcoming. Salespeople tend to spend most of their time on a call extolling the...
Five New Agents Join SAN in Q3
Oct 30 2003 // The Satellite Agency Network, or SAN Group, headquartered in Portsmouth, N.H., announced that its rapid growth continued during the third quarter of 2003, as it added five new Independent Agency Members, bringing the 2003...
Two Ala. Residents Die in Fire; Reportedly No Smoke Detector in House
Oct 29 2003 // Two Jasper, Alabama residents died in a house fire Monday night. Walker County 911 received a call reporting the fire at 11:38 p.m. at which time Jasper Fire Department was dispatched to the scene. Guynell Kennedy Bray,...
Four Missing as Fabian Slams Bermuda-Strongest Hurricane in 50 Years
Sep 8 2003 // Hurricane Fabian, a monster of a storm, packing winds of 120 mph (192 kph), slammed full force into Bermuda on Friday night, uprooting trees, downing power lines and causing extensive structural damage. Four people were...
One Year After Sarbanes-Oxley, a Fresh Look at D&O Underwriting
Aug 18 2003 // The anniversary of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) has opened the door of dialogue to the benefits of sustainable, effective corporate governance. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) shift in focus...
One Year After Sarbanes-Oxley, a Fresh Look at D&O Underwriting
Aug 18 2003 // The anniversary of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) has opened the door of dialogue to the benefits of sustainable, effective corporate governance. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) shift in...
Fourteen Arrested in Fraud Sweep
Jul 7 2003 // The CDI and the Los Angeles County Auto Insurance Fraud Task Force arrested 14 people who are suspected of defrauding three insurance carriers in a criminal conspiracy. The suspects allegedly sold insurance policies to...
Ten Ways to Attract and Retain Great Employees
Jul 7 2003 // Today, more and more organizations are changing the way they view and pay their employees. The move is away from the traditional “cost-of-doing-business” concept. Successful businesses are developing creative...
Two Ill. Producers’ Licenses Revoked
Jul 3 2003 // Illinois Director of Insurance J. Anthony Clark has denied the insurance producer license application of Philip A. Fair of Chicago effective June 16. Fair was previously licensed to sell life, accident and health, and fire...
Ten Ways to Attract and Retain Great Employees
Jun 9 2003 // Today, more and more organizations are changing the way they view and pay their employees. The move is away from the traditional “cost-of-doing-business” concept. Successful businesses are developing creative...
Three Men Indicted in N.Y. Motorcycle Fraud Ring
Jun 2 2003 // Eliot Spitzer, New York’s Attorney General, and State Insurance Department Superintendent Gregory V. Serio jointly announced the arrest of three men, Michael Colon, Rafael Feliz and Fermin Gonell, named as defendants...
Fourteen Arrested for Insurance Fraud in L.A. Sweep
May 23 2003 // The California Department of Insurance (CDI) Los Angeles County Auto Insurance Fraud Task Force arrested 14 people, including two insurance brokers, suspected of defrauding three insurance carriers in a criminal...
Five Arrests Made in Undercover Calif. Operation
May 6 2003 // Investigators from the California Department of Insurance Urban Auto Fraud Task Force arrested five individuals last week stemming from an undercover operation named “Operation Pay Out.” All five suspects were...
Three Alaska Credit Bills Up for Vote This Week
Apr 23 2003 // Alaska legislators will consider three bills this week that would reportedly restrict or prohibit insurance companies’ use of credit information, potentially increasing the costs for auto and homeowners policies. The...
Two Calif. Officers Involved in Insurance Fraud
Apr 3 2003 // A Merced County, Calif. sheriff’s detective and a deputy under investigation on suspicion of insurance fraud resigned and confessed to being involved in an off-duty felony criminal act, according to the Modesto...
Two Bills Up for Hearing in N.H. House Commerce
Mar 4 2003 // Two significant insurance-related bills are up for hearing this week in the New Hampshire House Commerce Committee. “These two bills couldn’t be more contradictory,” Gerald Zimmerman, senior counsel for...
Two Men Plead Guilty to Fraud Charges
Feb 10 2003 // Two San Fernando Valley, Calif. residents, Timothy Caffery, 24, and Jose David Duarte, 22, pled guilty to insurance fraud charges as a result of a four-month investigation by the CDI Urban Auto Fraud Task Force. The two...
Five Ways Savvy Salespeople Can Profit From the Internet
Feb 10 2003 // I’ve written previously that the increase in technology will lead to a decrease in the number of salespeople. Although this is a bad omen for low producers, technology (specifically the Internet) isn’t the...
