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Eight Reasons Agencies Need a Strong Database Effort
Sep 1 2008 // A solid, up-to-date, well-managed database is the No. 1 factor in stimulating and maintaining business growth. The word “marketing” may conjure up images of the fast-paced world of television advertising, a...
Four Small SUVs Earn Top Safety Pick
Aug 20 2008 // Automakers are improving the crashworthiness of their vehicles and quickly installing side airbags and electronic stability control, an important crash avoidance feature, on more models, according to the Insurance...
Two Men Charged in Minnesota Arsons
Aug 14 2008 // Two Fosston men are charged with first-degree arson in a string of fires that burned buildings in northwestern Minnesota. Levi Coyer and Nick Schouviller, both 19 years old, were arrested on August 8 in Fosston. The August...
Two New York City Window Washers Die in Accident
Aug 7 2008 // New York City police say two men washing windows at a building in downtown Manhattan were killed when the vehicle carrying their lift tipped over. Detective John Sweeney says the accident occurred early Tuesday at the...
Two New York Contractors Face Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges
Aug 5 2008 // A New York contractor and the sub-contractor he hired are both facing charges of workers’ compensation fraud following their arrests by New York State Police. Police arrested Phillip Gish, 70, of East Aurora, N.Y. on...
One Year Later Recovery from Flood Slow in Kansas Town
Jul 25 2008 // A year after a refinery oil spill into floodwaters blanketed a third of this southeast Kansas town, little remains in the area that was damaged. The oil-drenched houses are gone, and only a few homeowners have rebuilt....
Three Reasons to Work with a Lead Generation Company
Jun 16 2008 // As an insurance agent, there is nothing wrong with getting help when need be. In fact, the agents who search for outside help are those who are making the big money. If you want to join them, it is time for you to get...
Three Attorneys Named to Award Aid to Minnesota Bridge Collapse Victims
Jun 2 2008 // Three Twin Cities lawyers make up a special panel determining how much state money victims of the Interstate 35W bridge collapse will get. Minnesota Chief Justice Russell Anderson has appointed Susan Holden to chair the...
Eight Lawsuits Filed Over Failed Vermont Heating System
May 19 2008 // Eight lawsuits have been filed against companies involved with the heating system that malfunctioned at the Redstone Apartments near the University of Vermont in January, 2005, killing one person and sickening others. The...
Nine Catastrophes to Cost P/C Insurers $3 Billion in First Quarter
May 19 2008 // U.S. property/casualty insurers are expected to pay homeowners and businesses an estimated $3.35 billion for first-quarter property losses resulting from nine catastrophes. The nine events identified as catastrophes by the...
Five Effective Insurance Marketing Tips
May 9 2008 // Once you are established as an insurance agent, you will want to do whatever you can to improve your marketing power. The better your insurance marketing plan the more money you are going to earn. With the five tips below...
One Year after Tornado, Greensburg Still Struggling to Survive
May 9 2008 // Unlike Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, one year after a devastating tornado destroyed their town, many in Greensburg, Kan. are still not able to go home. Some 700 residents remain in the town that once had a population of...
3M Could Pay $56M to Clean Up Twin Cities Sites
Apr 21 2008 // 3M Co. will probably pay between $50 million and $56 million to clean up sites in the eastern Twin Cities that have been contaminated by chemicals that were once used in some of the company’s best-known products. The...
3M Could Pay $56 million to Clean Up Eastern Twin Cities Sites
Apr 9 2008 // 3M Co. will probably pay between $50 million and $56 million to clean up sites in the eastern Twin Cities that have been contaminated by chemicals that were once used in some of the company’s best-known products. The...
Two Lawyers Named to Connecticut Workers’Comp Commission
Apr 7 2008 // Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell has named Daniel Dilzer and David Schoolcraft to the state Workers’ Compensation Commission. Dilzer, 41, is a lawyer with the New Britain-based law firm Davila & Dilzer. He serves...
Two Employees Fired for Gossiping Settle Lawsuits with N.H. Town
Apr 2 2008 // Two of the four women fired from town jobs in Hooksett (New Hampshire) for gossiping have settled lawsuits against the town. The town’s insurance company is paying $65,000 each to Joanne Drewniak and Jessica...
Four Charged in 1999 Arson Fire at Michigan State University
Mar 24 2008 // More than eight years after a New Year’s Eve fire at Michigan State University, four people have been indicted related to an arson incident federal authorities said was an act of domestic terrorism. The government...
Six Seek Interim Director Position at North Dakota Workers’ Comp Agency
Mar 18 2008 // Six people, including a one-time Fargo mayor and a former vice president at Montana’s workers’ compensation fund, have applied to be the interim chief executive officer of North Dakota’s Workforce Safety...
Four Charged in 1999 Arson Fire at Michigan State University
Mar 13 2008 // More than eight years after a New Year’s Eve fire at Michigan State University, four people have been indicted related to an arson incident federal authorities said Tuesday was an act of domestic terrorism. The...
Two Oklahoma Cities Among 35 Safest in Nation
Mar 10 2008 // Sugarland, Texas, made Top 5 safest list Two Oklahoma cities are among the 35 safest in the nation, according rankings based on the FBI’s uniform crime report. One Texas town, Sugarland, was among the five...
