What 19 Years in Insurance Has Taught Me
Working at my computer the other day, it hit me that the most recent crop of college graduates were not even born when I graduated from high school, and they were no more than three when I entered the world …
Top 100 Privately-Held Property/Casualty Agencies
Top 100 Privately-Held Property/Casualty Agencies Ranked by Total 2008 P/C Premium Written 2008 Rank Agency Name, Main Office 2008 P/C Premium Written 2007 P/C Premium % Premium Change 2008 Other than P/C Premium 2008 P/C Revenue 2008 Rank by Revenue …
Unsafe Truck, Bus Operators Told to Shut Down Are Still on Roads
Hundreds of tractor-trailer and bus companies ordered to shut down because of federal safety violations ranging from suspended licenses to possible drug use have stayed on the road by using different names, investigators say. The study by the Government Accountability …
States Give a ‘Thumbs Up’ to Fingerprinting Insurance Producers
Regulators Say Fingerprinting Keeps Criminals Out of the Business Don’t be alarmed, but there are convicted criminals roaming around the country acting as insurance producers. They could be robbers, forgers, possibly even rapists. They got their producer licenses in states …
People
Will Weston, vice president and principal of Blanchard & Calhoun Insurance Agency in Augusta, was elected president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia, Inc. (IIAG) during the association’s recent annual meeting. Weston has been a member of IIAG’s Executive …
It Figures
$11.5 Million The amount the CFO Alex Sink says her office helped Floridians recover in the first six months of this year in claim payments and premium refunds, including one case that resulted in a $1.2 million payment on a …
The Hartford Rolls Out AARP Auto Product Through Independent Agents
The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. is now offering AARP-branded auto insurance through select, authorized independent agents. Previously, the insurance was only available directly from The Hartford by phone, Internet or mail. The decision to expand through the agent channel …
Weston Elected President of Georgia Agents
Will Weston, vice president and principal of Blanchard & Calhoun Insurance Agency in Augusta, was elected president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia, Inc. (IIAG) during the association’s recent annual meeting. Weston has been a member of IIAG’s Executive …
Declarations
Patterson Launch “Floridians deserve to have a choice in this election. With me, they’ll get someone who has spent a lifetime educating and advocating for consumers, and someone who understands that we can’t just sit idly by while our state …
New Markets
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