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Wayne Cwik As part of its previously announced management restructuring, Neenah, Wis.-based Jewelers Mutual Insurance Co. promoted Wayne Cwik to vice president of actuarial services and JMI Insurance Services. Cwik will direct rate setting, rate and form filings with state …

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Richard Kingsley Richard Kingsley, owner of Stayton, Ore.-based Cammack-Kingsley Insurance Inc., has been elected president of the Professional Insurance Agents of Oregon/Idaho. He served as president-elect of the organization prior to becoming president. Kingsley, an insurance agent for 29 years, …

Gregg Higgins joins E.L.M. Insurance Brokers Inc.

Frederick J. Fisher, president and CEO of Los Angeles-based E.L.M. Insurance Brokers Inc., specialists in professional liability coverages, announced that Gregg Higgins has recently joined E.L.M. as director of field marketing. According to Fisher, “Gregg’s responsibilities will include calling on …

NAMIC Issues Policy Paper on ‘Disparate Impact’ Theory for Credit Scoring

The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies has prepared and released a bulletin attacking efforts to apply the “disparate impact” legal standard to the use of credit-based insurance scores. The paper, which was also distributed by the American Insurance Association …

First State Delaware Last on .08 Blood-Alcohol Drunken Driving Law

Lighting up a cigarette in a bar in Georgetown, Delaware is unlawful, but you can get more drunk in Delaware than anywhere in the nation and still be allowed to get behind the wheel. “Delaware’s got so many laws that …

Idaho: More than Snowcapped Peaks, Plateaus and Potatoes

The United States Census Bureau’s Census 2000 estimated the population of the State of Idaho at 1,293,953. Approximately 85 percent of the adult residents had graduated from high school and about 22 percent had earned a bachelor’s degree or higher. …

At NAMIC, The Door’s Wide Open to Companies of All Sizes

Chairman Tim Hegarty Explains How His Trade Group Serves Big and Small Alike What happens when you put giants like State Farm, AIG, Nationwide and Liberty Mutual in a room with tiny farm mutuals like Husbandsmans Mutual, Lumber Mutual and …

The National Alliance Names Outstanding CSRs for 2004

The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research, based in Austin, Texas, recently announced the selection of the state winners of the 2004 National Outstanding CSR of the Year Award. The award originated in 1991 to recognize the contributions of …

American Agents Alliance to Host Calif. Sen. Cedillo at July 7th Meeting

The American Agents Alliance will welcome Senator Gil Cedillo (D-Los Angeles) to its July 7th meeting, to be held at 7:00pm at the Best Western Golden Sails Hotel in Long Beach. The meeting, one of several the Alliance hosts each …

Kingsley Elected President of the Professional Insurance Agents of Oregon/Idaho

Richard Kingsley, owner of Stayton-based Cammack-Kingsley Insurance Inc., has been elected president-elect of the Professional Insurance Agents of Oregon/Idaho, a trade association that represents more than 2,300 independent insurance agents and agency staff in Oregon and Idaho. He served as …