Kansas News

America First Insurance Appoints Jimenez to Specialty Lines AVP

America First Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company based in Richardson, Texas, has appointed Ray Jimenez to assistant vice president, Specialty Lines. In this position, Jimenez will be responsible for growing America First Insurance’s farm and ranch, and …

Producer Development: Combined Agents of America Keeps It In-House

Mark Bridges and Bry Ewan got the idea for creating a producer development program within the Combined Agents of America (CAA) while attending a producer school in Florida. Bridges explained that during his first year in the insurance business he …

Louisiana to American Trade Association: Stop Selling Insurance

Louisiana Department of Insurance Fraud Section Investigators served American Trade Association, its 13 companion companies and 14 personnel with cease and desist orders on June 7, 2010, for selling unauthorized insurance in Louisiana. Louisiana’s action follows regulatory moves against ATA …

It Figures

$6 Million Attorneys for Lloyd’s of London, which is paying jailed Texas financier R. Allen Stanford’s legal bills, say the company has spent more than $6 million on lawyers from 10 firms to defend him from allegations that he orchestrated …

In Developing Producers, a Little Help From One’s Friends Goes a Long Way

As John Lennon and Paul McCartney could tell you, sometimes you just need a little help from your friends. And in the insurance agency business – where building relationships are key to success – that friend often is more than …

The Right Relationship Chemistry Can Increase Sales, Create Succession Plan

As John Lennon and Paul McCartney could tell you, sometimes you just need a little help from your friends. And in the insurance agency business – where building relationships are key to success – that friend often is more than …

New Markets

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Iowa Insurance Division to Contractors: Stop Acting as Public Adjusters

The Iowa Insurance Division (IID) has issued summary cease and desist orders against two contractors, directing them to stop acting as public adjusters. The division alleges the firms have been soliciting storm repair business without being properly licensed, in violation …

20% A little more than 20 percent of the nation’s drivers would flunk a drivers test but drivers in the Midwest are among the most knowledgeable, according to a recent survey. The 2009 GMAC Insurance National Drivers Test found that …

20% of Drivers Would Flunk Test

The nation’s most knowledgeable drivers are in Idaho, Wisconsin, Montana and Kansas, while the least knowledgeable are in New York, New Jersey, Hawaii and California. That’s according to results from the 2009 GMAC Insurance National Drivers Test, which found that …