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The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers (the Big “I”) has awarded Alex Soto with the Woodworth Memorial Award, the highest honor the association bestows on one of its members. Soto is president and CEO of InSource, Inc. in Miami and …
2007 State Obesity Rates
2007 State Obesity Rates State % Alabama 30.3 Alaska 27.5 Arizona 25.4 Arkansas 28.7 California 22.6 Colorado 18.7 Connecticut 21.2 Delaware 27.4 Washington DC 21.8 Florida 23.6 Georgia 28.2 Hawaii 21.4 Idaho 24.5 Illinois 24.9 Indiana 26.8 Iowa 26.9 Kansas …
Recession Increasing Insurance Fraud
Areas Where Agents Might See an Increase in Fraud Does a bad economy increase crime? Analysts have debated that question for years, according to Mike McKee, senior special agent for the National Insurance Crime Bureau. While it’s too soon for …
Bukaty Companies Adds 2 New Account Executives in P/C Unit
Don Burdolski and Bill Castans have joined Kansas-based Bukaty Companies Property and Casualty division as account executives. Burdolski and Castans have more than 45 years of combined experience in commercial lines sales. As producers, both Burdolski and Castons will service …
Top 100 Profile: Locked into the Customer at No. 1 Lockton
As Insurance Journal prepares for another Top 100 Independent Property/Casualty Agency List, to be published in our Aug. 3, 2009, magazine, the editors wanted to highlight a few of the current Top 100 agencies. Throughout the coming weeks, InsuranceJournal.com will …
Texas’ March Enforcements Result in $325K in Fines, Restitution
Enforcement actions taken by Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during March include eight license revocations, three license denials and fines and restitution totaling more than $325,000. An order imposing disciplinary measures becomes final 20 days after the …
State Insurance Regulators Say Health Care Reform Must Address Costs
Testifying on behalf of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger stressed that any health care reform out of Washington must address soaring costs. Praeger spoke at a Senate Finance Committee roundtable discussion on expanding …
Lockton Chicago Named a 2009 Best Place to Work in Illinois
Lockton Chicago has once again been named one of the Best Places to Work in Illinois, an award program created in 2006 and is a project of The Business Ledger, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the Illinois State …
Cleanup Begins After Midwest Storms Kill 6
Residents of the Midwest began clearing away wreckage May 9 following a wave of powerful storms that splintered homes, knocked out power to thousands and killed six people. Hundreds of homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed May 8 in …
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The Professional Insurance Agents Association of Ohio Inc. (PIA) has selected Douglas L. Jackson to serve as director of education. Jackson, a Certified Parks and Recreation Professional (CPRP), comes to PIA after working more than six years as director of …
