Jack Crawford Three appointments have been announced by the board of directors of the Main Street America Group in Jacksonville, Fla.: Jack Crawford, assistant vice president; Bill Garvey assistant secretary; and Steve Sauthoff, assistant actuary. Bill Garvey Crawford has been …
Insurance Commissioner Jim Long has announced plans for a hearing on auto insurance rates set for September. This announcement came after the North Carolina Rate Bureau, an independent organization that represents all auto insurance companies in the state, filed for …
Rudy Mendoza Santa Ana, Calif.-based Yates & Associates announced that Rudy Mendoza has been promoted to manager of Stockton’s commercial transportation department. Mendoza came to the Yates organization in 2001 and started a transportation department. Mendoza began his insurance career …
Last year’s top agencies, the “rookie of the year” and the “recruiter of the year” were honored by the Strategic Independent Agents Alliance on April 14 during SIAA’s 19th semi-annual business meeting at the Marriot World Center in Orlando, Fla. …
The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina has invited participants to play in qualifying tournaments for the annual Trusted Choice Big I Junior Classic (Big I) national finals. The tournament is open to local junior golfers—both boys and girls—18 and …
Six Chatham and Randolph County, N.C. residents suspected of masterminding an extensive auto insurance fraud ring which staged an estimated 480 auto crashes and defrauded more than $2 million have been arrested as the result of an investigation launched by …
A special “Technology Solutions Road Show” especially designed for insurance company owners and managers will be sponsored by PC Direct Inc. on April 26 and 28 in Raleigh and Charlotte, N.C. “PC Direct is presenting a half-day event in two …
Margaret Hunt of the J. Fletcher Willey Agency Inc. in Nags Head, N.C. is the winner of the 2005 Maurice Herndon Scholarship sponsored by the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America. Hunt will receive the scholarship during Big “I’s” …
William “Twig” Branch has been appointed as the Leavitt Group’s vice president of Development, southeastern states. Branch will help build the Leavitt Group in the southeastern United States, operating out of Charlotte, North Carolina. The Leavitt Group currently has three …
Great Central Insurance Company, a member of San Antonio-based Argonaut Group Inc.’s Specialty Commercial segment, announced it has formed a strategic partnership with the North Carolina Restaurant Association to provide property and casualty insurance to its members. Founded in 1947, …
