Lincoln, CA – April 10, 2008 – Agency Management Resource Group, a training, education and consulting firm serving independent insurance agencies, has announced the launch of the nation’s first producer school designed exclusively for Employee Benefit specialists. ARMG’s founder and …
Sloan Mason, based in San Diego, Calif., is offering hull and protection and indemnity coverage for marine companies nationwide. The company said it provides programs for marine towing, crewboat and offshore support vessels with an “A” rated carrier. Minimum account …
Despite soft market conditions and a downturn in the economy, it’s still a good time to be an agent, says Leonard Brevik, president and CEO of National Association of Professional Insurance Agents. “There are a lot of opportunities (for agents) …
Maine has a seat belt law, but police have just been issuing warnings to violators since it was bolstered last September. As of this week, it’s no more Mr. Nice Guy. Maine’s Bureau of Highway Safety, its federal counterpart and …
The state board that regulates doctors will hold a special meeting Wednesday to discuss a Senate resolution calling on the board to fire some of its staff. Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius said legislators and the Board of Healing Arts may …
A California Court of Appeals has ruled that the state’s primary workers’ compensation insurer cannot deny an occupational medical clinic from its preferred provider network because it impaired the provider’s ability to practice occupational medicine in Fresno. In Palm Medical …
For the second straight year, Louisiana has posted the fastest personal income growth in the nation, but a prominent economist says that the post-hurricane boost will not necessarily last. “To argue we’re the fastest-growing state is not a good headline,” …
Newark, Calif.-based Risk Management Solutions has launched a probabilistic model to help account underwriters quantify and manage exposure to fire risk. Aimed at primary commercial and specialty insurers and reinsurers, the RMS Account Fire Model provides an link between engineering …
Insurance Journal is on the search for the nation’s leading privately-held property casualty independent agencies and brokerages for its annual Top 100 Property/Casualty Independent Insurance Agencies report. Now, agencies have three ways to qualify: Top Overall Independent Agencies, Top Commercial …
Fewer independent agencies gave salary increases to managers, sales producers and support personnel in 2007 compared to 2006, while half of all agencies reported that salaries stayed the same in 2007 compared to 2006. Of those agencies that did offer …
