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States Give a ‘Thumbs Up’ to Fingerprinting Insurance Producers

Regulators Say Fingerprinting Keeps Criminals Out of the Business Don’t be alarmed, but there are convicted criminals roaming around the country acting as insurance producers. They could be robbers, forgers, possibly even rapists. They got their producer licenses in states …

Business Moves

Prepared Insurance, Florida Florida approved a new homeowners insurance company that plans to focus on what it says is the underserved market of homes built before 2002. Prepared Insurance Co., headquartered in Tampa, is also promising to offer a broad …

States Give a ‘Thumbs Up’ to Fingerprinting Insurance Producers

Regulators Say Fingerprinting Keeps Criminals Out of the Business Don’t be alarmed, but there are convicted criminals roaming around the country acting as insurance producers. They could be robbers, forgers, possibly even rapists. They got their producer licenses in states …

10 Insurers Hit Century Mark

The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies has welcomed 10 new members into its Century Club, recognizing them for serving policyholders for 100 years. With the addition of the 2009 class, the Century Club has more than 660 members. Combined, …

Spanish Language Online Complaint Filing Now Available in Wisconsin

Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Sean Dilweg recently announced improvements to the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance’s on-line consumer complaint system. Now Spanish-speaking consumers will be able to complete and file a complaint over the internet entirely in Spanish. Since February …

10 Insurers Hit Century Mark

The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies has welcomed 10 new members into its Century Club, recognizing them for serving policyholders for 100 years. NAMIC also recognized Bucks County Contributionship Mutual Insurance Co. on its 200th anniversary. “These companies have …

Business Moves

AmWINS/Managing Agency Charlotte, North Carolina-based national wholesale insurance broker AmWINS Group, Inc. has acquired The Managing Agency Group- Employee Benefits, a division of insurance broker Willis HRH. MAG-EB is a wholesale broker of employee benefit plans for small and mid-sized …

States Give a ‘Thumbs Up’ to Fingerprinting Insurance Producers

Regulators Say Fingerprinting Keeps Criminals Out of the Business Don’t be alarmed, but there are convicted criminals roaming around the country acting as insurance producers. They could be robbers, forgers, possibly even rapists. They got their producer licenses in states …

New Wisconsin Consumer Complaint Form in Spanish

Spanish-speaking Wisconsinites who want to file an insurance-related complaint can now do it online. The state Department of Insurance has a new online complaint form that allows the filer to complete it all in Spanish. The department says more than …

Timely Claims Reporting: A Serious Obligation for Agencies

In many insurance agencies, customer service representatives (CSRs) are responsible for handling claims submissions for clients. Larger agencies may have a separate claims department. Various problems can arise when the agency is notified by a client that a loss has …