All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 14 2012 // The current business environment for independent insurance agents in Indiana is pretty good thanks to the hard work and legislative involvement of agents and other industry professionals, according to one longtime agent...
Nov 9 2012 // Former Oklahoma insurance agent Marshall Virden has been sentenced to two years in prison for defrauding senior citizens in Wagoner County, the Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID) announced. The punishment comes after a...
Nov 8 2012 // Webb Milward has returned to The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers as vice president of business development. Milward, who previously directed The Council’s political action committee from 2005-2010, spent...
Nov 8 2012 // Wisconsin insurance agent and member of the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA), Mary Czaja, on Nov. 6 won her race to capture the 35th Assembly District in northern Wisconsin.Czaja is a Republican...
Nov 8 2012 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) is offering its members remote staffing services provided by WAHVE (Work At Home Vintage Employees) on a preferred basis.WAHVE provides experienced insurance professionals...
Nov 8 2012 // Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) announced that Lauri Benefiel has joined as the new agency manager of its CAA Insurance Services (CAAIS) division.CAA has 47 agency members in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas....
Nov 7 2012 // A Southern California insurance broker was arrested Wednesday on allegations he overcharged Tom Hanks, musician ex-Police band member Andy Summers and others hundreds of thousands of dollars for insurance premiums.Jerry B....
Nov 7 2012 // In the immediate days after Superstorm Sandy, officials in the Northeastern states declared that hurricane deductibles would not apply to Sandy claims.Officials from northeastern states including New York, New Jersey and...
Nov 6 2012 // Chicago-based Hub International Limited announced that it has acquired the shares of Huestis Commercial Insurance Ltd. (HCIL), a Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada-based insurance brokerage firm.Terms of the acquisition...
Nov 5 2012 // It seems that every year commercial property is one of the top three lines of business generating errors and omissions (E&O) claims against agents. Because most agents insure a fair number of commercial buildings, this...
Nov 5 2012 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) acts as the trade association for state insurance commissioners. The Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010 (NRRA) delegated to the NAIC responsibility for...
Nov 5 2012 // The current business environment for independent insurance agents in Indiana is pretty good thanks to the hard work and legislative involvement of agents and other industry professionals, according to one longtime agent...
Nov 5 2012 // A slow trend toward economic recovery in the United States may mean good news/bad news for insurance agents and brokers who handle commercial accounts with cargo and supply chain vulnerabilities.The good news is growth in...
Nov 5 2012 // When it comes to fiduciary liability, ignorance is risk. Many fiduciaries of company-sponsored retirement and health plans are unaware that they face significant exposures in connection with their duties.A Travelers survey...
Nov 5 2012 // Firmer insurance prices and an upward trend in agency revenues are signs of good times for most independent agencies. These same trends, however, are reflected in today’s insurance market for agency errors and...
Nov 2 2012 // Superstorm Sandy — and the widespread power outages and transport problems that followed — affected business operations of numerous companies in the Northeast, including those of insurers and brokers. Companies...
Nov 2 2012 // Ohio Lt. Governor and Dept. of Insurance Director Mary Taylor announced that an agent tax lien program that has collected more than $5.3 million in unpaid income tax, sales tax and workers compensation premium payments....
Nov 2 2012 // A former North Texas insurance salesman has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and must repay more than $9.3 million in a fraud case.Federal prosecutors in Dallas say 76-year-old Robert Hague-Rogers of Frisco wrongly...
Nov 2 2012 // When it comes to the 2012 presidential election, insurance agents have, as industry insiders like to say, “skin in the game.”In addition to being concerned with how the overall economy will perform under either...
Nov 1 2012 // Miller Insurance Services in London has bolstered its marine hull capabilities with the appointment of David Plato from Alston Gayler. Plato, who began his insurance career in 1988, specializes in marine hull insurance...