All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 2 2009 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Board of Directors has approved rule changes associated with the safety standards in the Ohio Administrative Code for several industries.Ohio law allows BWC to adopt...
Jun 1 2009 // The insurance business needs to lose a vestige of the insurance marketplace of the last century. Let’s become more friendly to competition and the free market.For my 30 years in the insurance business, insurers have...
Jun 1 2009 // Regional property/casualty insurance companies don’t make headlines like the large institutions. They simply go about their business serving customers and independent agents— and paying claims. How are regional...
Jun 1 2009 // As boating season starts to heat up once again, independent agents across the country may see clients who are re-evaluating their boat insurance needs, and looking to agents for advice.There are five common mistakes boat...
Jun 1 2009 // Al Diamond is one of the country’s best known and respected agency management consultants.His firm, the Agency Consulting Group, is based in Cherry Hill, N.J. Diamond consults with agencies across the country on...
Jun 1 2009 // The current economic environment has produced several influences that in combination are negatively affecting, or at least stressing, property casualty insurance carriers in unique ways, says one experienced industry...
Jun 1 2009 // Direct writers continue to target the Massachusetts personal auto insurance market, as one major national carrier announced it has written its first policy in the state and another says it will begin writing direct in...
Jun 1 2009 // Some 50-year-olds may wish 50 really were the new 40, but for Delta General Agency Corporation turning 50 is a milestone the Houston-based insurance wholesaler is proud to celebrate. Formed in 1959 by Houston retail agent...
Jun 1 2009 // Al Diamond is one of the country’s best known and respected agency management consultants. His firm, the Agency Consulting Group, is based in Cherry Hill, N.J. He deals with agencies across the country on issues...
Jun 1 2009 // How are regional insurance companies faring in today’s climate — financial and catastrophe? What challenges do they face? How can they grow? Why are they so popular with independent agents?Insurance Journal put...
Jun 1 2009 // Those who track insurance criminals for a living say that as the economy has worsened, insurance fraud has been rising – and they are on the alert for any jump in fraud by property/casualty agents and brokers.These...
Jun 1 2009 // New York’s second-largest medical malpractice insurer is more than $43 million in the hole, according to new regulatory filings, but state regulators are legally forbidden from initiating the process to liquidate or...
Jun 1 2009 // Weathering today’s economic storm has not been easy for insurance companies. Consumers are more carefully scrutinizing their coverages, while the financial sector is taking a beating in the public, as the government...
Jun 1 2009 // DCAP Group Inc., an upstate New York franchiser of independent agencies, is ditching its franchise insurance business as part of a strategic move to exit the retail insurance business as it morphs into a reconstituted...
Jun 1 2009 // Insurance agents can play a big role in helping states to fight insurance fraud. In fact, because they are on the front lines of insurance transactions, agents might see and hear things before the insurance company, claims...
Jun 1 2009 // Federal legislation designed to streamline licensing for insurance agents and brokers operating in multiple states has been reintroduced in Congress.The legislation, HR 2554, the National Association of Registered Agents...
Jun 1 2009 // Salt Lake City-based The Leavitt Group named John Moreno president of Leavitt Benefits Services. Moreno will forward the benefits operations of the Leavitt Group and affiliated agencies.Moreno has more than 30 years of...
Jun 1 2009 // A couple times a year, I hear a clunk at my front door and I’m alerted by my barking dog that someone is there. I open the door to find my new Yellow Pages at my door step. I reach down, pick it up and go directly to...
Jun 1 2009 // As boating season starts to heat up once again, independent agents across the country may see clients who are re-evaluating their boat insurance needs, and looking to agents for advice.There are five common mistakes boat...
Jun 1 2009 // Regional property/casualty insurance companies don’t make headlines like the large institutions. They simply go about their business serving customers and independent agents — and paying claims. How are...