All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 20 2009 // Importers and exporters that ship only a modest volume of goods do not have to settle for the often pricey or inadequate marine cargo insurance that is available from freight forwarders — the usual source of this...
Apr 20 2009 // Today’s senior ranks of insurance professionals are retiring at the pace of approximately one every 10 minutes, taking a wealth of experience and knowledge out of the profession at a startling pace. Agencies and...
Apr 20 2009 // Since all service providers face the potential of law suits related to real or perceived “errors and omissions,” E&O coverage has become a necessity for nearly every service profession — from...
Apr 17 2009 // The Combined Group now offers a fully automated service for CNA Connect™’s Policy. Combined’s Agent Direct Express™ and Quantum’s Real Time Express™ service offerings now enable agents...
Apr 16 2009 // Insurance agents can play a big role in helping states to fight insurance fraud. And with insurance fraud costing California alone $15 billion each year, or $500 per resident, the cost of which is eventually passed onto...
Apr 16 2009 // Scanlon Guerra Burke Insurance Brokers of Woodland Hills, Calif., has named Justin Schneir a partner. He specializes in metal goods manufacturing and malpractie insurance. He has been with the company for four years and...
Apr 16 2009 // Insurance buyers can expect upward pricing pressure in the coming months, according to global insurance broker Lockton.According to Lockton brokers writing in a new marketplace overview, insurers saw a “perfect...
Apr 16 2009 // Michigan-based managing general agency J.M. Wilson has added Debbie Martinez as Sales and Underwriting manager for its southern regional office in Charleston, South Carolina. Martinez will be responsible for developing...
Apr 15 2009 // Credit rating agenies would lose their protection against private lawsuits under current U.S. securities fraud law if a proposal by an institutional investors group becomes law.The Council of Institutional Investors (CII)...
Apr 15 2009 // Federal prosecutors in New Orleans are seeking a 20-year prison sentence for a woman convicted of participating in a money laundering scheme with a former Louisiana lawmaker.A jury convicted Gwendolyn Moyo last year of...
Apr 15 2009 // Quality claims handling is the most important factor to independent agents in evaluating an insurer, according to a recent survey of 450 agents conducted by the Professional Insurance Agents Associations (PIA) of...
Apr 13 2009 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland has declared a state of emergency to allow insurance companies to more rapidly respond to the recent Oklahoma wildfires. The declaration enables emergency adjusters to be...
Apr 13 2009 // The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, or the Stimulus Package, is the largest infusion of government funds into the private sector in history. Even though it does not include direct benefits to the insurance...
Apr 10 2009 // A Chattanooga, Tenn. insurance agent has been charged with insurance fraud and theft for allegedly adding commissions to policies when he told policyholders that the coverage was being sold on a net basis — with a...
Apr 9 2009 // The Gibraltar Group, a full-service insurance and risk management firm headquartered in Lubbock, Texas, announced that the company has been selected to become a part of Sitkins International, an organization whose...
Apr 8 2009 // Among the issues that plague coverage lawyers and insurance agents, and especially insureds, is that of a misnamed, unnamed or mischaracterized insured. All too often in insurance policies, corporations are designated as...
Apr 8 2009 // Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is questioning why up to $400 million in federal bailout money is going to the big three credit rating agencies that he says helped create the economic meltdown.Blumenthal...
Apr 8 2009 // Professional Liability coverage for the Agents of Farmers Insurance Group, Inc.The United Farmers Agents Association has introduced a group professional liability program exclusively for agents of Farmers Group Inc. The...
Apr 8 2009 // A Vidalia, La., insurance agent has been issued a cease and desist order, license revocation and fine notice for alleged misappropriation of insurance premiums.William Christopher Jackson, 38, was served by Department of...
Apr 7 2009 // Mike Grushon of Thomas & Grushon Agency in Bellbrook, Ohio, was honored by National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) with the 2009 PIA National Professional Agent of the Year Award. Grushon received...