All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 9 2009 // President Barack Obama recently received the following letter from the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America congratulating him on becoming the 44th President of the United States of America, and...
Mar 9 2009 // I consistently hear from agencies: “Can you give me ideas to make my phone ring more often?”This tells me right away that the agent associates sales activity with actual sales. Consider how much revenue an...
Mar 9 2009 // The $787 billion stimulus package passed by Congress looms as the largest mountain on the country’s newly changed economic landscape. But despite hope that the stimulus bill will jump-start spending, some insurance...
Mar 9 2009 // President Barack Obama recently received the following letter from the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America congratulating him on becoming the 44th President of the United States of America, and...
Mar 9 2009 // Before the 21st century reaches the half-way mark, more than 50 percent of the population of the United States will be represented by a vast cultural mix of people considered to be “minorities,” according to...
Mar 9 2009 // When dealing with claims under flood insurance policies, you may be surprised that many things you think you know are wrong, and, particularly for insureds, many things you think you don’t know, you are deemed to...
Mar 9 2009 // San Francisco-based Wells Fargo & Co. announced its management team for the combined insurance businesses of Wells Fargo and Wachovia Corp. Reporting to Dave Zuercher, group head of International and Insurance...
Mar 9 2009 // It’s rainy season, meaning there’s an increased risk for flooding. Since 1996, Oregon and Washington have had 18 federally declared flood disasters due to heavy rains, cresting rivers, backed-up storm drains...
Mar 9 2009 // “You don’t have to be Hispanic to join the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.”George Saenz Sr., founder of Cielo Vista Insurance Agency in El Paso, Texas, made that comment when Insurance Journal spoke to him...
Mar 9 2009 // Agents can offer collector-vehicle coverage to customers as a money-saving opportunity that also will provide broader coverage more tailored to a collector’s needs.Last month, firefighters saved a 1964 Ford Mustang...
Mar 9 2009 // Top 100 Agency ProfileRANKING: No. 11 Agency Name: Heffernan Insurance Brokers Headquarters: Walnut Creek, Calif. Year Founded: 1988 Additional Locations: Palo Alto, San Francisco, Petaluma, Los Angeles and Orange, Calif.;...
Mar 9 2009 // A condominium board is involved in a lawsuit that results in a board member being sued. A neighbor’s child is playing in the backyard, falls off a swing and sustains injuries. A teenager is driving too fast, loses...
Mar 6 2009 // USG Insurance Services, Inc, a national wholesale broker of commercial insurance headquartered in Tampa, Fla., has promoted Andy Jones to senior underwriter at its Michigan branch. Jones was a manager for four years with...
Mar 6 2009 // Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink has moved to prevent People’s Trust Insurance’s Managing General Agent from using unlicensed agents to sell its homeowners insurance.The action follows an investigation...
Mar 6 2009 // The U.S. Senate delayed action last night on a federal omnibus bill that provides funding to most of the federal government, including the nation’s federal flood insurance program that expires today.However,...
Mar 6 2009 // Two major figures, both former insurance brokers, in a wide ranging investigation into corruption at the Orleans Parish School Board have been sentenced in federal court by U. S. District Judge Martin L. C. Feldman,...
Mar 6 2009 // The U.S. Senate passed a five-day extension to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) by voice vote this afternoon after lawmakers delayed action Thursday night on the federal omnibus bill which would have extended...
Mar 5 2009 // Charlotte, North Carolina-based insurance wholesale brokerage AmWINS Group, Inc. has acquired three medical stop loss wholesalers in three separate regions of the country. The firms acquired are American Stop Loss...
Mar 5 2009 // Manhattan Beach, Calif.-based Apollo Agencies Inc., Kinecta Federal Credit Union’s wholly owned property and casualty subsidiary, announced that John Greenlee has joined the organization as director of...
Mar 5 2009 // The U.S. Senate has yet to approve a measure extending the nation’s flood insurance program, which expires tomorrow.While the U.S. House of Representatives passed an extension to the National Flood Insurance Program...