All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 2 2008 // Reagan Consulting and the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big “I”) announced the Best Practices Agencies for 2008-2009. A total of 189 agencies from around the country maintained their...
Nov 2 2008 // As the impact of the global economic crisis takes hold, a quarter of large U.S. employers say they expect to make layoffs in the next 12 months. However, most companies are focusing on increased employee communication and...
Nov 2 2008 // Tonya I. Sylvester has been named a sales executive at Rogers & Gray Insurance Agency Inc. of Massachusetts.Sylvester will specialize in personal lines sales, and work out of the agency’s Canton and Plymouth...
Nov 2 2008 // As employers, taxpayers, consumers and charitable contributors, Massachusetts’ independent insurance agents make a $1.9 billion cumulative contribution to the Bay State’s economy last year, according to a new...
Nov 2 2008 // Amid the flurry of lawsuits leveled by franchisees, now an Illinois company connected to a bank involved in the lawsuit of the parent company of Brooke Corp. has taken control of 44.3 percent of Brooke’s stock.Trim...
Nov 2 2008 // Formaldehyde Concerns“Only mobile homes and only park models that fell below (the state’s formaldehyde threshold) and validated through that testing were provided to the state of Iowa.” —Assistant...
Nov 2 2008 // Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina named Kelley L. Erstine chief executive officer.Erstine assumed the association’s CEO responsibilities Oct. 15 and replaces Bob Bird upon his retirement after 25 years...
Nov 2 2008 // As the impact of the global economic crisis takes hold, a quarter of large U.S. employers say they expect to make layoffs in the next 12 months. However, most companies are focusing on increased employee communication and...
Nov 2 2008 // Sharon P. Clark, a 17-year veteran of Kentucky state government, was appointed commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Insurance (DOI) in June. Clark’s experience includes five years as director of the Consumer...
Nov 2 2008 // Reagan Consulting and the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big “I”) announced the Best Practices Agencies for 2008-2009. A total of 189 agencies from around the country maintained their...
Nov 2 2008 // Tom Hughston, executive vice president of North Texas-based Roach Howard Smith & Barton (RHSB), has been named to the board of directors of The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers, a trade association...
Nov 2 2008 // First there was GI Joe, then Joe the plumber. Now, though, there’s Insurance Agent Joe, or Josephine (Jo), if you prefer.Participating in the exclusive 2008 Insurance Journal Agency E&O Survey, Joe and Jo had a...
Nov 2 2008 // Despite the challenges faced by the state of Louisiana since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita wrought their havoc in 2005, there are bright spots in the state’s property casualty insurance industry, says Louisiana...
Nov 2 2008 // Mercury Casualty Co., the largest insurance subsidiary of Los Angeles-based Mercury General Corp., agreed to buy Auto Insurance Specialists Inc. from Aon Corp.AIS is an independent broker and producer of automobile...
Nov 2 2008 // There have been significant changes in the insurance marketplace recently, as prices are down and carrier competition is fierce. Independent insurance agents may be shopping policies to seek the best rates for their...
Nov 2 2008 // Pete Garvey, current president of Integro Ltd., assumed the additional responsibility of CEO for the insurance broker, succeeding Roger Egan, who has left the company. Garvey has served as president of Integro since 2005....
Nov 2 2008 // Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) announced that Scott Kipper, administrator of the Insurance Division, left his position on Oct. 31, 2008, to pursue other interests. Yet before he left,...
Nov 2 2008 // Insurance Code Section 382.5(a) defines a binder as a “writing” that “temporarily obligates the insurer to provide … insurance coverage pending issuance of the policy.” It has been described...
Nov 2 2008 // First there was GI Joe, then Joe the plumber. Now, though, there’s Insurance Agent Joe, or Josephine (Jo), if you prefer.Participating in the exclusive 2008 Insurance Journal Agency E&O Survey, Joe and Jo had a...
Nov 2 2008 // Editor’s Note: The following commentary was originally published on InsuranceJournal.com. The Letter to the Editor, on page N41, is in response to this commentary.American International Group’s meltdown may...