All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 21 2008 // The Combined Group now offers a fully automated service for Travelers Select commercial insurance lines. Combined’s Agent Direct Express™ and Quantum’s Real Time Express™ service offerings now...
Aug 21 2008 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina’s Young Agents announced the dedication of a Habitat for Humanity house.The Young Agents partnered with Habitat for Humanity of Wake County to build a house in...
Aug 21 2008 // Agents say that the search of the admitted market ends up being just a time-waster for them and their clients. They already know which risks their insurers will accept and not accept.Insurance agents and brokers from...
Aug 21 2008 // Agents in New Jersey are praising a recent court decision that limits an agent’s duty of care when a client misrepresents himself.The ruling stems from a suit brought by Harbor Commuter Services, a ferry operator in...
Aug 21 2008 // If there are to be rules, let them apply to everyone equally.Agents, brokers and carriers across the nation are following the debate over whether contingent commissions should be permitted and how much compensation...
Aug 21 2008 // Ruby Chan has joined the Needham, Mass.-based Provider Insurance Co. as director of Internet marketing.Chan has worked for Hewlett Packard and was one of the founding members of the Alta Vista search engine. She moved on...
Aug 21 2008 // Indiana Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, appointed Jessica M. Frankovich as Inland Marine underwriting manager.Frankovich will be based in Indiana Insurance’s Illinois regional office and...
Aug 21 2008 // The complexity of the cat insurance market can make it difficult to keep pace with the coverage options.In the midst of hurricane season, insurance agents and brokers are reminded of the need for forward-thinking solutions...
Aug 21 2008 // For regional brokers, a saving grace has been diversification.Large regional insurance brokers won’t be immune from the cyclical downturn hitting many sectors of the insurance industry. Although geographic and...
Aug 21 2008 // In Japan, agencies write 93 percent of P/C insurance.The Japanese property and casualty insurance market is ripe for opportunities, but there also are significant risks in the country, according to Keiji Fukasawa of Finrex...
Aug 21 2008 // Dallas-based wholesale insurance broker and managing general agent Towerstone Inc. has added four new members to its team.Cindy Downs was added as a senior underwriter in the firm’s MGA unit. Downs formerly was a...
Aug 21 2008 // ‘Never walk out of a meeting with out introducing RIOS. Get to insurance later.’Scott Addis, ‘Purple Cow Leadership Workshop.’ Photo: Brian Ruark, IIAT. Scott Addis presents his ‘Purple...
Aug 21 2008 // The complexity of the cat insurance market can make it difficult to keep pace with the coverage options.In the midst of hurricane season, insurance agents and brokers are reminded of the need for forward-thinking solutions...
Aug 21 2008 // Large regional insurance brokers won’t be immune from the cyclical downturn hitting many sectors of the insurance industry. Although geographic and product-line diversification will offer some protection and a few...
Aug 21 2008 // People think and act differently when they’re owners. They take moreability to shape the outcome of the company. Privately-owned companies can be morenimble in the marketplace, and this is very important...
Aug 21 2008 // providing [the Department of Insurance] a well-crafted response.Receiving a letter from the California Department of Insurance concerning a customer’s complaint is truly an unsettling experience for many agents. The...
Aug 21 2008 // Large, regional brokers won’t be immune from the cyclical downturn hitting many sectors of the insurance industry. Although geographic and product-line diversification will offer some protection from the insurance...
Aug 21 2008 // Scott Addis’ biggest pet peeve is the way consumers perceive insurance agents. After an unpleasant encounter with a stranger at a cocktail party, who upon learning that Addis was an insurance broker rather than a...
Aug 21 2008 // To conclude the Liberty Mutual ruling marks the end of the Spitzer era may be wishful thinking.Liberty Mutual downplayed its recent victory when the New York Supreme Court declared that contingent commission agreements are...
Aug 21 2008 // W.R. Berkley Corp. named William M. Rohde Jr. president of Acadia Insurance Co., succeeding Bill Thornton, who now is chairman of Berkley Regional Specialty Insurance Co. Walter E. Stradley remains president of Berkley...