All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 11 2008 // A Columbus, Ohio insurance agent accused of unfair business practices has agreed to pay $372,500 to a school district as part of a settlement.The Ohio Department of Insurance had accused agent Fritz Neuhart and his...
Aug 11 2008 // Chris Redman has edged rookie Matt Ryan and started at quarterback in the Atlanta Falcons’ preseason opener Aug. 9 at Jacksonville, Fla.Redman was out of the NFL for a while and spent time getting an idea of life in...
Aug 11 2008 // (Washington, D.C.) Clements International announces it has been formally accepted as an association member of the Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers (CIAB). Being a member of the CIAB enhances Clements’ ability...
Aug 11 2008 // Aon Risk Services, the retail brokerage and risk management unit of Aon Corp., announced Stuart Rover has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as senior account executive. In this role, Rover is responsible for...
Aug 8 2008 // Due to the success of it’s inaugural Exchange conference, MyNewMarkets.com, has scheduled two additional conferences in San Diego on Sept. 4, 2008. and Dallas on Sept. 30, 2008.MyNewMarkets.com Exchange conferences...
Aug 7 2008 // Phoenix-based Sterling Grant & Associates has named Eric Shunk to the new position of broker. Shunk specializes in comprehensive health, life, property and casualty insurance. Shunk began his career in the IT industry...
Aug 7 2008 // A judge has set bail at $100,000 cash or bond for a Fargo insurance agent accused of stealing more than $5 million from clients.Larry Atkins, 65, appeared on Aug. 5 in East Central District Court on charges of engaging in...
Aug 6 2008 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine said authorities arrested a Powder Springs insurance agent for allegedly pocketing his clients’ premiums instead of paying insurance companies for coverage.Ellery...
Aug 5 2008 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported a $304,515 dividend to the Social Services Agencies of Texas purchasing group. The dividend rewards the group for preventing workplace accidents and controlling claim...
Aug 4 2008 // Narragansett Bay Insurance Co. of Pawtucket, Rhode Island has named Mark Talerico chief risk officer.Talerico will oversee Narragansett’s distribution of risk in homeowners insurance, and guide the insurers exposure...
Aug 4 2008 // Hearing Aon, Marsh and Willis complain about a supposed lack of a level playing field is a bit like the Yankees or Red Sox carping about the Royals or Twins.There may be some truth to the complaints aired at recent New...
Aug 4 2008 // The letter from the Palatine Insurance Co. to the independent insurance agency, written in the dawn of a new century began: “The insurance business is experiencing perilous and unprecedented challenges …”...
Aug 4 2008 // In a twist to a scandal that has rocked the insurance industry in the past several years, a New York appeals court recently ruled that contingent commissions paid out by Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group Inc. are not...
Aug 4 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 CPA...
Aug 4 2008 // Liberty Mutual downplayed its recent victory when the New York Supreme Court declared that contingent commission agreements are not illegal.“Contingent commission agreements between brokers and insurers are not...
Aug 4 2008 // Colemont Insurance Brokers promoted Matt Carpenter to assistant vice president in the company’s Chicago office.Carpenter joined Colemont in 2002, specializing in brokering casualty lines. His expertise has since...
Aug 4 2008 // Like trapeze artists performing without a net, surplus lines specialists operate without the backing of the state guaranty fund, which picks up the pieces for insureds if their admitted insurer goes belly-up.But some think...
Aug 4 2008 // Gary Pullen, executive director, and the staff of the Florida Surplus Line Service Office supplied answers to 10 + 1 questions posed by Insurance Journal.1. Can a Florida licensed retail or producing agent also be licensed...
Aug 4 2008 // Huntsville insurance agent Wayne Parker won the Republican nomination for an open U.S. House seat in Alabama.In the 5th District in north Alabama, Parker received 79 percent to 21 percent for Huntsville lawyer Cheryl...
Aug 4 2008 // Travelers, Nationwide Mutual and two leading national insurance producer organizations are supporting a plan they say will make private windstorm insurance more affordable and available in coastal areas.Federal legislation...