All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 9 2008 // InsuranceLeadz.com would like to announce its partnership of Middle Cross Software to launch their new Quote Burst Typhoon service line for Allstate insurance agents. This new service will allow Allstate insurance agents...
Jul 9 2008 // A combination of costs and confusion keeps many Iowans from buying federal flood insurance.Only about 1 percent of Iowans owned flood insurance when last month’s record flooding struck. More than 4,000 homes in Cedar...
Jul 9 2008 // Columbus, Ohio-based Motorists Mutual Insurance Company recently announced that it is offering a new program to help its more than 4,000 independent agents “plan” for success. The company is providing its...
Jul 8 2008 // Pennsylvania homeowners may be entitled to a reduction in their homeowners’ insurance premiums, thanks to The Mortgage Property Insurance Coverage Act that Gov. Rendell signed into law on July 4.The law, which was...
Jul 8 2008 // TAPCO Underwriters, Inc., a Burlington, North Carolina-based excess and surplus lines managing general agency, is now offering its products and proprietary quoting and binding process to retail agents in Delaware and New...
Jul 8 2008 // Ray L. Thomas and Sheldon I. Oster, founders of Houston-based Bunker Hill Insurance Agency Inc. and Shel-Ray Underwriters Inc., are retiring. L. Byron Way, currently executive vice president of Bunker Hill, has been named...
Jul 8 2008 // North Texas-based national wholesale insurance brokerage Insential Inc. has named new vice president/brokers for its operations in the Northeast, Southeast and Midwest regions.Angela Needham was appointed vice...
Jul 7 2008 // NSM Insurance Group, based in Conshohocken, Pa., has acquired a new specialty underwriting group focused on professional liability coverage targeting property and casualty insurance agencies. This new group will include...
Jul 7 2008 // In a twist to a scandal that has rocked the insurance industry over the last several years, a New York appeals court has ruled that contingent commissions paid out by Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group Inc. are not...
Jul 7 2008 // Free-market advocates and some agents applauded last year when Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Nonnie S. Burnes quickly moved to deregulate the Bay State’s backwards-but-long-established system of personal auto...
Jul 7 2008 // The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) has announced the promotion of Mike Becker to director of federal affairs.Since joining PIA, Becker has managed the day-to-day responsibilities associated...
Jul 7 2008 // The ancient expression “When in Rome, do as the Romans do” is used to warn friends and colleagues to respect and adapt to the culture of places that they visit. In the insurance industry, that advice applies...
Jul 7 2008 // Want to be a better insurance agent or broker? Then consider your strategy. Today’s sales professionals must be at the top of their game to win sales through competitive advantages. Successful sales pros take command...
Jul 7 2008 // “I don’t need flood insurance.” “I’m not in a ‘flood zone.'” Or, “I don’t need flood insurance because my mortgage company said I don’t need it.”Those...
Jul 7 2008 // Midwest agents with offices located in flooded areas are facing the challenge of “staying afloat,” so to speak, during the devastation of what some have called the 500-year flood event. Iowa has the distinction...
Jul 7 2008 // Want to be a better insurance agent or broker? Then consider your strategy. Today’s sales professionals must be at the top of their game to win sales through competitive advantages. Successful sales pros take command...
Jul 7 2008 // “I don’t need flood insurance; I’m not in a ‘flood zone.'” Or, “I don’t need flood insurance because my mortgage company said I don’t need it.”These statements are made...
Jul 7 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...
Jul 7 2008 // In a twist to a scandal that has rocked the insurance industry over the last several years, a New York appeals court has ruled that contingent commissions paid out by Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group Inc. are not...