All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 5 2007 // Ohio Casualty, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, announced that it was recently honored with three awards from Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet), the user group for Applied Systems agency management technology, in...
Nov 5 2007 // The Massachusetts Division of Insurance recently launched a new online licensing system for producers.The first phase of the system, OLLIE (Online Licensing of Individuals and Entities), enables individual insurance...
Nov 5 2007 // The Ohio Department of Insurance recently announced that it will no longer require Continuing Education (CE) providers to collect an agent’s Social Security Number (SSN) starting Jan. 1, 2008. The Department said...
Nov 4 2007 // Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Nonnie Burnes has taken on the minefield of private passenger auto insurance, overseeing a transition from a highly-regulated rating system to one under which insurance companies are to...
Nov 4 2007 // More members of Congress hail from backgrounds as state legislators than any other occupation. This means that the exposure of these former state-turned-federal lawmakers to insurance issues typically involved auto...
Nov 4 2007 // Valiant Insurance Group Inc. announced that John N. DiBlanda has joined its U.S. property and casualty insurance operations as chief financial officer and chief operating officer.Prior to joining Valiant, DiBlanda served...
Nov 4 2007 // Austin, Texas-based Medicus Insurance appointed John Flanagan as its new Regional Market manager for the Midwest. Flanagan will be based in Chicago. Flanagan brings over five years of experience in the professional...
Nov 4 2007 // More members of Congress hail from backgrounds as state legislators than any other occupation. This means that the exposure of these former state-turned-federal lawmakers to insurance issues typically involved auto...
Nov 4 2007 // In the midst of the blazing wildfires that overwhelmed seven Southern California counties in October, insurance companies sprung into action. Most said they had learned from past catastrophes and that preparation was key...
Nov 4 2007 // With the devastating circumstances in Southern California all too apparent, insurance agent and broker associations have stepped up to the plate to reach out to their members.As the fires began to increase in severity,...
Nov 4 2007 // Bermuda-based Catlin Group Ltd. appointed Nick Greggains chief underwriting officer for insurance, and Andrew Englesbe chief underwriting officer for reinsurance for Catlin U.S. Both will be responsible for insurance and...
Nov 4 2007 // Here we go again: another disaster, another insurance test. Will Southern Californians whose homes and businesses were destroyed or damaged by wildfires fare better with their insurance providers than Katrina’s...
Nov 4 2007 // The market for management liability coverages is soft. Premiums are down, which means revenues are down. Yet there still are tremendous opportunities for proactive agents and brokers to sell the coverages, according to...
Nov 4 2007 // While the losses from Southern California’s wildfires are still being tallied, parallels are being drawn between October’s blazes and 2003’s Cedar and Old Fires, which struck in many of the same areas....
Nov 4 2007 // Attorneys are singularly aware of liability exposures and the impact of litigation in modern society. Accordingly, attorneys are adroit and meticulous about the insurance coverage they purchase. Insurance must fulfill...
Nov 4 2007 // For insurance agencies, premium financing represents an opportunity to deliver to their insureds a higher level of client service while still maintaining their own revenue flow.In the midst of a soft market and increasing...
Nov 2 2007 // Dallas-based GAINSCO Inc. and subsidiary MGA Insurance Company Inc. completed a previously announced sale of an affiliated insurance subsidiary, General Agents Insurance Company of America Inc., the company...
Oct 30 2007 // Valencia, CA, October 30, 2007 – QualCorp, Inc. has spent the previous 3 years designing and building a state-of-the-art reporting tool for non-IT savvy users. “Due to the initial overwhelming response from the...
Oct 30 2007 // Willis Group Holdings further strengthened its UK “Willis Commercial Network “(WCN) with the announcement that brokers Scrutton Bland Ltd. have joined the organization.Willis established its Commercial Network...
Oct 30 2007 // Trusted Choice agents, along with the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) and IBA West, have teamed up to aid California residents in need in the aftermath of the devastating...