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8 More Insurers Sign Up as Sponsors for Agent Branding Program

Aug 9 2007 // Eight more insurance companies have signed on as sponsors of the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents’ award-winning agent branding program, Local Agents Serving Main Street America.SPIA announced...

Findmybestagent.com continues to grow and improve

Aug 8 2007 // Findmybestagent.com, a multi-line insurance agent’s directory, is now completely redesigned and has been engineered to reflect a high quality list of insurance companies and agents that can now be found easily,...

La. Independent Agents Group CEO Lauds Flood Limitation Rulings

Aug 8 2007 // The CEO of a major insurance agent trade group in Louisiana says two recent federal appeals court decisions affirming flood limitations in property policies will enhance the state’s recovery from Hurricane...

Texas-based Brokerage Acquired by HUB Transportation Unit

Aug 7 2007 // Hub International Transportation Insurance Services Inc. (HUB Transportation) acquired Templeton Southwest Insurance Agency Inc. and Templeton Southwest of Houston Insurance Agency Inc. (Templeton), according to an...

In the oil and gas sector, all policies are not the same

Aug 6 2007 // In previous articles on this subject I have preached the virtues of watching out for the four “C’s” of insurance protection for the oil and gas operator — contracts, coverages, costs and claims...

Despite firefighting prowess, the Russians aren’t coming

Aug 6 2007 // Global firefighter claims U.S. Forest Service stonewalls on Russian aid while U.S. wildfires burnWhile the Southeast’s largest wildfire in over a century was still smoldering in Georgia after burning 903 square...

Agents capitalize on soft market opportunities when buying E&O

Aug 6 2007 // Jim Armitage of California and Jonathan Geib of Tennessee are among the numerous independent agents who are looking for higher professional liability limits, and why not. Soft market conditions prevail in today’s...

The Hartford settlement ends agents’ contingent commissions

Aug 6 2007 // The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. announced it has reached a settlement with the New York, Connecticut and Illinois attorneys general resolving matters relating to their investigations of the compensation...

Commercial lines insights of top agencies

Aug 6 2007 // While much of the talk about the current commercial and professional lines market turns to insurers lowering their prices, the soft market is requiring agents to raise their agencies’ level of attention paid to...

Commercial clients should know who’s behind the wheel

Aug 6 2007 // Every insurance agent dreads the call from a business owner reporting a major claim. In many of these situations, the business failed to take the steps that could have prevented a loss.Unfortunately, even astute business...

Agents say ‘no’ or nothing to adding wind coverage in flood program

Aug 6 2007 // Some independent insurance agents are taking a “neutral” position when it comes to adding in wind coverage in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Still others say “no” to wind...

Agents Errors & Omissions

Aug 6 2007 // If ever there was a time for insurance agents to get out and go looking for a better errors and omissions policy, this is the season.Agents who do will come across several admitted carriers that are welcoming new business...

Aug 6 2007 // PeopleThe Property Casualty Insurers Association of America has named Deputy Secretary of Commerce David A. Sampson to serve as the association’s president and chief executive officer. Sampson takes over the reins on...

People

Aug 6 2007 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America has named Deputy Secretary of Commerce David A. Sampson to serve as the association’s president and chief executive officer. Sampson takes over the reins on Sept....

In the oil and gas sector, all policies are not the same

Aug 6 2007 // In previous articles on this subject I have preached the virtues of watching out for the four “C’s” of insurance protection for the oil and gas operator — contracts, coverages, costs and claims...

Despite firefighting prowess, the Russians aren’t coming

Aug 6 2007 // While the Southeast’s largest wildfire in over a century was still smoldering in Georgia after burning 903 square miles, a fresh conflagration reared its ugly head in California and an American pilot from Virginia...

People

Aug 6 2007 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America has named Deputy Secretary of Commerce David A. Sampson to serve as the association’s president and chief executive officer. Sampson takes over the reins of PCI...

Editor’s Note: Agents in the wind

Aug 6 2007 // As is so often the case, insurance agents are caught in the middle. This time it’s in the debate over whether to add wind coverage to the federal flood insurance program.Mississippi Congressman Taylor has inserted...

In the oil and gas sector, all policies are not the same

Aug 6 2007 // In previous articles on this subject I have preached the virtues of watching out for the four “C’s” of insurance protection for the oil and gas operator — contracts, coverages, costs and claims...

Despite firefighting prowess, the Russians aren’t coming

Aug 6 2007 // While the Southeast’s largest wildfire in over a century was still smoldering in Georgia after burning 903 square miles, a fresh conflagration reared its ugly head in California and an American pilot from Virginia...