All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 6 2007 // Few things help to build trust between insurance agents and their clients more than showing care and sensitivity around personal information. And key to that is understanding the general legal principals states enacted...
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...
Aug 6 2007 // The Main Street America Group named Gregg Effner assistant vice president of distribution management.Effner, who has 30 years of property/casualty industry experience, will be based at the company’s corporate...
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...
Aug 6 2007 // About the Commercial Lines Leaders:The Commercial Lines Leaders in this special feature are taken from Insurance Journal’s Top 100 Property Casualty Independent Agencies as reported in April. This list utilizes only...
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 // Agents say ‘no’ or nothing to adding wind coverage in flood programSome independent insurance agents are taking a “neutral” position when it comes to adding in wind coverage in National Flood...
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...
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...
Aug 2 2007 // Beacon Mutual Insurance Co. will pay a $2.5 million fine, refund $7 million to policyholders and continue to implement various management changes as the result of a long-awaited audit by Rhode Island officials of the...
Aug 1 2007 // The Farmers Insurance Group is tired of being a minor player in Ohio, one of the most lucrative insurance markets in the country.The nation’s No. 3 property and casualty insurer, part of global giant Zurich Financial...
Aug 1 2007 // Not paying attention to credit scores can cost consumers a lot of money.Many people don’t know that their score — a three-digit number derived from an analysis of how they handle debt — is the key determinant of...
Aug 1 2007 // Colemont Insurance Brokers of Illinois has promoted Todd Brejcha to the position of assistant vice president broker at Colemont – Chicago, the company announced. Tom Dillon, president of Colemont – Chicago...
Jul 31 2007 // The Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) of Arkansas named Progressive’s Arkansas claims unit as the 2007 “Claims Department of the Year” following a vote by the more than 250 independent insurance agency...
Jul 31 2007 // Integro Insurance Brokers announced the hiring of Greg Daniels, a managing principal, and Sheila Bauer, a principal, to lead the firm’s new Nashville, Tenn., office.Roger Egan, Integro CEO and co-founder said the...
Jul 31 2007 // Massachusetts insurance agents aren’t happy about the decision to introduce competitive rating into the state’s price-regulated private passenger auto insurance system. They enjoy the best market share (86...
Jul 30 2007 // A Mississippi insurance agent accused in a kickback scheme with a former Lafayette County supervisor has pleaded guilty to conspiracy under a plea deal in U.S. District Court.Ken Nowlin, of Ecru, avoids a federal trial...
Jul 30 2007 // Robert Henning, 56, a former life insurance agent residing in Auburn, Calif., has been arrested for a $20,000 grand theft and embezzlement scam.According to California Department of Insurance investigators, Henning sold...
Jul 30 2007 // Two months ago, Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland was in Washington expressing dismay to a Senate panel that government policies prevented her from protecting elderly Oklahoma consumers from unscrupulous Medicare...
Jul 30 2007 // USRisk Brokers, a subsidiary of U.S. Risk Insurance Group, announced that Chris Pope and Mike Ravelo have joined the company. Both are located at the USRisk Brokers office in Irvine, Calif. Pope joins USRisk Brokers as a...