All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 24 2011 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has signed an emergency order to enforce the medical loss ratio. The MLR rules require insurers to annually disclose the percentage of premium revenue spent on reimbursement for...
Jan 24 2011 // One of the most important services a broker provides its customers is workers’ compensation claims review. Successful resolution and prompt closure of workers’ compensation claims have a direct impact on...
Jan 24 2011 // In their zeal to control health care costs, federal and state policymakers may be pushing health insurance agents and brokers to the sidelines and potentially out of business. If this happens, they will be shortchanging...
Jan 24 2011 // The Supreme Court of Arizona has ruled that the state’s uninsured motorist (UM) and underinsured motorist (UIM) coverage selection or rejection form only needs to be filed in English — even when dealing with...
Jan 24 2011 // National wholesale broker USG Insurance Services, Inc. has added Jason Holloman as a property broker specializing in large commercial and catastrophe-exposed risks. He will be based in USG’s office outside...
Jan 24 2011 // Assurex Global, the worldwide broker network, announced that it has added two new firms to the network: Continental Insurance Brokers Limited (CIB), with headquarters in Beijing, China, and Daewoo INS Korea Corp. in Seoul,...
Jan 21 2011 // Crump Insurance Services has hired Matthew Domitrovich as assistant vice vresident, broker in its Chicago office. Domitrovich has more than four years’ experience placing casualty risks. He previously was with...
Jan 20 2011 // The Main Street America Group has introduced its Personal Auto MVP property and liability product via its network of nearly 100 Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Company independent insurance agents throughout Indiana.Super...
Jan 19 2011 // A Lake Worth, Fla. insurance agent’s license has been suspended after he allegedly misappropriated automobile insurance premiums and issued bogus insurance identification cards to consumers. Hector Marcano, owner of...
Jan 19 2011 // Congress should refuse to fund a study of insurance regulation that the new Federal Insurance Office is supposed to conduct, an insurance agents’ trade group said.The National Association of Professional Insurance...
Jan 19 2011 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler fined insurers more than $580,000 in 2010 for violations including illegal telephone solicitation and overcharging customers. Kreidler also revoked the licenses of more than...
Jan 19 2011 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) and Texas FAIR Plan Association (TFPA) recently notified insurance agents that the organizations have received a formal request to inspect or copy some of their files.The...
Jan 18 2011 // As director of international markets for Lloyd’s of London, Jose Ribeiro has a lot of responsibilities. He took a brief time out, as he prepared for a trip to China, to tell the Insurance Journal a little bit about...
Jan 11 2011 // Hub Acquires Assets of Canadian Broker Phoenix Grande Prairie Group Hub International Limited announced that it has acquired the assets of Phoenix Insurance Group Grande Prairie Inc., headquartered in the Canadian Province...
Jan 11 2011 // Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America, LLC (CAA) announced it has added two new agency members, one located in Kansas and one in North Texas.With the addition of the two new members of the group — Elliott...
Jan 10 2011 // Every state has been impacted by Arizona’s immigration law, as there is now a cry for immigration reform. Employers who hire a questionable workforce due to the “dirty” or menial nature of certain jobs...
Jan 10 2011 // Pennsylvania-based wholesaler USG Insurance Services has named Jason Holloman as property broker specializing in large commercial and CAT-exposed risks. Holloman most recently served as a wholesale property broker with...
Jan 10 2011 // Two New York agents’ groups said they have taken the first steps to appeal a decision by a state court judge allowing state insurance regulators to force brokers to reveal their commissions.The Independent Insurance...
Jan 10 2011 // In their zeal to control health care costs, federal policymakers may be pushing health insurance agents and brokers to the sidelines and potentially out of business. If this happens, they will be shortchanging the...
Jan 10 2011 // Welcome to Insurance Journal’s 2011 Insurance Industry Meetings and Conventions Directory. The information in this directory is taken from a larger database containing additional information on these and other...