All the headlines from our Independent Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 14 2007 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas will hold its third annual Small Agency Conference in Waco on Sept. 23 and 24 at the Waco Convention Center and the association expects continuing growth in attendance at the...
Aug 13 2007 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Louisiana announced that Jeffrey M. Mohr, of Lewis Mohr Real Estate and Insurance Agency LLC in Baton Rouge, recently was named president of the organization. Mohr previously...
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...
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 // 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...
Jul 23 2007 // Agency-company relationships are a softer issue in business today, and not something independent agencies think about all the time, according to Frank Kortarba, president and CEO of Golden Eagle Insurance in San Diego....
Jul 20 2007 // Omaha, Neb.-based workers’ compensation insurer, FirstComp, is celebrating 10 years of business in Arkansas with some big checks and big thanks to independent agencies and policyholders, the company...
Jun 22 2007 // Independent insurance agent Harry Abel of Abel Insurance Agency in Coos Bay, Ore., has been named to the national board of the Allstate Independent Agency Council. The council is made up of 11 outstanding independent...
Jun 18 2007 // Gregg Effner has joined The Main Street America Group as assistant vice president of distribution management. Effner will be based at the headquarters in Jacksonville, Fla., and report to Doug Eden, senior vice president...
Jun 18 2007 // Today’s demands on independent agents are plentiful: competition, risk management, compensation disclosure, quality markets and carrier’s demands for premium quotas, to name a few. Such demands could be one...
Jun 18 2007 // More independent agents are seeking outside help to access markets and arrange other business services, according to a newly-released survey presented by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America...
Jun 8 2007 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas introduced its new officers for the coming year at its 110th Annual Conference & Trade Show, held recently in San Antonio. The organization also recognized the winners of two...
Jun 4 2007 // Not your typical agent: Big “I” President and Miami independent agent Alex Soto in a one-on-one interviewAlex Soto, president of the large InSource agency in Miami, and president of the Independent Insurance...
Jun 4 2007 // Not your typical agent: Big “I” President and Miami independent agent Alex Soto in a one-on-one interviewAlex Soto, president of the large InSource agency in Miami, and president of the Independent Insurance...
May 29 2007 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers Association of America and Swiss Re’s Commercial Insurance have signed an agreement for Swiss Re to be the endorsed errors and omissions carrier of the Big I for five more...
May 25 2007 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) announced its 110th Conference & Trade Show June 3-5 in San Antonio. Nearly 200 exhibitors are registered for the three-day trade show to be held at the San Antonio...
May 21 2007 // Given today’s business environment, is it possible for independent agents to truly be “independent?”When we talk about an independent agent, we simply think of a producer who has access to many different...
May 21 2007 // Given today’s business environment, is it possible for independent agents to truly be “independent?”When we talk about an independent agent, we simply think of a producer who has access to many different...
May 21 2007 // IIABA’s leader Bob Rusbuldt hopes Congress does nothing, except on TRIAInsurance Journal’s Andrew Simpson, at the IIABA’s National Legislative Conference and Convention in Washington, D.C., in April,...
May 21 2007 // Given today’s business environment, is it possible for independent agents to truly be “independent?”When we talk about an independent agent, we simply think of a producer who has access to many different...