All the headlines from our Independent Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 11 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America is considering a proposal to compile a nationwide database of minority–owned agencies for carriers looking to expand their presence in urban markets to utilize,...
Oct 11 2004 // Progressive Insurance Co.’s move to re–brand its independent agency segment is being met with good reviews from outside financial analysts and branding experts, but mixed reviews from the independent agents who...
Oct 11 2004 // Many independent insurance agents and brokers are used to the concept of “paperless processing” since most of the insurance companies they represent utilize imaging and content management technology. For these...
Oct 11 2004 // Progressive Insurance Co.’s move to re-brand its independent agency segment is being met with good reviews from outside financial analysts and branding experts, but reviews from independent agents at the center of...
Oct 11 2004 // Progressive Insurance Co.’s move to re-brand its independent agency segment is being met with good reviews from outside financial analysts and branding experts, but mixed reviews from the independent agents who are...
Oct 10 2004 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. celebrated its second annual Hudson Valley Regional Awareness Program recently as about 250 insurance professionals attended the conference in Suffern, N.Y.During...
Oct 10 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC) announced that Bill Bingham has been named as IIANC’s Agent of the Year. Selected annually, this award recognizes the North Carolina agent who has...
Oct 10 2004 // Four national insurance companies have been presented the “Best Practices Award of Excellence” at the 2004 Big “I” Convention in Orlando, Fla..Honorees were St. Paul Travelers, Safeco Insurance,...
Oct 10 2004 // Terrorism, asbestos and tort reform will be key industry concerns according to five insurance company chief executive officers participating in a panel discussion during the Oct. 9 to 12 Convention held by the Independent...
Oct 10 2004 // The Young Agents Committee (YAC) of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) has presented its annual award to the Young Agents Committee of the Professional Independent...
Oct 7 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC) announced the election of Bo Walker of Walker Robinson Clark in Statesville, as its new president. Walker was elected to the office during the IIANC Annual...
Oct 6 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America is considering a proposal to compile a nationwide database of minority-owned agencies for carriers looking to expand their presence in urban markets to utilize, the...
Oct 5 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (The Big “I”) is applauding continuing efforts by state policymakers and federal courts to eliminate countersignature laws.The Big “I” has...
Sep 30 2004 // McQueary Henry Bowles Troy L.L.P. (MHBT), one of the largest independent commercial insurance firms in Texas, has been selected as a 2004 Best Practices Agency by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America...
Sep 29 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) is hailing House Financial Services Committee passage of H.R. 4634, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Backstop Extension Act.The Association...
Sep 23 2004 // For weeks, more than 1,200 of Progressive’s largest independent agents and brokers have speculated about why the company invited them to meet in Las Vegas. Their questions were finally answered as the Progressive...
Sep 23 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of New Jersey (IIABNJ) swore in new officers for the 2004/2005 year at its 111th annual conference in Newport, Rhode Island.Dave L. Wyrsch, Sr., of The Van Dyk Group in Beach...
Sep 20 2004 // After four days of intense play and weather delays at Dornick Hills Country Club in Ardmore, Okla., the 36th annual Independent Insurance Agent Junior Classic (IIAJC) concluded recently in thrilling fashion for newly...
Sep 20 2004 // Mayfield Village, Ohio-based leading vehicle insurer Progressive Corp. has called its top-selling independent agents to a meeting in Las Vegas this week to unveil what is described by a company spokeswoman as an...
Sep 20 2004 // When the outgoing president of the National Association of Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO), Jim Griffith, founded Princeton Risk Managers in 1974, organizers of the surplus lines association were convening in Florida to...