All the headlines from our Numbers Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 8 2004 // An investigation has resulted in three arrests on felony insurance fraud charges.The case, stemming from an investigation by the Santa Clara County Urban Auto Task Force–investigators from the California Department...
Nov 8 2004 // Every business insurance prospect yearns to be treated as an individual. No serious executive, regardless of their firm’s size, wants their company’s insurance problems to be solved by some prewritten,...
Nov 4 2004 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long today announced a voluntary settlement agreement between the North Carolina Department of Insurance (NCDOI) and two companies, UnitedHealthcare of North Carolina Inc. (an HMO)...
Nov 3 2004 // This time around, it won’t be a flood of lawyers and hanging chads like in 2000.In a call to President Bush Wednesday morning shortly after 11 a.m. (EST), Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry (D) conceded the 2004...
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 6 2004 // Maryland Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr. announced the filing of felony insurance fraud, felony theft and conspiracy charges against Michael Horner, former owner of Contemporary Auto in Harford County, and four...
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...
Sep 20 2004 // Authorities are seeking two men suspected of participating in a scam that used phony insurance certificates and fake contractor bonds to win bids on public works projects. Three other suspects have already been arrested...
Sep 6 2004 // • Make certain your commercial CSRs have the necessary license and skills to service small accounts without a producer. Run regular in-house classes on how and what to upsell or cross-sell. • Populate the PFZ with...
Sep 6 2004 // Robert Hartwig, senior vice president and chief economist for the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.), knows that while Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, will never be forgotten both inside and outside the insurance industry,...
Aug 27 2004 // Authorities have arrested two men in connection with allegations of auto insurance scams at eight Monterey County stereo and tire/wheel shops. John Edward Close, of Gonzales, Calif., and Antonio Jaramillo Fonseca, of...
Aug 23 2004 // By and Dennis AttenelloThe revolution continues. An ever-growing and nationwide audience of consumers is becoming increasingly aware of the quality of service they receive, giving it enlarged value and power in the...
Aug 23 2004 // Investigators arrested three people Aug. 3 on numerous felony charges after a 3-year California Department of Insurance (CDI) investigation into a chiropractic office, which uncovered numerous alleged auto insurance and...
Aug 23 2004 // When faced with a troublesome claim, most insurance brokers and agents have a bad habit of contacting a “go to firm”—the firm that has handled the company’s litigation for years. The decision is...
Aug 17 2004 // Authorities are seeking two men suspected of participating in a scam that used phony insurance certificates and fake contractor bonds to win bids on public works projects. Three other suspects have already been arrested...
Aug 9 2004 // Kemper Auto and Home, Unitrin Multi Lines Insurance and Unitrin Specialty Lines Insurance have become members of Trusted Choice—the national brand created by the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America...
Aug 3 2004 // Investigators arrested three people August 3 on numerous felony charges after a 3-year California Department of Insurance investigation into a chiropractic office, which uncovered numerous alleged auto insurance and...
Aug 3 2004 // Kemper Auto and Home, Unitrin Multi Lines Insurance and Unitrin Specialty Lines Insurance have joined the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America’s (IIABA) Trusted Choice campaign—the national brand...
Jul 28 2004 // After four years of litigation, and on the eve of trial, four companies in the ACE insurance group have reportedly agreed to pay $14 million to settle a national class action brought by a company in Lancaster County,...
Jul 19 2004 // Why value added services are more critical than everAsk yourself: would you rather have 100 percent of zero or 80 percent of something? That’s the dilemma that we are facing as brokers in a drastically hard market....