Texas insurance agents — want to show your customers that the common perception that homeowners rates in Texas always go up but never come down is false? Look to your agency management …
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Agents’ Group: On a Cost per Home Value Basis, Texas Rates Are Down
In 2009, independent insurance agents and brokers faced a “perfect storm” of economic downturn, premiums were a fraction of what they used to be, unemployment and home foreclosure …
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2010 Will Challenge Calif. Insurance Agents, But Bright Spots Ahead
Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West (IBA West) has disbanded its Pacific Northwest Chapter and joined forces with the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Washington (Big “I” …
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IBA West Pacific Northwest Chapter Joins Big ‘I’ Washington
The Bramlett Agency, headquartered in Armdore, Okla., has been named the Trusted Choice Agency of the Month by Trusted Choice, the consumer branding program for independent insurance agents and …
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Bramlett Agency in Oklahoma Named Trusted Choice Agency of the Month
Two Pennsylvania insurance agents accused of stealing more than $1 million that was supposed to pay for workers' compensation and liability insurance for six Berks County public school districts, …
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Pennsylvania Insurance Agents Accused of Stealing $1M
Possible insurance department fines against insurance agents who violate North Dakota laws governing their conduct are increasing from a maximum of $1,000 to $10,000 per incident. Insurance …
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Cap on Fines Against Insurance Agents Rises in North Dakota
The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) named Lauren Cialone
Columbus, Ohio-based State Auto Insurance Group has been named 2009 Company of the Year by the Independent Insurance Agents of Indiana (IIAI). According to the IIAI, this award recognizes the …
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Indiana Agents Group Names State Auto Company of the Year
A Las Vegas research firm says the struggling economy should bring commercial construction to a virtual standstill around Las Vegas next year. However, some local insurance agents and brokers …
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Nevada Firm Predicts Dim Construction Prospects for Vegas
The leaders of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIBA) are not pleased with the healthcare reform bill that was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. The group is …
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Insurance Agents Hit House Health Bill As Bad for Small Business
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Alaska Agent Re-Elected to Independent Agents Group
California's Insurance Commissioner is worried that crooked health insurance agents may target seniors during open enrollment for Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Program. Insurance …
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California Commissioner Warns Seniors About Agents
New York regulators have fined 43 insurance agents and brokers a total of $42,650 for accepting kickbacks, or failing to supervise staff who accepted kickbacks, to steer customers to certain auto …
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New York Insurance Agents Fined For Accepting Kickbacks
It's time again for Insurance Journal to find out what's been going on with Insurance Agents' Errors & Omissions Insurance. IJ's annual survey solicits the experiences and opinions of …
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Agents’ E&O: What Do YOU Know? Participate In Insurance Journal Survey Now
The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents has named Empower Insurance Group MGA Inc., headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, as recipient of its 2009 Managing General Agency of the …
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Texas-based Firm Named PIA’s Managing General Agency of the Year
The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of New Jersey (IIABNJ) has elected new leadership. Terry M
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New Jersey Agents Group Elects New Leadership
The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of New Jersey (IIABNJ) has elected new leadership. Terry M. Ryan of Hanson & Ryan in Totowa will serve as the new chairman of the association
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New Jersey Agents Group Elects New Leadership
State insurance regulators, insurance carriers and independent insurance agents are concerned that redrafted legislation to create a federal insurance office makes the new agency too much like a …
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States, Industry Worried Federal Insurance Office Would Regulate
Two Missouri insurance agents making a routine visit came to the rescue of a 79-year-old St. Louis County man who had fallen two days earlier and couldn't get help. The St
The Independent Insurance Agents of West Virginia has called off its 110th annual convention that was set to kick off on Sept. 30 for a few days at Pipestem State Resort.
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West Virginia Insurance Agents Cancel Convention, Citing Tough Economy
Michael “Mike” R. Donohoe of Mankato, Minn., was installed as vice chairman of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) at the association's recent Leadership Conference …
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Minnesota Agent Installed as Vice Chairman of Big ‘I’
Two Denham Springs, La., insurance agents have been accused of committing insurance fraud, and were served with cease and desist orders, summary suspension notices and fine notices by the …
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Louisiana Insurance Agents Fined for Alleged Fraud
Former Federal Bureau of Investigations investigator and long-time Sacramento lobbyist for California insurance agents, Fred G. Dupuis, died last week in Marin County, where he had lived for 60 …
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Noted California Insurance Lobbyist Passes Away
The Independent Insurance Agents of Virginia (IIAV) has given its Commonwealth Award to Republican lawmaker Frank D. Hargrove Sr
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Virginia Agents Present Award to Lawmaker
The Professional Insurance Agents of New York (PIANY) has elected new officers and directors for the organization. Kevin Ryan, of The Valley Group Inc. in Kingston, has been elected president.
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PIANY Elects New Leadership
Dressel Insurance Agency Inc. in Saint Bonifacius, Minn., has been named the Trusted Choice Agency of the Month by Trusted Choice, the consumer branding program for independent insurance agents …
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Dressel Insurance Named Trusted Choice Agency of the Month
The New York State Insurance Department released proposed new rules mandating how and what insurance agents must reveal to clients about they are compensated in the sale of policy.
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New York Issues New Draft of Disclosure Rules for Agents
The Young Agents Committee of the Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC) recently named its Agent of the Year, Broker of the Year and Company of the Year for 2009. Eric …
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North Carolina Young Insurance Agents Bestow Annual Awards
Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Joel Ario met with yesterday with directors of the Insurance Agents & Brokers Service Group board of directors to discuss a number of key insurance issues in …
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Pennsylvania Commissioner Meets with Agents’ Group
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit accusing bankrupt Brooke Corp. and its financing arm of racketeering and fraud, saying the claims are not specific enough.
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Federal Judge Dismisses Agents’ Lawsuit Against Brooke Corp.
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