Let’s face it, most agents really don’t market. They “sell.” They mainly sell to people they know personally. What is “insurance marketing”? It is building and implementing reliable systems that generate: A steady conveyor belt of ideal prospects, ready to …
Florida insurance fraud investigators arrested a man who allegedly filed fraudulent workers’ compensation claims for 10 years after being injured on a job that he got by using his deceased uncle’s social security card. Guillermo Villasano, also known as Miguel …
Atmospheric science experts at Colorado State University have increased their forecast for the 2007 hurricane season, largely due to the rapid dissipation of El Niño conditions. The Colorado team is now calling for a very active hurricane season, with landfall …
Distinguished Programs, an insurance program developer that specializes in products for the real estate industry, has rolled out a national property and liability program geared to increase the availability of “market level” insurance coverage for the affordable housing industry. The …
James Sepeda, 33, a former insurance agent from Penn Valley, Calif., has been convicted of one felony count of insurance fraud and three misdemeanor counts of petty theft, according to the California Department of Insurance. The conviction resulted from an …
The California Association of Independent Insurance Adjusters will be offering its Annual Fair Claims Settlement Practices Regulations Recertification and certification programs for the Seminar for the Evaluation of Earthquake Damage (SEED) in June. Attendees will be able to be certified …
Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell is naming a claims administration executive, Thomas R. Sullivan, to be the state’s insurance commissioner, replacing Susan Cogswell who is stepping down from the top regulatory post she has held for almost seven years. Sullivan, …
West Des Moines, Iowa-based Hawkeye-Security Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, announced today that it will host its first, free Safer Schools Seminar on Wednesday, April 18th at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn. from 9 a.m. to 4p.m. …
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has taken legal action against Fort Worth-based RadioShack Corporation for exposing its customers to identity theft. According to documents filed by the AG on April 2, 2007, RadioShack violated a 2005 law requiring businesses to …
Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson is alerting consumers of the potential for home repair scams following recent severe weather in his state. “We have seen in the past that fraudsters sometimes roll in with the wind and rain,” Edmondson said …