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Former California Insurance Agent Convicted After Stealing $3.7M

Insurance Journal

A former insurance agent plead guilty to stealing premium from a premium finance company. Formerly licensed insurance agent Tonja Van Roy, 59, who currently resides in Las Vegas, but operated an insurance agency based in Northridge, California, pleaded guilty today …

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Breaking Open the Compliance Black Box: How M3 Insurance Took Back Control of Producer Licensing with AgentSync

Insurance Journal

When M3 Insurance began rapidly expanding its distribution channels, its existing licensing process wasn’t just inefficient: It was becoming a serious obstacle to growth. The Wisconsin-based insurance agency needed a … This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.

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Crimes Against Customers: Part 3 – Technology Crimes

Insurance Journal

Insurance compliance is serious business. Falling out of compliance can have real consequences for everyone from insurance agencies, carriers, MGAs, and MGUs, to individual producers, adjusters, and dually licensed broker-dealers. This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.

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Crimes Against Customers: Part 1 – Financial Crimes

Insurance Journal

Insurance compliance is serious business. Falling out of compliance can have real consequences for everyone from insurance agencies, carriers, MGAs, and MGUs, to individual producers, adjusters, and dually licensed broker-dealers. This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.

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Trucordia Acquires Insurance Business of Boater’s Insurance in California

Insurance Journal

Trucordia acquired the insurance business of Boater’s Insurance Agency in the San Francisco Bay Area. Boater’s Insurance Agency specializes in providing insurance services within the marine industry. The firm is licensed in 50 states.

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Florida CFO Issues Order Allowing Agency Customer Reps to Work Remotely

Insurance Journal

Florida law requires insurance agencies’ customer service representatives to work only at the agency office. But with another hurricane headed toward the state, and much of the western part of the state under evacuation orders, Florida’s chief financial officer has …

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How Insurance Agencies Can Start Adopting AI in 2025

Agency Revolution

As the insurance industry evolves, the idea of independent insurance agencies and brokerages embracing artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a futuristic conceptits become a necessity to stay relevant. In fact, according to Agency Forward, 79% of principal agents planned on adopting AI by 2025 (Source: Agency Forward ).