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How One Fla. Insurance Agent Allegedly Used Another’s License to Swipe Commissions

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How One Fla. Insurance Agent Allegedly Used Another’s License to Swipe Commissions

Imagine the surprise of being told by the Internal Revenue Service that you owe $116,000 in taxes on more than $323,000 in unreported income—income you had no idea existed. That’s reportedly what happened to Miramar, Florida, insurance agent Kevin Langford in 2023. The phone call from the IRS prompted Langford to alert authorities. That led […]

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Settlement Agent Vetting, Servicer Efficiency Tools; STRATMOR on Tech; Investors, Crypto, and DSCR

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Settlement Agent Vetting, Servicer Efficiency Tools; STRATMOR on Tech; Investors, Crypto, and DSCR

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Octave Ventures’ Statera Gets Approval to Be Lloyd’s Managing Agent

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London, UK - March 2, 2010 : The Lloyd's Building in the heart of the financial district of London is the headquarters of the insurance firm Lloyd's Of London

Statera Managing Agency Ltd. announced it has received regulatory approval to act as a Lloyd’s managing agent. Statera will manage Syndicates 4242 and 1416, which currently underwrite specialty risks produced through its strategic relationship with Octave Ventures, a division of Octave Specialty Group Inc. The syndicates benefit from Lloyd’s A+ financial strength rating, global licenses,

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Former CEO of Nonprofit P/C Statistical Agent Sentenced for Stealing Millions

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Former CEO of Nonprofit P/C Statistical Agent Sentenced for Stealing Millions

A former chief executive officer of a statistical agent that compiles data from insurance companies for state insurance departments has been sentenced on charges related to her theft of millions of dollars from the organization. According to court records out of U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Theresa Szwast early this month

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Son of Ponzi-Accused Georgia Building & Loan Founder Now an Insurance Agent

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Son of Ponzi-Accused Georgia Building & Loan Founder Now an Insurance Agent

The former co-leader of a collapsed Georgia savings and loan, a lending firm that is now the subject of state and federal Ponzi scheme investigations, has been granted an insurance producer’s license in the state. Edwin Brant Frost V, who previously worked at First Liberty Building & Loan with his father, now is a licensed

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Jury Finds Agent Guilty of Twice Misappropriating Client’s Insurance Funds

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Hundreds May Have Been Exposed to Rabies in Grand Teton National Park Cabins

A Baltimore County jury has found Michael C. Okolo, of Parkville, Maryland, guilty of two counts of insurance fraud and one count of obstruction of justice. According to Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown Okolo was found to have twice misappropriated a client’s funds that were intended for life insurance and annuity policy premiums. After

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Earned Equity, HELOC, CRM, AI Agent, DSCR Hedging Products; Conventional Conforming Changes

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Earned Equity, HELOC, CRM, AI Agent, DSCR Hedging Products; Conventional Conforming Changes

Earned Equity, HELOC, CRM, AI Agent, DSCR Hedging Products; Conventional Conforming Changes Recently I paid over $10 for a simple Oscar Mayer 12-ounce package of bacon. Jerome Powell, help me! Well, the U.S. Federal Reserve doesn’t set bacon prices, or things that come from China like rare earth metals, most of which I’ve

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‘Agent of the Year’ in Georgia Sentenced to 2+ Years After Misusing Premium Payments

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Hundreds May Have Been Exposed to Rabies in Grand Teton National Park Cabins

A central Georgia insurance agency owner and former Alfa insurance agent of the year must serve more than two years in prison after he pleaded guilty to bank fraud and misusing more than $220,000 in premiums. Jeremy Lasseter, who owned a Warner Robins agency and had been named a top producer for four straight years,

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