Capital Insurance Group names agency of the year

Capital Insurance Group | March 11, 2020

Capital Insurance Group (CIG), a regional P&C insurer serving the Western US, has announced that it has selected, from among its partner agencies, its Agency of the Year for 2019. CIG has named Willow Glen Insurance Agency as 2019’s top agency, in recognition of the agency’s “overall excellence servicing policyholders, their commitment to the communities they serve, and their outstanding partnership with CIG,” a release said. “Our success for over 120 years has only been made possible by partnering with outstanding agencies like Willow Glen Insurance Agency who shares in our mission to protect and restore our communities,” said CIG president and CEO Arne Chatterton.

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No single insurer is spared by fraud. Globally, fraud is estimated to cost the insurance industry hundreds of billions of GBP per year. This figure isn’t just fraud on an individual or opportunistic scale, but also the result of insurance fraud networks who represent an industry unto themselves.

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No single insurer is spared by fraud. Globally, fraud is estimated to cost the insurance industry hundreds of billions of GBP per year. This figure isn’t just fraud on an individual or opportunistic scale, but also the result of insurance fraud networks who represent an industry unto themselves.

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Inszone Insurance Services Completes Acquisition of Larry Fu Insurance Agency

Businesswire | March 17, 2023

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