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September 19, 2007
What lessons have been learned from recent hurricanes about how to reduce property damage and losses? Kevin Barber of the Institute for ...
September 12, 2007
Florida insurance agents are under pressure to place property risks with the public insurer Citizens but they must also explain the risks of ...
September 12, 2007
Coral Insurance Co. writes only in Florida so its resources for coping with new state insurance mandates and regulations are limited. ...
September 7, 2007
Property insurers in Florida are under political pressure to reduce prices and not many public officials are listening to what the private ...
September 3, 2007
Terry Smith, president of Rock Industries Inc., a limestone, sand and gravel company, leveraged his family's passion for golf into an 18-hole ...
August 30, 2007
Ron Smith, owner of the independent agency Smith Sawyer Smith Inc., in Rochester, Ind., who insures his brother Terry's course, says its ...
August 29, 2007
Tim Liddy, understudy to world-renowned golf course architect Pete Dye, was retained to develop the course layout. In this segment, Terry and ...
August 20, 2007
Terry Smith, president of Rock Industries Inc., a limestone, sand and gravel company, leveraged his family's passion for golf into an 18-hole ...
July 16, 2007
The Buckner Company is well-known in the Ogden, Utah area where it has made its home for more than 75 years. C. Brett Nilsson, CIC,
senior ...
July 11, 2007
IIABA lobbyist Charles Symington with an update on insurance legislation and politics from Capitol Hill.
July 10, 2007
Miami independent agent and IIABA President Alex Soto advocates spreading the risk of disasters across all HO policies in this excerpt from ...
July 3, 2007
The presidential race now getting underway is bound to influence issues that independent agents care about and follow. In this excerpt from ...
June 26, 2007
The problems State Farm and other insurers have had with Katrina claims is having a spillover effect on how the entire insurance industry is ...
June 21, 2007
Independent agency companies did a better job spreading coastal risk and settling Katrina claims than State Farm and other direct writers, ...
June 15, 2007
Relationships between independent agents and their companies are showing some signs of strain these days, according to Bob Rusbuldt, chief ...
June 13, 2007
Miami independent agent and IIAB President Alex Soto says Florida is on the wrong track in trying to fix its property insurance problems. He ...
June 7, 2007
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is playing a "dangerous game" with insurance, and other natural disaster-prone areas also face dysfunctional ...
June 5, 2007
Former IBM executive Bob Willard, author of The Sustainability Advantage and The Next Sustainability Wave, discusses how sustainability can ...
May 31, 2007
Recent mega-catastrophes have brought increased attention to the issue of climate change and its impact on the insurance industry. Even so, ...
May 30, 2007
In this excerpt is from a wide-ranging interview with Insurance Journal at the recent Target Markets Meeting in Atlanta, C.V. Starr & Co. ...
May 29, 2007
C.V. Starr & Co. Chairman Maurice "Hank" Greenberg discusses what he calls his "exciting" plans for growing his current firm through ...
May 25, 2007
C.V. Starr & Co. Chairman Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, former head of AIG, maintains that the charges with "money issues" for AIG have all been ...
May 23, 2007
The controversy over contingent commissions paid to brokers has been handled all wrong and caused unfortunate disruption in the industry, ...
May 22, 2007
C.V. Starr & Co. Chairman Maurice "Hank" Greenberg has been on the world insurance stage for decades and worked with many U.S. and foreign ...
May 22, 2007
The C.V. Starr Chairman, formerly head of AIG, on leadership, competition, world leaders, Spitzer, contingent compensation, his plans for ...
May 11, 2007
The insurance industry has done a poor job of getting out the truth about how well it handled Katrina claims. Instead the coverage has been ...
March 1, 2007
Insurance Journal Publisher Mark Wells caught up with Neal Abernathy, CEO of Atlanta-based independent wholesaler Swett & Crawford, at the ...
January 22, 2007
The insurance industry and its customers can't be fooled by the unexpectedly mild hurricane season or quiet on the terrorism front, cautions ...
January 22, 2007
National Big "I" CEO Bob Rusbuldt and David VanDelinder of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas discuss what's in store for agency ...
January 15, 2007
Driven by sound underwriting, the property casualty insurance industry performed well in 2006, according to Robert Hartwig, president and ...
January 9, 2007
The insurance industry as an economic first responder in times of disasters and the contributions the industry makes to the overall economy ...
December 9, 2006
With the workers' compensation system back on track and medical malpractice insurance on the mend, due to the efforts of state-run ...
December 9, 2006
Mike Geeslin began serving as Texas insurance commissioner in June 2005, just months before Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck the Texas and ...
December 9, 2006
Looking back on his two-year tenure, former New York Superintendent of Insurance Howard Mills suggests that insurance actions by attorneys ...
December 9, 2006
After replacing two insurance superintendents in less than a year over allegations of questionable activities, New Mexico’s Insurance ...
December 9, 2006
A contentious and political issue brewing in Nebraska is the airplay between auto body shops and insurance companies. Insurance Director Tim ...
December 9, 2006
Decidely in favor of removing the prior approval rating law for commercial and personal lines from North Dakota books, Commissioner Jim ...
December 9, 2006
The hallmarks of John Morrison’s legacy as Montana state auditor, the commissioner of Insurance and Securities, is to help provide more ...
December 9, 2006
With eight terms under his belt and the full weight of Hurricane Katrina fresh on his mind, Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale ...
December 9, 2006
Health care for Kentucky businesses - the lion's share of them classified as small - has been an ongoing concern for business owners, ...
December 9, 2006
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger takes a "no nonsense" approach to key issues in her state. She's pushing for federal ...
December 9, 2006
Resisting insurers' urge to categorize his state as just another hurricane-prone region, Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine wants large ...
December 9, 2006
Thomas Hampton, commissioner of the District of Columbia Department of Securities, Insurance and Banking, who was reappointed in January, ...
December 9, 2006
As he prepared to leave office, outgoing Colorado Insurance Commissioner David Rivera shared tips on succeeding as a chief regulator. His ...
December 9, 2006
As the newly elected president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Walter A. Bell, also Alabama's insurance commissioner, ...
November 11, 2006
Tony Markel of Markel Corp has been chosen as the 2006 "Man of the Year" at City of Hope. City of Hope is a biomedical institution based in ...
October 24, 2006
The biggest challenge facing property casualty insurers today is pricing discipline. Andrew Colannino, vice president with A.M. Best, ...
October 24, 2006
More insurers and reinsurers are moving into program business, not only because of the profit and diversification potential but because ...
October 24, 2006
While carriers certainly stress underwriting the program, others stress underwriting the program administrator as well. Detlef Steiner of ...
October 24, 2006
A softening in the program market reflects lots of new capacity and also the fact the business is profitable. Greg Thompson of THOMCO says ...
October 24, 2006
More and more agents are considering program business. But do they know what's involved? Do they have the expertise, data, patience? Richard ...
October 24, 2006
Program administrators and MGAs can benefit from performance measurements that mirror their own needs. Thomas Wilson and Gregory Katz of the ...
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September 27, 2006
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September 15, 2006
Players in today's market need experienced underwriters, believes Denise Morris, senior vice president of excess casualty for Liberty ...
September 15, 2006
The market for insurance agents' Errors and Omissions coverage is heating up. Robin Sterneck of Swiss Re provides details on the state of the ...
September 15, 2006
Surplus lines brokers are understandably focused on federal legislation, recently passed in the House, that would change the way the surplus ...
September 15, 2006
Retail agents are re-evaluating their relationships with wholesalers and scaling back on the number they use, according to Chris Treanor, CEO ...
September 15, 2006
Giant AmWINS wants to grow even more. Its strategy includes providing retail agents with specialty and even standard markets in addition to ...
September 15, 2006
Carriers fleeing property risks are putting their capacity into the casualty side and trying to drive pricing there, reports Kevin Westrope, ...
July 24, 2006
Kevin Kelley, chairman and CEO, Lexington Insurance Co., the largest surplus lines carrier, on the need for catastrophe capacity and the ...
June 27, 2006
As consumers, we are experiencing an accelerating communications explosion. This rapid development is creating challenges and opportunities ...
June 12, 2006
The Pacific Rim presents Hawaii with business opportunities. Its captive insurer law has already reaped dividends and its port of entry law ...
June 12, 2006
Oregon Insurance Administrator Ario's number one consumer issue is health insurance. The credit scoring debate isn't over yet. Would best ...
June 12, 2006
Arkansas Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman says insurance markets, including property, medical malpractice and workers' compensation, are ...
June 12, 2006
New Hampshire Commissioner Sevigny, with memories of Spring floods still fresh, hopes to get more residents to buy flood insurance. ...
June 12, 2006
Since her predecessor was sent to jail for perjury and embezzlement, Oklahoma Commissioner Holland, a former insurance agent, has worked to ...
June 12, 2006
Maryland Insurance Administration chief Orr defends one of his state's domestic insurers, GEICO, against charges of unfair discrimination. ...
June 12, 2006
Iowa's Voss has her hands full settling a new rebating controversy, improving the small business health insurance market and maintaining an ...
June 12, 2006
Urias, Director of Insurance for Arizona, sees a new coverage audit program helping those who suffer wildfire losses. Captives are up in ...
June 12, 2006
As New York Insurance Superintendent, Mills can't help but be in the thick of national debates over reinsurance collateral, natural ...
June 12, 2006
Kentucky hopes to make inroads in the captive business, reported Insurance Executive Director Glenn Jennings before he left office for a new ...
June 12, 2006
Michigan Commissioner Watters is accustomed to meeting the industry in court. Cases over credit scoring and auto claims have ended up there. ...
June 12, 2006
Washington Commissioner Kreidler is proud of his state's consumer record and how it has dealt with brokerage compensation and uninsured ...
June 12, 2006
Louisiana Commissioner Donelon is looking into how insurers have been handling Katrina claims and how the state should license adjusters. ...
June 12, 2006
New Jersey's insurance commissioner thinks recent auto refoms have been successful and his agency is turning its attention to health ...
June 12, 2006
Indiana is out to grow its insurance sector, with a premium tax cut if necessary, and Insurance Commissioner Jim Atterholt aims to maintain ...
June 11, 2006
As if hurricane victims haven't suffered enough, the nation's insurance commissioners are now warning about fake auto ID cards and other ...
May 23, 2006
While the worldwide insurance market has been struggling to contain its cost base, more and more companies have moved to less expensive ...
May 23, 2006
Paul Peeples is Vice President of Information Systems for the Florida Association of Insurance Agents, which has about 1,400 members. Paul ...
May 23, 2006
Peter van Aartrijk speaks to Bob Slocum, president of The Slocum Agency in Warwick, Rhode Island and chairman of the Agent's Council for ...
May 23, 2006
How much money is your agency spending on marketing every year? Best practices suggests that a successful growing agency needs to spend ...
May 23, 2006
AUGIE is the ACORD User Group’s Information Exchange that amalgamates the voices of insurance agents, carriers, vendors and associations. ...
May 23, 2006
ACORD uses video on demand to communicate to people with varying levels of technical understanding. ACORD CEO Greg Maciag calls ACORD TV ...
May 23, 2006
USA MailNow is a division of USA Direct, out of York, Pennsylvania. With ACORD, USA MailNow put together a package for insurance agencies ...
May 23, 2006
NetQuote is designed to be a part of the marketing department for agencies by bringing consumer shoppers into their site. Agents can pick and ...
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May 3, 2006
Uni-Ter President Sandy Elsass discusses the liability insurance market for long-term care facilities in the U.S. and how agents can gain ...
April 28, 2006
Charles E. Symington, Jr., lobbyist for the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America, recently had 1,600 agents helping him do his ...
April 28, 2006
Big "I" automation expert Jeff Yates offers a progress report on how independent agencies are using technology in both personal and ...
April 28, 2006
Big "I" Bob Rusbuldt blasts secret class action deals that infringe upon agency compensation. The CEO for the Independent Insurance Agents & ...
April 11, 2006
As concerns over the Spitzer probes fade, the pace of insurance broker mergers is accelerating, according to Kevin Donoghue of Mystic Capital ...
April 11, 2006
Program administrators can now have their operations judged against industry best practices. John Solari and his Professional Underwriters ...
April 11, 2006
Any agent, broker or program manager will say finding talented staff is a top challenge. Maybe it's time more thought globally. How about a ...
March 15, 2006
The agribusiness insurance market has changed over the years to become more specialized. The Agribusiness Conference has worked to keep up ...
March 15, 2006
The larger stock and regional insurance companies are dropping out of the farm insurance market and the remaining companies are becoming ...
March 15, 2006
It is becoming increasingly difficult for smaller rural agents to get contracts due to most carriers' volume requirements, explains Paul ...
March 15, 2006
California enjoys a diverse agribusiness economy, which puts pressure on agents to really be familiar with their clients' exposures in order ...
March 4, 2006
Adam McDonough is a commercial broker at Lockton Insurance Brokers. He got involved with the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) ...
March 4, 2006
Bill Ross is the CEO of the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF), which is now in its twelfth year. The foundation was at ...
March 4, 2006
Dennis Doyle is Chairman of Board of the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation. His job is to preach the gospel of charitable giving. ...
March 4, 2006
Gary Petrosino of Chubb Insurance is on the Board of Directors of the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF). Chubb has been the ...
March 4, 2006
Rick Fowler is the current president of the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF). The main focus of IICF is to encourage ...
March 4, 2006
This year the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) chose California State University at Fullerton as its mini-grant scholarship ...
February 18, 2006
Losson relates the problems that Crump encountered after the disaster of Hurricane Katrina, when the company's disaster recovery and business ...
February 18, 2006
Neiditz, an expert in information management and security, discusses the legal issues of email management with Mark Wells.
February 18, 2006
One of the initiatives Wesson is spearheading as president of NAPSLO is to be more communicative with the NAPLSO membership.
February 17, 2006
NAPSLO lobbyist Maria Berthoud discusses issues on Capitol Hill affecting the insurance industry, including the SMART Act and optional ...
February 10, 2006
Dr. James Valverde of the Insurance Information Institute on what the industry needs to know about the revised federal program.
January 30, 2006
Part 1: Progress and Pauses: Congress on asbestos liability, medical liability, death tax and flood insurance
Congress has acted on some ...
January 30, 2006
Part 2: Oxygen and Oxley
There is only so much "insurance oxygen" in Congress, according to Charles E. Symington, Jr., senior vice ...
January 26, 2006
For young agents, getting product knowledge is invaluable but there's a lot more to selling and surviving in the real business world. ...
January 26, 2006
New producers benefit from training in the technical and sales aspects of insurance. They also can benefit from training with their own ...
January 23, 2006
Dr. Robert P. Hartwig, senior vice president and chief economist for the Insurance Information Institute, on the industry's 2005 financial ...
January 16, 2006
Part 1: Game Plan Vs. Spitzer
In Part 1 of a 3-part interview with Insurance Journal's Andy Simpson, Bob Rusbuldt, CEO of the Independent ...
January 16, 2006
Part 2: TRIA's Troubles and Flood Reforms
In Part 2 of a 3-part interview with Insurance Journal's Andy Simpson, Bob Rusbuldt, CEO of the ...
January 16, 2006
Part 3: Money in Politics and 2006 Midterm Elections
In Part 3 of a 3-part interview with Insurance Journal's Andy Simpson, Bob Rusbuldt, ...
January 4, 2006
Part 1 with AIA's Leigh Ann Pusey
Insurance company lobbyists were busy in Washington and around the country throughout 2005. Among them ...
January 4, 2006
Part 2 with AIA's Leigh Ann Pusey
In this second installment in her interview with Insurance Journal's Andy Simpson from her Washington, ...
November 19, 2005
Part I: NCOIL President Craig Eiland discusses mega-catastrophies and Congressional legislation before introducing the seven panel ...
November 19, 2005
Part II: Can the private insurance market cover future catastrophic losses or is federal involvement necessary?
Part I: Introductions and ...
November 19, 2005
Part III: What's the best way to mitigate for catastrophic events?
Part I: Introductions and Academic Overview
Part II: Future Catastrophic ...
November 19, 2005
Part IV: What changes might congress make to NFIP? What does the TRIA reauthorization debate tell us about the politics of a federal CAT ...
November 19, 2005
Part V: A general question and answer session sparks lively interaction; panel wrap-up.
Part I: Introductions and Academic Overview
Part ...
November 19, 2005
David Maurstad, acting director, Mitigation Division and Federal Insurance administrator, for FEMA, discusses the National Flood Insurance ...
November 19, 2005
Outgoing NCOIL President Craig Eiland, a member of the Texas House of Representatives, visits with Insurance Journal at the NCOIL Conference ...
November 14, 2005
Is the industry facing a hard market or business-as-usual? Are first reports of hurricane losses overly-optimistic? In an exclusive video ...
October 18, 2005
QualCorp Incorporated president Allen Beggs talks about the company's history and the latest version release of their software package ...
October 18, 2005
Maritime General Agency is a program administrator for AIG that insures marinas, boat dealers, yacht clubs, private pleasure boats, yachts, ...
October 18, 2005
ReSource Pro, an agency outsourcing service, provides insurance processing support to program managers, MGAs and retail brokers. ReSource Pro ...
October 18, 2005
Cost Financial Group, an exhibitor at the 5th Annual Program Summit, is a turnkey operation that manages and operates insurance premium ...
October 18, 2005
Target Markets is preparing to launch a new Best Practices initiative for its members. Richard Barr is on the Target Markets board of ...
October 18, 2005
The Mattie Companies was one of the charter members of the Target Markets organization. Bill Floros sees tremendous value in the Target ...
October 18, 2005
Mystic Capital has partnered with Target Markets to produce a bi-annual Benchmarking survey. The 2005 survey, which is out now, is ...
October 18, 2005
Martin O'Brien is president of Allied Insurance Brokers. He is also on the Board of Directors for Target Markets. Martin's assignment is to ...
October 18, 2005
Lois Massa and Margaret Zechlin of GE Insurance Solutions discuss how to treat an agency/carrier relationship like a marriage through open ...
October 6, 2005
Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Swett & Crawford Group, the nation's oldest and largest wholesale brokerage firm, gained independence again ...
September 16, 2005
Dick Bouhan, executive director of the National Association of Surplus Lines Offices, sees a vibrant excess and surplus lines market in the ...
September 16, 2005
Incoming president Mac Wesson of U.S. Risk Insurance Group says it pays the association well to have representation in the nation's capitol. ...
September 16, 2005
Mark Scott, CEO of Trans Cal Associates, says after years of a tight contractors market in California, recent tort reform measures may ...
September 16, 2005
Steve DeCarlo, president and CEO of American Wholesale Insurance Group (AmWINS), and Mark Smith, division president of AmWINS Brokerage, ...
September 16, 2005
Alan Jay Kaufman, president and CEO of the independently-owned wholesale firm Burns & Wilcox, says the company has plans for international ...
September 16, 2005
Los Angeles-based Chartwell Independent Insurance Brokers opened its doors in Sept. 2004 and today writes nearly $40 million in premium. ...
September 16, 2005
Tennant Risk Services, based in Hartford, Conn., specializes in professional liability business and has been in business since 1987. Robert ...
September 16, 2005
Joseph Morris, president and CEO of Penn-America Group, says despite a leadership and ownership change in 2005, Penn-America will remain ...
September 16, 2005
Staying in business for 75 years is no easy task. Tony Markel, chairman, president/CEO, and Paul Springman, executive vice president, both of ...
September 12, 2005
InsurBanc enters a new era under fresh leadership. Newly-named President and CEO Dave Tralka tells what agents and the insurance community ...
September 12, 2005
She's the winner of a grueling Apprentice-like contest at the recent Big "I" convention and now wears the crown of The Ultimate Producer. ...
September 12, 2005
Why would someone write a book about insurance automation standards? Because they're important, according to Greg Maciag, ACORD's chief and, ...
September 12, 2005
Collector cars are more than a hobby for Laura Bergan and the folks at American Collectors Insurance. They're big