Magazines
Issue cover

Table of Contents

May 17, 2004
Midwest Edition
AAMGA Issue

Making the Rounds With South Dakota's Governor

Michael Rounds was having trouble sleeping at night. An insurance agent by trade and a politician by passion, he had told close friends and associates that he would not run for the governorship of South Dakota. It was 2001, a year after Rounds' term in the state Senate —where he served as Republican majority leader—was limited by law and a year ...

When Comparing Apples-To-Apples Whom Should You Trust'

Hard markets have a way of making insurance company financial strength ratings a hot topic of discussion, and not just among insurance agents and brokers. Professional risk managers and other insurance buyers, consumer advocates, regulators and the media all get into the act. Insurance agents and brokers often find themselves taking some heat ...

Features

Editor's Note: Rounds and Rounds We Go

AAMGA's Outgoing President Reflects on Importance of Membership

Aligned Interests—Agency Perpetuation through the Leavitt Group

Business Made Easy Integrated Technology Solutions Key to Success

RIMS Report: Commercial Insurance Buyers Look Forward to Lower Prices

High-Tech Systems Help Make the Agent an Underwriter

Michigan's Granholm Moves to Ban Insurance Scoring

AMS Says Real-Time Comparative Rater is Only Months Away

IIABA Legislative Conference Allows Agents, Brokers Chance to Lobby

Team Selling: A New Look at 'Survival of the Fittest'

Insurers Prepare for a Post-TRIA World; 'Baby Steps' Toward Federal Regulation

Special Advertising Supplement: Microsoft - We See Great Moments In Insurance

Parting Shots: The Market Will Always Be 'The Market'

Departments

Fraud Roundup

New Markets

Newsbriefs

People & Places

Ratings

On The Street