SPECIAL REPORT: Salute to Program Managers

Some of today's most successful program managers have pulled the plug on association endorsements. They're not anti-association but they have decided that these endorsements are not always worth the trouble or extra costs. John McCaffery, director of marketing for Conshohocken, Pa.-based NSM Insurance Group, appreciates that many of his ...

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