Opportunity was a theme that came up often at the annual California Wholesaler Industry Days convention from Sunday through today in La Jolla, Calif. at Hilton Torrey Pines. The three-day conference organized by the California Wholesalers Insurance Association (CIWA) included …
Legislation passes House, heads for the Senate; but not all in the industry think it’s the answer as now written Insurance regulatory reform efforts on Capitol Hill took a giant leap forward with the recent House passage of HR 1065, …
Insurance regulatory reform efforts on Capitol Hill took a giant leap forward with the recent House passage of HR 1065, the Non-Admitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2007. Sponsored by Rep. Dennis Moore, D-Kan., and Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, R-Florida, HR …
MGAs deliver more than just specialty packages as they prepare for changing market No one knows just how many managing general agencies (MGAs) operate in the United States, but the insurance industry couldn’t survive without them, says Scott Anderson, current …
No one knows just how many managing general agencies (MGAs) operate in the United States, but the insurance industry couldn’t survive without them, says Scott Anderson, current president of the American Association of Managing General Agencies (AAMGA). “I don’t think …
The insurance industry’s excess and surplus lines (E&S) sector has experienced a pronounced reversal of position in the last 20 years. Once considered a mere adjunct, a safety valve for risks that were too hard to cover in the standard …
The insurance industry’s excess and surplus lines (E&S) sector has experienced a pronounced reversal of position in the last 20 years. Once considered a mere adjunct, a safety valve for risks that were too hard to cover in the standard …
The emergence of large national and regional firms and the creation of networks of brokers as industry kings are transforming the nation’s wholesale insurance marketplace but experts maintain that independent privately-held firms will still remain the backbone of the excess …
The manner in which insurance agents, brokers and companies invest their information technology spend in 2004 may well have the potential of positioning the entities for future growth and development more now than ever before. The current market cycle provides …
Outgoing AAMGA president Rob Giles sat down with Insurance Journal recently to discuss the association, managing general agents and his term as president, among other things. Giles, president of Wisconsin-based Midwest General Agency, will oversee AAMGA’s 77th Annual Convention, scheduled …
