Phyllis R. Austin has been named Crawford & Co. senior vice president of human resources, according to Tom Crawford, president and CEO. Austin assumed the position April 24 when Bill Beach, former head of human resources, assumed leadership of Crawford’s …
Insurance professionals, whether working as agents or claims adjusters, need to learn and refine effective conflict resolution skills. The first step is to understand each person’s job responsibilities and individual conflict style. Susan Granata, president of the Florida Suncoast Chapter …
A special statewide operation targeting the arrest of 80 suspects from Miami to Pensacola, Fla. for their roles in insurance fraud schemes, dubbed “operation spring cleaning,” was launched in early May by the Division of Insurance Fraud. “Operation spring cleaning” …
The hurricane insurance package passed by the Florida Legislature just before adjournment May 5 is the most significant property insurance bill since major legislation following Hurricane Andrew in the early 1990’s, according to the Florida Insurance Council. The bill was …
The Commissioners are now fully prepared to go before their various legislative committees with recommendations for a system of insurance law which shall be the same in all States–not reciprocal, but identical; not retaliatory, but uniform. This statement expressing the …
The professional liability market may be significantly affected by the increase in frequency and severity of hurricanes, causing greater rating agency scrutiny and changes to evaluation models. “The three recent hurricanes–Katrina, Rita and Wilma–will result in losses of $70 billion …
S. Fla. agent sold ‘bogus’ policies The license of South Florida insurance agent, Gordon Arthur Esses of Aventura, Fla. has had his license revoked for selling “bogus” policies. According to Tom Gallagher, Florida CFO, the agent has been banned from …
The Professional Insurance Agents of Florida has issued an alert to its members about Southern Family Insurance, a subsidiary of Poe Financial Group and its subsidiaries, Atlantic Preferred and Florida Preferred. “It’s hard to imagine good news when we’re reporting …
Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia member services coordinator and super-triathlete, Mari Fridenmaker, is training for her second Ironman triathlon, which will be held July 23 in Lake Placid, N.Y. She has dedicated the race to the Georgia Eye Bank, the …
Scientists at Cornell University in New York have come across a management strategy for group decision-making that is sure to set the business world buzzing. When 10,000 honeybees hunt for a new home, usually a tree cavity, they have a …
