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CEA Kicks off Earthquake Insurance Selling Program for Agents
Mar 9 2015 // The California Earthquake Authority has again kicked off its annual “Marketing Value Program,” in which the quasi-private earthquake insurer encourages agents to sign up to receive direct mail marketing...
Insurers, Brokers and Clients Express their Views on the Industry
Mar 9 2015 // The Economist’s Insurance 2015 Conference, which took place on Tuesday, March 15, at the ornate Clothworkers Hall in London, featured a panel that expressed the views of insurers, brokers and their clients in a...
More than 2.5K Oklahoma Agents Take Earthquake Coverage Class
Mar 9 2015 // With earthquake swarms steadily increasing in Oklahoma, the state insurance department reports that more than 2,500 Oklahoma insurance professionals have completed a one-hour continuing education course on earthquake...
Berkley: Google’s Entry Into Auto Insurance Should Frighten Agents
Mar 9 2015 // That Google is getting into auto insurance should have the voice in the head of every agent who sells personal auto coverage saying: “Be afraid, be very afraid.” OK, that’s not exactly how W.R. Berkley...
Insurance Language – Clear as Mud
Mar 9 2015 // On occasion I find myself in a position having to explain insurance language to non-insurance people, particularly attorneys and CPAs. Their responses range from vacant stares to confusion. For example, think about...
What’s Driving Nonstandard Auto – Technology, Consolidation, Population Changes, Fuel Specialty, Opportunity
Mar 9 2015 // The nonstandard auto market is characterized by substandard operating performance. Since 2007, carriers writing nonstandard auto policies have reported deteriorating operating performance and many are struggling to...
Tapping Into the Talent Pipeline
Mar 9 2015 // By 2020, the entire insurance industry will have 400,000 positions to fill. About 120 academic programs exist worldwide offering courses, concentrations and majors in risk management and insurance. About 80 are located in...
The Best Apps and Why for Independent Agents
Mar 9 2015 // There appears to be little dispute among agents about the importance of going mobile, particularly for younger clients who expect it. What’s in doubt, however, is which mobile applications, or apps, make the most...
4 Reasons Direct Mail Should Be Part of Your Plan to Acquire New Customers
Mar 9 2015 // As an independent insurance agent you’re an expert in many things. You understand the right questions to ask in order to provide the right level of coverage. You know how to overcome price sensitivity by explaining...
Google to Face Same Obstacles Selling Insurance Online, Says Overstock’s Byrne
Mar 9 2015 // Those now running comparison insurance shopping websites believe that they could be helped if Google enters into the business because the giant search engine could draw more attention to buying insurance online. However,...
San Antonio Fire Crew Unaware Senior Facility Was a High-Rise
Mar 5 2015 // An analysis by the San Antonio Fire Department says the arrival of specialized resources to a December fire that killed five residents of a senior living facility near San Antonio, Texas, was delayed because responders...
Specialized Property Broker Tracy Anderson Joins Breckenridge Insurance Services
Mar 5 2015 // KENNESAW, GA, March 5, 2015 — Breckenridge Insurance Services, a leading specialty wholesale commercial brokerage firm, has hired Tracy Anderson as a property broker to its Atlanta-based team. Anderson brings nearly a...
Brokerslink Chairman Says Brokers and Broker Networks Must Adapt or Decline
Mar 5 2015 // Speaking at the 3rd Asia Insurance Brokers’ Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Jose Manuel Fonseca, chairman of Brokerslink, told delegates that, in order to address global challenges, brokers and broker networks must adapt or...
Texas Insurance Agencies Higginbotham, Aycock & Fowler Merge
Mar 4 2015 // Fort Worth, Texas-based Higginbotham and Aycock & Fowler, in Lubbock, Texas, have merged. Both are independent insurance firms providing property and liability insurance, risk management and employee benefit services...
Insurance Journal, Channel Harvest Launch Survey on Agent-Carrier Relationships
Mar 3 2015 // Channel Harvest Research, in partnership with Insurance Journal, is conducting its 2015 national survey of agents’ attitudes about their carrier partners. This is the seventh annual study on key aspects of the...
One-Quarter of British SMEs Fail to Read Their Full Insurance Policy: Research
Mar 3 2015 // Research conducted for the British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) found that leaders of British small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) do not always read their insurance documents, with over one quarter (29...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Excel Insurance, Metcom Excess in N.J.
Mar 2 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of two New Jersey-based wholesale brokers: Excel Insurance Services Inc., located in Hamilton; and McCloskey Surplus & Excess Inc. (d/b/a Metcom Excess),...
Sullivan Brokers Wholesale Insurance Solutions Announces Bridget Livingston Joins Firm as Broker in Healthcare Practice Group
Mar 2 2015 // Los Angeles, CA, March 2, 2015- Sullivan Brokers Wholesale Insurance Solutions is pleased to announce that effective February 17, 2015, Bridget Livingston has joined the firm as a Broker in the Healthcare Practice Group....
MacNeill Group Selected to Grow Commercial Property and Casualty Business
Feb 27 2015 // Sunrise, FL, February 27, 2015 – MacNeill Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Team Focus Insurance Group (Team Focus), and a licensed managing general agent (MGA) specializing in commercial, personal, transportation and...
All Risks Adds Aimini as Brokerage Underwriter in Miami
Feb 27 2015 // Jorge Aimini has joined the Miami office of All Risks as a brokerage underwriter. Aimini’s responsibilities will comprise of underwriting accounts within the parameters of All Risks’ contract binding agreements...
