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CMR Risk & Insurance Names Jacka Employee Benefits Broker
Feb 7 2011 // San Diego based CMR Risk & Insurance Services Inc. has added Grant Jacka as its employee benefits broker. Jacka comes to CMR Risk & Insurance Services after spending nearly three years as a broker/account executive...
CEOs on Main Street
Feb 7 2011 // Elsewhere in this issue, we relate the view on Main Street from the perspective of independent agents. But how do property/casualty company CEOs view Main Street and Main Street agents? At the recent Property/Casualty...
People
Feb 7 2011 // Great American Insurance Group, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, announced that Michael G. “Mike” Liguzinski will succeed John W. Sullivan as divisional president, Specialty Human Services Division, upon...
Independent Spirit Shapes Marsh’s New Retail Unit
Feb 7 2011 // CEO Eslick Shares Lessons Learned in Assembling Marsh & McLennan Agency In a little over a year, mega-broker Marsh & McLennan quickly assembled one of the largest independent agencies in the nation, entirely...
E&O for Agents – A Necessity Even if Mistakes Don’t Happen
Feb 7 2011 // Errors and omissions insurance is available, and necessary, not just because mistakes happen. A customer’s perception can be that the reason a loss was not covered, valid or not, was the result of an agent’s...
New York Agents Praise Regulators’ New Opinion on Refunding Bounced Check Fees
Feb 7 2011 // New York insurance agents are lauding a new legal opinion from state regulators that will allow producers to recover any money lost when clients bounce checks. The Independent Insurance Agent and Brokers of New York...
CEOs on Main Street
Feb 7 2011 // Elsewhere in this issue, we relate the view on Main Street from the perspective of independent insurance agents. But how do property/casualty company CEOs view Main Street and Main Street agents? At the recent...
Court: Only English Required in Arizona Uninsured/Underinsured Form
Feb 7 2011 // The Supreme Court of Arizona has ruled that the state’s uninsured motorist (UM) and underinsured motorist (UIM) coverage selection or rejection form only needs to be filed in English — even when dealing with...
CEOs on Main Street
Feb 7 2011 // Elsewhere in this issue, we relate the view on Main Street from the perspective of independent agents. But how do property/casualty company CEOs view Main Street and Main Street agents? At the recent Property/Casualty...
CEOs on Main Street
Feb 7 2011 // Elsewhere in this issue, we relate the view on Main Street from the perspective of independent agents. But how do property/casualty company CEOs view Main Street and Main Street agents? At the recent Property/Casualty...
CEOs on Main Street
Feb 7 2011 // Elsewhere in this issue, we relate the view on Main Street from the perspective of independent agents. But how do property/casualty company CEOs view Main Street and Main Street agents? At the recent Property/Casualty...
People
Feb 7 2011 // FARA Insurance Services, a Mandeville, La.-based provider of claims administration and risk management solutions nationwide, appointed Laura Tarantino to the company’s board of directors. As FARA’s senior vice...
TWIA and Fair Plan: Agents May Be Subject to Open Records Request
Feb 7 2011 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) and Texas FAIR Plan Association (TFPA) recently notified insurance agents that the organizations have received a formal request to inspect or copy some of their files. The...
How to Become Chief Risk Officer for Small Business Clients
Feb 7 2011 // Some small business owners are expressing their intentions to invest in future growth, as economic storm clouds of the past few years show signs of clearing. The National Federation of Independent Business’ latest...
Lemons Into Lemonade:
Feb 7 2011 // Making the Best of the Medical Loss Ratio Squeeze January 1, 2011 marked the beginning of a significant transformation for the nation’s insurance brokers Ð one that, frankly, didn’t inspire celebration....
The Mood On Main Street
Feb 7 2011 // Has the recession changed how small business feels about insurance? The recession has taken its toll on contractors, restaurants, retailers, small manufacturers and other Main Street business around the country and most of...
Main Street’s Hardest Hit Businesses
Feb 7 2011 // Agents across the country — except in Texas and neighboring states — agree that construction and related trades have been hardest hit by the recession. Restaurants appear to be the second hardest hit. In terms of lines...
Reasons to Look Beyond Price in 2011
Feb 7 2011 // Just weeks into the New Year, the experts’ predictions appear to be “more of the same” for at least the first half of 2011: super soft pricing combined with increased availability of limits and coverage....
Breckenridge Acquires Interest in Reinsurance Broker REcentis
Feb 4 2011 // Breckenridge IS Inc. has acquired a majority interest in REcentis Intermediaries LLC, a specialty reinsurance broker with offices in Westlake Village, Calif. and Sydney, Australia. REcentis has expertise in energy,...
Distinguished Programs Acquires Dallas’ GreenLine Underwriters
Feb 4 2011 // Distinguished Programs Group LLC (Distinguished), headquartered in New York, has acquired a controlling interest in GreenLine Underwriters (GreenLine), a Dallas-based program administrator focused on delivering insurance...
