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When Main Street Met Washington
Apr 7 2010 // Amid wind-whipped exhaust fumes and an early March cold front, Connecticut insurance agent Michael Gergler ducks inside the lobby of the Wardman Park hotel in Washington, D.C. and surveys the lobby where roughly 150 other...
Why Keystone Insurers Expanded in Kentucky and Where It’s Going Next
Apr 6 2010 // Pennsylvania-based insurance agency franchisor Keystone Insurers Group has more than 200 agency owner-partners and it’s not done yet, says Colin Buzzard, Keystone’s executive vice president of sales and...
Declarations
Apr 5 2010 // A Negative Impact “A return to the failed FAIR and Coastal Plans could have a serious, detrimental impact on the state’s private insurance market and leave thousands of properties at risk.” —John...
New Insurance Association Forms in California
Apr 5 2010 // A new Broker Insurance Group (BIG) has formed in California, starting with a flagship chapter to serve insurance professionals of the Inland Empire area. Under the leadership of President Sharron Varga, a broker and...
People
Apr 5 2010 // New York-based USI Holdings Corp. has named Sandra Usleman, former president of USI’s Austin, Texas, operating company in the Southwest region, as senior vice president and chief sales officer. Other changes in...
New York Agents’ Group Declines to Join Lawsuit Against State over Pay Rules
Apr 5 2010 // A schism is emerging between New York’s trade groups for insurance agents over how best to challenge rules requiring agents to reveal their pay. The Professional Insurance Agents of New York (PIANY) says it will not...
When Main Street Met Washington
Apr 5 2010 // Agents Make Grassroots Lobbying Campaign Amid wind-whipped exhaust fumes and an early March cold front, Connecticut insurance agent Michael Gergler ducks inside the lobby of the Wardman Park hotel and surveys the lobby...
When Main Street Met Washington
Apr 5 2010 // Agents Head to D.C. as Part of Grassroots Lobbying Campaign Amid wind-whipped exhaust fumes and an early March cold front, Connecticut insurance agent Michael Gergler ducks inside the lobby of the Wardman Park hotel in...
Making Continuous Coverage Auto Insurance Discount Portable Is Good for Consumers
Apr 5 2010 // The Alliance of Insurance Agents & Brokers supports Proposition 17 on the June 2010 statewide ballot because it will make the auto insurance market more competitive, offer drivers more choices and lead to lower rates...
People
Apr 5 2010 // New Jersey-based Synergy Professional Associates has hired Thomas Dattoli as manager of its professional liability unit. Dattoli will be responsible for underwriting professional and excess liability for lawyers, and...
Whatcha Talkin’ About?
Apr 5 2010 // Some people — Diff’rent Strokes’ Willis, perhaps (at least by Arnold Jackson’s standards) — have the gift of gab. And if you’ve been listening to the news in California, you know insurance...
Declarations
Apr 5 2010 // ‘In Pain All the Time’ “I’d gladly give up all the money just to have my whole life back together.” —James Klotz, whose jury award in a medical malpractice lawsuit was upheld by the Missouri...
The Hartford Executive Andrade Explains Restructuring Impact on Agents
Apr 5 2010 // The Hartford Financial Services Group has unveiled a new “customer-centric” growth strategy that it says will help unlock the value of its books of business in property/casualty as well as life insurance. The...
MarketScout’s New Wholesaler Aims to Be ‘Full Service Partner’ to Agents
Apr 5 2010 // Online marketplace MarketScout and Glenn Hargrove, former CEO of Crump, Inc., have teamed up to launch MarketScout Wholesale (MSW), which will combine wholesale brokerage and managing general agency (MGA) services with new...
10 Technologies with Biggest Impact on P/C Insurance Companies
Apr 5 2010 // A Stamford, Conn.-based research and consulting firm has identified 10 technologies that will have the greatest impact for the property/casualty (P/C) insurance industry. Gartner Inc. said these technologies will challenge...
Nebraska Insurance Agencies Merge as a Result of Bank Acquisition
Apr 5 2010 // Nebraska-based Harvard State Insurance Agency will merge into Cornerstone Insurance Group as a result of Cornerstone Bank’s acquisition of Harvard State Bank. Cornerstone president and chief executive Kelly Holthus...
Court-Side Lessons: Insurance Agency Management Tips Before Tip Off
Apr 5 2010 // Insurance agents might want to take notes during tonight’s NCAA championship game between Butler and Duke. While NCAA men’s basketball tournament referee and insurance agent Gary Maxwell won’t tell you...
Declarations
Apr 5 2010 // Flood Hiatus “That’s scary.” —John Prible, vice president of federal government affairs for the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers (the Big “I”), commenting on the prospect of Congress...
Marsh Refuses to Accept Contingent Commissions
Apr 5 2010 // Insurance broker Marsh says its main brokerage unit will not accept contingent commissions on business for U.S. or Canadian clients but its Marsh & McLennan Agency and its affinity and personal lines business units...
Hospitality Risks: A Game for Captives
Apr 5 2010 // Why a Captive Solution Might Grow Your Hospitality Book, and Revenue Too Hospitality owners have concerns with retaining risk that they cannot transfer to the insurance market and owners are looking for legitimate ways to...
