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Brokers continue to gain; M&A activity remains steady
Jan 2 2006 // Stock Prices: Insurance brokers continued to experience gains in their stock prices in October and November. The median increase was 6 percent compared to a 10 percent increase for the August and September period. With the...
Building up construction insurance, block by block
Jan 2 2006 // Agent Dave Sinclair remembers his first construction account well since it was only about six years ago. It was a plumber contract with a premium of about $70,000. Today Sinclair’s Wallingford, Conn.-based agency...
2006: The year when changes take hold
Jan 2 2006 // This coming 2006 New Year seems like it will be the start of a year of big changes for the industry. It is not that the industry will be pulled out by its roots and shaken. Rather, many of the slow and even subtle changes...
The industry goes to school
Jan 2 2006 // More universities that offer insurance degrees In this second installment in a series, Insurance Journal profiled five universities that offer undergraduate and graduate degrees in insurance. More universities will be...
PIA of Louisiana resolutions seek hurricane relief assistance
Jan 2 2006 // Association calls on insurance companies to assist during extended recovery period Thanking insurance companies on behalf of Louisiana insurance agents and the policyholders they represent for the carriers’ hard work...
Lauly Peterson, Kiln, Miss., Agent Cleaning Up After Katrina
Jan 2 2006 // We returned to Kiln, Miss., knowing our home was gone and then were told our office was also gone. When we arrived, we found our offices weren’t gone, but after 4 feet of water, they might as well be and we are in...
IJ Exclusive: Colorado Commissioner David Rivera Has Age and Experience
Jan 2 2006 // When David Rivera was appointed Insurance Commissioner by Colorado Governor Bill Owens in April 2005, he was the youngest commissioner in the United States. Despite his age, however, Rivera already had a wealth of...
The industry goes to school
Jan 1 2006 // In this second installment in a series, Insurance Journal profiled five universities that offer undergraduate and graduate degrees in insurance. More universities will be featured in future editions. Baylor...
Brokers continue to gain; M&A activity remains steady
Jan 1 2006 // Stock Prices: Insurance brokers continued to experience gains in their stock prices in October and November. The median increase was 6 percent compared to a 10 percent increase for the August and September period. With the...
Settlement proposed in class action against ChoicePoint
Jan 1 2006 // Insurance agents and agencies who provided personal information regarding potential or actual insureds to ChoicePoint Services Inc. between Jan. 1 1997, and Aug. 9, 2005, may be entitled to money and benefits as a result...
By Andrew G. Simpson
Jan 1 2006 // Agent Dave Sinclair remembers his first construction account well since it was only about six years ago. It was a plumber contract with a premium of about $70,000. Today Sinclair’s Wallingford, Conn.-based agency...
Jan 1 2006 // Jordan B. Lotsoff recently joined Integro as principal in the Casualty Practice Group in the Chicago office. Lotsoff, with more than 15 years experience in commercial insurance, will be responsible for complex casualty...
From Pinstripes to Prison Stripes: Near North’s Segal on Life Behind Bars
Jan 1 2006 // Former Chicago Insurance Broker Serving Time for Fraud Appears on TV; Is Movie Next? Once you get over the fear…you find that people are just people,” Michael “Mickey” Segal, 63, told an ABC-TV news...
Lauly Peterson, Kiln, Miss., Agent Cleaning Up After Katrina
Jan 1 2006 // We returned to Kiln, Miss., knowing our home was gone and then were told our office was also gone. When we arrived, we found our offices weren’t gone, but after 4 feet of water, they might as well be-and we are in...
Lots of stability
Jan 1 2006 // When he is presented with a construction account at his office on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, Rubin Alspector can quickly determine which insurers might write it. He knows his standard markets well enough to know that only...
From pinstripes to prison stripes: Near North’s Segal on life behind bars
Jan 1 2006 // Former Chicago insurance broker serving time for fraud appears on TV; Is movie next? Once you get over the fear … you find that people are just people,” Michael “Mickey” Segal, 63, told an ABC-TV...
2006: The year when changes take hold
Jan 1 2006 // This coming 2006 New Year seems like it will be the start of a year of big changes for the industry. It is not that the industry will be pulled out by its roots and shaken. Rather, many of the slow and even subtle changes...
IJ Exclusive: Colorado Commissioner David Rivera Has Age-and Experience
Jan 1 2006 // When David Rivera was appointed Insurance Commissioner by Colorado Governor Bill Owens in April 2005, he was the youngest commissioner in the United States. Despite his age, however, Rivera already had a wealth of...
People
Jan 1 2006 // Michael Robinson has been named vice president and zone manager of ACE USA Professional Risk’s, Southeast Region, a division of the ACE Group of Companies. Robinson will work with brokers and clients in the southeast...
PIA of Louisiana resolutions seek hurricane relief assistance
Jan 1 2006 // Thanking insurance companies on behalf of Louisiana insurance agents and the policyholders they represent for the carriers’ hard work and assistance in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Professional...
