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How to Conduct Annual Policy Reviews
Nov 1 2010 // Insurance Journal Webinar Instructor Balbresky Offers Tips on Effective Reviews When trying to get clients back in door for policy reviews, agents need to understand what drives that client. “People are not going to...
The Time is Not Right to Drop Real Estate Professionals E&O
Nov 1 2010 // The Tough Market May Mean E&O Liability Problems Ahead The ongoing downturn in the real estate market is forcing many professionals to make tough choices on where to trim expenses. While during a hot real estate market...
London Broker Oxygen Strengthens Construction Specialty Team
Oct 29 2010 // London-based Oxygen Insurance Brokers announced that it has “further strengthened its broking and risk management services to architects, engineers and surveyors with the appointment of two new senior brokers, part...
UK Insurance Broker Jailed over Costa Rican Corruption
Oct 28 2010 // A London-based insurance broker has been jailed after admitting making or authorizing corrupt payments worth almost $2 million to officials in the Costa Rican state insurance company and national electricity and...
Global Regulators Call for Curbs on Credit Rating Agencies
Oct 28 2010 // Global regulators called on national authorities on Wednesday to curb the role of credit rating agencies in the financial system, challenging the value of an industry widely criticized in recent years. The Financial...
How Insurance Agents Help Keep the Scare In Halloween Events
Oct 28 2010 // Halloween is scary fun for kids—and for some insurance agents, too. These insurance professionals make sure their clients who manage haunted houses, corn mazes, pumpkin patches and other Halloween attractions are...
Oak Street Funding Sold to Private Equity Group Angelo, Gordon & Co.
Oct 28 2010 // Indianapolis-based Oak Street Funding, one of the largest insurance lending firms for the insurance industry and insurance agencies, has been acquired by private equity firms managed by the firm Angelo, Gordon & Co....
Foremost Insurance Group Joins Trusted Choice
Oct 28 2010 // Michigan-based Foremost Insurance Group is the newest member to join the Trusted Choice consumer branding program for independent insurance agents and brokers. Foremost is a provider for property and casualty insurance...
Zurich Names O’Neill as Broker Relationship Leader
Oct 27 2010 // Tricia O’Neill has been appointed as broker relationship leader for the North American business’ wholesale distributor locations for Zurich. O’Neill’s focus will be on developing and executing...
Anatomy of a large account sale
Oct 27 2010 // This October marks my 31st anniversary in the insurance industry. Many things have changed since my first insurance sale. Initially, my experience and confidence level precluded me from effectively pursuing larger or...
You Can Attend an Insurance Trade Show without Leaving your Desk!
Oct 26 2010 // What if you could get all the benefits of attending an insurance trade show without any expense or leaving your office? Find New Markets, connect with existing markets, learn from the experts in the lecture hall, network...
MarketScout Access Portal Connects Retail Agents to Starr
Oct 26 2010 // MarketScout, a Dallas, Texas-based electronic insurance exchange, has established Target Agent Gateway (TAG), which is a portal providing retail agent’s rapid access to Starr Insurance Companies. Also, to help agents...
Liberty Mutual Enhances Commercial Umbrella Policy
Oct 25 2010 // Enhanced coverages, the need for fewer endorsements, and language that is easier to understand are some of the key ingredients of the new umbrella liability policy now available through Liberty Mutual’s Commercial...
New Jersey School Chief Charged in Insurance Kickback Scheme
Oct 25 2010 // The superintendent of New Jersey’s fourth-largest school district surrendered to the FBI on Thursday and was charged with fraud and bribery over an alleged insurance-kickback scheme that federal officials called...
Agents Put $300,000 Behind Wash. Workers’ Comp System Privatization
Oct 25 2010 // A recent poll shows that Washingtonians are divided over whether to open the state workers’ compensation system up to the private market. Elway Poll results indicate 31 percent of voters are in favor of passing voter...
3 Ways to Improve Your Business with the Virtual Insurance Marketplace
Oct 21 2010 // What is the Virtual Insurance Marketplace? What if you could get all the benefits of attending an insurance trade show without any expense or leaving your office? • Find New Markets • Connect with Existing...
California Commissioner Hopeful: Assemblyman Dave Jones
Oct 21 2010 // On November 2, Californians will select a new insurance commissioner, charged with regulating the fourth-largest insurance market in the world at about $160 billion. Assemblyman and Democrat Dave Jones recently shared why...
Georgia Insurance Commissioner Race: Attracting Insurers, Value of Agents
Oct 21 2010 // The three politicians who want to be Georgia’s next insurance commissioner see eye-to-eye on the need for the insurance regulator to be involved in attracting new insurers and insurance jobs to the state. According...
Specialty Products Manufacturing: Multiple Opportunities for Injury
Oct 21 2010 // In 2007 there were over 10 million consumer-product related injuries treated in hospital emergency departments, according to the National Safety Council. While the statistics reveal injuries from seemingly innocuous...
Louisiana Agent Told to Stop Selling Insurance
Oct 21 2010 // A West Monroe agent was served by the Louisiana Department of Insurance Fraud Section investigators with a cease and desist order, license revocation and $5,000 fine notice for alleged misappropriation. Jennifer Dianne...
