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Timing Earthquake Coverage
Apr 20 2009 // Timing an Earthquake Coverage Purchase Is Like Trying to Time the Stock Market Anyone who has been impacted by the recent volatility of the stock market will tell you that it’s impossible to time the stock...
Blowing Smoke
Apr 20 2009 // Arsonists’ handiwork has dominated headlines in the past several months. Earlier this year, in southeast Pennsylvania, an alleged group of firebugs torched dozens of buildings in one community before being caught. In...
Don’t Cheap Out on the Training
Apr 20 2009 // And Other Lessons from High-Performing Agencies Use your agency management system to the max. Measure your productivity. Communicate consistently and effectively with your staff, customers and carriers. And above all,...
Independence Through Teamwork
Apr 20 2009 // While the tendency is for independent agents to stress their independence and go solo, a team approach can be very valuable to producers who are new to the industry. “When producers first come in, instead of handing...
50 Things Independent Agents Like LEAST
Apr 20 2009 // The exclusive 2009 Insurance Journal Young Agents Survey asked independent agents under 40 years old what they like least about being an independent agent. Here’s what some of the 692 agents who took the survey had...
Special Delivery: Added Value with Cargo Insurance
Apr 20 2009 // As Cargo Theft Rises, Carriers’ Special Investigative Units Offer Relief A driver pulls into a truck stop, heads inside to shower and eat — and then discovers his fully loaded trailer gone when he returns. A...
101 Things Young Agents Like MOST
Apr 20 2009 // The exclusive 2009 Insurance Journal Young Agents Survey asked independent agents under 40 years old: What do you like most about being an independent agent? Here’s what some of the 692 agents who took the survey had...
Marine Cargo Insurance for Small to Mid-Size Businesses Doesn’t Have to Sink the Ship
Apr 20 2009 // Importers and exporters that ship only a modest volume of goods do not have to settle for the often pricey or inadequate marine cargo insurance that is available from freight forwarders — the usual source of this...
Get in Touch with Gen Y
Apr 20 2009 // Why the Modern Workplace Is Important for the Next Generation of Professionals Today’s senior ranks of insurance professionals are retiring at the pace of approximately one every 10 minutes, taking a wealth of...
Finding Solutions for Emerging E&O Risks
Apr 20 2009 // Excess and Surplus Lines Market Offers a Place For Challenging Risks Since all service providers face the potential of law suits related to real or perceived “errors and omissions,” E&O coverage has become...
Combined Group Offers Agent Direct Express Service for CNA Agents
Apr 17 2009 // The Combined Group now offers a fully automated service for CNA Connect™’s Policy. Combined’s Agent Direct Express™ and Quantum’s Real Time Express™ service offerings now enable agents...
Agents Can Help Fight Insurance Fraud
Apr 16 2009 // Insurance agents can play a big role in helping states to fight insurance fraud. And with insurance fraud costing California alone $15 billion each year, or $500 per resident, the cost of which is eventually passed onto...
Scanlon Guerra Burke Insurance Brokers Names Schneir Partner
Apr 16 2009 // Scanlon Guerra Burke Insurance Brokers of Woodland Hills, Calif., has named Justin Schneir a partner. He specializes in metal goods manufacturing and malpractie insurance. He has been with the company for four years and...
Broker Lockton Advises Insurance Buyers to Expect Firming of Prices
Apr 16 2009 // Insurance buyers can expect upward pricing pressure in the coming months, according to global insurance broker Lockton. According to Lockton brokers writing in a new marketplace overview, insurers saw a “perfect...
Martinez Joins General Insurance Agent J.M. Wilson in Southern Region
Apr 16 2009 // Michigan-based managing general agency J.M. Wilson has added Debbie Martinez as Sales and Underwriting manager for its southern regional office in Charleston, South Carolina. Martinez will be responsible for developing...
Group Urges Congress to Lift Credit Rating Agencies’ Liability Exemption
Apr 15 2009 // Credit rating agenies would lose their protection against private lawsuits under current U.S. securities fraud law if a proposal by an institutional investors group becomes law. The Council of Institutional Investors (CII)...
20-Year Sentence Sought for Bond Broker in Insurance Scheme
Apr 15 2009 // Federal prosecutors in New Orleans are seeking a 20-year prison sentence for a woman convicted of participating in a money laundering scheme with a former Louisiana lawmaker. A jury convicted Gwendolyn Moyo last year of...
Survey: Claims Handling is the Key to Winning over Agents
Apr 15 2009 // Quality claims handling is the most important factor to independent agents in evaluating an insurer, according to a recent survey of 450 agents conducted by the Professional Insurance Agents Associations (PIA) of...
Oklahoma Commissioner Declares Emergency After Wildfires
Apr 13 2009 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland has declared a state of emergency to allow insurance companies to more rapidly respond to the recent Oklahoma wildfires. The declaration enables emergency adjusters to be...
Why Insurance Agents Should Follow Stimulus Package
Apr 13 2009 // The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, or the Stimulus Package, is the largest infusion of government funds into the private sector in history. Even though it does not include direct benefits to the insurance...
