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6 Steps to Take Before the Soft Market Hardens
Apr 6 2009 // Most insurance professionals detest a soft market because of the increase in competition, unreasonably low pricing and increased market vulnerability. Some, however, may appreciate a softening precisely because of the...
6 Steps to Take Before the Soft Market Hardens
Apr 6 2009 // Most insurance professionals detest a soft market because of the increase in competition, unreasonably low pricing and increased market vulnerability. Some, however, may appreciate a softening precisely because of the...
Workers’ Compensation Group Trusts: E&O Friend or Foe?
Apr 6 2009 // Agents Advised to Know How Workers’ Comp Trusts Differ From Typical Insurance Companies To start off, what exactly is a workers’ compensation group trust? Per the New York State Insurance Department Web site,...
Regulators: AIG Not Using Bailout Funds to Under-Price Insurance
Apr 6 2009 // Despite some complaints by competitors, American International Group (AIG) does not appear to be using federal bailout funds to lower its insurance prices to keep and attract business, state and federal officials told a...
Florida Finds People Can’t Trust People’s Trust Insurance
Apr 6 2009 // One of Florida’s new startup property insurance companies that was expected to help pick up the slack when State Farm Florida exits the market has been barred from selling any new policies. The company was found to...
What is Your Agency Worth?
Apr 6 2009 // Insurance agencies are like snowflakes, no two are alike. Most of the calls from prospective insurance agency sellers start with, “What are agencies selling for these days?” or, “What kind of multiple can...
6 Steps to Take Before the Soft Market Hardens
Apr 6 2009 // Most insurance professionals detest a soft market because of the increase in competition, unreasonably low pricing and increased market vulnerability. Some, however, may appreciate a softening precisely because of the...
People
Apr 6 2009 // Higginbotham & Associates, an independent insurance brokerage firm based in Ft. Worth, Texas, added employee benefits brokers John Collins, Dana Jones and Rob Marsh to its managing director team for 2009, in...
Five Reasons Why Agents Should Pay Attention to the Stimulus Package
Apr 6 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. Although it does not include direct benefits to the insurance...
People
Apr 6 2009 // Barney & Barney appointed Arlene Lieberman, a principal of the firm, to the board of directors. This governing board is made up of senior leadership and has responsibility for overall governance matters and setting...
Five Tips for Agents From a Part-Time CFO
Apr 6 2009 // Tax time isn’t the only time insurance agents need someone to look at their books. Business owners should be informed monthly of their tax liability. In fact, agencies can benefit from having someone offer...
Liaisons Highlight Consumer Insurance Concerns
Apr 6 2009 // Consumer Advocates Focus on How Insurers Treat Insureds in Difficult Economic, Credit Climate Insurance agents, brokers and regulators should be aware that when it comes to insurance, consumers are concerned with such...
6 Steps to Take Before the Soft Market Hardens
Apr 6 2009 // Most insurance professionals detest a soft market because of the increase in competition, unreasonably low pricing and increased market vulnerability. Some, however, may appreciate a softening precisely because of the...
Measurement of Success
Apr 6 2009 // Planning, People and Dedication Equal Success for Top 100 Agency Bollinger Insurance Top 100 Agency Profile Ranking No.: 14 Agency Name: Bollinger Insurance Inc. Headquarters: Short Hills, N.J. Year Founded:...
What’s So Special About Special Event Insurance?
Apr 6 2009 // The pitfalls of not placing special-event coverage, when it’s truly needed and available, can result in catastrophic losses to your insured, and possibly even damage the credibility of your agency and errors and...
Study: Agency Satisfaction Linked to Amount of Business Sent to Insurers
Apr 6 2009 // When it comes to an agency’s satisfaction with its personal lines insurance companies, commissions do not rank as tops. Nor do commissions rank second. In fact, out of six satisfaction factors, compensation from an...
Agents to Rate Regional Carriers in New Insurance Journal Sponsored Research
Apr 2 2009 // Channel Harvest Research and Insurance Journal have announced a major new study in the Independent Agency System, to be fielded in April, that will probe agents’ attitudes toward carrier relationships and the...
Say What You Mean: Character, Integrity and Independent Agents
Apr 2 2009 // “I meant what I said, and said what I meant…” Although that quote was written in 1954 by Dr. Seuss in his book “Horton Hears a Who,” it is a powerful reminder today to act with character and...
Oliver Joins Momentous Insurance Brokerage Inc.
Mar 31 2009 // Van Nuys, Calif.-based Momentous Insurance Brokerage Inc. announced that David Oliver, former managing director of the Entertainment practice of a large Los Angeles-based insurance brokerage, will join the firm. Oliver has...
Association To Administer California Insurance Careers Program
Mar 30 2009 // The Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West (IBA West) has begun administration of a California-wide insurance careers program that unites community colleges, workforce investment boards, businesses, and the K-12...
