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Waging a war for industry talent
Sep 3 2007 // As an insurance industry professional, you know that we have a big job to do when it comes to recruiting talented individuals to this business. A career in insurance may not be an obvious choice for college students who...
Waging a war for industry talent
Sep 3 2007 // As an insurance industry professional, you know that we have a big job to do when it comes to recruiting talented individuals to this business. A career in insurance may not be an obvious choice for college students who...
Southern discomfort
Sep 3 2007 // A leading national independent agency leader urged Southern governors to use their “bully pulpits” to bring together the leaders in the insurance industry to ease the region’s coastal insurance...
Waging a war for industry talent
Sep 3 2007 // As an insurance industry professional, you know that we have a big job to do when it comes to recruiting talented individuals to this business. A career in insurance may not be an obvious choice for college students who...
Waging a war for industry talent
Sep 3 2007 // As an insurance industry professional, you know that we have a big job to do when it comes to recruiting talented individuals to this business. A career in insurance may not be an obvious choice for college students who...
Waging a war for industry talent
Sep 3 2007 // As an insurance industry professional, you know that we have a big job to do when it comes to recruiting talented individuals to this business. A career in insurance may not be an obvious choice for college students who...
People
Sep 3 2007 // Richard E. Meuret has been appointed vice president and manager, Field Operations Analysis, for Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company operations. Meuret will be based in the insurer’s Boston home office and...
Waging a war for industry talent
Sep 3 2007 // As an insurance industry professional, you know that we have a big job to do when it comes to recruiting talented individuals to this business. A career in insurance may not be an obvious choice for college students who...
Editor’s Note: Southern discomfort
Sep 3 2007 // Southern governors, hardly a group to create government programs where they aren’t needed, are frustrated over what to do. A leading national independent agency leader urged Southern governors to use their...
People
Sep 3 2007 // Jeffrey M. Mohr of Lewis Mohr Real Estate and Insurance Agency LLC in Baton Rouge, La., was named president of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Louisiana. Mohr previously served as president-elect and...
Waging a war for industry talent
Sep 3 2007 // Having more diversity in the industry serves employers and customers better. As cultures grow and evolve, so too should this industry. As an insurance industry professional, you know that we have a big job to do when it...
Trial Bar Report: Insurers Still Denying Claims 2 Years After Katrina
Aug 30 2007 // Two years after Hurricane Katrina decimated the homes of thousands of Gulf Coast residents insurance companies are still systematically denying policyholders fair and just claims payments following this and other natural...
UK Insurance Market Worth $352 Billion Says R&M Report
Aug 30 2007 // According to its recently released “Insurance Industry Market Review 2007,” Dublin-based Research and Markets examination of the UK insurance market and the industry that provides it with insurance products,...
TWG Capital Executes $100 Million Financing with Fifth Third Bank, MidAmerica Bank, Cardinal Growth and Stark Investment
Aug 29 2007 // INDIANAPOLIS – TWG Capital, the leading provider of financial solutions for the insurance industry, today announced it has entered into a $100 million financing with Fifth Third Bank, MidAmerica Bank, a group led by...
Governors Urged to Back OFC Legislation
Aug 24 2007 // Two former governors urged the National Governors Association to back federal legislation that would implement an optional federal charter regulatory system in the insurance industry. “The success of the insurance...
N.Y. Charitable Foundation Names Exec Committee
Aug 22 2007 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation – New York Division announced the formation of its Executive Committee and first Board of Directors. The Executive Committee and industry board will guide the strategies...
Middle East Insurance Report from R&M
Aug 15 2007 // Dublin-based Research and Markets announced the addition of “Opportunities in Middle East Insurance Market” to their offering. The report is designed to “help clients to analyze the leading-edge...
Westfield Insurance Hosts Workshop to Promote Industry Recruitment
Aug 9 2007 // On July 16-18, nearly 100 insurance industry leaders, school administrators and teachers, representing 22 different states, attended a comprehensive workshop at Ohio-based Westfield Insurance to learn about InVEST, a...
In Miss. primary, incumbent Dale faces Katrina, Scruggs and fellow Dems
Aug 6 2007 // Hurricane Katrina has nearly knocked the wind out of George Dale’s re-election campaign for Mississippi insurance commissioner, a job he’s held for 32 years. Dale is the longest-serving state insurance...
Agents capitalize on soft market opportunities when buying E&O
Aug 6 2007 // Jim Armitage of California and Jonathan Geib of Tennessee are among the numerous independent agents who are looking for higher professional liability limits, and why not. Soft market conditions prevail in today’s...