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Managing the Cycle
Nov 11 2002 // Much has been written in the insurance press lately about the cyclical nature of the insurance industry. Now the market is hard, or hardening. For most of the 1990s stock markets boomed, the insurance market softened and...
S&P’s Lowers American Compensation Co. Ratings
Nov 5 2002 // Standard & Poor’s has lowered its financial strength rating on American Compensation Insurance Co. (ACIC) to single-‘Bpi’ from triple-‘Bpi’ because for year-end 2001 and 2000, ACIC had a...
GAB Robins Names New Managing Director for Capital Partners Division
Nov 4 2002 // GAB Robins North America, Inc. named Dianne Parker, senior vice president and managing director of GAB Robins Capital Partners. GAB Robins Capital Partners is a division that designs runoff solutions, provides outsourcing...
Core Solutions Announces Workers’ Compensation Initiative
Oct 4 2002 // Core Solutions Inc. announced that it has developed a strategic initiative that will allow its clients to effectively manage the rising costs related to maintaining workers’ compensation coverage. President Christine...
Principals Can Use New Tool to Manage Producers
Sep 30 2002 // Agency principals and managers have a new tool available to assist in the process of hiring and managing producers. The product is entitled “Hiring and Managing Inexperienced ProducersTM,” written and produced...
S.C. Sees Decrease in Job Site Deaths
Sep 30 2002 // Studies show that fewer South Carolina workers are dying on the job and safety training is being attributed to the decline. According to the South Carolina newspaper The State, the increased emphasis by businesses and...
Attracting and Retaining Employees in a Competitive World
Sep 16 2002 // One consistent trend throughout the United States is the difficulty in finding people to fill job openings. No matter where I travel, I hear this lament from agency owners and managers. In some areas of the country, there...
Management More Crucial Than Ever
Sep 16 2002 // When I was a student in college and majoring in insurance, my professors used to tell us that there was a crying need for good, educated insurance agents. In their opinion, there were too many agents who were...
Management More Crucial Than Ever
Sep 16 2002 // When I was a student in college and majoring in insurance, my professors used to tell us that there was a crying need for good, educated insurance agents. In their opinion, there were too many agents who were...
Attracting and Retaining Employees in a Competitive World
Sep 16 2002 // One consistent trend throughout the United States is the difficulty in finding people to fill job openings. No matter where I travel, I hear this lament from agency owners and managers. In some areas of the country, there...
Aon Completes $1.450B Reinsurance Program for State Compensation Fund of Calif.
Sep 13 2002 // Aon Corporation announced that its global reinsurance intermediary, Aon Re Worldwide, has completed a major excess of loss reinsurance program for the State Compensation Insurance Fund of California. The transaction...
EPIX Links with AIG to Provide Workers’ Compensation Coverage
Aug 29 2002 // EPIX Holdings Corporation, a privately held Professional Employer Organizations (PEO) headquartered in Tampa, Fla., annouced it has established a relationship with American International Group Inc. (AIG) to provide...
GUY CARPENTER UPDATES MANAGING TERROR RISK
Aug 19 2002 // Success in managing terror risk will come only through unprecedented collaboration between the public and private sectors, and the insurance and reinsurance industries must play a leading role as the tools to assess,...
Crawford & Company Eliminates Position, Lowers Salaries
Aug 1 2002 // Crawford & Company of Atlanta, a provider of diversified services to the insurance industry, announced a number of cost-cutting efforts that include the elimination of certain positions and salary cuts to top...
Guy Carpenter Report Updates Roles in Managing Terror Risk
Jul 30 2002 // Success in managing terror risk will come only through unprecedented collatoration between the public and private sectors, and the insurance and reinsurance industries must play a leading role as the tools to assess,...
CPCU Job Network
Jul 22 2002 // The CPCU Society recently introduced its redesigned Web site, www.cpcusociety.org. The updated Web site corresponds with the launch of the new CPCU Job Network, an online employment resource for recruiters, employers, and...
CPCU Society’s Redesigned Web Site Features Career Management Tool
Jul 1 2002 // The CPCU Society recently introduced its redesigned Web site, www.cpcusociety.org. The updated Web site corresponds with the launch of the new CPCU Job Network, an online employment resource for recruiters, employers, and...
Guy Carpenter Names Martin Markoff as European Managing Director
Jun 28 2002 // Guy Carpenter &. Company, Inc., the global risk and reinsurance division of Marsh & McLennan, announced the appointment of Martin Markoff, 44, as Managing Director for its Continental Europe operations. “In...
Don’t Quit Your Day Job
Jun 10 2002 // Following an investigation by the CDI Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division, Todd Owen Balcom was arrested at his residence in Port Hueneme pursuant to an arrest warrant issued by Ventura County Superior...
IIAT’s Stromberger Plans to Gather no Moss
Jun 10 2002 // Upon his retirement as the executive director of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas later this summer, Ernie Stromberger has no intention of resting long enough to gather any moss. Instead, travel, time with family...
