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Largent, Rosenberg Named Executive Officers at Ohio’s Westfield Group
Mar 23 2009 // Ed Largent is now chief administrative officer and Stuart Rosenberg is chief technology officer at Westfield Group of Ohio. Largent assumes responsibility for corporate oversight of human resources, information technology,...
RMS Appoints Chief Technology Officer
Mar 23 2009 // Risk Management Solutions has appointed Philippe Stephan chief technology officer (CTO). Stephan has more than 20 years’ experience in software development and will apply his technology and leadership skills to the...
Jones Named VP, Technology Practice Leader at RHSB
Mar 5 2009 // Independent insurance brokerage firm and Assurex Global partner, Dallas-based Roach Howard Smith & Barton (RHSB), appointed Douglas R. Jones as a vice president and principal. Jones, who specializes in insurance...
RLI Launches Network Security, Privacy Breach Coverage
Mar 4 2009 // Peoria, Ill.-based RLI Corp. began offering its new network security and privacy coverage – CyberSecure – which insures losses from system vulnerability, security issues and a wide range of exposures to...
Who’s Worth What?
Feb 22 2009 // Agency Salary Survey: Agencies Trim Payrolls and Raises Independent insurance agencies remain reliable employers even in these rocky economic times, but even they have to cut back occasionally. Whether due to efficiencies...
Karen Clark & Co. Launches Mobile Inspection Technology
Feb 10 2009 // Catastrophe risk and cat modeling firm, Karen Clark & Co., launched a new software product that helps insurance companies collect and analyze data from property inspections. The application, RiskRover, is designed to...
Pros and Cons of Running a Small Business Unit
Feb 8 2009 // Agencies Say SBUs Take Dedication, Technology But Offer Profitability Going for the big fish may bring in big returns but some agencies think having a strategic plan to go after all those little fish is just as important....
Don’t Cheap Out on the Training
Jan 25 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,...
Hiscox Names Whetstone to Global Markets E&O Operation in Chicago
Jan 14 2009 // International insurance insurer Hiscox has appointed Jim Whetstone as senior vice president for Global Errors and Omissions (E&O) in the Global Markets area. He is based in Hiscox’s Chicago office. In this...
Toyota to Introduce Driver Assist Service Competing with GM’s Onstar
Jan 12 2009 // Toyota said last week that it plans to roll out new safety and driver-assist programs on certain Toyota and Lexus models beginning late this summer. That marks the first major competition for Detroit-based General...
Pole-Climbing Robots Could Save Lives of Construction Workers
Dec 11 2008 // Researchers have developed a trio of pole-climbing serpentine robots designed to take the place of construction workers tasked with dangerous jobs such as inspecting high-rises or underwater bridge piers. The Robotics and...
Gary LaFond Joins BlueWave Team
Dec 9 2008 // Honolulu , HI – December 9, 2008 – BlueWave Technology, the Honolulu-based claims management software company, announced today that Gary LaFond has joined the organization as Director of Account Management. Mr....
IES Offers Errors & Omissions Package Policy for Technology Professionals
Dec 8 2008 // Indemnity Excess & Surplus Agency of Beaverton, Ore., is offering a product that combines professional liability and general liability into one policy for technology service providers. The single policy includes...
Public Entities Use Early Intervention to Improve Workers’ Comp Results
Nov 16 2008 // Public entities nationwide are searching for new strategies to improve the performance of their workers’ compensation programs. A primary challenge has been frequent delays in reporting employee injuries, which sets...
Survey: What Keeps Independent Agents Awake at Night?
Nov 16 2008 // Commissions, Technology, Agency Branding and Catastrophe Zones Rank High as Concerns Independent insurance agents and brokers are concerned about the future of contingent commissions, according to a recent survey. But...
Applied Launches New Agency Management System
Nov 13 2008 // Applied Systems Epic enters the insurance-selling and -servicing marketplace today, offering agents and brokers the automated system they asked for to do business now and in the future. Insurance technology company Applied...
A Winning E&O Defensive Strategy
Nov 2 2008 // How Agents Block Claims In sports, the best offense is a great defense, right? When it comes to preventing errors and omissions claims defensive measures are also the best offense in protecting an insurance agency....
How Independent Agencies Reduce E&O Exposure
Nov 2 2008 // 40 Risk Management Steps Independent Agents Implemented to Lower Their Risk The exclusive 2008 Insurance Journal Agency E&O Survey asked independent agents what risk management steps their agency has implemented to...
Island Insurance Selects PipelineClaims as Part of its SOA Strategy
Oct 27 2008 // Best-of-Breed Solution Will Streamline Claims Operations, Enhance Communication Honolulu, HI – October 27, 2008 – BlueWave Technology™, a provider of property and casualty insurance solutions, today...
What Keeps Independent Agents Awake at Night? Commissions Just One of Several Concerns
Oct 21 2008 // Independent insurance agents and brokers are concerned about the future of contingent commissions, according to a recent survey. But that’s just one of several major concerns agents have. They also have doubts about...
