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Employee-Powered Excellence
Feb 8 2009 // With a Conservative View on Growth and Employees as Owners, J. Smith Lanier & Co. Has Risen to the Top Even in the Toughest Market Imaginable Insurance Journal Top 100 Agency Profile RANKING: No. 9 Agency Name: J....
Surplus Lines Association Launches Executive Leadership School
Feb 5 2009 // The National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices Ltd. (NAPSLO) is launching the NAPSLO Executive Leadership School, scheduled for Feb. 8-11, 2009, in Charlottesville, Va. The new school offers senior-level...
Aspen to Announce Q4, FY Results Today; Conference Call Details
Feb 4 2009 // Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited will release its fourth quarter and year-end 2008 financial results today, Wednesday, February 4, 2009, following the close of U.S. markets. The Company will hold a conference...
ACE to Release Q4, Full Year Earnings Today; Conference Call Details
Feb 3 2009 // ACE Limited expects to issue its year-end, fourth quarter earnings release and financial supplement after the market closes today, Tuesday, February 3, 2009. A copy of these documents will be available promptly following...
Texas Announces December Insurance Industry Enforcement Actions
Feb 3 2009 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during December. The actions include five license revocations, three license denials and fines and...
PartnerRe to Release Q4, FY Earnings Today; Conference Call Details
Feb 2 2009 // Bermuda-based PartnerRe will release its 2008 fourth quarter and full year results after the market close today, Monday, February 2, 2009. PartnerRe senior management will conduct a dial-in conference call, which will...
Agency Ideas Newsletter Celebrates 20 Years; Redesigns Web Site
Feb 1 2009 // To mark the start of its 20th year of publishing, Agency Ideas (www.agencyideas.com), an industry sales and marketing newsletter, has redesigned its Web site. The newly revamped Web site enhances usability for visitors and...
Worker Killed at Boston Construction Site
Jan 26 2009 // A worker has been killed at a Boston construction site. Boston police said Friday that something heavy fell on the construction worker at the Russia Wharf development site on Congress Street around 10 a.m. The man was...
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,...
Lloyd’s Web Site Summarizes Current Opinions on Climate Change
Jan 23 2009 // “The string of natural catastrophes that wreaked havoc in 2008, costing the global economy $225 billion and leaving insurers with their second costliest year in history, graphically highlights the increasing risks to...
Munich Re Webinar Provides Insights on Nat Cats, Industry Strength
Jan 16 2009 // Munich Re’s Webinar on Thursday – 2008 Natural Catastrophes – presented a detailed analysis of the increasing number of weather related events that concern both primary carriers and reinsurers. It also...
Engineers: New Jersey Entertainment Complex Site Is Contaminated
Jan 16 2009 // A report says the site of the giant Xanadu shopping and entertainment center under construction in the Meadowlands is contaminated. A project engineer says the environmental hazards could remain. The report, first...
Progressive Redesigns Agents’ Only Web Site
Jan 12 2009 // Progressive Insurance redesigned its Progressive Brand Express Web site for independent agents. The updated site – located on Progressive’s agency-dedicated Web site, ForAgentsOnly.com – gives agents...
U.S. Insurers Increasingly Outsourcing Actuarial Work to Overseas Talent
Dec 23 2008 // U.S. insurers and actuarial firms increasingly are outsourcing, offshoring, and importing actuarial talent from abroad, industry experts report. They are also learning that good management practices and an understanding of...
Texas Agent Group Revising Essentials Training Program
Dec 18 2008 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas is updating its training program designed to provide agents with a foundation in commercial and personal lines insurance. Beginning in January, IIAT is taking the best elements of...
FEMA to Close Last Katrina Mobile Home Site in Mississippi
Dec 10 2008 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency says the last of its group mobile home sites placed on the Mississippi Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina will soon close. Recently, two of the three remaining FEMA-built group sites...
Ohio Casualty Teams Up with National Alliance for Risk Managers Program
Dec 9 2008 // Fairfield, Ohio-based Ohio Casualty, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, is teaming with The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research to offer its Certified School Risk Managers (CSRM)...
Doctors Still Sleep Deprived Despite Hours Cap: U.S. Report
Dec 8 2008 // Doctors-in-training are still too exhausted, says a new U.S. report that calls on hospitals to let them have a nap. Regulations that capped the working hours of bleary-eyed young doctors came just five years ago, limiting...
Wisconsin Agents Name New Director of Education and Membership
Dec 3 2008 // Martha Lester-Mittenzwei recently joined the Independent Insurance Agents of Wisconsin (IIAW) as its new director of Education and Membership. Mittenzwei began her insurance career in the agency ranks, working her way from...
Nation’s Fire Departments Face Challenges in Staffing, Water Access
Dec 2 2008 // Most U.S. fire departments call on neighboring communities to help them fight fires and the most significant reason for that is the need for more firefighters. Also, nearly one in six departments either has no water...
