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Are you truly independent?
May 21 2007 // Given today’s business environment, is it possible for independent agents to truly be “independent?” When we talk about an independent agent, we simply think of a producer who has access to many different...
Where have all the underwriters gone?
May 21 2007 // The commercial insurance industry is not what it was 20 years ago. Clients present deeper risks and greater needs for cost control, and large brokerage houses and carriers are being challenged to respond. But the challenge...
What it takes for an agent to be truly independent
May 21 2007 // Given today’s business environment, is it possible for independent agents to truly be “independent?” When we talk about an independent agent, we simply think of a producer who has access to many different...
Agents young and old can benefit from bridging the age gap
May 21 2007 // When many young insurance agents first start working in the insurance industry, they believe success is about making money. While they may focus on developing strategies to reach out to clients, they often do so with the...
Where have all the underwriters gone?
May 21 2007 // The commercial insurance industry is not what it was 20 years ago. Clients present deeper risks and greater needs for cost control, and large brokerage houses and carriers are being challenged to respond. But the challenge...
Agents young and old can benefit from bridging the age gap
May 21 2007 // When many young insurance agents first start working in the insurance industry, they believe success is about making money. While they may focus on developing strategies to reach out to clients, they often do so with the...
Ind. PIA Announce 2007 Award Winners
May 16 2007 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Indiana Inc. (PIA) announced its annual awards on May 10th at the 2007 PIA of Indiana Annual Convention. Each year, PIA of Indiana honors two individuals and one company for exemplary...
Former Students Win $9 Million Settlement in Fraud Case
May 14 2007 // Washington students who alleged they were defrauded by the defunct Business Computer Training Institute have won a $9 million settlement and may get tens of millions more. An insurance company for BCTI, once based in Gig...
Double Duty: Agent-Soldiers Who Serve Their Country and Their Customers
May 10 2007 // Twenty-nine year old Peter Webb served his country in the U.S. Marines for eight years. Since then, Sergeant Webb has spent four years serving small businesses as an account manager and producer for an Oklahoma City...
Flagstone Re to Post Q1 Earnings; Conference Call Details
May 9 2007 // Bermuda-based Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings Limited announced that it will release its results for the first quarter of 2007 prior to the opening of market on Thursday, May 10, 2007. The Company will hold an investment...
PXRE to Release Q1 Earnings; Conference Call Details
May 8 2007 // The Bermuda-based PXRE Group Ltd. will release its 2007 first quarter financial results after the market close today, May 8, 2007. The Company will hold a conference call to discuss its 2007 first quarter financial results...
Allied World to Release Q1 Earnings; Conference Call Details
May 8 2007 // Bermuda’s Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, Ltd. will release its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2007 today, May 8, 2007 after the market closes. President and CEO Scott Carmilani and...
“The Big I” State Associations Co-Sponsor Agribusiness Conference
May 8 2007 // “The Big I” associations of Colorado, Kansas, Idaho, Nebraska, Oregon, Utah, and Washingto are co-sponsoring Insurance Skills Center’s Agribusiness Conference in Denver on June 25-26, 2007. The Rocky...
Thinking outside of the box
May 7 2007 // No one knows just how many managing general agencies (MGAs) operate in the United States, but the insurance industry couldn’t survive without them, says Scott Anderson, current president of the American Association...
Violence in schools: Having a plan is key to survival
May 7 2007 // It’s a parent’s worst nightmare: worrying about the safety of a child. But many parents were thrown into that situation on April 16. As the nation well knows by now, on that day, student Seung-Hui Cho unleashed...
Are you truly independent?
May 7 2007 // Given today’s business environment, is it possible for independent agents to truly be “independent?” When we talk about an independent agent, we simply think of a producer who has access to many different...
Max Re Capital Q1 Earnings Report Monday; Conference Call Details
May 4 2007 // Max Re Capital Ltd. will hold an investment community conference call on Monday, May 7, 2007, at 10 o’clock a.m. Eastern Time, to discuss the Company’s first-quarter 2007 financial results with interested...
Endurance Posts $101.8 Million Q1 Net; Conference Call Today
May 3 2007 // Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. reported net income of $101.8 million and $1.36 per diluted common share for the first quarter of 2007 versus net income of $107.0 million and $1.45 per diluted common share...
Aspen Net Q1 Income up 97% to $121.9 Million; Conference Call Today
May 3 2007 // Bermuda’s Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited reported that its net income for the first quarter rose by 97 percent to $121.9 million versus $61.8 million for the same quarter in 2006. Other earnings highlights noted by...
Mich. First Mercury Announces 1st Quarter Results, Conference Call Today
May 3 2007 // First Mercury Financial Corp. announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2007. Highlights for the quarter include: — Total operating revenues increased 51.6 percent from the first quarter of 2006 to...
