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Making Hartford shine again as insurance capital
Oct 23 2006 // While other states from Minnesota to New Hampshire compete to attract the insurance sector by lowering premium taxes and extending incentives, Connecticut thinks it has the best offer: an unmatched talent pool of insurance...
P/C market takes hold of rapidly developing identity theft solutions
Oct 23 2006 // Identity-related fraud is a virulent crime, with 3.5 times the aggregate losses of all property crimes, such as burglary, larceny and vehicle theft, reported last year. In today’s technology- information-driven...
Market your business skills to clients and prospects
Oct 23 2006 // Insurance agents are a very talented bunch. Over the years, many have fine-tuned the entrepreneurial skills needed to grow their businesses while competing and surviving in an often cutthroat sales environment. Firms in...
AXA Investor Conference Today
Oct 19 2006 // France’s AXA Group will host an investor presentation on the theme “On the road to Ambition 2012” today at 2.30 p.m., Paris time. It will cover the Group’s recent progress in its “Ambition...
Thoits Selected as ESOP Company of the Year, Employee Honored
Oct 19 2006 // Mountain View, Calif.-based Thoits Insurance Service Inc. has been named ESOP Company of the Year by The ESOP Association’s California/Western States Chapter. The award was presented at the Chapter Conference meeting...
Ohio Sky Financial to Hold 3rd Quarter Earnings Conference Call Today
Oct 18 2006 // Ohio-based Sky Financial Group, Inc. announced it expects to report third quarter earnings on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006. The earnings release and supporting financial data will be available the morning of Oct. 18 on the...
Indiana Insurance Hosts School Violence Seminar in Ohio, Oct. 23
Oct 18 2006 // Indiana Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group and an insurer of public and private schools throughout the Midwest, is hosting a free, day-long seminar on Oct. 23, 2006, to help Ohio school officials develop better...
California State Fund to Host Safety Training Seminars
Oct 16 2006 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund will sponsor a comprehensive safety seminar in Redding, Calif., on Oct. 18, and a restaurant supervisor safety-training program in Monterey Park, Calif., on Oct. 18. The...
ICT Announces Line Up for Workers’ Compensation Seminars
Oct 10 2006 // The Insurance Council of Texas is hosting workers’ compensation seminars on Nov. 7 and Nov. 15 that focus and provide training on the new rules adopted by the Division of Workers’ Compensation to implement...
Investigations, record settlements, globalization fuel need for D&O
Oct 9 2006 // Today “it’s tough to be a director and officer, and that means it’s tough to be a D&O underwriter,” according to Doug Poetzsch, senior vice president, head of specialty claims for Ace USA based...
Eight easy strategies for building your agency
Oct 9 2006 // While building a successful agency takes dedication and hard work, it may not be as difficult as you think. A wealth of material exists on the tangible factors and steps necessary for building a successful agency, such as...
Trucking benchmarks and best practices
Oct 9 2006 // The number one way to prevent crashes in fleets: hire high-quality drivers with clear driving records. In fact, company fleets in which more than 60 percent of drivers hold clear motor vehicle records had a 42 percent...
Top 10 goals for agents to make ASAP
Oct 9 2006 // The year is winding down and it is time to focus on goals for next year. The easy route is to take the current results and add X% for growth and improve results by Y%. A few other ideas might also creep in the plan for...
Investigations, record settlements, globalization fuel need for D&O
Oct 9 2006 // Today “it’s tough to be a director and officer, and that means it’s tough to be a D&O underwriter,” according to Doug Poetzsch, senior vice president, head of specialty claims for Ace USA based...
Eight easy strategies for building your agency
Oct 9 2006 // While building a successful agency takes dedication and hard work, it may not be as difficult as you think. A wealth of material exists on the tangible factors and steps necessary for building a successful agency, such as...
Top 10 goals for agents to make ASAP
Oct 9 2006 // The year is winding down and it is time to focus on goals for next year. The easy route is to take the current results and add X% for growth and improve results by Y%. A few other ideas might also creep in the plan for...
Trucking benchmarks and best practices
Oct 9 2006 // The number one way to prevent crashes in fleets: hire high-quality drivers with clear driving records. In fact, company fleets in which more than 60 percent of drivers hold clear motor vehicle records had a 42 percent...
XL CEO Calls for ‘Culture and Values’ at Boston Conference
Oct 6 2006 // XL’s President and CEO Brian M. O’Hara told delegates at the company’s global risk conference in Boston that P/C insurance companies with strong underlying corporate cultures and values will differentiate...
Banking and Insurance Execs to Spend More for Anti-Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing Compliance
Oct 4 2006 // Banking and insurance executives overwhelmingly plan to spend more, especially on staff, to help strengthen their anti-money laundering (AML) and terrorist financing compliance programs, according to new research by the...
TDI to Hold Compliance Conferences Oct. 30 – Nov. 1
Oct 4 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance will hold two compliance conferences beginning Oct. 30, 2006 through Nov. 1, 2006 at the Doubletree Hotel in Austin. The conferences are held every other year between state legislative...
