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An Exact Science: Insuring Biotech Takes Know-How
Sep 30 2002 // As far as commercial property and casualty coverages are concerned, it goes without saying that individual companies require specific types of policies to most effectively address risks inherent to their industries. The...
Task Force Releases Scoring Report, Unveils Water Intrusion Prevention Pilot
Sep 27 2002 // The NeighborWorks® National Insurance Task Force (NITF) has announced several activities to support its efforts to make insurance more available and affordable in lower-income communities. The activities include a report...
Help for Texas Homeowners from Allstate, UNT
Sep 25 2002 // Allstate Insurance Company and the University of North Texas (UNT) announced the launch of a consumer education Web site, www.insuretexas.org, to help Texans learn about and compare the new homeowners policy forms approved...
PIA Northeastern Unit Announces Slate of CE Courses
Sep 23 2002 // The The Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey and New York State Inc. (PIACT, PIANH, PIANJ, PIANY) has unveiled a new set of continuing education (CE) courses for insurance...
PIIAI to Hold Annual Convention
Sep 20 2002 // The Professional Independent Insurance Agents of Illinois (PIIAI) announced that it will host its Annual Convention on October 2-4 at the Crowne Plaza in Springfield, Ill, featuring continuing education classes and one of...
Images of the Western States Surplus Lines Conference
Sep 18 2002 // The industry got together in Whistler, British Columbia July 25-28 for the Western States Surplus Lines Conference. Below are some images captured over those three days. Can you find yourself? Derek Borisoff of Monarch...
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...
King v. Dallas Fire: Occurrence From Another Angle
Sep 16 2002 // On August 29, 2002, the Texas Supreme Court issued its revised opinion in King v. Dallas Fire Insurance Company (No. 00-1152, Tex. Sup. Ct., Aug. 29, 2002), withdrawing and replacing its previous opinion of May 30, 2002,...
Swiss Re to Host NY Conference on ART Market
Sep 16 2002 // Swiss Re announced that it will host a conference on the Alternative Risk Transfer market, “ART Solutions in a time of capacity shortage,” from 8:30 am to 10:30 am, Thursday, September 19, at the Park Avenue...
PIANY to Co-Sponsor 2002 CEO Agency Conference
Sep 16 2002 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York (PIANY) will be jointly sponsoring the 2002 CEO Agency Conference with the New York Insurance Association and the Young Insurance Professionals Network. The event will feature...
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...
Insurance Journal Web Site Reaches Milestone of 1 Million Page Views a Month
Sep 10 2002 // InsuranceJournal.com’s associate publisher Mitch Dunford announced recently that the Web Site for the 79-year-old insurance publication surpassed 1-million page views in the month of August. “This is a...
ISO Redesigns Web Site
Sep 9 2002 // Insurance Services Office Inc. (ISO) has redesigned its Web site (www.iso.com) for a more cohesive graphic look, improved search capability and greater functionality. The redesign includes summaries of ISO’s research...
Mass. Fraud Bureau to Host Claims Fraud Conference
Sep 9 2002 // The Insurance Fraud Bureau of Massachusetts will host a conference Nov. 7-8 to discuss new technologies and techniques used to prevent insurance claim fraud. Entitled “Insurance Claim Fraud: Developing the Models and...
NAMIC LAUNCHES WEB SITE FOR ELECTION INFORMATION
Sep 2 2002 // In anticipation of a dramatically revamped roster of state insurance regulators, governors and legislators in 2003, the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) has launched a new Web site to keep...
Insurance Transitions Web Site Launched
Aug 30 2002 // Business Transitions, LLC, announced the launch of its newest online succession-planning program for insurance practitioners. Insurance Transitions is the second in a line of online succession planning sites for the...
InVEST Expands Insurance Education Curriculum
Aug 29 2002 // InVEST of Alexandria, Va. announced the opening of 14 new classrooms during the 2002 fall and winter semester to attract more recruits to the insurance industry. InVEST’s curriculum introduces high school and...
Vt. First State to Implement Statewide Multimedia, Impaired Driver Ed Program
Aug 22 2002 // During the 2002-2003 school year, Vermont driver education teachers and students will be introduced to Crash Site™, a state-of-the art, interactive CD-ROM program designed to help teens understand the consequences of...
