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Answer Financial Expands Insurance Comparison Site Into Homeowners Segment
Jul 25 2017 // Answer Financial, a personal lines insurance agency in the U.S., has expanded its insurance comparison platform to include homeowners and condo insurance. The expansion enables shoppers to compare rates and customize...
4 Ways to Help New Producers Beat the Odds
Jul 24 2017 // To say that most new producers don’t hit the ground running is an understatement. Between learning about the specific products and coverages the firm offers, beginning to prospect leads, and acclimating to a new job,...
Lobbyists at California Conference Call D.C. Vs. Sacramento Tension ‘Palpable’
Jul 24 2017 // The tension between Washington, D.C., and Sacramento seems to have created extra work for some lobbyists. “It’s absolutely palpable,” Paul Yoder, managing director for the California Coalition on...
Texas Lawmaker Seeks to Limit Austin’s Construction Site Worker Protections
Jul 19 2017 // Note: This article originally appeared in the Texas Tribune. Cesar Ovalde has been working in the construction industry for the better part of 15 years. Most of the time, he’s working on large commercial projects,...
MarshBerry Adds Barber as Talent Acquisition Manager
Jul 19 2017 // Woodmere, Ohio-based MarshBerry has hired Bob Barber as a talent acquisition manager. His responsibilities include overseeing a team of direct reports to source and screen high quality sales professionals for the role of...
XL Catlin’s Accelerate Unit Appoints Artificial Intelligence Expert from Tesco
Jul 17 2017 // XL Catlin announced the appointment of Ashish Umre as Accelerate partner, Artificial Intelligence (AI), based in London. Accelerate is XL Catlin’s internal disruption and innovation team, which was established in...
Adultery Site Ashley Madison to Pay $11.2 Million for User Data Breach
Jul 17 2017 // The owner of the Ashley Madison adultery website said on Friday it will pay $11.2 million to settle U.S. litigation brought on behalf of roughly 37 million users whose personal details were exposed in a July 2015 data...
Lobbyists at California Comp Conference Call Tension between D.C. and Sacramento ‘Palpable’
Jul 12 2017 // The tension between Washington D.C. and Sacramento seems to have created extra work for some lobbyists. “It’s absolutely palpable,” Paul Yoder, managing director for the California Coalition on...
AXIS Capital to Acquire Lloyd’s Specialty Re/Insurer Novae for $604 Million
Jul 6 2017 // AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. announced it is acquiring Novae Group plc, a specialty re/insurer that operates through Lloyd’s of London. “The US$604 million transaction adds scale and breadth to the international...
Veterans Can Now Be Reimbursed for Virginia Insurance License Exam Fees
Jun 29 2017 // Veterans of the United States Armed Forces and some active duty military and reservists now have a new incentive to become licensed insurance agents in Virginia. The State Corporation Commission’s Bureau of Insurance...
Alaska Marijuana Board to Revisit On-Site Consumption
Jun 27 2017 // The Alaska Marijuana Control Board will discuss three different options for on-site marijuana consumption proposed by board members at its next meeting. Board member Loren Jones’s proposal would make it legal to try...
As Agents’ Needs Change and Startups Emerge, Big ‘I’ Looks to Remain Relevant
Jun 26 2017 // Spencer Houldin is chairman of the nation’s largest and oldest agents’ association, the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (Big “I”). He is also co-president of the family-run...
NYC Fire Officials Say Three Workers Injured at Construction Site
Jun 22 2017 // Three construction workers were injured in Queens when the roof of a two-story brownstone undergoing renovations collapsed. It happened on 28th Road in Astoria just before 4 p.m. Tuesday. Fire officials say a load of...
Officials Say 7 Coal Miner Deaths This Year Raise Questions About Training
Jun 22 2017 // Seven U.S. coal miners died in accidents so far this year, most of them with less than a year of experience at that particular job and mine, according to federal officials. In all of last year, eight miners died. Tim...
People
Jun 19 2017 // West Des Moines, Iowa-based GuideOne Insurance has named Jessica E. Clark as the company’s new chief executive officer. Bringing nearly 20 years of leadership experience in property and casualty insurance, Clark...
The Wedge: CRM or Organic Growth Technology?
Jun 19 2017 // Why off-the-shelf CRM technology might not get you what you really want – growth! Imagine this conversation with another agency owner: “Charlie, what are you guys using as a pipeline tool?” “Well...
High Agency Valuations Not Going Away, MarshBerry Exec Tells Conference
Jun 19 2017 // Valuations of insurance agencies are as high as they have ever been, and there does not appear to be any lessening of interest among suitors, according to an industry mergers and acquisitions (M&A) consultant. John...
Tech Targets Construction Risk Management
Jun 19 2017 // Water sensors that detect leaks before a lot of damage is done, wearables that track workers’ whereabouts and video cameras that monitor sites — the building industry is gradually adopting these and other...
New Jersey’s York Hires McMahan as Chief Human Resources Officer
Jun 16 2017 // York Risk Services Group (York), a Parsippany, N.J.-based provider of claims management, managed care, specialized loss adjusting, alternative risk programs, pool administration and other insurance services, has hired...
Kaufman Financial Group CEO Joins St. John’s University Risk Management Board
Jun 15 2017 // Alan Jay Kaufman, chairman, president and CEO of Detroit/Farmington Hills, Michigan-based H.W. Kaufman Financial Group, has joined the School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science board of overseers at the...
