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Insurance Journal Academy of Insurance Instructor Spotlight
Jan 10 2011 // Mary Eisenhart Learn the business-building techniques Mary Eisenhart teaches on a daily basis at her own 14-year-old consulting firm. Beginning Febr. 17, 2011, Eisenhart will begin her three-part series, “The How...
The Academy of Insurance and Insurance Professionals
Jan 10 2011 // Welcome to 2011! And Welcome to Insurance Journal’s Academy of Insurance. We at the Academy of Insurance are excited about this year’s program of study. Because of our commitment to the insurance industry and...
Consensus: Consumer Education Needed to Reduce Disaster Losses
Jan 6 2011 // With more than 50 percent of the country’s population living in coastal counties, there is an urgent and extensive need to convince consumers to adopt a long-term view of catastrophic risk. That is the conclusion of...
PuroClean to Open New Property Restoration Training Facility
Jan 5 2011 // Florida-based PuroClean, which specializes in property emergency restoration services, announced plans to open a new Applied Structural Drying (ASD) Demonstration Facility. The company said the facility is only the 17th...
CompPartners Names Hutchings Account Manager
Jan 5 2011 // Sue C. Hutchings has joined CompPartners, a workers’ compensation, disability, and group health managed care organization, as account manager. She brings 25 years of experience to the position, having most recently...
California Approves Homeowners Underinsurance Regulations
Dec 31 2010 // California’s Office of Administrative Law (OAL) has approved regulations designed to combat underinsurance and may require insurance agents and brokers to complete additional training. The regulations will take...
Insurance Vital to Alabama Coast Long-Term Plan, Says Commission
Dec 21 2010 // Coastal Alabama should seize the BP Gulf oil disaster as an opportunity for “resiliency planning” that will not only help the region recover from the oil damage but also put it in a position to better recover...
Young Agents Survey:
Dec 20 2010 // Why Young Agents Stand by Their Career Choice Most enter the insurance business by accident but for young independent insurance agents, the decision to stick with insurance as a permanent career is a matter of choice. A...
Music and Producer Development
Dec 20 2010 // How to Set the Tune for Sales Success in an Agency Great music combines so many elements. When terrific lyrics are combined with an awesome arrangement, the result is powerful. And sometimes if you separate the two, the...
How an E&O Claim Could Affect Agency Employee’s Career
Dec 20 2010 // Survey Finds Agencies Take a Second Look at Hiring Employees With Past E&O Histories Today’s soft insurance market, reduced commissions and a tough economy for agency owners and their clients might be adding to...
Chartis Expands Education, Training Options to Private Client Group
Dec 14 2010 // Chartis has expanded its Private Client Group University (“PCG-U”), a continuing education and training program designed for insurance and other financial services professionals who advise high net worth...
Network Matches At-Home Insurance Retirees with Employers
Dec 5 2010 // Introducing WAHVE, Where Outsourcing Is Not a Foreign Concept As more and more experienced insurance agency and carrier employees discover their retirement income isn’t what they thought it would be, many are happy...
New Web Site Calculates Diminished Car Value for Consumers
Dec 1 2010 // The people who launched TheyWroteOffMyCar.com are at it again with a new Web site service called MyCarIsWorthLess.com. That’s worth less, not worthless, according to the announcement. It’s supposed to help...
E&O for Agents – A Necessity Even if Mistakes Don’t Happen
Nov 1 2010 // Errors and omissions insurance is available, and necessary, not just because mistakes happen. A customer’s perception can be that the reason a loss was not covered, valid or not, was the result of an agent’s...
Network Matches At-Home Insurance Retirees with Employers
Nov 1 2010 // Introducing WAHVE, Where Outsourcing Is Not a Foreign Concept Because All Workers Are from U.S. As more and more experienced insurance employees discover their retirement income isn’t what they thought it would be,...
E&O for Agents – A Necessity Even if Mistakes Don’t Happen
Nov 1 2010 // Errors and omissions insurance is available, and necessary, not just because mistakes happen. A customer’s perception can be that the reason a loss was not covered, valid or not, was the result of an agent’s...
How an E&O Claim Could Affect Agency Employee’s Career
Nov 1 2010 // Survey Finds Agencies Take a Second Look at Hiring Employees With Past E&O Histories Today’s soft insurance market, reduced commissions and a tough economy for agency owners and their clients might be adding to...
How to Conduct Annual Policy Reviews
Nov 1 2010 // Insurance Journal Webinar Instructor Balbresky Offers Tips on Effective Reviews When trying to get clients back in door for policy reviews, agents need to understand what drives that client. “People are not going to...
Massachusetts Awards $653K in Training Money
Oct 29 2010 // Massachusetts has awarded $653,000 in grant money that will be used to provide safety training to nearly 11,000 workers in the state. The money will go to 62 organizations across the state, according to the Department of...
Aspen Q3 Net Down 36% at $92.8 Million; Conference Call Today
Oct 28 2010 // Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited reported net income after tax for the third quarter of 2010 of $92.8 million and operating earnings of $0.79 per diluted ordinary share, compared to Q3 2009 net income after...
