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How P/C Agents Can Increase Sales through Employee Benefits
Apr 5 2010 // Broaden Your Agency’s Reach Through Education and Marketing In today’s still challenging economic environment, employees are increasingly looking at employee benefits as a way to strengthen their personal...
Lloyd’s Graduates First Student Group
Apr 2 2010 // Lloyd’s announced that it has graduated the first group of graduate students from its new Program, which features an 18 month rotation, after which the new graduates will continue to work in London’s insurance...
Four Injured in Partial Collapse at Brooklyn Construction Site
Mar 31 2010 // Authorities are investigating a partial collapse at a construction site in Brooklyn where four workers were injured, one seriously. The Fire Department of New York and the Buildings Department were investigating the...
XL Launches Professional Liability Program for Small Architects, Engineers
Mar 31 2010 // XL Insurance has unveiled XLsmartADVANTAGE, a specialized professional liability insurance program specifically designed for small architectural and engineering firms. “The $11 billion Design Professional industry is...
Knowledge-Sharing Technology Could Boost Insurance Underwriter Recruiting
Mar 30 2010 // The shortage of experienced property/casualty insurance underwriters is growing as senior underwriters retire and the issue is keeping carrier executives up at night, according to an industry software provider that thinks...
New Insurance Association Forms in California
Mar 29 2010 // A new Broker Insurance Group (BIG) has formed in California, starting with a flagship chapter to serve insurance professionals of the Inland Empire area. Under the leadership of President Sharron Varga, a broker and...
Allen Joins Texas’ The Gibraltar Group as VP – Training
Mar 26 2010 // Cathy H. Allen has been named vice president of Training for Lubbock, Texas-based insurance organization, The Gibraltar Group. In addition, she will be working with the firm’s customers in human resources risk...
Court Blocks Web Site’s ‘Systematic Misappropriation’ of Analysts’ Research
Mar 19 2010 // A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday barred the financial news service Theflyonthewall.com from issuing immediate news about analyst research from several Wall Street banks, often before recommendations are shared with...
Florida’s Market and How Surplus Lines Agents Are Faring
Mar 19 2010 // Hurricane Andrew, for all of the grief it delivered, gave wholesale broker Hull & Co. and Bruce Bowers a big opportunity. “Prior to ’92, there wasn’t much of a need for personal lines in the excess...
National Alliance Research Academy Appoints Board of Directors
Mar 15 2010 // The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research has announced the addition of four new members to the 2010 Academy Board of Directors. The new chairman is Randy Dumm, Ph.D., Florida State University, in...
Fitch Holds Conference on China’s Life, Non-Life Insurance Sectors
Mar 11 2010 // Fitch Ratings hosted a teleconference today, March 11 on the performance of China’s life and non-life insurance sectors. A replay of the conference is expected to be posted soon on the rating agency’s web site...
Ironshore Releases Site Pollution Liability Program for Medical Facilities
Mar 10 2010 // Ironshore Inc. has introduced an environmental insurance program to help healthcare facilities manage environmental liability exposures and curtail restitution expenses. Ironshore’s Environmental Insurance division...
North Carolina Insurance Regulator Launches Mobile Web Site
Mar 9 2010 // Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has launched a mobile version of the North Carolina Department of Insurance’s Web site, www.ncdoi.com, to provide a mobile-friendly way for consumers to link with the state...
State of Challenge: How Florida’s Surplus Lines Agents Are Faring
Mar 7 2010 // Interview with FSLA President Bruce Bowers Weak Economy, Insureds Going Bare, Hungry Admitted Markets and Citizens’ Low Rates Test Agents Hurricane Andrew, for all of the grief it delivered, gave wholesale broker...
People
Mar 7 2010 // Lockton Dunning Benefits appointed Sheri Pixley to the newly created position of executive vice president and practice leader of the Dallas-based health and welfare practice. Pixley has been involved in consulting with...
E&O Insights: Personal Lines Accounts
Mar 7 2010 // Uncover Inland Marine Exposures for Protection and Sales Opportunities Although heavy personal lines accounts are generally more favorable from an errors and omissions (E&O) standpoint, there is no doubt the potential...
Max Capital to Merge with Harbor Point; Conference Call Today
Mar 4 2010 // Max Capital Group Ltd. and Harbor Point Limited announced that they “have unanimously approved a definitive amalgamation agreement for a merger of equals.” Both companies are based in Bermuda. Max Capital is a...
Rules Change for Young Drivers in Texas
Mar 2 2010 // Applicants for a drivers license in Texas between the ages of 18 and 24 now must complete an approved driver education course and a driving skills test to get a license, the Texas Department of Public Safety says. DPS says...
Agents Urged to Tell Insureds of Flood Program Lapse
Mar 1 2010 // Insurance agents with customers waiting to be covered in the federal flood insurance program should tell those customers about the program’s suspension, an insurance expert is advising. As reported by Insurance...
Nevada Assembly Rejects Insurance Verification Cameras
Feb 26 2010 // Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons amended his proclamation for the Legislature’s special session to include sweeping reforms to collective bargaining, education, water law — and said lawmakers should be quick about their...
