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Nov 7 2011 // Jim Donelon has been re-elected commissioner at the Louisiana Department of Insurance. Donelon, a Republican from Metairie, on Oct. 22 defeated Democrat Donald Hodge. Donelon has been insurance commissioner since...
National Flood Insurance Program Offers Free Seminars for Penn. Agents
Nov 1 2011 // The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) said it is offering insurance agents free training seminars on flood insurance in several locations across Pennsylvania. The seminars will cover basic insurance issues and also...
Why Real Estate Professionals Need E&O Coverage
Oct 31 2011 // As real estate professionals know well, most signs point to slow progress in real estate industry growth. Professionals are left to manage their costs, make cuts where possible, keep up-to-date on industry trends, fight...
Real Estate Professionals: Exposed & Unaware
Oct 17 2011 // As real estate professionals know well, most signs point to slow progress in real estate industry growth. Professionals are left to manage their costs, make cuts where possible, keep up-to-date on industry trends, fight...
UK Conference Panel Calls for Closer Collaboration with IT Managers
Oct 14 2011 // A panel of insurance technology experts has assessed the challenges national and multinational insurers face and how IT (information technology) can best be used to achieve maximum benefit from standardization. The panel,...
Tech Chiefs Take on Standards, iPad, Light Bulb at Surplus Lines Conference
Oct 13 2011 // Thomas Alva Edison would have been glowing had he been at the “Technology Issues in the U.S. & U.K.” panel discussion at the annual National Association of Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO) conference in San...
Hartford Is Latest Site of Wall Street Protest
Oct 11 2011 // The protest movement that began with anti-corporate greed rallies on Wall Street has made its way to Hartford. The “Occupy Hartford” demonstrators camped out this past weekend at the corner of Broad Street and...
SLICE-ing Out a Piece of the Market – Insurance for Pizza Parlors
Oct 6 2011 // Any way you slice it, an insurance program called “safety, loss control, insurance, coverage, expertise” is likely to get the attention of pizza parlors. Managing underwriter and program administrator EPIC...
Record Numbers Attend FERMA Conference in Stockholm
Oct 3 2011 // the bi-annual conference of the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) got under way at 9:00 sharp in Stockholm’s striking new conference center. President Peter den Dekker, who will step down at...
Are You Among the Dying Breed?
Oct 3 2011 // Let’s take a test. No, this is not a coverage analysis test or even a personality test; it’s a “vocation choice opinion” test. Take a few minutes to “honestly” answer these seven...
Aon Benfield Conference Underlines ‘Complexity’ of Catastrophic Events
Sep 22 2011 // Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon Corp., will urge insureds and insurers to “look at the bigger picture as cat events become more complex,” at its 12th Hazards...
Tennessee Fire Departments Lacking in Volunteers
Sep 20 2011 // While calls to volunteer fire departments are on the rise, the ranks of these volunteers are dwindling in Middle Tennessee and officials hope a younger generation will step up to the service. Volunteer fire departments...
Best Agency to Work For – Overall
Sep 19 2011 // Pasadena, California Chapman This year’s theme: communication. This year’s book: Crucial Conversations. The implementation: a reading and discussion group among management and employees. The goal: to find ways...
Cyber Security Risks a Matter of When, Not If
Sep 19 2011 // Targeted Risk Management Can Help Stem Losses; Municipalities Facing Budget Constraints The potential exposure of both governmental or commercial entities to network and enterprise security breaches comes down to this:...
Venture Capital Firm Buys California Wholesaler Yates, Rolls Out Growth Plan
Sep 14 2011 // Scottish American Capital, a venture capital group with a cache of high net worth individuals, has purchased 80 percent of Tustin, Calif.-based Yates & Associates and given founder Jim Yates a three-year contract as...
Sallie Mae Exec Joins Next Generation Insurance
Sep 12 2011 // Next Generation Insurance Group, a specialty agency with offices in Boston and Phoenix that focuses on the collegiate and young adult markets, has appointed Dennis Wentworth as senior vice president. He will be responsible...
Austin-based Insurance Agency Volunteers as Fire Victim Donation Site
Sep 6 2011 // Watkins Insurance Group in Austin, Texas, has established a donation drop-off site to help victims of the Central Texas fires. Located at 3834 Spicewood Springs Road, items are being collected in the agency’s lobby...
Discover INSURICA
Sep 5 2011 // Seeking Unexplored Routes to Riches, a Rising Oklahoma Agency Network Finds Its New Corporate Identity, While Doubling Its Size Top 100 Agency Profile Rank: No. 15 Agency Name: INSURICA Insurance Management Network Main...
Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Overhaul Now in Effect
Aug 26 2011 // Legislation overhauling the Oklahoma workers’ compensation laws becomes effective today, Aug. 26, 2011. The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Court noted that while the effective date for Senate Bill 878 is Aug....
Insurance Technology Vendor Vertafore Acquires Kaplan Compliance Unit
Aug 23 2011 // Insurance agency technology vendor Vertafore said that its subsidiary Sircon will acquire Indianapolis, Indiana-based Kaplan Compliance Solutions (KCS), which sells insurance and securities software and services. Terms of...
