Small to mid-sized retail independent insurance agencies looking to grow through acquisition had better have a good plan in place if they want to run with the big dogs–those big dogs being the banks, the large public brokers and the …
Independent retail insurance agencies looking to grow through acquisition had better have a good plan in place if they want to run with the big dogs–those big dogs being the banks, the large public brokers and the regional clusters whose …
During April 2006, Jean Patterson, executive director of the Texas Surplus Lines Association, celebrates her 25th year with the organization. With this being the association’s 50th anniversary, Patterson can rightly say she has supported TSLA for half its life. A …
Independent retail insurance agencies looking to grow through acquisition had better have a good plan in place if they want to run with the big dogs — those big dogs being the banks, the large public brokers and the regional …
Outgoing American Association of Managing General Agents President Francis Johnson likes to say that the AAMGA is “an exclusive group” but not an “excluding group.” Johnson, who with his two brothers owns Johnson & Johnson Inc. in Charleston, S.C., has …
Texas Department of Insurance Senior Associate Commis-sioner for Consumer Affairs Audrey Selden had a good news/bad news story for the insurance industry when she spoke at the Austin Insurance Day, sponsored in early March by the Austin Association of Insurance …
Independent retail insurance agencies looking to grow through acquisition had better have a good plan in place if they want to run with the big dogs–those big dogs being the banks, the large public brokers and the regional clusters whose …
That the investigation of New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer into compensation practices of the nation’s insurance brokers and carriers brought to light the unethical behavior of some bad industry apples was a good thing, according to a panel of …
Unlike insurers of last resort in states like Louisiana and Florida, the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association does not enjoy federal tax-exempt status. TWIA’s Board of Directors and its Executive Director Jim Oliver want that to change. Along with creating a …
Anticipating and assessing risk, along with defining and assigning value to units of exposure are basic components of an insurance underwriter’s job. Challenging as such tasks are when examining well-known exposures, they become doubly daunting when faced with previously unknown …
