Agents & Brokers News

What Lines Program Insurers Like, Dislike

Insurers’ appetite for targeted insurance programs still favors larger deals and shuns workers’ compensation risks, according to one expert’s analysis...

The right time to begin

Nearly five years ago, a group of program specialists gathered in Tempe, Ariz., for the first summit meeting of a...

NAICO Downgraded

A.M. Best Co. downgraded the financial strength rating to “B+” (very good) from “B++” (very good) of National American Insurance...

Target Markets Mid-Year Meeting

Steve Way Has Built Giant HCC Holdings Via Acquisitions and He’s Not Done Yet Managing general agents and program administrators...

AVRECO’s Borderline Med-Mal Market

Chicago-based wholesaler AVRECO has a new medical liability insurance market for borderline nonstandard physicians and surgeons. It’s geared toward doctors...

Target Markets Mid-Year Meeting

Program administrators, painfully aware how difficult it can be to get insurance companies to sign on, improve their chances of...

People and Places

Swett & Crawford Group, based in Atlanta, Ga., has named Elizabeth Edelman, J.D., general counsel. Edelman comes from RBC Centura...

The OCIP or Wrap Policy

By Robert J. Olson
Owner controlled insurance programs (OCIPs) or contractor controlled insurance programs (CCIPs), commonly referred to as “wraps,” that have been traditionally...