Are You Prepared for the Changing Insurance Market? December 2, 2011 By John Beal and Xiaohui Lu In today’s personal property/casualty insurance market, agents and brokers face increasing uncertainty. Staying the course is no longer an option...
Dallamore Joins Howden as Consultant in Asia December 2, 2011 Howden Broking Group, the broking arm of Hyperion Insurance Group, has appointed Brian Dallamore as a non-executive director of the...
Can Claims Handling Cause an Errors & Omissions Claim? December 1, 2011 By Curtis M. Pearsall The answer to the question posed in the headline is a definite “yes.” This has actually developed into a significant...
How to Produce and Keep Happy Claimants December 1, 2011 By Andrea Wells The best way to keep agency customers happy is to avoid claims in the first place but, of course, that’s...
How to Compete for Personal Lines with the Direct Writers November 28, 2011 By Alan L. Shulman Let’s face facts. It’s unlikely that any individual independent agency will ever “beat” the direct writers. They have massive marketing...
The Competitive Advantage: Procedural Consistency and Agency E&O November 22, 2011 By Chris Burand I have often been asked why procedural consistency is important for reducing errors and omissions (E&O) exposures. Another way of...
Allstate Drops North Carolina Homeowners Who Insure Autos Elsewhere November 22, 2011 By Michael Adams Some North Carolina residents who insure their residences through Allstate are finding themselves dropped by the company for refusing to...
Agency E&O Survey: Why Agents Buy Coverage November 22, 2011 By Andrea Wells Agency owners have a lot to protect. Of course, first and foremost they must protect their clients. But they must...
Zurich, Patriot National Ink Deal to Provide Workers’ Comp November 21, 2011 By Michael Adams A Florida workers’ compensation insurer has reached a deal with a California company to underwrite its workers’ compensation policies through...
Caliper’s Greenberg Receives Big ‘I’s’ Chairman’s Award November 17, 2011 The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (Big “I”) recently presented Caliper Corp.’s founder and CEO Herb Greenberg with...