Mergers & Financial

  • Playing the Cross-Over Game

    The soft market’s effect on the economy has forced many standard market insurers to make adjustments in the way they compete for business. This currently includes writing risks that they usually would avoid. James Carey, CEO of Admiral Insurance Co., explains his firm’s reaction to this trend and gives advice on how to [...]

  • Buyouts in Hindsight

    Just a few years ago, amid strong profits and solid premiums, the private equity world was keen on getting into the insurance industry. But that was then. Now, given the soft market and the current difficulties of the down-cycle, those moves by private equity firms, banks and other non-traditional buyers in the early part of [...]

  • Smart Growth in the P/C World

    Being too big to fail is not really an issue in most of the property/casualty business, says Bob Restrepo, CEO of State Auto Insurance, a super regional carrier that is looking to grow and balance its personal and commercial book.  Restrepo discusses growth and the pricing, acquisition and competitive environment in these excerpts from a [...]

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  • Young Agent, Young Owner

    Amy Bryan, owner of Bryan Insurance Agency in New Windsor, N.Y. opened her own independent insurance agency at the age of 22. She had no carrier appointments and no customers when she launched her agency in 2004, ut it didn’t take long for Amy to attract quality carriers and customers. Now, at just 28 [...]

  • Creating Online Connections

    To the 77 percent of independent insurance agencies that don’t have a social media presence, creating a profile and trying to form “friendships” via a computer can be daunting. Once you get online, however, tools such as blogs, Facebook, LinkedIn and RSS feeds actually can help an agency build more thoughtful relationships with other agents [...]

  • London Calling

    London Based specialty insurer Hiscox, which launched a significantly expanded US presence in 2006, saw its gross profits reach record levels of 481 million dollars last year. Recently, the company’s chief underwriting 0fficer, Rob Childs, sat down to discuss the profitability for the company and what he sees as the outlook and obstacles for [...]

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