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  • How November Elections Changed Insurance Power in Washington

    The November elections brought change to Washington as Republicans took control of the House of Representatives from Democrats. Leigh Ann Pusey, president and CEO of the industry’s American Insurance Association, discusses what the November elections may mean for the key Congressional committees that deal with insurance issues in this talk with Insurance Journal’s Andy Simpson.

  • A Windfall for Storm Claims

    The insurance industry just unveiled a giant, $40 million wind chamber that is capable of blowing down a house. The reason it was created? To test how improved construction methods and materials can prevent major damage during wind-driven catastrophes like hurricanes. Watch as Insurance Journal visits the facility — part of the Institute for Business [...]

  • W.R. Berkley: Economic Recovery Depends on Country’s State of Mind

    Economic recovery in the United States is now very dependent on the state of mind of the American public and its business leaders, according to William R. Berkley, founder, chairman and CEO of W.R. Berkley Corporation.
    Berkley, a keynote speaker at the National Association of Surplus Lines Organizations (NAPSLO) annual convention in Atlanta, said that the [...]

  • Leadership In an Age of Uncertainty

    The September 11 attacks, Hurricane Katrina, the financial crisis, and more recently the BP oil disaster– all events that have contributed, in the opinion of Kevin Kelley, CEO of Ironshore, to what is our age of uncertainty. At the recent MarketScout Entrepreneurial Insurance Symposium in Dallas, Kelley shared his thoughts on how the insurance industry [...]

  • CEA: Transforming Earthquake Insurance

    Residents from Mexico all the way up Oregon, and around the world, have been rocking and rolling more frequently. The increase in seismic activity underscores the need for earthquake insurance. With a 99 percent chance of a mega-earthquake striking California in the next 30 years, California Earthquake Authority CEO Glenn Pomeroy shares how his agency [...]

  • LexisNexis Insurance Exchange 1: What is It?

    Agents and brokers have been dreaming about a single entry multiple company submissions system for a long, long time. The Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers, LexisNexis and a variety of insurance and technology partners are currently testing a dream model, the LexisNexis Insurance Exchange. In this interview at the MarketScout Entrepreneurial Insurance Symposium, Frank [...]

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  • Norwood on Workers’ Comp

    John, principal of Norwood & Associates, has been an lobbyist for insurance and financial services sectors across several decades. Norwood offered a focused looking at the all-important workers’ compensation issue, and he gave his thoughts on health insurance exchanges. In fact, Norwood forecast that 2012 will rank as an important one when it comes to [...]

  • Lobbyist Norwood Analyzes Consumer Watchdog Legislation

    John Norwood is one of California’s best known legislative advocates for the insurance and financial services sectors. Norwood spoke to the Insurance Journal about legislation and regulation, including a proposal by a consumer advocacy group that would establish prior approval for healthcare insurance and would make major changes to auto insurance and homeowners insurance in [...]

  • At-Home Insurance Careers for Disabled Veterans

    For insurance agents Gary Trippe and Jim Pender, the idea for DVIC, or Disabled Veterans Insurance Careers, which aims to guide disabled veterans into careers in insurance, evolved in part from their own personal experiences with disabled family members. In this interview with Insurance Journal’s Andy Simpson, the two share their dream of an organization [...]

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  • Entrepreneurial Technologists

    This year the Entrepreneurial Insurance Alliance (EIA), sponsored by MarketScout, named Vertafore and Risk Metrics, as winners of it 2011 Entrepreneurial Award in technology. Vertafore’s WorkSmart and Risk Metrics’ Insurance 360 technology products received recognition from the EIA as being some of the industry’s most innovative concepts in technology. Each year, the EIA receives hundreds [...]

  • How Insurance Distribution Is Changing

    Retail and wholesale brokers face the challenge —and opportunity— of redefining their relationships and value proposition in today’s changing insurance distribution world, according to Glenn Hargrove, president, MarketScout Wholesale, Dallas, Tex. In this interview from the recent Western Insurance Agents Association’s Insurance Industry Roundtable in California, Hargrove outlines the value proposition of agents and brokers [...]

  • Interesting Times in Medical Liability

    The medical liability market continues to perform well even as the nation struggles to implement health care reform. Robert Allen, senior vice presidents at Torus Insurance, says many health care institutions are implementing new strategies to be successful in today’s health care reform world. In this interview with Insurance Journal’s Andrea Ortega-Wells from the annual [...]

  • Pat Ryan Asks, ‘Are You Happy?’

    Patrick Ryan is an innovator who sees opportunity. And it was opportunity that drove him to launch Ryan Specialty Group in early 2010. Success lies in hiring “good people,” Ryan says. In this interview from the annual National Association of Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO) annual convention in San Diego, Ryan says his newest venture gave [...]

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