A woman can’t put a price on a loved one, but her insurance company can.
A dog is about to cause a major incident
A car is mutilated as a side effect of some kids trying to get their ball out of a tree.
Crazy friends better have good life insurance
A “husband” gives his wife permission to make enormous purchases.
A woman is stalked by ferocious wind.
An annoying Insurance agent with an airhorn
A man forgets how much kerosine he puts in his grill while he is thinking about his insurance.
A customer gets the truth out of his insurance company
A man can either go to LifeLock or make animal sacrifices to protect his identity.
Apparently “Canadian Direct” is hard to understand for an idiot insurance agent.
A man sees an option for auto insurance
A man sleeps through an important day or work
A woman experiences trouble in the office.
Some house cleaners are very good at their jobs…Too good.
John Norwood, principal of Norwood & Associates, has a career in political work dating back to the early 1980s, and he’s one of the state’s best known lobbyists in the insurance and financial services sectors. Norwood talked about workers’ compensation, and other legislation and regulation matters that the insurance industry will face in 2012, including [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Bill Trzos, president and CEO of San Diego-based managing general agency Cypress Point Insurance
Michael Lee, founder, chairman and CEO of the Tower Group, doesn’t believe innovation runs deep in the insurance industry. The insurance industry is not known as being one of the most innovation industries in the financial services world, and that reputation is somewhat deserved, Lee says. But that trend is changing, and continues to change. [...]
Health care for Kentucky businesses – the lion’s share of them classified as small – has been
The country’s Hispanic population is growing fast, and that’s created a need for insurance agents who understand the intricacies of serving Latin customers. It’s a need that has prompted a group of agents in New York to launch a new trade group, The Latin Agents and Brokers Association, aimed educating agents on the nuances of [...]