Two crooks drive their getaway car very carefully.
A family brings home an unexpected visitor from the safari.
A kid attacked by a hobo.
A prison guard is mentored by a guard who likes to tease the prisoners.
An olympic athlete drops heavy weights through the floor onto another man’s car.
A car chase results in a plunge off a tower.
A woman is flying in first class for the price of coach. (State Farm commercial)
Mr. Dugan pitches some good insurance.
A person describes Geico and is interpreted by Charo. (Geico commercial)
A guy describes Pine Country Insurance.
Awesome story of a man and his son.
A man helps a woman with a squeaky shopping cart. (Amica Insurance commercial)
A kid talks about his dad’s life insurance (Mutual of Omaha commercial)
Strangers helping each other out. (Liberty Mutual commercial)
A man talks about life insurance in very simple terms.
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 [...]
Farmers Insurance distributes through exclusive as well as independent agents. Newly-named CEO F. Robert Woudstra talks about this dual system and what, if any, changes agents might expect under his leadership of the company.
Peter den Dekker’s tenure as president of the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) could well be described as a tipping point in bringing risk managers into the main stream of European business, and establishing FERMA’s leading role in discussions with brokers, re/insurers and regulators. In this interview, you’ll see why.
The current state of the economy poses many challenges to the claims industry, but in order to grow, you must first learn how to adapt with the times. At a recent claims conference in Las Vegas, Claims Journal spoke with some of the claims professionals about the challenges they see facing their business.
The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation is a serious commitment to community philanthropy. It is a united effort of the entire insurance industry. Through ongoing industry support, the foundation provides community grants, volunteer service programs and leadership for communities across California, the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut and beginning very soon, the [...]