Webcasts
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Viral marketing to a new generation of policyholders
Building on 15 years of market research and experience, Photoscene.net, the nation’s largest accident media collection and delivery company, has developed a patented “Branding and Retention Cycle” which brings customer, agent and carrier together at the scene of every accident.
Freddie Clemons, Director of Business Development, and the Photoscene.net team will explain how implementing this cycle [...] -
Protecting your portfolio against foreclosure- and vacancy-related claims
The dramatic decline the U.S. mortgage industry is facing is without precedent. Statistics from TransUnion show that mortgage loans that fall 60 days or more past due, which often lead to foreclosure, have risen for the past six quarters nationally – reaching 4.58 percent at the end of 2008. Up almost 16 percent from the [...]
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How Esurance Increased Online Inquiries and Reduced Abandonment with No Upfront Investment
Esurance saw a market opportunity in helping people buy competitively priced auto insurance over the Web. The real key was making it truly simple – and comfortable – for customers to buy this complicated product online. Esurance wanted to provide 24/7 customer care with a clearly measurable business value, without investing in serious infrastructure changes. [...]
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Evaluating True Value vs Hype in B2B Media
In this economy more than ever, evaluating media before you buy it is imperative to your business success. It’s intriguing when a rep tells you: “I’ll put your banner on our home page for a year!” Or they might say “I’ll email your ad to 300,000 people for $500 bucks”. How about this one: “You [...]
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Welcome to TAPCO Underwriters, Inc.
Founded in 1983, TAPCO Underwriters, Inc. is an Excess and Surplus Lines MGA dedicated to providing fast, accurate and unparalleled service made possible by our cutting-edge technology and our exceptional staff of friendly, highly-trained customer service representatives.
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Call, Quote, Bind in a five-minute phone call. Demo of Tapco Underwriting System.
Join Tap Johnson and LuAnn Isley, ASLI for a live demonstration of the Tapco underwriting system, which quotes and binds in a five-minute phone call and helps you survive and prosper in today’s challenging market.
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What Your Clients Need to Know about Tomorrow’s Seniors to Compete in the Long-Term Care Industry
Your clients who operate nursing homes and continuing care retirement communities need to plan for dramatic changes in the long-term care marketplace. More home care, fewer caregivers, skyrocketing elderly populations, short nursing home stays, more funding for community based care are just a few of the challenges. Operators who don’t adapt will lose out. You [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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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Insurance Risks at Gatorland Theme Park
Opened in 1949, Gatorland is central Florida’s oldest theme park. The 110-acre attraction is home to a multitude of animals, including the powerful alpha predators that are the park’s namesake.
With over 100 employee roles, ranging from custodial and food handling to gator wrestling, the potential for injury is great; however, the incident of harm at [...] -
From Vine to Wine
Don Reha is the winemaker for Orfila Vineyards and Winery in Escondido, California where he oversees the winemaking process from vine to bottle. In this episode of Watching the Risks, Reha talks about insuring and protecting the product and business income through its various stages.
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Fast Food Chain Battles Fraudulent Claims
Based in San Diego, Jack in the Box Inc. was founded in 1951 and is the first major fast-food chain that started as a drive-thru. Today, it has approximately 43,000 employees with more than 2,200 quick-serve restaurants in 18 states. In this episode, Jack in the Box deputy general counsel of 12 years, [...]
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CEO Motamed Says Changes Underway at CNA
Thomas Motamed joined CNA Financial as Chairman and CEO in January, 2009 after 30 years at Chubb Corp. In this interview, he talks about the changes he has in store at CNA.
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ACORD/LOMA Interview with Chris Pecorick
Chris demonstrates the new Accenture technology, which uses commercially-available digital
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The Hanover Expands Out West
The western United States will be a key growth driver for Worcester, Mass.-based The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. in the next several years. Having just entered into a renewal rights agreement with OneBeacon Insurance Group, The Hanover’s CEO Fred Eppinger spoke with Insurance Journal’s Patricia-Anne Tom about how the agreement is a natural fit for [...]
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Ethics in Today’s Insurance Industry
Today’s financial headlines and bailouts raise questions about the state of ethics in the financial services industry and in insurance. Marvin Kelly, president of the CPCU Society, whose members must honor a code of ethics, thinks the industry does a lot of things right but this doesn’t make the news.
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Risk Never Sleeps
A man causes accidents.
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