California Wildfires
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California Wildfires: Insurers On Site at Evacuation Centers
CEO Paul Hopkins tells of his company’s experience at one such site at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego
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San Diego Fires Morning Sky
Looking over Rancho Santa Fe. A smoky orange sky Monday morning.
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Santiago Fire in Irvine
Nighttime view of enormous flames
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Fire Hunting
A couple guys go for a drive to capture some interesting views of California wildfires
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Malibu fire’s ash and smoke shrouds
A calm drive down Highway 101
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Looks Like a Moonscape
Incredible view from ocean in Carlsbad looking south towards San Diego
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Blood Orange Fire Sky
There is fire burning in three adjacent areas. The sky turned an eerie blood orange.
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Irvine California Toll Road Fire
Incredible fire burns near Irvine California toll road
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San Diego wildfire from beach
This was taken from a South Oceanside beach looking South on Monday, Oct.22 at 11am. Very eerie. Surf was great.
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Smoky San Diego Sunset
La Jolla, CA sunset on the first day of the wildfires, Oct 21, 2007.
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Irvine Fire Smoke
Smoke approaching from wildfire in Irvine California
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Santa Clarita Fire
Smoke gushes from the Santa Clarita Fire on October 21, 2007. This view from the North of Copper Hill looking South.
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Hills lit with fire
Smoke hides the sky and the hills glow with fire during the October 2007 California wildfires
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Gushing Smoke from California wildfires
Footage of October 2007 wildfires as sky fills with orange-grey smoke
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View of fire smoke from high viewpoint
Overlooking fires in San Diego County
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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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CAA Producer Development Program: A Partnership Experience
The Texas-based agency network, Combined Insurance Agents of America, or CAA, began experimenting five years ago with a program to assist and train producers exclusively for the agency partners within CAA.
In a recent conference call with Insurance Journal’s Stephanie K. Jones, CAA members discussed the evolution of what eventually became known as its producer [...] -
One Beacon Eyes Tech Insurance Market
One Beacon is starting a renewed push to gain a larger share of the technology insurance market — and it’s looking to partner with agents who have clients involved in technology-related industries. In this interview with Insurance Journal’s Ken St. Onge, John Wurzler, newly appointed head of One Beacon Technology Insurance, explains the reasons behind [...]
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Bob McFall, McFall General Agency / NAPSLO 2003 Annual
Interview with McFall General Agency President, Bob McFall, at the NAPSLO 2003 Annual Meeting
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Vertafore: Intelligence in Technology
Insurance technology leader Vertafore serves 15,000 agencies, 1,000 carriers and about 750 managing general agencies. Steven Finch, vice president of Market Solutions, says the recent purchase of Vertafore by private equity firm TPG Capital lets Vertafore target even larger acquisitions to grow. In this interview, Finch reviews the concept of intelligent workflow and the future [...]
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