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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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Playing the Cross-Over Game
The soft market’s effect on the economy has forced many standard market insurers to make adjustments in the way they compete for business. This currently includes writing risks that they usually would avoid. James Carey, CEO of Admiral Insurance Co., explains his firm’s reaction to this trend and gives advice on how to [...]
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Protecting the Priceless
George Brooks-Gonyer, Vice President, COO & CFO of San Diego Natural History Museum, says preventing loss is key when it comes to insuring the kinds of priceless artifacts put in their care. In this episode of Watching the Risks, Brooks-Gonyer shares the strategy his museum takes to protect what cannot be replaced.
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Another Tort Crisis Is Coming, Warns P/C Insurance Economist
When Democrats took control of Congress, an era of tort reforms ended, according to Dr. Robert Hartwig, president and economist at the Insurance Information Institute. In this interview with Insurance Journal’s Andrew Simpson, Hartwig warns that as a result of current politics favoring trial attorneys, another tort crisis is on the horizon.
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Buyouts in Hindsight
Just a few years ago, amid strong profits and solid premiums, the private equity world was keen on getting into the insurance industry. But that was then. Now, given the soft market and the current difficulties of the down-cycle, those moves by private equity firms, banks and other non-traditional buyers in the early part of [...]
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Product Recall 101
Whether it’s for food or manufactured goods, hardly a week passes without news that somewhere, a recall on a product has been issued. Understandably, Product Recall insurance is a fast-growing market for liability coverage for many insurers. Jane McCarthy, vice president of Liberty International Underwriters, talks about the basics of product recall, and why many [...]
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P/C Insurance & the Economic Recovery
This recession certainly has kept economists busy. None busier, perhaps, in the insurance industry, than Dr. Robert P. Hartwig, CPCU, president and economist at the Insurance Information Institute. He has spent the last year or two explaining economic indicators and their impact on the property / casualty insurance industry. Insurance Journal’s Andy Simpson caught up [...]
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Human Services 2.0
On Point with Peter van Aartrijk and Rick Morgan is an audio conversation with insurance industry leaders who champion change and challenge all of us to think.
In the fifth episode, Peter and Rick talk with Irwin Siegel Agency, Inc. about their trailblazing efforts with social web tools to build online communities in the human services [...] -
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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Better Service than the Lizard
On Point with Peter van Aartrijk and Rick Morgan is an audio conversation with insurance industry leaders who champion change and challenge all of us to think.
In the sixth episode, Peter and Rick talk with Rick Dinger of Crescenta Valley Insurance, Inc. in Glendale, California about how social media has helped his company reach a [...] -
Key to Environmental Liability
Every business, regardless of size, should be considering its environmental exposures. According to William McElroy, senior vice president, Environmental, Liberty International Underwriters, there is no avoiding the fact that environmental liability is a highly technical area. Thus, a close working relationship between the broker and an experienced environmental carrier is the key to getting the [...]
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How Privacy is Breached and What To Do
As senior vice president of technology and privacy at Hiscox, Jim Whetstone is focused on data and privacy-related issues. In this recent interview with Insurance Journal’s Andrew Simpson, Whetstone discusses how privacy breaches occur and if there is any typical scenario.
Watch the second video in this series: Insurance Steps in When Privacy is Breached
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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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From five to 1,000 policies — it’s all in a day’s work for Tapco
In 25 years, Tapco Underwriters has gone from writing five policies daily to 1,000 every day. In an interview with Insurance Journal’s Stephanie Jones, Tap Johnson discusses how the use of technology and his company’s unique service model has enabled it to go from a three-person operation with a typewriter to a dynamic company with [...]
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