Ernst Csiszar, South Carolina insurance commissioner and incoming NAIC president, discusses the current insurance regulatory environment and its future. Csiszar, born and raised in Communist Romania, says the industry has mischaracterized the debate over federal versus state regulatory control.
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 [...]
Interview with Smith Bell and Thomspon’s Insurance Director of Marketing, Douglas Grahn, at
Few insurance advertising and marketing efforts have create a stir like Liberty Mutual’s Responsibility: What’s Your Policy Campaign. Steve Sullivan, senior vice president of communications at Liberty Mutual, is one of the people responsible for the campaign. In this segment of an interview with Insurance Journal’s Andy Simpson, Sullivan discusses how important consumer and [...]
Peter and Rick look back on 2010 and offer five branding principles that you’ll want to live by as you gear up for 2011. Listen in as they discuss: 1) brand is something you earn; 2) brand is an investment; 3) social media is not a side project; 4) philanthropy matters, and 5) the meeting [...]