“Nomoreforms” is an Application Service Provider (ASP) that provides a web-based paperless work flow solution for contract and agent licensing departments of insurance companies. The Nomoreforms system is geared to eliminate paper and to eliminate multiple data entry for the insurance company and agent.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Managing an agency in today’s economy and soft market forces agents to set priorities. Juan Andrade, executive vice-president for sales and distribution at The Hartford, says the priority after customer retention and sales growth is operational efficiency. This is part 3 of a 3 part series with Andrade.
Neal Abernathy, president and CEO of Swett & Crawford, admits it’s a challenge to sustain growth in a softening insurance market, but his company is committed to expanding its product line and seeking new opportunities. In an interview with Insurance Journal’s Stephanie Jones, Abernathy discusses his strategies for growth, taxation issues, federal involvement in insurance, [...]
Luke Savage – Lloyd’s Director of Finance, Risk Management and Operations – talked with the IJ about Lloyd’s financial results for 2010, which were released on Wednesday, March 30.
They reflected the year’s natural catastrophes. The loss estimates for the Japan quake/tsunami should be available by mid-May. Savage added that it is too early to tell [...]