The AAMGA comprises 487 members, 256 of which are MGAs. The requirements for membership to the organization are very unique and quite stringent. Strict membership requirements ensure that MGAs have established themselves in the marketplace and can serve as a distribution network for the wholesale insurance members.
AAMGA’s Insurance Automation & Technology Conference is being held in Philadelphia, March 13-15, 2005. The purpose of the conference is to embrace the new standards and solutions that technology can provide. This will be combined with an education session. For more information on the Insurance Automation & Technology Conference, go here:
http://aamga.org/upcomingEvents/eventdetail.cfm?id=59
The AAMGA Annual Meeting begins April 30 and runs until May 5, 2005. The event covers insurance ethics and what’s going on in national and state regulatory activities. University Weekend’s courses include technical, business and professional development topics. For more information on the AAMGA Annual Meeting, go here:
http://aamga.org/upcomingEvents/eventdetail.cfm?id=37
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 [...]
Crowd control, stage collapse, food safety – these are concerns facing carriers that insure summer festivals. In a recent interview with Claims Journal, Paul Holehouse, senior risk‑control consultant for Fireman’s Fund Entertainment, and Jerid Schmickle, director of underwriting, discussed the carrier’s behind the scenes preparation for the recent 2011 Lollapalooza concert in Chicago, Ill.
The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation is a serious commitment to community philanthropy. It is a united effort of the entire insurance industry. Through ongoing industry support, the foundation provides community grants, volunteer service programs and leadership for communities across California, the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut and beginning very soon, the [...]
Will Penny, owner of Penny Insurance operates his agency out of Hendersonville, North Carolina, a city consisting of just over 10,000 people. In this interview with Adam Degraide, Penny talks about how he has used internet leads to stretch his business beyond his small town borders.