Claims Coming in Droves
David Maurstad, acting director, Mitigation Division and Federal Insurance administrator, for FEMA, discusses the National Flood Insurance Program, how the needs of hurricane victims are being met, lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina and more, as he visits with Insurance Journal Online Editor Dave Thomas at the NCOIL Conference in San Diego.
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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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Hartford Steam Boiler Addresses Farm Owner’s EPL Exposures
The current economy has led to an increase in employment practices liability claims for businesses of all description, not just commercial insureds and Fortune 500 companies. Even smaller businesses, such as farms, are becoming more vulnerable during this tumultuous time.
Jeff O’Shaugnessy, vice president with Hartford Steam Boiler, has been working to educate farm owner insureds [...] -
Exclusive Interview with William R. Berkley: Take 1- Why this cycle is different
Every cycle is different, says William R. Berkley, and the current one has its own unique features. The founder of the giant insurance holding company that bears his name explains why this cycle is different, discusses the incursion into surplus lines by standard carriers, and offers his outlook for 2008, 2009 and 2010 in this [...]
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It’s No Longer An Experiment
“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.
Ryan Hanley, is an Independent Agent with the Gilderland Agency in Albany, NY.
Just two short years ago Ryan started his insurance career and at the same time started [...]
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