Oklahoma – Kim Holland: Restoring Public Confidence

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 [...]

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 [...]

A faulty belief can cause a serious crack in an otherwise solid leadership foundation. Many leaders who struggle to build influence and trust are operating with flawed beliefs about what it is to be a good leader, and these beliefs, or myths, get in the way of their success. In this free 15 minute [...]

Earlier this month, more than 1,000 Main Street insurance agents from around the country descended on Washington D.C. to lobby their congressmen about key issues facing their businesses. Insurance Journal was invited to film two groups of agents – one from Mississippi, another from Connecticut – as they made the rounds on Capitol Hill to [...]