The market for insurance agents’ Errors and Omissions coverage is heating up. Robin Sterneck of Swiss Re provides details on the state of the marketplace and on Swiss Re’s own new multi-tiered offering that could make it easier for newer or higher risk agencies to obtain coverage.
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 [...]
Using the Haag shingle gauge, a claims adjuster or roofing specialist can determine the warranty and wear and tear of a roof. In this interview with Claims Journal, Ryan Holdhusen, Director of Education for HAAG Engineering Co., explains the use and availability of the Haag shingle gauge.
American International Group is, obviously, a large company, and the effects of its recent troubles have been felt throughout the property/casualty Insurance industry. We asked Thomas Motamed, CNA Financial’s CEO and chairman, what he sees as the effects of the AIG troubles.
Interview with PegaSystems’ Director of Product Marketing, Robert Thaler, at ISOTech 2003