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Is your company suffering from brand confusion? In this episode of On Point, Peter van Aartrijk and Rick Morgan talk with Aaron Moore, owner and Creative Director at Orange Element about the challenges companies face in presenting a clear, honest and consistent visual output in today’s social web environment. Aaron points out that the increase [...]
The alternative energy market has many complicated angles to it, including solar warranties, which are essential to solar manufacturers as well as to the development and funding of solar projects.
According to Mike McMullen, president of PowerGuard Specialty Insurance Services, banks are hesitant to lend against some larger solar projects because of the severe credit [...]
Engle Martin & Associates is an independent adjusting firm providing claims services to the insurance industry. In this interview with Claims Journal, Susan Froman, Engle Martin’s Director of Sales, discusses the growth of the company and providing service to their clients when they need it most.
The Internet makes it easier to get into business but it also makes it easier to steal others’ ideas. The Web is also expanding the notion of what materials, images and designs need to be protected. Intellectual property attorney David Branfman advises agents on questions to ask clients about intellectual property exposures and warns about [...]
Moving companies face a number of exposures in their daily operations, including workers compensation, cargo, fleet and general liability. Priority Moving in San Diego, Calif. is no exception. A Wheaton Van Lines agent, Priority Moving has created a series of internal procedures, reinforced by a strong employee screening process and training program. Analytics software [...]
Corporate Helicopters is a San Diego business focusing on charter, tours, aerial filming and helicopter sales. In this episode of Watching the Risks, Corporate Helicopters president Ivor Shier explains how looking through the lens of risk analysis from the formative years to the present has led to a safer company.
Reinsurance for that 1-in-100 year storm. That’s a criterion that the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has used for years in assessing property insurers’ reinsurance programs. It’s also a standard that some rating agencies use. But Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has decided to take a fresh look. He wants to look not just vertically [...]
Over the past 20 years, Chubb has expanded its brand globally into Canada,
Brazil, Korea, China and other international markets. In this excerpt from
an interview with Insurance Journal’s Andy Simpson, Chubb Executive Vice
President and International Field Operations Manager Jan Tomlinson talks
about some of the lessons Chubb has learned about the value of using local
employees, the role [...]
AQS’ Director of Marketing Eric Lien talks about their brand re-launch and their new Web-centric