
Last year Insurance Journal and its official research partner, the actuarial services firm Demotech, collaborated to produce the industry’s first list of Super Regional Property/Casualty Insurance Companies™. The list generated a lot of interest and discussion. Now it’s time to update the Super Regionals list. So we’ve asked the listing’s architect, Joe Petrelli, president of Demotech, to explain how the list was arrived at and why he thinks it is of interest to others in the insurance industry. The 2008 list of Super Regionals appears in the June 16 issue of Insurance Journal magazine.
Jim Whetstone, senior vice president of technology and privacy at Hiscox, is in charge of his firm’s privacy product that covers data breaches and privacy related exposures. In this part of a recent interview with Insurance Journal’s Andrew Simpson, Whetstone discusses the exposure, the coverage, and what types of firms are at risk.
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As senior vice president of technology and privacy at Hiscox, Jim Whetstone is focused on data and privacy-related issues. In this recent interview with Insurance Journal’s Andrew Simpson, Whetstone discusses how privacy breaches occur and if there is any typical scenario.
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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.
“Don’t be a binge blogger.”
These are the words of Liz Strauss, a blogger and social media educator, when discussing the importance of consistency over frequency. Other advice for [...]
Opened in 1949, Gatorland is central Florida’s oldest theme park. The 110-acre attraction is home to a multitude of animals, including the powerful alpha predators that are the park’s namesake.
With over 100 employee roles, ranging from custodial and food handling to gator wrestling, the potential for injury is great; however, the incident of harm at [...]
Don Reha is the winemaker for Orfila Vineyards and Winery in Escondido, California where he oversees the winemaking process from vine to bottle. In this episode of Watching the Risks, Reha talks about insuring and protecting the product and business income through its various stages.
Agency consultant Al Diamond of the Agency Consulting Group says a properly-constructed compensation plan can re-energize producers who have lost their spark. It works for non-producer employees, too.
Interview with T.H.E. Insurance Company VP Marketing, Joe Hannigan, at the IIABA 2003 InfoXchange
As consumers, we are experiencing an accelerating communications explosion. This rapid development
Brian is chairing a securities working group for the Agent’s Council for Technology (ACT).