Wisconsin Commissioner Sean Dilweg has been heading up the Insurance Department for barely two years, but he has strong opinions on the AIG bailout, the debate on state versus federal regulation, a national catastrophe program proposal and more. He also believes having an agent’s license is a privilege and he takes his responsibility to the 120,000 agents in the Badger state very seriously.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Adam DeGraide talks with Wake Clinard, President of Clinard Insurance Group, about his experience with pay per click advertising versus organic SEO. They discuss how to set your goals and how both advertising strategies go hand in hand.
As independent insurance agencies look to boost their PR, e-newsletters can be a great way to reach out to either a select group of clients, or a broad audience. In this interview with Insurance Journal’s Patti Tom, Heffernan Insurance’s Director of Corporate Communications Ann Basco talks about how develop content for a newsletter, and [...]
Dena explains how to use the Insurance Journal E&S Directory and outlines the benefits of