Some discipline is now returning to the market as seasoned underwriters and managers have begun to walk away from a lot of this business, says Tom Curtin, chairman, CEO and founder of CRC, the largest wholesale brokerage firm in the nation. In this interview, from the recent NAPSLO Annual Convention in San Diego, Curtin shares his thoughts on the state of the industry and says ‘consolidation’ will be the order of the day for many firms.
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 [...]
Heidi Holdam and Craig Forte of HG Insurance and Tax Accounting in Palm Beach, Florida, are coming off one of the most prosperous tax seasons they have had in years, which they attribute to an email marketing campaign they started a little over a year ago. In this Interview with Adam DeGraide, They discuss [...]
Inside IMCA Interview with Nanci Evarts at the 2005 Annual Meeting Communcation Roundup
Things have become too chummy between Connecticut insurers and the state’s Department of Insurance, says State Senator Edward Meyer. And he wants to change all that. How? By making the commissioner’s office an elected position. In this interview with Insurance Journal, Meyer describes what he says is a regulatory arm that feels too much like [...]