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 [...]

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 [...]

Jack Sennott, executive vice president of Allied World Assurance, has helped build two very successful companies, Executive Risks and Darwin Pro. At the recent MarketScout Entrepreneurial Insurance Symposium, Sennott discussed how success as an entrepreneur can often depend on timing.

What is considered work, where people work, how they work, and when they work has changed from the traditional 9 to 5 and “bricks and mortar” work paradigm. Listen as Rick Morgan and Peter van Aartrijk talk with Chris Amrhein of insuranceisfun.com about how these changes are providing new opportunities but also new challenges. [...]