Failing Businesses Increase CPAs’ Risks
Current economic conditions have led to an increasing number of failed businesses. As advisors to corporations, certified public accountants are especially vulnerable, according to Ronald Klein, vice president, claims counsel for CAMICO Mutual Insurance Co. In this exclusive interview from the recent PLUS Annual International Conference in San Francisco, Klein discusses why the number and size of claims are up for CPAs.
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Lobbyist Norwood Looks Ahead to 2012 in Legislature
John Norwood, principal of Norwood & Associates, has a career in political work dating back to the early 1980s, and he’s one of the state’s best known lobbyists in the insurance and financial services sectors. Norwood talked about workers’ compensation, and other legislation and regulation matters that the insurance industry will face in 2012, including [...]
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Norwood on Workers’ Comp
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 [...]
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Lobbyist Norwood Analyzes Consumer Watchdog Legislation
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 [...]
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Entrepreneurial Technologists
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 [...]
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How Insurance Distribution Is Changing
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 [...]
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Interesting Times in Medical Liability
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 [...]
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The State of P&C Coastal Markets
The effects of an economy in turmoil are exacerbated in coastal states, where natural disasters have created a difficult market for property insurance. In these exclusive interviews with Insurance Journal’s Ken St. Onge, commissioners from high-risk coastal states discuss the difficulties of balancing the needs of property/casualty insurers in a soft market, while simultaneously protecting [...]
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Virtual & Remote…. From China!
Yes, China. In this podcast Roper DeGarmo, President of Signature Personal Insurance explains how he started his successful Mission, Kansas independent agency and now runs it from his home near Hong Kong. Listeners will find his creative and effective use of communication technology to provide efficient and timely service to his high-net-worth cliental interesting and [...]
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Wildfire Protection, Teamwork Pays Off
Phillip and Melissa Hayes avoid disaster due to following advice from their Fireman’s Fund risk services consultant.
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