Who’s Getting Into, Out of the Agency Business

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 [...]

Following the November elections, Congress and the White House, as well as states, have signaled that they will be focusing on deficit and debt issues in the year 2011. Might this debate affect the National Flood Insurance Program?  Lee Ann Pusey, president and CEO of the industry’s American Insurance Association, thinks that is possible. In [...]

Reflecting his years in the private sector, Conn. Insurance Commissioner Thomas Sullivan takes a business-like approach to his public sector job. In this interview with Insurance Journal’s Andy Simpson last fall, he makes it clear that he cares about consumers and that he, not the attorney general, is in charge. He also assesses the state’s [...]