NAPSLO’s Next Generation
The insurance industry has taken a keen interest in finding future workers with the knowledge and skills required to hit the ground running in the insurance business. One of the more interesting approaches is the Next Generation initiative by the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices, or NAPSLO. The effort, which began as a cocktail party in 2008, now involves more than 100 insurance professionals under the age of 40 who have the opportunity to network and gain valuable career experience.
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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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At-Home Insurance Careers for Disabled Veterans
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 [...]
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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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Florida’s McCarty on Why Rates Are Not The Problem in Homeowners Market
Florida has not deregulated homeowners insurance rates as some wanted and the Office of Insurance Regulation has been busy handling insurer rates filings—more than 1,300 since last April. Since January, close to 400 requests have been filed, with about 225 of all different types and sizes approved. Insurance Journal’s Andy Simpson asked Florida Insurance Commissioner [...]
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Agency Management Done Right, Episode 2: Social Media
Agency Management Done Right is an audio podcast hosted by Mitch Dunford exploring various aspects of agency management.
The topic of the second episode is the rise of social media, including Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, and how insurance agencies can use these new tools to engage customers in fun and unique ways. Mitch is joined by [...] -
2010 A Revolutionary Year for Truckers Insurance
Our country could barely function if it weren’t for our nation’s network of truckers who get goods from point A to point B. In this exclusive interview, M. Thomas Ruke Jr., president of Insurance Business Consultants Inc., explains why 2010 is ushering in more changes for those who provide truckers insurance than the industry has [...]
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