Amy Bryan, owner of Bryan Insurance Agency in New Windsor, N.Y. opened her own independent insurance agency at the age of 22. She had no carrier appointments and no customers when she launched her agency in 2004, ut it didn’t take long for Amy to attract quality carriers and customers. Now, at just 28 years old, the Bryan Insurance Agency operates two office locations with a small but dedicated staff of five.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Along much of the coastal United State, homeowners face the twin challenges of insurance affordability and availability. But not all coastal states face the same catastrophic threats. In these exclusive interview with Insurance Journal, Ken St.Onge talks with insurance regulators from Connecticut, Maine and Maryland about the market for coastal insurance in their states.
William R. Berkley, founder, chairman and CEO of the W.R. Berkley Corp. believes the current pricing cycle in the property/casualty insurance industry is due for a change and he’s “optimistic” that it will turn sooner rather than later. Speaking at NAPSLO’s annual convention in Atlanta, Berkley noted that P/C prices peaked in 2006 and have [...]
Tim Sawyer sits down with Cheryle Fessenden, CFO for Barber Insurance and President and CEO of Dagley Insurance Nathan Dagley, to talk about how their agencies have dealt with employee resistance and why change is necessary as companies adapt to a new way of doing business.
March 15, 2010 at 9:39 pm