Certified Restoration Drycleaning Network (CRDN) is a textile restoration organization specializing in laundry and drycleaning services for the insurance industry. In 2006 CRDN was invited to participate in “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” a hit show on ABC-TV. Since then, CRDN has participated in episodes in 40 states. In this interview with Claims Journal, president Chip Bifano talks about CRDN’s role in the popular reality program.
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 [...]
Jenilee Wirtz is a social media engineer responsible for managing facebook, twitter, and the you-name-it’s of social media for her company Paradiso Insurance. In this interview with Adam DeGraide, Wirtz talks about the value added by her role in the company.
The western United States will be a key growth driver for Worcester, Mass.-based The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. in the next several years. Having just entered into a renewal rights agreement with OneBeacon Insurance Group, The Hanover’s CEO Fred Eppinger spoke with Insurance Journal’s Patricia-Anne Tom about how the agreement is a natural fit for [...]
In 25 years, Tapco Underwriters has gone from writing five policies daily to 1,000 every day. In an interview with Insurance Journal’s Stephanie Jones, Tap Johnson discusses how the use of technology and his company’s unique service model has enabled it to go from a three-person operation with a typewriter to a dynamic company with [...]
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