The National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO) announced that eight college student are participating in its 2002 Summer Internship Program. The interns spend five weeks during the summer working with a NAPLSO member surplus lines insurance company and …
The World Wide Web—touted as the greatest communication development of all time—has also become the world’s biggest catalog. Along with the use of the Internet for marketing, have come new torts, and a new body of law. As businesses, large …
Insurance Journal’s Web site, www.insurancejournal.com, has come a long way since its inception back in 1998. Today’s site is an invaluable resource for independent agents and brokers, evident by the thousands of new visitors to the site each month. “The …
Whether it is obtaining information on licensing or getting the latest updates on fraud, many agents across the country rely on their respective state’s insurance department Web sites to get useful information. From New York to California, the volume of …
TIP 1 To Build “E-Loyalty,” Look To Your Competitors Here’s what’s really scary: It doesn’t require a lot of resources to build a relationship program on the Web. Therefore, some of your competitors are not only establishing relationship-marketing programs; they …
A recent article in The Cincinnati Enquirer perfectly (albeit accidentally) illustrates how vexing the toxic mold issue can be, how stridently companies and industries try to protect themselves from its consequences, and how difficult it is to determine who is …
Everyday, technology becomes a bigger and bigger part of our lives. In today’s business environment, technology is perhaps the most powerful tool we have to keep customers satisfied and coming back. E-mail and Web sites are two of the most …
In efforts to not only stay a step ahead of the competition but also reduce costs in the long run, many managing general agencies are utilizing the Internet at greater lengths these days. As the nation as a whole spends …
Saying that new concerns exist about the potential of health problems related to mold, a congressional subcommittee held hearings recently in Washington, D.C., on “Mold: A Growing Problem.” Submitting testimony on behalf of the apartment industry, the National Multi Housing …
Fitch Ratings released a special report, “Asbestos: Impact on the U.S. Insurance Industry,” describing how future claims will affect property and casualty insurers. The report includes estimates of insurers’ future asbestos liability, a survival ratio target for the property/casualty industry, …
