WellPoint, Inc. announced a series of leadership appointments, effective September 1, 2005, including naming Marjorie W. Dorr to the post of executive vice president and chief strategy officer. “As chief strategy officer, Marjorie will have a key role in ensuring …
Saying complimentary things about trial attorneys is not exactly the surest way to win friends in the insurance industry. Yet even in the heated debate over tort reform, it should be acceptable to acknowledge when the other side might have …
To be successful, you must thoroughly drink in all the details. Insuring wineries may sound like a lucrative and growing business. All 50 states now produce wine, and the business has a total economic impact of $33 billion, according to …
Insurance agents need to stand out from the crowd if they are to successfully compete for good clients. One easy way to do this also happens to be a great way to provide a useful service: promoting safety and ways …
Although the insurance industry – and the rest of us – are waiting for the other shoe to drop in the wake of Hurricane Katrina’s estimated $20 billion to $35 billion in insured losses, business in the heartland states of …
Illinois Katrina Could Affect Ill. Insurance Rates: Experts say the path of destruction left by Hurricane Katrina likely will lead to higher insurance rates in the metro-east and across the country, although it is unclear how much and how soon …
MASSACHUSETTS Agents Contribute $20K to Katrina Relief: The Massachusetts Association of Insur-ance Agents is sending a $20,000 check to the Big ‘I’ Katrina Relief Fund established by its national organization, the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America, to help …
Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Company, the Richmond, Va.-based insurance and risk management intermediary, recently reached an agreement with Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal to settle charges relating to rebating, account steering and broker compensation by its Hartford subsidiary. HRH has …
With the horrors from Hurricane Katrina still flashing on live television, Connecticut emergency officials and Gov. M. Jodi Rell (R) met on Sept. 7 to decide how to evacuate 100,000 coastal residents if a Category 4 hurricane hit Long Island …
Elizabeth Shin was engulfed in flames when police burst into her dorm room at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., on the night of April 10, 2000. After the state medical examiner ruled her death was “self-inflicted,” it …
