Monthly Archives: <span>January 2006</span>

Boom, baby boom-78 million and getting stronger

Marketing your products to baby boomers. Ongoing success in the insurance business depends on your ability to keep up with the latest market movements-and the market is moving toward Baby Boomers. When evaluating your agency, you might ask yourself: What …

People

Integro has hired three executives to serve in its San Francisco office. Michael J. Korn has accepted the position of managing principal of property practice, and Ted Doolittle has been appointed principal of executive risk practice. Larry A. Reback also …

Editor’s Note: New Year’s resolutions

Happy New Year. As tradition has it, the start of the new year is a popular time to make resolutions to be better. And for 2006, the Insurance Journal staff has vowed to do just that. If you peer past …

Hurricane contractors: Working without a safety net

For the clean up of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina to progress, contractors engaged in this important work must be adequately protected from long-term and uncertain liabilities. As insurance brokers, we at Willis work with our clients …

Gulf Coast: A ‘tough place to do business’ More than 100 insurance and risk management executives and industry analysts attending a Future Focus conference in Charleston, S.C., predicted that catastrophic losses will continue to escalate unless the industry works with …

Workers’ Comp

Nuts & Bolts: PointSure Insurance Services launched several new specialty products, broadening its workers’ compensation capabilities and offering standard market coverage for risks often neglected due to size and class restrictions. Eligibility for these new programs encompasses more than 700 …

Editor’s Note: Flu hope, not hype

Does the world seem to be careening from one crisis to another these days or is it all hype by news outlets? Unfortunately, it’s not hype; it’s the real world. Not a day goes by without reports of terrorist threats …

Business Moves

Farmers, EsSix The Farmers Insurance Group of Companies and EsSix Agency in Baton Rouge, La., have joined forces to provide Louisiana agents with a way to write Farmers business through EsSix. As such, Farmers and EsSix are currently looking for …

PIA of Louisiana resolutions seek hurricane relief assistance

Thanking insurance companies on behalf of Louisiana insurance agents and the policyholders they represent for the carriers’ hard work and assistance in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Professional Insurance Agents of Louisiana released a pair of resolutions …

Hurricane mediation program underway in Louisiana

Beginning January 3, 2006, Louisiana residents whose Hurricane Katrina or Rita insurance claims are in dispute will have the opportunity to mediate their claim at no cost, according to the Louisiana Department of Insurance. Commissioner Robert Wooley has established a …