The Insurance Women of Fresno, a chapter of National Association of Insurance Women International, recently elected its 2009-2010 officers. The local association serves about 70 members who live and/or work in Fresno County, California. The incoming new officers are: President …
How Leads360, QuoteBurst and Allstate are Empowering Producers Los Angeles, CA, 6/2/09 – The landscape is changing for insurance agents who want to grow their book of business. More consumers are going online for quotes and top producers are capitalizing …
CEO LaRocco, Exec Barnard Outline Insurer’s Renewed Strategy to Re-Engage Agents and Deliver Greater Value Weathering today’s economic storm has not been easy for insurance companies. Consumers are more carefully scrutinizing their coverages, while the financial sector is taking a …
Understanding the Importance of Search Engine Optimization A couple times a year, I hear a clunk at my front door and I’m alerted by my barking dog that someone is there. I open the door to find my new Yellow …
Legislation aimed at making access to the surplus lines market more efficient and help standardize state insurance regulation has been introduced again in the U.S. House of Representatives. Reps. Dennis Moore, D-Kan., and Scott Garrett, R-N.J., members of the House …
What is the impetus for growth? Why do some insurers emphasize growth and others do not? In his Sept. 25, 1961, address to the United Nations, President John F. Kennedy described conformity as “the enemy of growth.” This implies that …
Why Market Blocking Is Not Best for the Consumer or the Industry The insurance business needs to lose a vestige of the insurance marketplace of the last century. Let’s become more friendly to competition and the free market. For my …
Become Outstanding Through Unique Selling Propositions You might have heard the saying, “Differentiate or die.” In the highly competitive world of insurance sales, the two primary ways insurance is sold is on relationships and price. To have long-term success in …
As the June 12 shareholders meeting approaches, the three-way tussle between Bermuda-based Validus Holdings and the Max Capital Group over the acquisition of IPC Re shows no signs of letting up. In the latest round Validus lost its bid to …
Ratings Agencies May Need to Rethink Their Methodologies as Well The current economic environment has produced several influences that in combination are negatively affecting, or at least stressing, property casualty insurance carriers in unique ways, says one experienced industry analyst. …
