Monthly Archives: <span>March 2012</span>

My New Markets

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For PIA President Williams, Wanting to Help Keeps Her Motivated

The trade group the Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) of Florida has about 350 agencies as members. The association has been around for 70 years advocating for agents in Tallahassee and educating them on how to better manage their agencies. PIA …

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Edgewood Partners Insurance Center, a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, named Hilton Brown to oversee client claims and advocacy in the company’s California offices in Los Angeles and Irvine. Brown will also provide claims support for EPIC’s …

Contraceptive Controversy

The birth control coverage in religious institutions’ health plans has become a controversial topic. A number of religious organizations and Republican politicians cried foul when President Obama moved to mandate that religious-affiliated institutions — such as hospitals and universities — …

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Dallas-based Republic Cos. has named Joseph E. Mattingly president and chief executive officer. Since 2006 Mattingly has served as senior vice president — insurance operations, and president of insurance companies of property/casualty insurer Meadowbrook Insurance Group. Mattingly began his 31-year …

A Role for Characteristic Event Methodology in Catastrophe Risk Management

When catastrophe models were first introduced in the late 1980s, they provided insurance and reinsurance companies with an improved methodology to estimate potential catastrophe losses from hurricanes. While the models provide a dramatic improvement over the simplistic rules of thumb …

Report: Arizona P/C Insurers See Premiums Written Fall, Losses Rise

A report on Arizona’s property/casualty insurers issued recently shows a drop in written premiums to $7.4 billion, and a large increase in losses incurred to $6.4 billion for 2010. The report, from the Arizona Insurance Council, shows these and other …

2012 Hot Markets: Healthcare Remains a Healthy Market

This article is part of our Hot Insurance Markets for 2012 special feature. Healthcare is one of the country’s largest industries. Annual spending on healthcare in the U.S. tops $2.6 trillion, more than 16 percent of the U.S. economy. While …

West Virginia Passes Mine Safety Measure

West Virginia will update its mine safety laws in the wake of the worst U.S. coal mining disaster in four decades. The House of Delegates sent the measure to Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, who proposed the legislation. Delegates approved several …

Let the Sun Shine

It’s time to put some of the sunshine back in the Sunshine State’s insurance outlook. Sure, the property market, Citizens and the hurricane fund remain precarious. But no-fault’s PIP may be on the mend thanks to new legislation. What’s more …