In 2013 Confie Seguros plans to up its buying spree and expand into standard personal and small commercial lines, while broadening its demographic from being primarily Hispanic focused, the president of the Buena Park, Calif.-based insurance agency said this month. …
For many people, the jury is still out on whether climate change is a man-made phenomenon, or even if it exists at all, and if so, that it is responsible for the spate of devastating weather and wildfires the world …
Drought Concern “There’s a great deal of concern how this drought is going to play out in 2013.” —American Farm Bureau President Bob Stallman said at the opening of the group’s convention in mid-January. The Second Wave “More often than …
Steven Handmaker has been promoted to chief marketing officer at Assurance, a Chicago-area independent insurance brokerage. He previously was executive vice president, marketing and communications at Assurance. Handmaker serves as a member of Assurance’s executive management team and is responsible …
Snyder also Supports Auto Insurance Reform; Fraud Prevention In his “State of the State” address in mid-January, Michigan Gov. Rick Synder recognized the importance of the insurance industry in the state, calling for the creation of a new insurance department …
The Buyer’s Guide to the Best Possible Cyber Insurance There are many cyber insurance products available for purchase, and each is somewhat unique. Some products are more comprehensive than others. Some cyber insurance products are combined with insurance policies of …
For as long as the insurance industry has been around, the excess and surplus (E&S) lines marketplace has served a vital role in writing difficult-to-place, specialty business for which admitted markets don’t have the appetite. There is no doubt that …
Policyholder education about insurance coverage wording is a critical challenge for the property/casualty insurance industry. But who should be doing the teaching – agents or carriers? During a recent industry meeting, a personal lines insurance industry expert suggested that agents …
When Brightway Insurance recently changed agency management systems, which took close to a year, it was one of the largest transitions of its kind in the insurance industry in terms of total users accessing a common hosted Web-based database. While …
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