Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater has appointed Sha’Ron James as the state’s Insurance Consumer Advocate effective August 3. The role of Florida’s Insurance Consumer Advocate is to independently and ardently represent the needs of policyholders when insurance decisions are …
Hospitals of all types have provided patients with more than $459 billion in uncompensated care – no payment was received from the patient or insurer – since 2000. American Hospital Association, in a January 2015 update There were 5,686 hospitals …
Independent agencies are enjoying a period of high profitability boosted by healthy organic growth despite continued soft pricing in commercial lines. Independent insurance agents/brokers posted median organic growth of 5.9 percent for the second quarter of 2015, slightly higher than …
Harpers Ferry Fire “I am totally grief-stricken for our community and for the shop and property owners affected by this terrible tragedy. I am, however, thankful that no one was injured.” —Harpers Ferry, W. Va., Mayor Gregory Vaughn after a …
Regions, Holehouse Agency Regions Insurance Inc., an affiliate of Regions Bank, has entered into an agreement with the Ronald F. Holehouse Agency to obtain the firm’s personnel and accounts. Agency founder Ron Holehouse, along with Jake Holehouse and the 11-person …
Fellow agents, Insurance Journal readers, experts, educators, marketing professionals, along with Theodore Roosevelt, Steve Jobs, Zig Ziglar, CNBC’s Kelly Evans, Harvard Business Review and Fortune magazine have been tapped for advice for this year’s list. There are big ideas and …
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The agency business has a love affair with goals. Some focus on sales, while others deal with company volume demands and operational and financial ratios. It’s a lot for any small business to establish and monitor, much less achieve. So, …
The phrase “you can’t judge a book by its cover” dates back to the mid-1800s. While that may ring true for the literary world, the opposite is true when it comes to an organization’s errors and omissions (E&O) culture. You …
Whether you are the owner of a local agency or the CEO of a large public broker – it feels like there is less and less oxygen in the room. Organic sales growth is tough; merger & acquisition activity in …
