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Ethics Today, Charity Motorcycle Rally Kick-off AAMGA Annual Meeting in Orlando

Apr 29 2005 // A day-long presentation and discussion about Ethics in Today’s Insurance Environment, sponsored by the R. Max Williamson Chair of Insurance and Business Ethics, kicked-off the American Association of Managing General...

New Lloyd’s Research Reveals Underwriters’ Industry Views and Concerns

Apr 19 2005 // Lloyd’s underwriters believe that buyers are more concerned about pricing than current insurance industry investigations – according to new research released Tuesday. The research* also reveals that...

AAMGA Technology Conference

Apr 18 2005 // Disaster Plan Waiting to Happen? MGAs Must Prepare For All Emergencies His last words of advice might have been the most important: “If you haven’t started, start small.” Not all managing general agencies...

Entrepreneurial Spirit and Trust: Marks of Today’s Successful MGA

Apr 18 2005 // An Interview with Francis Johnson, AAMGA President-Elect Francis Johnson, president of Johnson and Johnson Inc., of Charleston, South Carolina, becomes president of the American Association of Managing General Agents in...

Annual Charity Motorcycle Rally Fun Kicks Off AAMGA Conference

Apr 18 2005 // Mary Zeller, vice president and manager of Seaboard Underwriters office in Council Bluffs, Iowa, hasn’t ridden a motorcycle or a Harley-Davidson, but will play a major role in the April 29 “Managing General...

Research and Markets Offers Catastrophe Risk and Reinsurance Analysis

Mar 23 2005 // Dublin-based Research and Markets has announced the addition of Catastrophe Risk and Reinsurance: A Country Risk Management Perspective to their offering. See: http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c14308. The report...

Main Street America’s Board of Directors Announces Five Top-Level Promotions

Mar 14 2005 // Five promotions and appointments have been announced by the board of directors of the Main Street America Group in Jacksonville: Ed Kuhl, senior vice president and chief financial officer; Toni Porterfield, senior vice...

Kings & Pawns: Excess Brokers’ Moves and Mergers

Feb 21 2005 // The emergence of large national and regional firms and the creation of networks of brokers as industry kings are transforming the nation’s wholesale insurance marketplace but experts maintain that independent...

MCS Names Marrone Managing Partner

Feb 14 2005 // Stephen J. Saporito, COO of Irvine, Calif.-based Millennium Corporate Solutions, announced that Frank L. Marrone has been named managing partner. As a managing partner, Marrone has been entrusted with helping chart...

Beecher Carlson Holdings Appoints Two New York Managing Directors

Feb 11 2005 // Jeffrey Lattmann and John Kerns have been named managing directors of Beecher Carlson Holdings Inc.’s New York office. Lattmann will also be a senior partner of the newly formed Executive Liability...

Sexual Harassment Training Now Mandatory in California

Feb 7 2005 // For the first time, California now mandates that employers with 50 or more employees provide sexual harassment training to their supervisors. On Sept. 29, 2004, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law a statute that...

MMC Announces Organization Changes at Mercer

Jan 27 2005 // Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. (MMC) announced a number of organizational and management changes within Mercer Inc., one of the world’s largest consulting firms, providing services on issues that face the...

Aon Captive Services Team Makes Appointments

Jan 27 2005 // Aon Captive Services Group (ACSG), the global captive insurance services arm of Aon Corporation, has made a series of appointments and changes to its management team. Scott Frazier has been named group managing director of...

Siech Named Beecher Carlson Exec. Managing Director

Dec 21 2004 // Beecher Carlson Holdings Inc. has hired Joe Siech as executive managing director in its Atlanta office. Siech’s primary responsibility will be large account production and continued development of the Global Property...

AAMGA Offers Feedback on Proposed Broker Disclosure Amendment to Producer Licensing Model Act

Dec 3 2004 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) recently issued a draft Proposed Broker Discloser Amendment to the Producer Licensing Model Act, and requested industry and public comment before commencing...

Smith Named Beecher Carlson Managing Director

Nov 23 2004 // Beecher Carlson Holdings Inc. of Atlanta has announced the appointment of Robert “Robbie” C. Smith as a managing director. Smith will focus on acquisition opportunities and talent recuritment. Smith spent the...

Fruitful Season: Buyers Keep Picking Off Agencies

Nov 22 2004 // Insurance agencies continued to be picked off at a healthy clip throughout 2004 but experts believe buyers will still be hungry in the new year. Several reports indicate that 2004 announced deals should exceed the number...

Going Paperless — Is it for the Independent Agency’

Oct 11 2004 // Many independent insurance agents and brokers are used to the concept of “paperless processing” since most of the insurance companies they represent utilize imaging and content management technology. For these...

Guy Carpenter Appoints Mueller a Managing Director

Sep 30 2004 // Guy Carpenter & Company, Inc., Marsh Mac’s global risk and reinsurance specialist division, announced the appointment of Wilfried Mueller as a Managing Director, effective January 1, 2005. He will lead the...

Haitian Flood Deaths over 1,000; Bahamas on Alert as Jeanne Nears; Ivan Poses New Threat

Sep 23 2004 // As the floods caused by Tropical Storm Jeanne slowly recede, Haitians are discovering even more devastation and loss of life. More than 1,000 persons have died in the northern city of Gonaives, and another 1,200 are still...