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Bob Bullivant New Managing Director of CII, SOFA

Feb 16 2004 // The U.K.’s Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) announced the appointment of Bob Bullivant as the new managing director of the Society of Financial Advisers (SOFA) – the CII’s financial services arm...

The Case for Group Legal: Now More Than Ever

Jan 26 2004 // To say today’s human resource managers are getting the squeeze is the understatement of the year. They are forced to do more with less, yet at the same time, they need to provide more options. In a recent study...

The Case for Group Legal: Now More Than Ever

Jan 26 2004 // To say today’s human resource managers are getting the squeeze is the understatement of the year. They are forced to do more with less, yet at the same time, they need to provide more options. In a recent study...

Robert Goodman Joins Rothschild As a Managing Director-Insurance Sector

Jan 19 2004 // Robert Goodman, a veteran investment banker who specializes in the insurance sector, has joined Rothschild as a Managing Director in its Financial Institutions Group based in New York. Gerald Rosenfeld, CEO of Rothschild...

IIAT Gearing Up for Annual Joe Vincent Seminar

Dec 22 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas announced that more than 350 of the state’s most progressive and influential agency principals and managers will gather for its Joe Vincent Management Seminar Jan. 25 –...

AssuranceAmerica Expands in So. Carolina

Dec 22 2003 // Bud Stumbaugh, CEO of AssuranceAmerica Corp. announced that its subsidiary, AssuranceAmerica Insurance Company, a P/C insurer that focuses on the nonstandard private passenger automobile market, will commence writing...

Flood Insurance Program Gets Three-Month Extension

Dec 15 2003 // The major changes Congress has in mind for the National Flood Insurance Program are still on the table, as both the House and Senate voted to extend the program as is for only three months to allow time to hammer out an...

Bringing in the New Year

Dec 15 2003 // Preparing for the holidays can be a truly daunting experience. It seems like only yesterday we were ringing in the New Year with family, friends and a toast of good bubbly. But here we are again, quickly approaching the...

Flood Insurance Program Gets Three-Month Extension

Dec 15 2003 // The major changes Congress has in mind for the National Flood Insurance Program are still on the table, as both the House and Senate voted to extend the program as is for only three months to allow time to hammer out an...

Guy Carpenter Unveils New Model for Studying Insurers’ Quota Share, Surplus/Trust Preferred Note Options

Nov 20 2003 // Guy Carpenter & Company, Inc. announced the development of a proprietary analytical tool in response to insurance companies’ growing use of quota shares and surplus/trust preferred notes to manage their capital...

Geospatial Tool Aids Fla. in Managing Wildland Fire Risk

Nov 13 2003 // Space Imaging announced the completion of the Florida Fire Risk Assessment project for the Florida Division of Forestry (DOF). The project involved compiling numerous statewide current and historical datasets, and working...

RewardsPlus Forms Marketing Partnership with Riggs, Counselman, Michaels and Downes

Nov 13 2003 // RewardsPlus, a provider of benefits management technology, has entered into a joint marketing partnership with Riggs, Counselman, Michaels and Downes (RCM&D), a broker of insurance, risk management and employee...

AAMGA Reflects on Prosperous Year, Plans for the Future

Nov 3 2003 // The American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) will hold its mid-year meeting at the Phoenician Resort & Spa in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Nov. 13-15. At the heart of this year’s meeting will be several...

Gallagher Acquires HRadvantage

Oct 27 2003 // Itasca, Ill.-based brokerage giant Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of HRadvantage LLC of Waukegan, Ill. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1994, HRadvantage LLC is a human...

Returning to a Place Called Home

Oct 20 2003 // It’s been four years since I last worked for the Insurance Journal, and returning has been quite an eye opener. I have been astonished by the industry’s rapid growth and its ability to adapt to a new world....

Insurance Journal 80th Anniversary

Oct 20 2003 // One-on-One with Mark Wells, Publisher of the Insurance Journal By Charles E. Boyle Despite his still somewhat boyish appearance, Mark Wells has been the publisher of the Insurance Journal for 33 years, a long time in any...

Returning to a Place Called Home

Oct 20 2003 // It’s been four years since I last worked for the Insurance Journal, and returning has been quite an eye opener. I have been astonished by the industry’s rapid growth and its ability to adapt to a new world....

Returning to a Place Called Home

Oct 20 2003 // It’s been four years since I last worked for the Insurance Journal, and returning has been quite an eye opener. I have been astonished by the industry’s rapid growth and its ability to adapt to a new world....

Insurance Journal 80th Anniversary

Oct 20 2003 // One-on-One with Mark Wells, Publisher of the Insurance Journal By Charles E. Boyle Despite his still somewhat boyish appearance, Mark Wells has been the publisher of the Insurance Journal for 33 years, a long time in any...

RMS Expands Commitment to Lloyd’s Market

Oct 10 2003 // Newark, Calif.-based RMS, a provider of products and services for the management of catastrophe risk, has expanded its commitment to the Lloyd’s market with the addition of three Lloyd’s managing agents as new...