Latest Insurance Journal Headlines
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Consultant Burand Launches Agency E&O Blog on InsuranceJournal.com
May 30 2012 // Insurance agency consultant Chris Burand is launching a new blog on insurance agency errors and omissions (E&O) issues on InsuranceJournal.com In Burand’s Agency E&O Blog, the consultant will share E&O...
How High-Tech Use by Young Agents Is Changing the Way the Insurance Industry Operates
May 23 2012 // San Diego, CA, 05/23/12 – Tech-savvy young independent insurance agents are changing how the property/casualty insurance industry operates, a new survey reveals. Jason D. Cass, owner of the JDC Insurance Group based...
If I Do Say So Myself
May 21 2012 // That had to be the most salacious first paragraph ever in Insurance Journal‘s history.” I smiled and couldn’t help letting a bit of pride well up when an insurance industry veteran and fellow courtroom...
Submit Today: Top 100 Independent Insurance Agencies
May 9 2012 // Once again, Insurance Journal is on the search for leading privately-held property casualty independent agencies and brokerages for its annual Top 100 Property/Casualty Independent Insurance Agencies report. Top Overall...
Insurance Jobs Outlook: Getting Better, Region by Region
May 7 2012 // The property/casualty insurance jobs outlook is slowly, gradually getting better – or at least not getting worse. A growing number of insurance businesses are hiring more workers this year. Meanwhile, many others are...
2012 Super Regional P/C Insurers™
May 7 2012 // Demotech Inc. Reveals Leading Multi-State P/C Carriers The original criteria and objective definition for Super Regional P/C Insurersª was established in the Feb. 12, 2007, issue of Insurance Journal. Prior to the...
Southeast Agencies, Carriers Now Hiring
May 7 2012 // Here is some of the positive insurance employment news for the Southeast: Allstate In February, Allstate Insurance announced it was looking to appoint 124 new agency owners in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and South...
Southeast Insurance Employment: Agency, Carrier Plans Brighten Picture
Apr 18 2012 // Those interested in new or better positions in insurance might want to grab their suntan lotion and head to the Southeast. They might also want to brush up on their Spanish. The unemployment rate remains higher in key...
East Insurance Employment: Hiring Is ‘Slightly Elevated’ in 2012
Apr 16 2012 // The insurance employment market in the East and Northeast regions — as in most other parts of the country — can be summed up the following way: hiring is “slightly elevated” compared to last year, but there...
160-Year Old Hanover Retaking Its Place as P/C Industry Leader
Apr 3 2012 // Eight out of 160 years of history may not seem like a big deal but for Hanover Insurance Group, founded in 1852, the last eight years have seen a series of big deals. Eight years ago in 2004, the $2.4 billion heavily...
Vale Training Solutions Teams Up With the Insurance Journal Academy
Mar 2 2012 // From green risks to restaurant claims, there are many topics to choose from in this year’s webinar courses. Three Vale Training Solution instructors, with varying backgrounds, have one thing in common: They are...
Insurance Journal Co-Sponsors Study on Agents’ Views on Carriers
Mar 1 2012 // Channel Harvest Research, in partnership with Insurance Journal, has launched a major new study on the Independent Agency System, probing agents’ attitudes toward property/casualty insurance carrier relationships...
How Insurance Distribution Is Changing
Jan 26 2012 // Insurance distribution is changing and agents and brokers—retailers and wholesalers—have to define the value they offer and what type of relationships they will have with carriers and customers in the years ahead,...
Agents Creating At-Home Insurance Jobs for Disabled Veterans
Jan 23 2012 // For insurance agents Gary Trippe and Jim Pender, the idea for DVIC, or Disabled Veterans Insurance Careers, which aims to provide disabled veterans with employment in insurance, evolved in part from their own personal...
Veteran Gambled and Won in Starting Own Agency
Jan 20 2012 // A recent study from the Small Business Administration suggests there is a strong correlation between self-employment and past military experience. Veterans are at least 45 percent more likely to start their own businesses...
Mission Accomplished: Post-Military Job with a Purpose
Jan 19 2012 // One of the things Shane Crockett loved about being in the military was the sense of purpose he felt on the job every day, something he said was missing from his first post-military job as an engineer. So like the veteran...
Aon’s Warriors Bring Military Values to Managing Global Risks
Jan 18 2012 // When the phone rings in the Crisis Management Operation Center within Aon Corp.’s headquarters in Chicago, it’s typically not someone calling with good news or to say, “Have a nice day.” Chances are...
Sex, Dogs and Heads That Rolled Among Top Insurance Journal News Stories in 2011
Dec 22 2011 // In 2011, Insurance Journal.com brought readers news on everything from dog bites to major catastrophes, including news on courts, legislation, regulations, politics, acquisitions, bankruptcies, markets, rates, products and...
High Hopes for High Tech: Interview with New Applied Systems CEO
Oct 27 2011 // Insurance agencies are under pressure to quickly adopt new technologies in order to keep up with competitors, according to a newcomer to the insurance industry who is now positioned to help agencies do just that. Reid...
Big Challenge
Oct 17 2011 // Hello everyone! In this first Opening Note, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Young Ha and I am Insurance Journal‘s new East editor. I am actually struggling mightily to find the right words to introduce...
