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Study Says Mich. Retailers Fund Outperforms Other Workers’ Comp Insurers
May 17 2002 // The Michigan Retailers Association (MRA), based in Lansing, Mich., announced that its self-funded workers’ compensation insurance program, Retailers Fund, is doing a significantly better job than other workers’...
Retailers, Wholesalers Face ‘Triage’ in Submissions; Relationships Key, ‘Peak Performance’ Attendees
Apr 8 2002 // Brokers, agents and underwriters alike are learning a new way to do business in the hard market, which has meant getting back to basics with more complete and professional submissions as well as better communications...
Michigan Retailers Association Workers’ Comp Program Plans Cut
Dec 19 2001 // Retailers Fund, the workers’ compensation insurance program of the Michigan Retailers Association (MRA), plans an overall rate cut of 3.51 percent for 2002. The rate cut, the fifth such reduction in nine years was...
Minnesota Commissioner Takes Action Against Retailers
Nov 20 2001 // Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Jim Bernstein announced enforcement action against two retailers engaged in the sale of credit insurance in Minnesota. The Zale Corporation, Irving, Texas with approximately 20 stores in...
eTailer Alliance Aims to Fight Online Credit Card Fraud
Jun 27 2001 // RC Knox & Company, the insurance agency subsidiary of People’s Bank, announced the formation of the eFraud Alliance and the eTailer Fraud Solution Insurance Policy (eFSIP) to protect online businesses from the...
Tech Providers Are Scoping Out the Online MGA Market
May 14 2001 // Electronic communications between agents and carriers have received much attention over the years, as the struggle goes on for better technology, single entry of data and lower-cost delivery. But what if you’re a key...
Love Thy (Other) Middleman
Sep 4 2000 // They’re scrutinized by regulators. They’re under the gun from companies trying to figure out ways to go around them. They face fierce competition in a buyer’s market. They see companies appointing agents...
Independent currentsLove Thy Middleman: The Wholesaler
Sep 4 2000 // They’re scrutinized by regulators. They’re under the gun from companies trying to figure out ways to go around them. They face fierce competition in a buyer’s market. They see companies appointing agents...
U.K. E-Retailer Collapses – .Com’s Under Pressure
May 19 2000 // When Boo.Com was launched last November there were high expectations that it would become a successful seller of sporty upscale designer clothing. When it collapsed yesterday under a mountain of accumulated debts, it sent...
Allianz Comes Out the ‘Big Winner’ In German Bank Merger
Apr 3 2000 // On March 9, the German financial world quaked with the announcement that Deutsche Bank (DB), Germany’s largest bank, planned to merge with cross-town rival Dresdner Bank. Insurance giant Allianz AG was a driving...
