Articles by Brian H. Kern

Soft Market Tests Program Administrators’ Survival Skills

It’s Time to Focus Marketing, Upgrade Data, Round Out Business In a recent letter to fellow program administrators, Greg Thompson, CEO of Thompson Insurance Enterprises Inc. and Target Markets Program Administrators Association (TMPAA) president, advised that being ahead of the …

Labor Rift at Greenbrier Resort Forcing Insurance Brokers to Move Meetings

A labor-management dispute at a luxury resort in West Virginia is forcing the Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers — a longtime customer — to search for alternate venues for its conferences. The group of commercial insurance agents and executives …

Agent Charged with Murder in Death of N.C. Auditor

Authorities searching a wooded area on May 20 found the body of a North Carolina insurance investigator who prosecutors believe was killed by the owner of an agency she was auditing. Police searched for Sallie Rohrbach, 44, since she was …

North Carolina Insurance Examiner Missing, Agent Arrested for Murder

An agency examiner with the North Carolina Department of Insurance is missing and a Union County insurance agent is in custody charged with the examiner’s murder. Sallie Rohrbach, 44, went missing on May 14 after completing a routine audit of …

Contract Dispute Could Force Insurance Group to Drop Ritzy Greenbrier Resort

A labor-management dispute at a luxury resort in West Virginia is forcing the Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers — a longtime customer — to search for alternate venues for its conferences. The group of commercial insurance agents and executives …

Insurers Market Private Workers’ Comp on U.S. Defense Projects

As the need for U.S. government foreign-based support personnel increases, so does the need for workers’ compensation coverage for contractors involved in U.S. funded projects. Contracts for insurers wanting to provide workers’ compensation coverage for the U.S. citizens and foreign …

Defense Base Act: Doing Business Outside the Box

As the need for and presence of and U.S. government foreign-based support personnel increases, so does the need for workers’ compensation coverage for contractors involved in U.S. funded projects. As such, the opportunity to service workers’ compensation coverage for U.S. …

Insurers Market Private Workers’ Comp for U.S. Defense Projects

The Defense Base Act sets forth the benefits due private sector employees injured while working overseas As the need for U.S. government foreign-based support personnel increases, so does the need for workers’ compensation coverage for contractors involved in U.S. funded …

Defense Base Act: Business Outside the Box

As the need for and presence of U.S. government foreign-based support personnel increases, so does the need for workers’ compensation coverage for contractors involved in U.S. funded projects. The opportunity to provide coverage for those who work under U.S. funded …

Defense Base Act: Doing Business Outside the Box

Dealing with wartime issues and associated complications is a major factor in doing business in far-flung hotspots. As the need for and presence of U.S. government foreign-based support personnel increases, so does the need for workers’ compensation coverage for contractors …