As the Hispanic population surpasses 40 million with a combined purchasing power of more than $700 million, the insurance industry is keeping its eye on this ever-growing market segment. Hispanic agents and Latin agent insurance associations are playing an increasingly …
The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina’s crushing blow to Louisiana and Mississippi makes one wonder, how long it will take for everything to get back to normal, and will it? Last week, I talked to several insurance agency owners in Mississippi …
In Meridian, Miss. the power is only on in the downtown area and electricity to the rest of the community is expected to be out for one to two weeks, Scott Gray, owner of Insurance Solutions of Mississippi Inc. and …
Citizens Property Insurance Corp. provides a safety net for the ever-increasing number of Florida’s uninsurable property owners who can not find insurance, Bob Ricker, Citizens president, told members of the Florida Suncoast Chapter, Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Society, at the …
Insurance adjusters now trudging through the rubble along the Mississippi coast report they have never seen such massive destruction: houses totally demolished, businesses destroyed and especially heavy damage in Biloxi. “Where Hurricane Katrina came ashore, everything is totally gone,” one …
Before Hurricane Katrina, Gillis, Ellis and Baker Insurance, a leading New Orleans writer of casualty, liability benefits, health, employment, risk management and seismic vessel coverage had offices across the street from the Superdome; today half of GEB’s employees are scattered …
Well, if the old saying, “Time flies when you are having fun,” is true, I must have had a lot of fun! It’s hard to believe I joined Insurance Journal over a year ago–and am about to start attending annual …
In Meridian, Miss. the power is only on in the downtown area and electricity to the rest of the community is expected to be out for one to two weeks, Scott Gray, owner of Insurance Solutions of Mississippi Inc. and …
Insurance adjusters are scrambling around South Florida, where before crossing into the Gulf of Mexico and becoming a catastrophic hurricane, Katrina slapped Dade and Broward counties with damages experts estimate from $600 million to $2 billion, depending on who you …
Insurance agents in Miami and Dade County were dismayed to discover this morning that, “due to manpower shortages” the Miami Police Department has disbanded its Auto Theft Unit. A PD spokesman told the Miami Herald that the situation is temporary …
