This time around, it won’t be a flood of lawyers and hanging chads like in 2000. In a call to President Bush Wednesday morning shortly after 11 a.m. (EST), Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry (D) conceded the 2004 Presidential election, which …
Whether a patient, a health care provider or an insurer, everyone seems to be aware of what is going on in the medical world these days. There is general agreement that health care costs are rising, more people are going …
As she closes out her term as president of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA), Louise “BeBe” Canter has spent more than a fair amount of time in airports on her way from one meeting to another. …
With legal questions floating over him, Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher resigned from office last month, days before his ouster trial in the Oklahoma State Senate was set to begin. Fisher has been under a dark legal cloud for some …
Wasn’t it just about the time folks in Florida were catching their breath from Hurricane Charley that Frances came a calling? As this issue of Insurance Journal Southeast was being put to bed last week, yet another threat was looming …
While he lost his hurricane designation several days ago, what was Hurricane Ivan continued to bring misery to the United States, spawning more tornadoes and drenching areas from Georgia up through Pennsylvania in the last 24-48 hours. Several individuals were …
Having left a swath of destruction from Grenada to Cuba, Hurricane Ivan turned its sights on the Florida Panhandle west to New Orleans on Tuesday, forcing thousands to pack what they could and head for higher ground. More than 1 …
Jeff Greenberg Marsh & McLennan Companies Chairman and CEO Jeff Greenberg remembers all too well those images of Sept. 11, 2001. Greenberg knew something had gone terribly wrong in New York City that Tuesday morning. He recently chatted in an …
Robert Hartwig, senior vice president and chief economist for the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.), knows that while Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, will never be forgotten both inside and outside the insurance industry, the industry has picked itself up and continues …
Marsh & McLennan Companies Chairman and CEO Jeff Greenberg remembers all too well those images of Sept. 11, 2001. Greenberg knew something had gone terribly wrong in New York City that Tuesday morning. He recently chatted in an e-mail interview …
