Articles by Joseph Mangan

SP’s Says ‘Wait ’til Next Year’ for Hard Market

At its Insurance 2002 conference in New York recently, Standard and Poor’s offered little consolation to insurance agents and brokers who are looking for quick relief from the pressures of the current hard market. The consensus emerging from the discussion …

As Hard Market Persists, E&S Brokers Wait For The Right Opportunity

Last January separate panels of analysts who follow the insurance industry and CEO’s of insurance companies predicted a “foreshortened” cycle, a brief hard market that would give insurers little relief from the woes brought on by their own lack of …

S&P Says ‘Wait ’til Next Year’ for Hard Market to Ease

At its Insurance 2002 conference in New York recently, Standard and Poor’s offered little consolation to insurance agents and brokers who are looking for quick relief from the pressures of the current hard market. The consensus emerging from the discussion …

Insurers & Contractors Trying to Nail DownProper Coverage

If you’re placing coverage for contractors, there are three factors that determine what obstacles you will encounter: location, location, location. The real question is whether it will stay that way or whether contractors will find themselves wrestling with coverage problems …

Insurers & Contractors Trying to Nail Down Proper Coverage

If you’re placing coverage for a client who is a contractor, there are three factors that determine what obstacles you will encounter: location, location, location. The real question, however, is whether it will stay that way or whether contractors will …

XML Provides the Missing Link for SEMCI

Agents have faced the problem ever since insurance companies first introduced applications. Each company had its own form, so the agent who wanted to submit the same account to several underwriters had to write the same information over and over …

XML Provides the Missing Link for SEMCI

Agents have faced the problem ever since insurance companies first introduced applications. Each company had its own form, so the agent who wanted to submit the same account to several underwriters had to write the same information over and over …

Giving Credit Where Credit is Due

To some it is the greatest thing since sliced bread, but others see it as the most flagrant abuse the insurance industry has every heaped upon the consumer. Insurance companies, consumer advocates and regulators just cannot seem to agree about …

Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due

To some it is the greatest thing since sliced bread, but others see it as the most flagrant abuse the insurance industry has ever heaped upon the consumer. Insurance companies, consumer advocates and regulators just cannot seem to agree about …

Giving Credit Where Credit is Due

To some it is the greatest thing since sliced bread, but others see it as the most flagrant abuse the insurance industry has every heaped upon the consumer. Insurance companies, consumer advocates and regulators just cannot seem to agree about …