Articles by Kevin B. O'Reilly

Managing Patient Expectations Key to Reducing Malpractice Risk

While insurers and lawyers groups have debated the merits of capping medical malpractice awards in the statehouses and on Capitol Hill, the reality of soaring jury awards, insurance premiums and seemingly out-of-control litigation continues largely unabated. The push-back from doctors …

AMS Says Real-Time Comparative Rater is Only Months Away

Leading agency automation provider AMS says it is just months away from completing a real-time comparative rater that will satisfy independent agents’ need for a single-entry, multiple carrier interface, also known as SEMCI. The product, to be called SETWrite (Single …

Finally Got a Piece of the Pie: Breaking Down the Public Entity Barrier

From a small- to mid-sized agency’s perspective, producing public-entity business can seem like a Herculean task. The risks are often large and complex, and the political circumstances in which public entities are embedded present two additional challenges above and beyond …

AMS Says Real-Time Comparative Rater is Only Months Away

Leading agency automation provider AMS says it is just months away from completing a real-time comparative rater that will satisfy independent agents’ need for a single-entry, multiple carrier interface, also known as SEMCI. The product, to be called SETWrite (Single …

Making the Rounds With South Dakota’s Governor

Michael Rounds was having trouble sleeping at night. An insurance agent by trade and a politician by passion, he had told close friends and associates that he would not run for the governorship of South Dakota. It was 2001, a …

AMS Says Real-Time Comparative Rater is Only Months Away

Leading agency automation provider AMS says it is just months away from completing a real-time comparative rater that will satisfy independent agents’ need for a single-entry, multiple carrier interface, also known as SEMCI. The product, to be called SETWrite (Single …

AMS Says Real-Time Comparative Rater is Only Months Away

Could SETWrite Be the Single Entry Ideal Agents Have Sought for Decades? Leading agency automation provider AMS says it is just months away from completing a real-time comparative rater that will satisfy independent agents’ need for a single-entry, multiple carrier …

Rounds and Rounds We Go

It was a weekend in early 2002 and Pierre, S.D.-based agent Michael Rounds was having trouble sleeping. He tossed and turned and started to feel sick to his stomach. All the bed-hopping was making it tough for Rounds’ wife to …

Michigan’s Granholm Moves to Ban Insurance Scoring

When campaigning for her current office, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm made it clear she detested the use of credit in rating and underwriting auto and homeowners insurance policies. Still, that was back in 2002. It was during the campaign. Industry …

Michigan Negotiations on Credit Scoring Apparently in Vain as Gov. Granholm Pushes for Ban

Jennifer Granholm When campaigning for her current office, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm made it clear she detested the use of credit in rating and underwriting auto and homeowners insurance policies. Still, that was back in 2002. It was during the …