Articles by Mark Wells

Is Garamendi the Problem’

Our coverage of the California Commissioner’s recommendations to solve the workers’ comp market meltdown appears on page 24. My comments here only have context if you’ve read that article first. So, is Commissioner Garamendi the problem? Well, no he’s not …

Is Bolton & Co.’s Success Genetic’

The Insurance Journal is launching a new feature in this issue called Agency Insights. We are going to write about independent agencies that have done something unique, innovative or unusual that resulted in success for the agency, it’s clients and …

Resources & Report Cards

We have added two small, but what we think are important features to this issue: Resources and our Report Card. Resources will be contact information for the people and companies mentioned in our articles. This will allow our readers to …

Resources & Report Cards

We have added two small, but what we think are important features to this issue: Resources and our Report Card. Resources will be contact information for the people and companies mentioned in our articles. This will allow our readers to …

How to Find New Markets

For the past 23 years, the Insurance Journal has published the annual Directory of Excess, Surplus and Specialty Markets. This issue is a resource for independent agents and brokers to help them find the markets they need. The print edition …

How to Find New Markets

For the past seven years, the Insurance Journal has published the annual Directory of Excess, Surplus and Specialty Markets. This issue is a resource for independent agents and brokers to help them find the markets they need. The print edition …

Garamendi Seeks Problem Solving

Last Monday, John Garamendi was sworn in as California’s third elected Commissioner of Insurance. Many in California’s industry think this is round two of an ongoing battle with Garamendi. I am not one of them. When I interviewed the then …

Changes and More Changes

We’re making changes here at the Insurance Journal. Changes that make our print magazines and Web site ever more useful and valuable to you. The traffic on our Web site, www.insurancejournal.com, continues to amaze me. For August, we recorded 15.9 …

Changes and More Changes

We’re making changes here at the Insurance Journal. Changes that make our print magazines and Web site ever more useful and valuable to you. The traffic on our Web site, www.insurancejournal.com, continues to amaze me. For August, we recorded 15.9 …

Sept. 11-A Year Later

In this issue, we pause for a moment and try to grasp the meaning and impact of ‘9/11’ on the insurance industry. It’s difficult to find words to describe the tragedy of Sept. 11th, 2001 and its effect on the …