March 24, 2003
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 …
March 10, 2003
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 …
February 10, 2003
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 …
February 10, 2003
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 …
January 27, 2003
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 …
January 27, 2003
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 …
January 13, 2003
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 …
September 30, 2002
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 …
September 30, 2002
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 …
September 2, 2002
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 …