Articles by Stefani Mingo

Fiserv Acquires FSC, Hopes to Extend Comparative Rating System Nationwide

In keeping with its aggressive and acquisitive nature, Fiserv Inc. announced March 6 that it had purchased Agoura Hills, Calif.-based Facilities and Services Corporation (FSC). The arrangement will allow FSC, which has thus far operated only within California, to expand …

Fiserv Acquires FSC

In keeping with its aggressive and acquisitive nature, Fiserv Inc. announced March 6 that it had purchased Agoura Hills, Calif.-based Facilities and Services Corporation (FSC). The arrangement will allow FSC, which has thus far operated mainly within California, to expand …

Fiserv Acquires FSC, Combined Talents Bode Well for Market

In keeping with its aggressive and acquisitive nature, Fiserv Inc. announced March 6 that it had purchased Agoura Hills, Calif.-based Facilities and Services Corporation. The arrangement will allow FSC, which has thus far operated only within California, to expand outside …

The Tide is TURNING For Marine Insurance

For the past decade, the marine insurance market has been struggling to keep its head above water. And to make matters worse, premiums dropped 4.1 percent between 1998 and 1999-marking the third straight year of decline. Industry experts are blaming …

Transit Casualty Co.’s “Titanic” Insolvency Teaches Many Lessons

It’s been called “the Titanic of all insolvencies”β€”on Dec. 3, 1985, Transit Casualty Company, domiciled in Missouri, was declared insolvent by the Cole County Circuit Court. During the late ’80s, ill-fated Transit was the largest of three big insolvent companies …

Marine Market in a State of Flux

For the past decade, the marine insurance market has been struggling to keep its head above water. And to make matters worse, premiums dropped 4.1 percent between 1998 and 1999-marking the third straight year of decline. Industry experts are blaming …

2001 IBA West Officers Installed by Commissioner Low at Annual Luncheon

On Jan. 24, IBA West Outgoing President John Johnson of San Leandro-based McDermott-Costa Inc. welcomed a roomful of approximately 200 attendees to the 2001 Installation of Officers held at the Hotel Nikko in San Francisco. The day’s events also included …

‘Titanic’ of Insolvencies Teaches Lessons

It’s been called “the Titanic of all insolvencies”β€”on Dec. 3, 1985, Transit Casualty Company, domiciled in Missouri, was declared insolvent by the Cole County Circuit Court. During the late ’80s, ill-fated Transit was the largest of three big insolvent companies …

How Do You Plan to Use the Surplus Line Market in 2001′ Readers Respond

In the Sept. 4, 2000, issue of Insurance Journal we ran a one-page survey in hopes of finding out how you, our readers, plan on using the surplus line market in 2001. Four of the 32 respondents returned the form …

Online CE Courses are Changing the Ways Agents Get Educated

Sadly, this is the mindset of many agents when it comes to continuing education. Every agent knows the important role that continuing education (CE) plays in keeping up with the industry’s ever-changing business environment. “I don’t think that a lot …