As the Hispanic population surpasses 40 million with a combined purchasing power of more than $700 million, the insurance industry is keeping its eye on this ever-growing market segment. Hispanic agents and Latin agent insurance associations are playing an increasingly …
As construction development in the United States reaches an all time peak, with overall spending up 7.5 percent in 2005 compared to 2004, agents and brokers writing contractor business are having a tough time locating markets to insure their clients. …
Nearly five years ago, a group of program specialists gathered in Tempe, Ariz., for the first summit meeting of a budding industry organization called the Target Markets Program Administrators Association. The brainchild of Glenn Clark, owner and president of Wilmington, …
So just how does an industry respond to negative publicity? A number of companies involved in the insurance world have had to answer that question regarding the broker contingent commissions crisis, which has grabbed headlines and put companies on the …
For Boat Owners and the Agents Who Write Them, Location and Experience Matter As boating season gets into full swing in North America, chances are good that many recreational boat and yacht owners are sitting in their offices and cubicles …
Suydam Agency Firmly Planted in Community It Serves They could sweep me out of my office and I know that the business would continue just fine. But what am I going to do if I’m not here? I’m not going …
Two Daughters Follow’s in Dad’s Footsteps If Frank Rey ever runs for mayor of Sleepy Hollow again, he’ll have a bit more time to devote to it than the last time he served. “It was hard being a single agent. …
When her husband Tim died, JoAnn Osmond inherited the family agency … and a career in Illinois Politics. Near the edge of the Illinois-Wisconsin border, closer to Milwaukee than Chicago, in a little town called Antioch, Ill., at the corner …
When I stepped from the hot sunshine and left the traffic speeding along Sarasota, Fla.’s busy Bee Ridge Road into Al Purmort Insurance Agency Inc.’s cool air-conditioned lobby, it was like taking a step back to the early 20th century. …
