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S&P: Resilience of French Insurance Industry Will Be Tested Further

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has published a report – “French Insurance Industry Holds Up Under Pressure, But Challenges Still Lie Ahead” – on the challenges the French insurance industry is likely to face over the next two years. S&P …

Jon Palmquist Joins NARS as General Counsel and Director of Field Operations

Altamonte Springs, Fl, 6/27/11 – North American Risk Services (NARS) has appointed Jon Palmquist to the newly created role of General Counsel and Director of Field Operations. Palmquist has more than 25 years of experience in the insurance and claims …

Industry Leaders to Speak at MarketScout’s Entrepreneurial Insurance Symposium

Burns and Wilcox, Chartis, Hub, Lloyds of London, Navigators, Pure, QBE and Tower to share Innovations Dallas, TX – May 16, 2011 – The Entrepreneurial Insurance Symposium On September 12-14, 2011, MarketScout will host its fifth annual Entrepreneurial Insurance Symposium …

ING to Push Ahead with Insurance IPOs, Divestments

Dutch financial services group ING said on Thursday it was on track to list its U.S., European and Asian insurance units and to divest other businesses to repay state aid. ING, which received €10 billion [$14.8832 billion] of state aid …

Lloyd’s on Coverage for Royal Wedding Celebratory ‘Street Parties’

The Royal Wedding today at Westminster Abbey has virtually taken over the UK, as millions of residents plan local celebrations in honor of the Prince William and Kate Middleton’s marriage. According to , “it is estimated that as many as …

UK’s Voyager Lists ‘Top 10’ Reasons for Wedding Cancellation Insurance Claims

Voyager, a niche insurance specialist in the UK, has published the top ten reasons why couples claim on their wedding insurance on or prior to their big day. The bulletin noted that “unlike the era in which previous royal weddings …

CICs and CRMs Earn Update Credit at Entrepreneurial Insurance Symposium

Dallas, TX – April 20 2011 – The Entrepreneurial Insurance Symposium has been approved by The National Alliance for Education and Research as a qualified annual update for Certified Insurance Counselors (CIC) and Certified Risk Managers (CRM) certificate holders. According …

Japan Quake Reveals Cracks in Insurance System – Part II

The first part of this article appeared on the IJ’s web site on April 5. PRICE PRESSURE Earthquakes may not be linked to each other, but they are linked to the financial markets, as anyone who has invested in insurers …

Japan Quake Reveals Cracks in Insurance System – Part I

Michael Korn is a popular person these days, which is perhaps not too surprising considering what he does for a living and where he lives. Korn is an insurance broker in earthquake-prone San Francisco. “We’re pretty busy,” he said of …

Come along for a ride with Jason Verlinde

I recently went on my own ride to Michigan for the Michigan YIP’s Winter Get-Away! I was invited to teach a class on Generational Differences and the turnout and response from the class was tremendous – it was a great …