Marine (Inland and Ocean) News

What’s So Special About Special Event Insurance?

The pitfalls of not placing special-event coverage, when it’s truly needed and available, can result in catastrophic losses to your insured, and possibly even damage the credibility of your agency and errors and omissions coverage. You might think that an …

It Figures

$743 Million The latest damage estimate from last summer’s flooding at the University of Iowa – nearly triple the earlier estimate. University officials said it includes all building and content damage and the costs to relocate building complexes for theater …

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Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is President Barack Obama’s choice for secretary of health and human services. Sebelius, 60, is seen as a solid choice to head HHS because as a governor responsible for the Medicaid program in Kansas, she faced …

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Richard G. “Dick” Clarke, senior vice president of J. Smith Lanier & Co. in West Point, Ga., has been elected 2009 president of RiskProNet International, a network of 25 independent insurance brokers in North America. Clarke is a veteran of …

States Gear Up for Stimulus Package

Impact on Insurance Industry May be Minimal, Experts Say The $787 billion stimulus package passed by Congress looms as the largest mountain on the country’s newly changed economic landscape. But despite hope that the stimulus bill will jump-start spending, some …

Fastest Growing Industries to Focus On

Top 7 High-Growth Industries’ Risks and Unique Exposures Planning for the “upside” must begin now. The soft insurance market will end, and the rebound from the financial bottom will happen. But don’t try to predict when, just get out in …

Greener Opportunities

Insurers Compete for a Growing Green Industry Jim Henson’s famous Kermit the Frog said it the best, “it’s not easy being green.” Today’s property owners and insurers understand that while it’s not easy, being green can be profitable. The green …

South Central Insurance Agents See Opportunity in Cultural Diversity

By the time the 21st century reaches the half-way mark, more than 50 percent of the population of the United States will be represented by a vast cultural mix of people considered to be “minorities,” and some South Central insurance …

Stimulus Bill Will Have Minimal Insurance Industry Impact

Workers’ Comp and Commercial Lines to See Some Benefits The $787 billion stimulus package passed by Congress last month looms as the largest mountain on the country’s newly changed economic landscape. But despite hope that it will jumpstart spending, most …

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Robert J. Ray has been appointed vice president and treasurer of Rogers & Gray Insurance Agency in Massachusetts. Ray joined the agency in July 2008 as chief financial officer. He previously worked at Hub International, formerly Brewer & Lord, and …