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People and Places

Greg Thompson, president and CEO of THOMCO, is the new president of the Target Markets Program Administrators Association, a national organization serving program managers. Thompson joined THOMCO in 1979, after two years in New York with Marsh and McLennan. Since …

Power shift in the political landscape

Although it took a little time for all the votes to be counted, the 2006 midterm elections saw a wave of Democratic candidates wrest control of both houses of Congress, gain a majority of the governorships and take control of …

Democratic Congress OK for industry traditionally tied to Republicans

The new Congress may be blue on Capitol Hill, but insiders say that’s not necessarily a bad color for the insurance industry. “The more things change, the more they may remain pretty much the same,” said National Association of Professional …

Power shift in the political landscape

Although it took a little time for all the votes to be counted, the 2006 midterm elections saw a wave of Democratic candidates wrest control of both houses of Congress, gain a majority of the governorships and take control of …

Declarations

Economic windfall “It could be an economic windfall for the entire region. It’s something I think will have major ramifications in terms of resource distribution.” Darrell West, a political science professor at Brown University in Rhode Island, commenting on Democrats …

People and Places

Greg Thompson, president and chief executive officer of Thomco, is the new president of the Target Markets Program Administrators Association, a national organization serving program managers. Thomco, headquartered in metro-Atlanta, was established in 1977 and has been an MGA focused …

News Currents

Newly elected Democratic governors in Massachusetts, New York and Maryland are expected to name their own insurance commissioners, although it’s to early to know who the successors might be, according to insurance industry insiders. The industry will see many new …

Election results give Northeast more clout on insurance issues

After the midterm elections, Northeast Democrats are moving into positions of power that could help their states economically as well as affect progress on insurance legislation. Democrats are now well-positioned to bring home more bacon on everything from transportation to …

Lame duck Romney team pushes ahead with high risk plan change

Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julianne Bowler said she intends to finish what she started three years ago in trying to refashion the state’s high risk auto insurance system, despite urgings by some that she leave the task for the administration of …

People and Places

J.J. Morrow, Jr., formerly the managing director of St. Paul Travelers Insurance Company in Chicago has joined Georgia-based Swett & Crawford’s Chicago office as a property broker. Since 1997 he has managed nearly $90 million in premiums for St. Paul …