Declarations
Soundly defeated “We’ve learned that we need not fear voters won’t understand the benefits of credit scoring and will respond on basis of their own interests. I think we had a fairly good idea that we were going to win. …
Lame duck Romney team pushes ahead with high risk plan change
Opponents of the ARP have urged Bowler to leave the decision of what to do about the high risk system to the incoming Patrick administration. News Currents Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julianne Bowler said she intends to finish what she started …
10 N.Y. agents protest incidents as red flags
Should mere incidents affect pricing? 10 Laptop stolen from broker HRH deals with lost data on Villanova N1 Employee crime: big threat to small firms More than one in three firms experience theft N1 Commercial premiums continue to fall All …
No monumental shifts in South Central states
12 Election 2007 More than one in three private companies experience theft N1 Commercial premiums continue to fall All lines drop except coastal property in third quarter N1 One in four report financial and personal information stolen 26% of Americans …
THE LOCOMOTIVE
N10 INSURANCE TRAIN Excess and surplus lines market continues to push growth, innovation 12 Poizner takes the helm Newly elected commissioner Steve Poizner is poised to lead California 22 Saving $315 million Wash. Gov. Gregoire: rate suspension could cut workers’ …
10 Alaska, Idaho could face new insurance regulators
New governors likely means new appointees 10 Colorado election could affect key insurance issues “Ethics in government” amendment could have “chilling impact” 11 Oregon insurance division to sponsor five bills Division to tackle insurance product approvals in 2007 Legislature 12 …
Flying solo now, former Zurich exec ‘gooses’ independent agents
A retired insurance industry executive turned turbo-charged speaker told a group of independent insurance agents that they are the greediest people he has ever met. Ray Thomas, a former Zurich North America Small Business CEO, meant his remark as a …
Declarations
Soundly defeated “We’ve learned that we need not fear voters won’t understand the benefits of credit scoring and will respond on basis of their own interests. I think we had a fairly good idea that we were going to win. …
People, partnerships lead to nearly a century of success
Good people can make or break a company. In San Diego-based Barney & Barney’s case, it’s clearly made it; the company has been in business for nearly a century, thanks to people who have invested their time, knowledge and resources …
IIABA president: contingency commission crisis threatens agents
For a small- to mid-sized independent insurance agency, contingency commissions can determine whether the business survives, according to many within the industry. That explains why Alex Soto, a Miami agent who is also president of the Independent Insurance Agents and …
