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Major League Baseball scores with workers’ comp cost reduction program

Workers’ compensation claims could foul up any company, and Major League Baseball is no exception. After recognizing that injured players were one of the biggest exposures for its baseball teams, MLB decided to create a league-wide insurance initiative to more …

Seven ways to sell more insurance while wearing a golf sweater

You can tell a lot about a person by the way he or she plays golf. A match is a mirror into the person’s attitude, ethics and behavior. It is why many agents and company people host the game to …

Big ‘I’ Group Adds Fireman’s Fund Agents’ E&O to Benefits Roster

The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) is partnering with Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company to offer a nationally endorsed program for insurance agents Errors & Omissions coverage. This new product adds an additional market to the …

King Insurance Offers California Agents Errors and Omissions Program

King Insurance has implemented a California insurance agents and brokers errors and omissions specialty program, underwritten by Lloyd’s of London. The product is geared to fit the needs of smaller independent agents with affordable minimum premiums. Coverage limits range from …

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Miss. weighs changes to wind pool Mississippi lawmakers are considering revamping the Mississippi Windstorm Underwriting Association to help stabilize the state’s post Hurricane Katrina insurance crisis. The association, commonly referred to as the wind pool, provides coverage to more than …

Major League Baseball scores with workers’ comp cost reduction program

Workers’ compensation claims could foul up any company, and Major League Baseball is no exception. After recognizing that injured players were one of the biggest exposures for its baseball teams, MLB decided to create a league-wide insurance initiative to more …

Big I Virtual University Adds Podoshen to Staff

The Big “I” Virtual University (VU) has appointed Michael Podoshen, former assistant vice president of personal lines and corporate risk manager for Insurance Services Office Inc,. as its 50th expert. Podoshen brings expertise surrounding insurance service offices, as well as …

Associations Oppose Eliminating Contingent Commissions

The Alliance of Insurance Agents and Brokers has joined the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIAB) and Western Insurance Agents Association (WIAA) in criticizing regulators and public officials who seek the elimination of the payment of contingent commissions …

Arizona Puts the Heat on Insurers for Wildfire Protection

As wildfire season stretches across the Western states from June through September, Christina Urias, director of the Arizona Department of Insurance, has lit a fire under agents and insurers to work with their clients to ensure they are properly protected …

London’s Web Connectivity Appoints Willison New Managing Director

London-based Web Connectivity, which provides solutions for data transformation and exchange, has appointed James Willison as Managing Director with a mandate “to drive its business offerings in the London Insurance market.” The move signals further progress in transforming the London …