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It Figures

4 to 5 Risk Management Solutions of Newark, Calif., predicts a storm season similar to 2008 could occur every four to five years on average. Last year’s season, which included nearly 1,700 tornadoes, was the costliest in the past decade, …

Increase Traffic to Your Internet ‘Real Estate’

Enhance Your Agency’s Online Visibility Through Search Engine Optimization Nearly half of the United States — more than 163 million people — are using the Internet, according to a recent Nielsen poll. And they are using search engines to research …

Being Prepared

Don’t Lose Sight of the Greater Risks We Face No one could fail to have noticed that we are in the grip of a recession. With unemployment affecting 2 million in the United Kingdom, interest rates almost at zero and …

Business Moves

Farmers, American International Group (AIG), 21st Century Insurance Co. Los Angeles-based the Farmers Insurance Group of Companies announced it will acquire American International Group’s (AIG’s) Personal Auto Group, which includes 21st Century Insurance Co. The acquisition price is $1.9 billion, …

People

Manchester, New Hampshire based Aspen Insurance Agency has named Patrick Martell as an account executive. Martell has held several key positions in his 20-year insurance career, most recently in a sales capacity for a local insurance agency. He previously worked …

Being Prepared

Don’t Lose Sight of the Greater Risks We Face No one could fail to have noticed that we are in the grip of a recession. With unemployment affecting 2 million in the United Kingdom, interest rates almost at zero and …

People

The Professional Insurance Agents Association of Ohio Inc. (PIA) has selected Douglas L. Jackson to serve as director of education. Jackson, a Certified Parks and Recreation Professional (CPRP), comes to PIA after working more than six years as director of …

Social Networking in an Insurance World

Web 2.0 Tools Enhance the Face-to-Face Interactions in the Industry Insurance firms that have used the tools of Web 2.0 appear to be won over for good, and have little to say that is negative. McAuley, Woods & Associates, a …

Being Prepared

No one could fail to have noticed that we are in the grip of a recession. With unemployment affecting 2 million in the United Kingdom, interest rates almost at zero and a deflationary environment, there is a lot for businesses …

Being Prepared

Don’t Lose Sight of the Greater Risks We Face No one could fail to have noticed that we are in the grip of a recession. With unemployment affecting 2 million in the United Kingdom, interest rates almost at zero and …