Latest Insurance Wholesale Headlines

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Tight Reinsurance Capacity Puts the Squeeze on Program Market

Oct 14 2002 // As more and more reinsurers become increasingly timorous in a hard market yet to peak, one of the most acutely affected business lines have been programs. Reinsurance capacity for many standard commercial lines has dropped...

Tight Reinsurance Capacity Puts the Squeeze on Program Market

Oct 14 2002 // As more and more reinsurers become increasingly timorous in a hard market yet to peak, one of the most acutely affected business lines has been programs. Reinsurance capacity for many standard commercial lines has dropped...

Trumbull to Provide Admin. Services to Cypress Point

Sep 25 2002 // Trumbull Services L.L.C., a Windsor, Conn.-based provider of outsourcing and technology services to P/C insurers, announced it has agreet to provide commercial lines administrative services to Cypress Point Insurance...

Morris, Manning & Martin Forms Legal Practice Group For MGA’s

Sep 10 2002 // Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP has formed a new practice group to serve the needs of independent Managing General Agents (MGAs).The new group will provide focused services involving: * Contracts with insurance carriers...

MGA’s Stay a Step Ahead with the Internet

Aug 19 2002 // In efforts to not only stay a step ahead of the competition but also reduce costs in the long run, many managing general agencies are utilizing the Internet at greater lengths these days.As the nation as a whole spends...

All Aboard the Technology Train

Aug 19 2002 // The technology train arrived years ago and those that chose not to purchase a ticket are finding out that they very well may be left behind at the station.In a day and age when hits, HTML, links, and software are part of...

E-Commerce Capabilities Becoming Critical Industry Tool

Aug 19 2002 // As wholesalers and managing general agents (MGA’s), we often serve our insurance retailers by offering contract programs where we have been “given the pen” and are allowed to underwrite and bind business...

MGA’s Stay a Step Ahead with the Internet

Aug 19 2002 // In efforts to not only stay a step ahead of the competition but also reduce costs in the long run, many managing general agencies are utilizing the Internet at greater lengths these days.As the nation as a whole spends...

All Aboard the Technology Train

Aug 19 2002 // The technology train arrived years ago and those that chose not to purchase a ticket are finding out that they very well may be left behind at the station.In a day and age when hits, HTML, links, and software are part of...

E-Commerce Capabilities Becoming Critical Industry Tool

Aug 19 2002 // As wholesalers and managing general agents (MGA’s), we often serve our insurance retailers by offering contract programs where we have been “given the pen” and are allowed to underwrite and bind business...

Programs, Beacons of Stability in Tumultuous Markets

Aug 5 2002 // Now that the hard market has firmly set, it’s no secret that more and more standard property and casualty insurance carriers are seeking to stem losses by restricting coverage and revamping underwriting habits. As in...

Programs, Beacons of Stability in Tumultuous Markets

Aug 5 2002 // Now that the hard market has firmly set, it’s no secret that more and more standard property and casualty insurance carriers are seeking to stem losses by restricting coverage and revamping underwriting habits. As in...

Trading Floor

Jul 22 2002 // ProgramBusiness.com, a portal for retailers, wholesalers, MGAs and carriers, has opened ProgramBusiness.com Trading Floor, where retailers and wholesalers can post single accounts and books of business to be viewed by...

How Retail Agents Can Best Use the Surplus Lines Industry

Jul 22 2002 // Do your homework. Check it over, twice. And an apple for the teacher wouldn’t hurt, either.Once we get past the risk assessments, debt ratios and premium margins, insurance is still about relationships. For it is...

As Hard Market Persists, E&S Brokers Wait For The Right Opportunity

Jul 8 2002 // Last January separate panels of analysts who follow the insurance industry and CEO’s of insurance companies predicted a “foreshortened” cycle, a brief hard market that would give insurers little relief...

As Hard Market Persists, E&S Brokers Wait for the Right Opportunity

Jul 8 2002 // Last January separate panels of analysts who follow the insurance industry and CEO’s of insurance companies predicted a “foreshortened” cycle, a brief hard market that would give insurers little relief...

ProgramBusiness.com rolls Out ‘Trading Floor’ for Retailers, Wholesalers, Underwriters

Jun 7 2002 // ProgramBusiness.com, a portal for retailers, wholesalers, MGAs and carriers, has opened ProgramBusiness.com Trading Floor, where retailers and wholesalers can post single accounts and books of business to be viewed by...

Communicating Effectively with Your Wholesaler

Jan 28 2002 // The managing general agent (MGA) has long been a part of the insurance sales process—but still remains a mystery to many insurance professionals. A working knowledge of MGAs will lead to a beneficial and profitable...

Communicating Effectively with Your Wholesaler

Jan 28 2002 // The managing general agent (MGA) has long been a part of the insurance sales process—but still remains a mystery to many insurance professionals. A working knowledge of MGAs will lead to a beneficial and profitable...

InsuranceNoodle Begins Licensing Web-Based Solution

Dec 12 2001 // InsuranceNoodle announced it has begun licensing its web-based NoodleASP(TM) technology solution to regional/national brokers, P&C carriers, managing general agents (MGA), and managing general underwriters (MGU). The...