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CPCU National Leadership Courses Coming to Mass. on March 23

Jan 31 2006 // On March 23, the Chartered Pproperty Casualty Society and its Central Massachusetts and Boston Chapters will be hosting two CPCU Society National Leadership Institute courses, Strategic Thinking and Strategic Planning. The...

Miss. Commissioner Dale: Leader, Follower or Shill?

Jan 30 2006 // George Dale walks a tightrope in his job as Mississippi’s insurance commissioner.He is charged with the responsibility of regulating the industry that provides most of his election support while protecting consumers...

Lloyd’s Leaders Participate in Davos Panel Discussion on Global Risks

Jan 27 2006 // The Lloyd’s delegation, currently attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, will be part of a panel discussion examining one of the “three main themes of the event -” the rise in global...

CPCU Society National Leadership Institute Course Comes to Kansas City

Jan 25 2006 // On March 2, the CPCU Society and the Society’s Kansas City Chapter will be hosting a new CPCU Society National Leadership Institute (NLI) course, Creative Thinking in Business.Both CPCU Society members and nonmembers...

Legislators, Business Owners Question S.C. Insurance Department Leadership

Jan 23 2006 // Some legislators and business owners are questioning leadership at the South Carolina Insurance Department, which has seen a staff shake-up and is preparing for the possibility of major changes in rates and the...

MIDWESTERN CONGRESSMEN ENTER RACE FOR MAJORITY LEADER POSITION

Jan 23 2006 // Midwestern Congressmen are wasting no time in e joining the mad march to fill former House Majority Leader Rep. Tom Delay’s (R-Texas) spot since the announcement of his resignation. Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Missouri), the...

Midwestern congressmen enter race for majority leader position

Jan 22 2006 // Midwestern Congressmen are wasting no time in e joining the mad march to fill former House Majority Leader Rep. Tom Delay’s (R-Texas) spot since the announcement of his resignation. Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Missouri), the...

National Alliance Academy Forms Producer Leadership Council

Jan 17 2006 // The Austin, Texas-based National Alliance Research Academy announced it has developed a long-term advisory task force on insurance producer leadership. The group’s distinct purpose is to share information in order to...

Brown & Brown Promotes Downs to EVP for Leadership Development

Jan 10 2006 // Linda S. Downs, a Brown & Brown regional executive vice president has been promoted to the newly formed position of executive vice president for leadership development.According to J. Hyatt Brown, chairman and CEO of...

Midwestern Congressmen Enter Race for Majority Leader Position

Jan 10 2006 // Midwestern Congressmen are wasting no time in the joining the mad march to fill former House Majority Leader Rep. Tom Delay’s (R-Texas) spot since the announcement of his resignation.Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Missouri), the...

Allstate’s Michael J. Roche Honored as 2006 100 IT Leader

Jan 3 2006 // Michael J. Roche, senior vice president of Protection Technology and Administration for Allstate Insurance Company, Northbrook, Ill., was named in December to IDG’s Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leaders Award...

Milwaukee CPCU Society schedules leadership courses

Jan 1 2006 // The CPCU Society and the Society’sGreater Milwaukee Chapter will host two CPCU Society National Leadership Institute (NLI) courses, Strategic Thinking and Strategic Planning, Jan. 18, 2006.The CPCU Society National...

Milwaukee CPCU Society Schedules Leadership Institute Courses

Dec 22 2005 // The CPCU Society and the Society’s Greater Milwaukee Chapter announced recently that it will be host two CPCU Society National Leadership Institute (NLI) courses, Strategic Thinking and Strategic Planning on January...

Zelman Receives PIA of Florida’s ‘Leadership Award’

Dec 8 2005 // Phil Zelman, vice president and co-owner of NCF Insurance Associates in Coral Gables, was awarded the Professional Insurance Agents of Florida’s “Leadership Award” at the PIA of Florida board of directors...

XL Announces Changes in Leadership at Specialty Marine and Energy Unit

Dec 6 2005 // Clive Tobin, chief executive responsible for XL Capital Ltd’s insurance operations announced the appointment of a new leadership team for XL Insurance Global Marine and Offshore Energy unit, part of XL’s...

LEADER IN DEER CRASHES:

Dec 5 2005 // Pennsylvania motorists are reporting more deer-vehicle collisions than any other state. More than 150 people are killed each year in the estimated 1.5 million deer-vehicle collisions that occur across the country, State...

Big ‘I’ Leader Says Hurricane Response ‘Too Slow;’ Hails Flood Reform, TRIA Progress

Nov 22 2005 // The insurance industry’s response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita has been “too slow” and the job of adjusting claims is a long way from being completed in the view of the leader of the nation’s...

FAIA Forms Young Agents Council to Perpetuate Leadership, Advocacy

Nov 9 2005 // A new Young Agents Council has been formed by the Florida Association of Insurance Agents in Tallahassee, Fla. The purpose of the YAC is to perpetuate the future of the independent insurance agency system by serving as the...

Willis Group Leader Testifies Before Senate Subcommittee on Construction Risks in New Orleans Recovery

Nov 8 2005 // Paul Becker, North American Construction Practice Group leader for Willis, the global insurance broker, testified Tuesday at a hearing held by the Senate Subcommittee on Superfund and Waste Management on the construction...

NAMIC Leader Lauds Links to State Insurance Trades

Oct 18 2005 // The president of a national property/casualty organization told a group of state insurance trade executives in Savannah, Georgia, on Monday that their work makes them invaluable partners in the achievement of industry...