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La. Commissioner Honored with Leadership Award

Jan 24 2005 // The Louisiana Health Care Alliance (LHCA) presented state Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley with their 2004 Leadership in Health Care Award for his commitment to improving the availability and affordability of health...

Former Mo. Big ‘I’ Leader Appointed Insurance Director

Jan 20 2005 // Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt announced the appointment of W. Dale Finke to head the Missouri Department of Insurance. Finke is CEO and president of Corporate Insurance Management in St. Louis.He was president of the Missouri...

Okla. Senate Leader Names Workers’ Comp One of Most Important Issues for Session

Jan 14 2005 // Oklahoma Senate President Pro Tempore Cal Hobson, D-Lexington, offered the following statement regarding reform of the state’s workers’ compensation system, which is expected in the legislative session that...

President Bush Tells Asian Leaders U.S. is Committed to Helping in Wake of Devastation

Dec 29 2004 // President George W. Bush told Asian leaders that the United States is committed to helping their countries following Sunday’s earthquake and killer tsunamis that have killed more than 60,000 people.The following is a...

Beck Joins Willis as Practice Leader

Dec 15 2004 // Willis Group Holdings (NYSE: WSH), has announced that Gary Beck, with 28 years in the insurance broking industry, has joined Willis as the Professional Services Industry Practice Leader. Beck joins Willis from the Aon...

Shimpi Named Practice Leader at Towers Perrin

Dec 7 2004 // The Tillinghast business of Towers Perrin has appointed Prakash Shimpi as practice leader with global responsibility for Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) in its New York office. In this role, Shimpi will lead the...

Agency Investigating Ex-SAIF Leader

Dec 6 2004 // The Oregon state ethics commission has launched an investigation into the lobbying activities of Katherine Keene, the former president of the SAIF Corp.At issue is whether Keene, who resigned in 2003, failed to register as...

Ethics Agency Investigating Ex-SAIF Leader

Nov 22 2004 // The state ethics commission has launched an investigation into the lobbying activities of Katherine Keene, the former president of the SAIF Corp.At issue is whether Keene, who resigned in 2003, failed to register as a...

‘Wall Street’ Insurance Broker Scandal Hurting ‘Main Street’ Agents, Conn. Big ‘I’ Leader Fears

Nov 5 2004 // “We are Main Street agents. This problem was created on Wall Street.”A Connecticut independent agent leader hopes the reality behind those words will help protect independent agents from being grouped with...

Md. Gov.’s Med-Mal Plan Gets Frosty Reception from Senate Leader Miller; Special Session in Doubt

Oct 28 2004 // Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller this week blasted Gov. Robert Ehrlich’s latest medical malpractice plan as “a work of fiction” and “a completely different bill” from the one he, the...

Md. Leaders Optimistic Over Med-Mal Session

Oct 18 2004 // Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich and top legislative leaders emerged from a meeting in the governor’s mansion last Thursday, holding out hope of a special legislative session next month to deal with a medical malpractice...

ASCnet Honors Litwin with Leadership Award

Oct 12 2004 // Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet), the user group of Applied Systems management technology, announced independent agent Jo Ann Litwin, president of Litwin, Castle & Christ in Orchard Park, N.Y., as the third...

Safeco Announces New Leadership Structure

Sep 27 2004 // Seattle-based Safeco announced a new leadership structure for the company, reflecting its evolution from a turnaround concern to a profit-and-growth enterprise.The cornerstone of the structure is the newly created...

Huntington Named Palmer & Cay Southwest Health Care Practice Leader

Sep 13 2004 // James B. Meathe, president and chief operating officer for Palmer & Cay, announced that Richard Huntington has joined Palmer & Cay in the position of Southwest Health Care Practice Leader. Huntington will be...

Sandlin Named New Practice Leader at Summit Global

Sep 6 2004 // Insurance brokerage and consulting firm Summit Global Partners of Texas Inc. announced the selection of Diane N. Sandlin as property and casualty practice leader of its Austin and Houston offices.Sandlin will manage...

BREMER, GORBACHEV, BACALL TO ADDRESS LEADERSHIP FORUM:

Aug 23 2004 // Ambassador Paul Bremer, who headed up the provisional government in Iraq, and Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader whose policies are credited with ending the Cold War, will be the keynote speakers at the 91st...

ABD Adds to Redwood City Leadership and Construction Services Unit

Aug 12 2004 // ABD Insurance and Financial Services, a leading provider of global risk management and employee benefits solutions, announced appointments within the company’s property/casualty leadership and construction industry...

Growing U.K. Compensation Culture Poses Major Threat to Profitability, Jobs, Survey Reveals

Aug 1 2004 // U.K. businesses are being increasingly hampered by the costs of dealing with the burgeoning compensation culture, which in turn is diverting management resources and financial investment away from core business and revenue...

Bremer, Gorbachev, Bacall to Address Leadership Forum

Jul 29 2004 // Ambassador Paul Bremer, who headed up the provisional government in Iraq, and Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader whose policies are credited with ending the Cold War, will be the keynote speakers at the 91st...

FAIA 100th Conference Serves Up Banner Century, Honors Past Leaders

Jul 19 2004 // Orlando – From Capt. Scott O’Grady who survived six days in hostile territory after his F-16 was shot down enforcing the no-fly zone over Bosnia. To Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America’s...