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Jun 2 2008 // May 18-24, 2008, marked National Insurance Women’s Week, a celebration recognizing the contributions women are making in all areas of the insurance industry. The National Association of Insurance Women began NAIW...
Jun 2 2008 // In a recent letter to fellow program administrators, Greg Thompson, CEO of Thompson Insurance Enterprises Inc. and Target Markets Program Administrators Association (TMPAA) president, advised that being ahead of the...
Jun 2 2008 // Many low- and moderate-income households need more insurance and want to know more about it, according to a recent study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Overall, these consumers hold positive views about insurance,...
Jun 2 2008 // The Federal Bureau of Investigation pursued 529 financial crime cases in its most recent fiscal year, including 209 insurance fraud cases.During the fiscal year 2007, the 209 insurance fraud cases investigated by the FBI...
Jun 2 2008 // Editor’s Note: The following is part two of a discussion of the risk retention options available to managing general agents, the variables which may affect their execution, and the means and modes of analysis. The...
May 30 2008 // State insurance regulators want to centralize the filing and storage of their annual market conduct reports on insurance companies.The regulators are reviewing a proposal that would allow insurers to make one filing, as...
May 30 2008 // The Professional Insurance Agents Association of Ohio, Inc. (PIA) Internship Program, recently announced that its 2008 program for insurance industry interns was operational. On May 28 the PIA welcomed 12 interns hosting a...
May 30 2008 // In the wake of the devastating Sichuan earthquake, representatives from The China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC), Risk Management Solutions (RMS), and China’s Institute of Engineering Mechanics (IEM) met with...
May 30 2008 // As the estimated 80 million people born between 1981 and 2001 enter the workforce and become active consumers, technology will play a critical role for insurance firms targeting those in the so-called “millennial...
May 23 2008 // The Federal Bureau of Investigation pursued 529 financial crime cases in its most recent fiscal year, including 209 insurance fraud cases.During it fiscal year 2007, the 209 insurance fraud cases investigated by the FBI...
May 21 2008 // May 18-24, 2008, marks National Insurance Women’s Week, a celebration recognizing the contributions women are making in all areas of the insurance industry.The National Association of Insurance Women began NAIW Week...
May 19 2008 // Young agents today face a number of challenges, including the soft market, a downturn in the economy, and learning the skills to become a successful agent. In the meantime, the insurance industry struggles to attract more...
May 19 2008 // The Alabama Legislature has passed a bill that will allow captive insurance companies to sell residential insurance along the Alabama coast. The House and Senate voted without dissent to give final approval to changes in...
May 19 2008 // While cargo theft can affect every sector of the supply chain, competing interests among the various players in the chain can get in the way of curbing thefts and catching the criminals responsible, according to a loss...
May 19 2008 // Charlotte, N.C.-based national wholesale insurance broker AmWINS Group Inc. named James Drinkwater president of its AmWINS Brokerage division. He will be responsible for the management of the division, which is focused on...
May 19 2008 // As the insurance industry continues to be challenged with softening rates and premiums, innovation is key to long-term success, according to Julie K. Davis, executive vice president for Aon Corp.’s Wired for Growth...
May 19 2008 // Fortune 500 companies with the highest representation of women board directors have significantly higher financial performance, on average, than companies with the lowest representation of women board directors, according...
May 15 2008 // Many low- and moderate-income households need more insurance and want to know more about it, according to a recent study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Overall, these consumers hold positive views about insurance,...
May 14 2008 // Software maker Oracle said it has agreed to acquire AdminServer, a Chester, Pa.-based provider of insurance policy administration software.The move has some analysts predicting a wave of mergers among technology firms...
May 13 2008 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced that, for the first time in six years, an interim pure premium rate advisory will not be issued by his office because of market strength. In the past, the insurance...