SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ.--Changing an agency's work culture can improve both efficiency and earnings, but making those revisions is not easy and requires thoughtful planning beforehand, a management consultan
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Scott Anderson, owner and executive vice president of Concorde General Agency and a past president of the American Association of Managing General Agents, found this out while fleshing out an idea he
These losses will clearly eclipse those caused by the implosion of Long Term Capital Management, a hedge fund that collapsed in the late 1990s, and the entire liquidated loss of the Resolution Trust
Declining premium rates have slowed formation of new insurance and reinsurance carriers in Bermuda, with 71 new insurers set up on the island last year, down from 82 in 2006, according to the Bermuda
Glenn Clark, the founder of the Delaware, Md.-based Target Markets Program Administrators Association, responded to the question initially by distinguishing retail agents from wholesalers (whose
The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. introduced Real Estate Advantage, an insurance program that offers cost-effective and comprehensive specialty coverages to meet the unique needs of commercial real estate owners and managers. The program offers
Advance Insurance Services acquired the assets of J.D Ellington Insurance Services Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Advance Insurance Services completed the acquisition to grow their existing commercial lines department. Based in
There is no doubt that the agency business has its ups and downs. But for the champion in National Underwriter's inaugural "P&C Agency Technology Achievement Award" program--conducted in partnership
Many small businesses are purchasing workers' compensation insurance coverage without understanding how it works, according to a recent national survey conducted by EMPLOYERS. The survey found that 14 percent of small businesses could not name their