The sole purpose in life for a private equity firm is to invest capital, own a business and make a financial return on that investment, according to John Kraska, managing director for Hales & Company

Program administrators and insurance carrier representatives will get a chance to have their opinions counted on the subject of soft market survival strategies during the upcoming midyear meeting of

After a plaintiffs' lawyer active in securities litigation predicted no letup in filings for 2008, a defense lawyer gave some crystal-ball predictions about what might be ahead for D&O insurers in

NAPSLO is set to spend nearly half-a-million dollars communicating the value of wholesale brokers to their customers, but the process has to start in individual wholesalers' offices, with actions as

With a major boost from Scottsdale Insurance Company, an excess and surplus lines insurance association expects to fully fund a $1 million endowment to Georgia State University, the group's executive

Private equity firms are paying high prices for well-managed wholesale brokerages and managing general agencies, but that doesn't mean they are a quick or easy way out of the business for retiring

Brokers considering mergers and acquisitions should expect the process to take several months, according to experts in the field, who also recommend they seek experienced consultants to coach them

Growing its program count by 100 percent may seem like an aggressive goal, but having signed onto only three programs to date, one carrier's real ambition is to be an enduring market, an executive