Captives

A profile piece on indpendent insurance agent, C.T. Lowndes & Co.

It is amazing to me that after the massive media coverage of the bitter debate over health reform this year.

After more than 10 years reporting on this industry, I finally got an opportunity this summer to cover a meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

Editorial Advisory Board Member Jeff Grady stands up for the industry and offers some encouraging words for 2011.

The person who will be sitting in the governor's chair this coming January will face a myriad of challenges, not the least of which is Florida's troubled property insurance market and other insurance-related issues.

The Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act is of limited benefit to only a few Florida surplus lines agents and of no benefit at all to most.

Despite years of experience in the field and more than four million participants, the growth of micro-insurance programs face hurdles for expansion and providing the world's poor with insurance, according to an Allianz executive.

Congress will see a "major push" on optional federal charter (OFC) legislation in the next session.