Culture Clashes Doom Agency M&AsThere is probably no greater adventure for an independent agency than when combining operations with another firm as part of a ...
Read 'Em & Weep--Expect '01 Net LossThere is little doubt that the property-casualty insurance industry will report a full-year net loss for 2001.With a nine-month ...
Users Group To Award 'Quantum Leap'Dallas The AMS Users Group has challenged carriers "to produce and deploy better interface products" for agents by establishing an ...
U.S. Flyers Deserve Better Than Swiss Cheese Security With all the inconvenience and delays caused by new airport security measures to prevent a recurrence of ...
Agents To Carriers: No Excuses Left On SEMCIDallas When it comes to cooperating to pave the way for single-entry transactions between agents and multiple insurers, ...
B&B Builds Via M&As After Going PublicOne insurance brokerage that has been very, very busy executing a lot of mergers and acquisitions--especially in the past ...
Insurers Face Uphill Credit Score BattleReno If the tone of the initial meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners new Credit Scoring Working Group ...
Insurers Endure 'Kitchen Sink' QuarterThe fourth quarter of 2002 was one that analysts refer to as a "kitchen sink," because of various extraordinary charges that ...
Service and sales. If there are two business segments that continue to drive the insurance industry, its those. And whether it is life insurance or ...