When The Agent-Insurer Marriage FailsLike a marriage, the relationship between an agent and company may seem like a good match at the start, but as ...
Banks Put P-C Products Into Offerings Many banks have effectively incorporated the distribution of personal lines insurance products of partnering insurance companies into their suites ...
How Much Longer To P-C Nirvana?Like kids on a long car trip headed for summer vacation, many insurance company employees and the agents that represent ...
Mini-catastrophes Cost Insurers $100 Billion Although 2005 was marked by no major catastrophes, there were an unusually large number of both tropical storm and ...
Top 20 Groups Intact, But Positions Shift If you had taken a picture of the National Underwriter ranking of the top 20 property-casualty insurance groups ...
Added Value Key To Agent/Broker SurvivalAt a recent Reagan Consulting Mergers & Acquisitions Conference attended by over 85 insurance agency principals and bank executives, we ...
Back to Story Reproduced from National Underwriter Property & Casualty/Risk & Benefits Management Edition, July 20, 2001. Copyright 2001 by The National Underwriter Company ...
Agencies Need Dynamic LeadershipStrong leadership and effective communication--or a lack thereof--are two key management skills that can make or break an independent insurance agency, one ...
P-C Insurers Slam Health Privacy GuidelinesWashington New privacy guidelines issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services still do not resolve insurance industry ...
Armey Blasts Reinsurance 'Tax Haven' BillWashington House Majority Leader Dick Armey blasted a bill that would impose a tax on certain reinsurance transactions involving companies ...