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Industry Progressing with Real-Time Technology
Just one year into the making, the Real Time/Download Campaign (http://www.getrealtime.org), a campaign to improve the efficiency of communications between independent agents and carriers, is making progress but there’s more work to be done, supporters say.
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Exclusive Video Interview with William R. Berkley, Take 3: Personal Lines, Politics and Florida
William R. Berkley, founder of W.R. Berkley Corp., discusses his firm’s 1999 decision to get out of personal lines and how it is managing the property insurance situation in Florida in this excerpt from an exclusive video interview with Insurance Journal.
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Exclusive Video Interview with William R. Berkley, Take 2: Diversity and decentralization
William R. Berkley runs his giant insurance holding company of diverse specialty and regional insurers a lot like a family business where the parents trust their kids to behave. Diversity and decentralized management have worked well for W.R. Berkley Corp., the founder notes in this excerpt from an exclusive video interview with Insurance Journal.
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D&O: The Role of Agents/Brokers
Susanne Murray, Esq. is an executive vice president with insuance broker Hilb Rogal Hobbs and an expert in directors and officers liability coverage. Here she discusses the role of the insurance broker working with D&O clients after the sale, including when and how a broker should be involved if a client has, or thinks it [...]
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W.R. Berkley Interview: Delivering Results through Diversity and Decentralization
An Insurance Journal Exclusive Video Interview with William R. Berkley.
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Exclusive Interview with William R. Berkley: Take 1- Why this cycle is different
Every cycle is different, says William R. Berkley, and the current one has its own unique features. The founder of the giant insurance holding company that bears his name explains why this cycle is different, discusses the incursion into surplus lines by standard carriers, and offers his outlook for 2008, 2009 and 2010 in this [...]
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Progress Report on Producer Licensing from PIA’s Eppstein
It’s not a sexy issue, but producer licensing is very important to independent agents. Forty-eight states already have a producer licensing act, but the uniformity isn’t where agents think it should be. In this interview with Insurance Journal, David Eppstein, of the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents, provides a progress report.
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Florida Agents Under Pressure
FAIA’s Jeff Grady offers the agents’ viewpoint from the Demotech/Insurance Journal Florida Private Sector Summit.
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Florida’s Property Insurance Law in Perspective
Florida Private Sector Summit on Property Insurance sponsored by Demotech and Insurance Journal
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Small Florida Insurer Battles Big Storms
Florida Private Sector Summit on Property Insurance sponsored by Demotech and Insurance Journal
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Florida’s Insurers Caught in Crisis
How did the Florida property market turn into a crisis? Florida Insurance Council’s Sam Miller offers some history and insight from the Florida Private Sector Summit on Property Insurance sponsored by Demotech and Insurance Journal.
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Should Your CEO Blog?
Communications consultant Roger Morris
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Florida Summit Focuses on Private Market Solutions
Florida Private Sector Summit on Property Insurance
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Florida’s Political Hurricane: It’s All About Rates
Andy Simpson from the Demotech/Insurance Journal Private Sector Summit in Orlando
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Living, Breathing and Insuring Golf
Ron Smith, owner of the independent agency Smith Sawyer Smith Inc., in Rochester, Ind.
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Textile Restoration Specialists Partner with “Extreme Makeover”
Certified Restoration Drycleaning Network (CRDN) is a textile restoration organization specializing in laundry and drycleaning services for the insurance industry. In 2006 CRDN was invited to participate in “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition“, a hit show on ABC-TV. Four years later, CRDN has participated in 87 episodes in 40 states. In this interview with Claims [...]
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How Green Roofs Are Changing Insurance Claims
Commercial roofing, already complicated, is getting more so as new types and materials are being introduced. Kenneth R. Gilvary, a senior engineer with Dallas-based Haag Engineering, specializes in assessing roof losses for insurers. Gilvary says claims professionals need to keep up with how green technology, including vegetative rooftops, and new building standards are changing the [...]
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Growing Insurance Coverage for Trees, Shrubs and Landscapes
With a database of nearly a million wholesale base prices of horticultural assets and a nationwide network of certified arborists and licensed and insured tree crews, Horticultural Asset Management Inc. specializes in helping insurers come up with the replacement cost for lost trees, shrubs and other landscape assets. In this interview with Claims Journal, HMI [...]
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How Green Roofs Are Changing Insurance Claims
Commercial roofing, already complicated, is getting more so as new types and materials are being introduced. Kenneth R. Gilvary, a senior engineer with Dallas-based Haag Engineering, specializes in assessing roof losses for insurers. Gilvary says claims professionals need to keep up with how green technology, including vegetative rooftops, and new building standards are changing the [...]
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Growing Insurance Coverage for Trees, Shrubs and Landscapes
With a database of nearly a million wholesale base prices of horticultural assets and a nationwide network of certified arborists and licensed and insured tree crews, Horticultural Asset Management Inc. specializes in helping insurers come up with the replacement cost for lost trees, shrubs and other landscape assets. In this interview with Claims Journal, HMI [...]
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Textile Restoration Specialists Partner with “Extreme Makeover”
Certified Restoration Drycleaning Network (CRDN) is a textile restoration organization specializing in laundry and drycleaning services for the insurance industry. In 2006 CRDN was invited to participate in “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition“, a hit show on ABC-TV. Four years later, CRDN has participated in 87 episodes in 40 states. In this interview with Claims [...]
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Continuing Education for Claims Adjusters
With over 600 courses and 24/7 access online, Vale Training Solutions provides quality instructors to anyone desiring improved job skills or a change of careers. In this interview with Claims Journal, Vale Training Solutions president Jon McCreath explains the qualifications for his school, the advantages of online training, and what he thinks about the current [...]
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