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Keeping a watchful eye: predatory financial advisers prompt states to adopt senior-specific certification rules.(Agent/Broker: Senor Designations)
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A Year after state regulators began cracking down on senior-specific designations with a model rule to protect the...
Best's Review, 05/01/09 by Cavanaugh, Bonnie Brewer · More from publication -
Thinking small: larger insurers head into the small-commercial market to offset downturn losses.(Property/Casualty: Commercial)
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The small-commercial insurance market is looking more attractive as the recession wears on. As often happens during an...
Best's Review, 05/01/09 by Cavanaugh, Bonnie Brewer · More from publication -
Risking the enterprise: did ERM fail, or did companies simply fail to use it properly?(Property/Casualty)(enterprise risk management )
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The dramatic falls of Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch and American International Group have many saying that these...
Best's Review, 04/01/09 by Cavanaugh, Bonnie Brewer · More from publication -
Talent agents: recession or recruiters face same challenge: finding skilled candidates for their clients.(Insurance Recruiters: Agent/Broker)
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The search for talent goes on, even in a recession. Insurance recruiters are facing a tough market. Many carriers are...
Best's Review, 04/01/09 by Brewer Cavanaugh, Bonnie · More from publication -
Looking for trouble: with litigation rising, insurers advise companies to shore up their liability defenses.(Regulatory/Law: Directors & Officers Insurance)(Survey)
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This could be a busy year for litigation, especially for financial services and insurance folks, as investors look to...
Best's Review, 03/01/09 by Cavanaugh, Bonnie Brewer · More from publication -
A century of learning: the institutes: celebrating 100 years of an academic approach to the practice of insurance.(The Last Word)(Insurance Institute of America)(Organization overview)
April marks the 100th anniversary of the Insurance Institute of America, which along with the American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty...
Best's Review, 03/01/09 by Cavanaugh, Bonnie Brewer · More from publication -
New year, new rules: fifteen states enact a variety of insurance-related laws as 2009 arrives.(Regulatory/Law: State Laws)
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Several state initiatives went into effect on Jan. 1 that could affect the ways in which insurers and agents do...
Best's Review, 01/01/09 by Cavanaugh, Bonnie Brewer · More from publication -
Tour de Hurricane Force: RenRe's storm attraction at Disney World lets visitors ride out a Category 3 tropical cyclone.(THE LAST WORD)
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Thunder rolls. Rain hits the windows hard. Hurricane-force winds howl and tear at the roof. Then, whoosh--your...
Best's Review, 01/01/09 by Cavanaugh, Bonnie Brewer · More from publication -
The long run: perpetuating your agency takes a plan, financing and most of all, time.(Agency Perpetuation: Agent/Broker)(Young Agents Council of the Florida Association)(Conference notes)
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] To be, or not to be? William Shakespeare's words take on new meaning in today's tight economy, as independent agencies...
Best's Review, 12/01/08 by Cavanaugh, Bonnie Brewer · More from publication -
Clearing after the storm: with reinsurance renewals looming, the industry prepares for the return of a firmer market.(Reinsurance/Capital Markets: 2009 Renewals)
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In a grim reminder of 2005's destructiveness, the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season caused insured losses up to $25...
Best's Review, 12/01/08 by Cavanaugh, Bonnie-Brewer · More from publication
